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| System x3650 M2 (7947 - 3Ax)
Network Server
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation | 03 May 2012
137564 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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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 E5506 2.13 GHz |
| RAM: | 12 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 4 USB Ports
Serial
2 PCI Express X8 |
| 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
- Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
- PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where a network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. An added network adapter, Intel® PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller, was used in this testing.
- SLES Virtual Machine Guests Setting: Cache mode was set to "none" for NIC tests to succeed. This setting is found under Virtual machine details > Disk > Advance Options > Performance Options.
- 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), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
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Referenced Bulletins
139866
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: 123816 |
| | Checksum: 2f69b2abfaa2ede64effbcee386ffc55 |
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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: 330640 |
| | Checksum: 79db3b1f819b3306b09365875ded5fed |
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| Intel
Integrated 82801JI ICH10 |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| | Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 47168 |
| | Checksum: 2717e8d7efad6eddc1bd27ababca7305 |
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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: 126248 |
| | Checksum: 861a728179b7da9ddcb3e1781df51e81 |
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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:
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara
, CA
95050-2639
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Fax: 1-408-727-8036
Website: www.hds.com
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