System x3690 X5 (7147-A7U)

System x3690 X5 (7147-A7U)
Network Server
Intel Corporation

19 May 2011
135659

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
Innovative and cost-efficient, the IBM System x3690 X5 delivers memory capacity and reliability features in a breakthrough two-processor system that incorporates Intel® Xeon® processors and fifth-generation IBM X-Architecture® (eX5) technology. And you won’t have to trade performance for a denser form factor. The x3690 X5 offers leadership performance, including the ability to handle efficient database transactions in a two-processor servers. Whether you need more power than your current 1 or 2 socket infrastructure provides, or a cutting-edge enterprise platform without the expense of a new 4-socket infrastructure, the x3690 X5 can be the building block for your intelligent IT infrastructure.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	2
BIOS/uEFI:	MLE142UUS - v1.40
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-2870 2.40 GHz
RAM:	128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 USB Ports Serial 5 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eV
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Matsushita DVD-RAM UJ870BJ , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® PS2-to-USB KVM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

Power management: Hibernation/Suspend to Disk/ACPI S4 is NOT supported on this system.
Power management: System/Processor does NOT support fan thermal scaling.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
System was tested with an Intel I210-T1 added as a second network adapter. The standard system configuration does not include the I210-T1 adapter.
Graphics: Video driver used in this configuration is SolidDriver-compliant and may be installed by adding http://download.nvidia.com/novell/sle11sp3 as a software repository then installing the nvidia-gfx04 packages.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eV
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 224440
	Checksum: 7f09c2163ed8665f9b349b7d775151c0

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: a3f37a00c24677981ed4bf2bbca089fb

IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 131640
	Checksum: 7e4aa46a1bf609dd0be6697b574c1c82

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:

Intel Corporation
2111 Ne 25th S
Hillsboro , OR 97124

570021

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