System x3650 M4 (7915-AC1)

System x3650 M4 (7915-AC1)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

12 Mar 2012
137124

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10

Other Products:

Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 3

Product Description
The IBM® System x3650 M4 blends outstanding uptime, performance and I/O flexibility for cost efficiency and rock-solid reliability. The powerful server offers an energy-smart, affordable, and easy-to-use rack solution with a pay-as-you-grow design to help lower costs and manage risks. Providing large computing power per watt and the latest Intel® Xeon® E5 processor, advanced memory support, and greater disk capacity for businesses requiring extreme storage, the x3650 M4 offers balanced performance and density.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	8
BIOS/uEFI:	VVE111LUS-1.00
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2630L 2.00 GHz
RAM:	48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X8 Serial 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel BD82C602J PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	TSST DVD+/-RW TS-L633B , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Power Management: System does not support standby.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support throttling.
The ATI driver used during testing is PLDP compliant and was installed from the following rpm: ati-fglrxG02-kmp-pae(version:8.762_2.6.32.12_0.7-1(i586)) and x11-video-fglrxG02(version:8.762-1(i586)). This driver can be downloaded and installed after the SLED install. To install the ATI driver,below steps are needed: 1.Yast-->Software Repositories Click "Add" in "Configured Software Repositories",select "Specify URL" and click "Next".Enter the "Repository name" as "ATI driver" and "URL" as "http://www2.ati.com/suse/sle11sp1" in "Media Type",and click "Next" 2.Yast-->Software Management. Change the filter to "Repositories",select the repositorit names "ATI" and install the packages listed in "Availabel". 3.Restart system is also needed.
The Realtek Wireless Card driver used during testing is PLDP compliant and was installed from the following rpm: realtek-r8192se_pci(version:2.6.0016.0423.2010-2(i586)) and realtek-r8192se_pci-kmp-pae(version:2.6.0016.0423.2010_2.6.32.12_0.7-2(i586)). This driver can be downloaded and installed after the SLED install. To obtain the driver go to: http://forgeftp.novell.com/driver-process/staging/pub/update/realtek/sle11sp1/preload/i586

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 246368
	Checksum: fcb34e6c5610ff2a00a5460f065817e6

IBM ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 127144
	Checksum: 9064ff5d397905a2741116667bdcf91a

Intel BD82C602J PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 52464
	Checksum: 8e7f557e5cfe98455deef90148417821

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:

Dell Incorporated
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ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

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