Lenovo System x3950 X6 (6241) - Intel X540 ML2 10GbaseT

Lenovo System x3950 X6 (6241) - Intel X540 ML2 10GbaseT
Network Server
Fujitsu

12 Feb 2015
142767

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

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

Product Description
The Lenovo System x3950 X6 server is an eight-socket 8U rack-mounted server that represents the sixth generation of the Lenovo Enterprise X-Architecture®. It delivers innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, availability, and serviceability features to enable optimal performance for mission-critical databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. The x3950 X6 packs numerous fault-tolerant and high-availability features into a high-density, 8U rack-optimized lid-less package that helps to significantly reduce the space that is needed to support massive network computing operations and simplify servicing. The x3950 X6 supports up to eight Intel Xeon E7-8800 v2 high-performance processors and up to 12 TB of memory.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: A8E107JUS - v1.00 (05/02/2014)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v2 2.80 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 Serial 14 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 300GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 300GB 10K SATA 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial ATA (SATA) 2 IBM 600GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch 6Gbps SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

The pci:use_crs kernel boot parameter is required.
SLES-10-SP3 (x86_64): System was tested with rev .58.1 update kernel due to a kernel oops which may occur when initializing the network devices. This update is available from support.novell.com or standard online update methods. The drivers used are part of this update.
Since the Xen kernel only supports 64 processors, the system BIOS was configured to only enable 64 of the 96 processors.
The following Xen hypervisor boot parameters are required: dom0_mem=1024M xenheap_megabytes=64

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 I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Apr-2014	Driver Size: 284943
	Checksum: cc1a3ad6612197dc55041bde03d1f15c
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Apr-2014	Driver Size: 346319
	Checksum: 5bd64aeabb50e57e9d8b34c2a4d00a8d
	Driver Version: 3.11.33-k

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Apr-2014	Driver Size: 243991
	Checksum: 4d35181985599f01c775032df8a33695
	Driver Version: 3.129

2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 13-Feb-2014	Driver Size: 1411836
	Checksum: 9502ee98c4520dbba9314ab16a4c51a8
	Driver Version: 06.600.20.00

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:

Fujitsu
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH
FTS PDG ST
Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1
Paderborn 33106
GERMANY

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