Lenovo System x3950 X6 (E7 v3 with DDR3) (6241)

Lenovo System x3950 X6 (E7 v3 with DDR3) (6241)
Network Server
Lenovo

27 May 2015
143209

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
2 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: 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 v3 high-performance processors and up to 12 TB of memory.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: A9E121VUS - v1.00 (04/01/2015)
RAM:	128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 2 Serial 14 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5 inch G3HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) Lenovo 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5-inch G3HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3

Config Notes

SUSE Driver Kit: The lenovo_x6_and_m5-sle11sp3-x86_64-1.0.iso driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: https://drivers.suse.com/lenovo/Lenovo-System-x-X6-M5/sle-11-sp3-x86_64/1.0/install-readme.html.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter in the elilo.conf file was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel:512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader configuration. Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen maintenance update 10560 and kernel update 10549 (x86-64) are required and were installed during certification testing. Hard disk configuration: separate RAID 0. Tested as a 2-node scalable partition with 8 Compute Books.
VM Driver Pack: All FV 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-2.2.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. One of the Broadcom BCM5720 GbE adapters was used during this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga
	Driver Date: 29-May-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Broadcom® NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Mar-2015	Driver Size: 819455

	Driver Version: 1.78.00-0

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Mar-2015	Driver Size: 245199
	Checksum: 317b535341e1291be001a47a138128b3
	Driver Version: 3.129

Broadcom® NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Mar-2015	Driver Size: 819455
	Checksum: 7aa30496a640187a766e5ae507a99770
	Driver Version: 1.78.00-0

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:

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

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