System x3650 M4 BD (5466

System x3650 M4 BD (5466 - B2x)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

28 Jan 2014
141107

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Purpose-built for Big Data, the new IBM® System x3650 M4 BD rack server addresses the marketplace’s growing demand for rapid analysis of enormous volumes of data. This 2U two socket server offers outstanding performance and memory speed, abundant, low cost-per-terabyte storage, and energy efficient features for seamlessly powering your Big Data.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: YOE102DUS - v1.00 (12/19/2013)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2609 v2 2.50 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 500 GB 7.2K SATA Simple-Swap HDD , Serial ATA (SATA) 2 IBM 500GB Hot-Swap SATA HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
The Hitachi SAS 3004 iMR ROMB and local HDD (hard disk drives) are not supported on this configuration.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "hfcldd.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk (DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.22.4346.iso" and the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.22.4346_4.12.14_120-1.sles12sp5.x86_64.rpm". To obtain DUD and the driver package, go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347937.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbe.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "ixgbe-kmp-default-5.6.5_k4.12.14_120-h1b.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 SP5 install. To obtain the driver go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347936.html.

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: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 287167
	Checksum: 81bfd34fb256a6fa3cab6fc2f6e9ed3e
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

IBM ServeRAID M1115 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 H1110 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 271655
	Checksum: eb0224194b14f105753fc4173831ba1c
	Driver Version: 14.100.00.00

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
HP Servers Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070

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