System x3650 (7979-M1x)

System x3650 (7979-M1x)
Network Server
IBM

05 Aug 2010
133265

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For constrained data center environments, the IBM® System x3650 offers unprecedented performance and reliability. The x3650 delivers rack-dense, dual-core computing power, an impressive 12 DIMM memory design and super-efficient network communication.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	8
BIOS/uEFI:	GGE146BUS - 1.17
CPU:	2 Intel Dual-Core Xeon® Processor E5205 1.86 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X8 Serial 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH , IDE IBM ServeRAID 8k , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	6 IBM 36.4GB 10K 2.5" SAS hot-swap HDD 26K5656 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	LG GCC-4244N , IDE
USB Keyboard:	Cybex® AutoView Commander™ KVM w/PS2-to-USB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
KVM Guest: The following updated virtio_net drivers were used and are required on the KVM SLE11SP1 guests: novell-virtio_net-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.i586.rpm and novell-virtio_net-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.x86_64.rpm. The drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES KVM Guest install. The drivers are PLDP compliant and available at: http://drivers.suse.com/novell/kvm-guest-kernel-fix/sle11sp1/install/suse/{ARCH}
KVM Guest: The SLE10SP3 guest was configured with virtual e1000 NICs.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 29-Mar-2010	Driver Size: 720064
	Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 118712
	Checksum: 310235af077333686b82d4999c00a232

Intel Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 02ccb110f6b9828baf0c7a9e8544bcb0

IBM ServeRAID 8k
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 141912
	Checksum: a0974efb52d83c07ab31155e623121df

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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