IBM System x3755 M3 (7164/AMD Opteron 6300)

IBM System x3755 M3 (7164/AMD Opteron 6300)
Network Server
Lenovo

02 Dec 2014
142485

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2012
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The Lenovo System x3755 M3 is a four-socket server that provides outstanding performance and capacity in a data center-friendly 2U footprint. Based on the 4-, 8-, 12-core or 16-core AMD Opteron 6300 platform, the x3755 M3 helps organizations scale as workload demands increase, accommodating up to 64 processor cores and 512 GB of memory for cost-effective scaling.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: AYE169AUS - v1.16 - (07/18/2014)
CPU:	4 AMD Sixteen-Core Opteron™ 6386 SE 2.80 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 250 GB Hot-swap 7200 rpm 3.0 Gb/s 3.5 Inch SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic DVD-RAM UJ890 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

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: RAID 1
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=12G"
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where a network adapter was given to the SLES 12 guest. One set of the embedded Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller adapters was used in this testing.

Referenced Bulletins
142470

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 23-Aug-2014	Driver Size: 105640
	Checksum: 81262913bc140c6bfbe50e5011f4a1a1
	Driver Version: 1.0.1

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: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 134247
	Checksum: ed1797e36d5ccd77105f35bc8cb3ae16
	Driver Version: 2.2.5

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 167607
	Checksum: f6db8044c75ad8b98c730803823301b5
	Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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IBM System x3755 M3 (7164/AMD Opteron 6300) - Yes Bulletin 142485 | SUSE