System x3650 M4 (7915

System x3650 M4 (7915 - D2x)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

03 Jul 2013
139510

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64

Other Products:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension

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:	PASS8
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: VVE123LUS - v1.30 (11/19/2012)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2630 2.30 GHz
RAM:	48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8
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:	2 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 IBM 146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic DVD-RAM UJ890 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.9

Config Notes

Power management: Hibernation/Suspend to Disk/ACPI S4 is NOT supported on this system.
Power management: System/Processor does NOT support fan thermal scaling.
Graphics: Video driver used in testing was downloaded from http://www.hp.com/support/workstations. Video driver is not SolidDriver-compliant and requires installation of kernel source and development tools.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
System was tested with an Intel I210-T1 added as a second network adapter. The standard system configuration does not include the I210-T1 adapter.

Referenced Bulletins
142876

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 13-May-2013	Driver Size: 287167
	Checksum: 7968df7976ade1ff1f47c59817ce578e
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

IBM ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 13-May-2013	Driver Size: 128551
	Checksum: e98806fca01dca0f69d21dc8051140c1
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1

Intel BD82C602J PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 13-May-2013	Driver Size: 58287
	Checksum: b99021425f891b5eab8141ab80a2b4cd
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Workstation Global Business Unit
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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System x3650 M4 (7915 - D2x) - Yes Bulletin 139510 | SUSE