IBM System x3950 X6 (3837) - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbE SFP+

IBM System x3950 X6 (3837) - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbE SFP+
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

02 Mar 2015
142872

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10

Other Products:

Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 2

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
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 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
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: A8E107MUS - v1.00 (05/31/2014)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v2 2.80 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 Serial 14 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X16 6 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 IBM 600GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch 6Gbps SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3

Config Notes

SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 x86_64 FV guest. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 adapters was used in this testing.
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).

Referenced Bulletins
142209

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Jan-2015	Driver Size: 98407
	Checksum: 559904d70192d46539fbdb28d55207c2

Intel I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Jan-2015	Driver Size: 316943
	Checksum: 53fee4ead3e15a0c3daaaa03fa108317
	Driver Version: 5.0.5-k

Broadcom® NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Jan-2015	Driver Size: 1102975
	Checksum: b72f96d14d652cb8bdfdcea75cead904
	Driver Version: 1.78.19-0

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Jan-2015	Driver Size: 256695
	Checksum: abe2af5e342789d9364a9d44587a0b65
	Driver Version: 3.136

2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Jan-2015	Driver Size: 167607
	Checksum: bae90f67ede23eb92bc4c6b92af8739f
	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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Industry Standard Server Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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