System x3690 X5 (7148-4Rx)

System x3690 X5 (7148-4Rx)
Network Server
Hitachi Vantara

19 Aug 2010
133393

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
The IBM System x3690 X5 delivers performance, memory capacity and reliability features in a two-socket system that incorporates scalable Intel® Xeon® processors and fifth-generation IBM X-Architecture® (eX5) technology. With two sockets, you can cut your licensing costs while using less energy. The x3690 X5 features scalability and expansion to help you meet changing workload demands as your business grows. With MAX5, more memory capacity with 32 DIMM slots. Increase utilization and optimize your investments by fitting more virtual machines per system.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	MLE105YUS - 1.00
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X7560 2.26 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports Serial 3 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eV
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Fujitsu MBD2147RC , Serial SCSI (SAS) Seagate® ST973452SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Matsushita DVD-RAM UJ870BJ , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® Omni Cube™ 4-Port w/PS2-to-USB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen maintenance update slessp3-xen-201310-8479 (bnc#836239) is required and was installed during certification testing.
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=8G dom0_max_vcpus=8".
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
Hard disk configuration: JBOD
System was scaled up to 4-socket by joining two x880 X6 with 4S scalability connector.
6) SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.htm
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).

Referenced Bulletins
141546

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eV
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 118712
	Checksum: 310235af077333686b82d4999c00a232

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 02ccb110f6b9828baf0c7a9e8544bcb0

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 86816
	Checksum: e134db428c0a19236892c62123cdb779

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:

Hitachi Vantara
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara , CA 95050-2639
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Toll Free: 1-800-446-0744
Fax: 1-408-457-0155
Website: www.hitachivantara.com

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