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| System x3650 M4 (7915 - L3x)
Network Server
IBM | 24 Sep 2013
140370 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
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. With more computing power per watt and Intel® Xeon® E5 v2 processors, advanced memory support, and greater disk capacity for businesses requiring extreme storage, the x3650 M4 offers balanced performance and density. With redundant hot-swap fans, disks and power supplies, the x3650 M4 provides a resilient architecture ideal for business-critical applications. Predictive Failure Analysis and light path diagnostics provide advanced warning on power supplies, fans, VRMs, disks, processors and memory. Redundant hot-swap components make it easy to replace failures without taking your system down.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | PASS12 - Ref3 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI-Legacy: VVE134MUS - v1.50 (08/30/2013) |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2680 v2 2.80 GHz |
RAM: | 32 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | Serial 6 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
BD82C602J PCH
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM
ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 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) 2 IBM
73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | Panasonic
DVD-RAM UJ890
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10 |
Config Notes
- Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
- Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
- Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
- Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 204964 |
| Checksum: 12efb07097320f259e3570652cf129da |
| Driver Version: 1.4.11 |
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Intel
Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 208935 |
| Checksum: 637395cb2ea09e567670b1cff0c4a31a |
| Driver Version: 4.1.2-k |
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Intel
BD82C602J PCH |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 48215 |
| Checksum: 5ebd17f69bbf0af9ccfca8f23d7c0762 |
| Driver Version: 3.0 |
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IBM
ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 94071 |
| Checksum: ebe0dac982da7dda6e42ffdc95e7da0c |
| Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1 |
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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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