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| System x3650 M2 (7947 - 72x/74x)
Network Server
IBM | 03 May 2012
137540 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
2
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
2
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM® System x3650 M2 offers robust, proven technology and a flexible, energy-smart design. Delivering multi-core computing on Intel® Xeon® processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology, this server delivers significant performance improvement per watt compared to previous generation servers by integrating low-wattage components for an energy-smart thermal profile. 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: | VICT-02 |
BIOS/uEFI: | D6E156WUS - v1.14 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor X5550 2.66 GHz |
RAM: | 12 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | Serial 2 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports |
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 7.1.0-36.1 |
Config Notes
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1 and RAID 5.
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP2 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.0.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
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Referenced Bulletins
137505
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 190688 |
| Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f |
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Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 123200 |
| Checksum: 98580a3cc9f9f045befc4fa619c9cd70 |
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Intel
Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: e1000e.ko |
| Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 330536 |
| Checksum: 640eff661dfb9a34e21b31165c0c77f1 |
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Intel
Integrated 82801JI ICH10 |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 48216 |
| Checksum: d67bc19831738808520f9d881a3e9990 |
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IBM
ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 127144 |
| Checksum: 9064ff5d397905a2741116667bdcf91a |
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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:
www.ibm.com
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