System x3650 M3 (7945

System x3650 M3 (7945 - M2x)
Network Server
Lenovo

28 Feb 2012
136886

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM® x3650 M3 is an Energy-smart design that provides optimal computing performance per watt. Improved service with a flexible design that is easy to deploy, integrate and manage. Manage risk with resilient architectures and virtualized environments. Power-optimized performance compared to previous generation 2-socket servers. Helps lower operational costs with innovative energy-smart 2U design.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Pass2
BIOS/uEFI:	D6E154WUS - v1.13
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5670 2.93 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	6 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	LG GCC-T20N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=167M,high crashkernel=132M,low" using YaST.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.3.exe).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 FV guest. One of the embedded Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 123168
	Checksum: 44310a1aca6c90b7236ff733f57eb95d

Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 330536
	Checksum: 82fab412af5c9589131c94f5633a3b3c

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 48384
	Checksum: ae99b4395c8eda5cecc9b175d90ef09e

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 127144
	Checksum: b49348a99f280896c8645e6df242e745

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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