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![](/nbswebapp/YES.png) | System x3630 M4 (7158 - C2x)
Network Server
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd | 27 Jun 2012
137823 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
Product Description
The IBM® System x3630 M4 server offers a cost-effective high-capacity storage solution with exceptional energy-smart design, leadership virtualization, and powerful systems management. It supports up to two Intel® Xeon® processors and high-density memory designs with twelve DDR3 DIMM slots. This 2U server consolidates storage and server into one system, offers easy management, and saves floor space and power consumption, allowing for less cost than traditional enterprise offerings. Designed with redundancy, flexible subsystems, and a wider range of configuration options, the x3630 M4 also offers an innovative Feature on Demand (FoD) design for an easier upgrade path.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | JACARANDA 10057-1A 48.5M610.01A |
BIOS/uEFI: | BEE112CUS - v1.00 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2420 1.90 GHz |
RAM: | 24 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 4 PCI Express X16 6 USB Ports Serial PCI Express X8 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
500GB 7200 RPM 3.5-inch Hot-Swap SATA II
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.1.0-36.2 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 x86_64 guest. One of the embedded Embedded Four-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM adapters was used in this testing.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
- System was scaled up to 8-socket by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
- Virtualization Drivers: Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) drivers are recommended by SUSE and were loaded and used during this testing. For more information see https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/singlehtml/book_virt/book_virt.html#kvm.vfio
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 23984 |
| Checksum: 51cc22089119a901912f6dec9ae0c1f4 |
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Intel
Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 173032 |
| Checksum: e885a7dabd215037973a22c40566a353 |
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IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 131640 |
| Checksum: 7e4aa46a1bf609dd0be6697b574c1c82 |
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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:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
Banxuegang Industrial Park Buji Longgang
Shenzhen
518129
CHINA
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