System x3850 X5 (7145 - ARU) Dual-node

System x3850 X5 (7145 - ARU) Dual-node
Network Server
IBM

03 Jul 2013
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	Arch: 32pae	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The x3850 X5 server is the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture, delivering innovation with enhanced reliability and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualization environments. Environments that run around the clock to supply information world-wide require dependable servers with features that can tolerate a component failure without total shutdown. The x3850 X5 server packs numerous fault-tolerant and high-availability features into a high-density, rack-optimized package that helps to reduce the space needed to support massive network computing operations.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS1
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: G0E179TUS - v1.79 (02/19/2013)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7520 1.86 GHz
RAM:	128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 Serial 12 USB Ports 14 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	2 Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) 5 IBM 146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic UJDA782 DVD/CDRW , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
Kdump: Yast2 - Kernel kdump - kdump memory was increased from 128 to 256 MB for kdump to function.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
System was configured as 2-node scalable partition.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5.

Referenced Bulletins
139153

Adapters and Drivers


2 Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_generic.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 13383
	Checksum: b5f9841b97a4caedbc95e25ae0e9de03
	Driver Version: 0.2.15

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 50887
	Checksum: 5829331615565244a016d26052ba70f6
	Driver Version: 2.13

Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 126799
	Checksum: 397a73b82a4464ecc498d721f8c4a10d
	Driver Version: 2.2.3

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 128775
	Checksum: 36c2f0e7dab4f4c97ea2e019d1fb44da
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1

IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 128775
	Checksum: 36c2f0e7dab4f4c97ea2e019d1fb44da
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1

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
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