 | System x3950 X6 (E7 v3 with DDR3) (6241)
Network Server IBM | 15 Dec 2015
143875 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| 2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 12 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 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 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) |
| CPU: | 8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3 2.50 GHz |
| RAM: | 128 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 4 PCI Express X8 8 PCI Express X16 14 USB Ports 2 Serial |
| 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 7.5.0-17.1 |
Config Notes
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Adapters and Drivers
| Matrox® MGA G200eR2 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 97943 | ||||||||
| Checksum: a9ff8d5c05122cb81c250915190b6b5d | |||||||||
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| Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 257119 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 68b956cb5c8bb96a07d2dd38941a72f7 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 3.137 | |||||||||
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| Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: ixgbevf.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 91783 | ||||||||
| Checksum: cf4e25e83538a2f96a8f1c8f2b15f362 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 2.12.1-k | |||||||||
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| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: ixgbe.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 457479 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 72fd143238e26e20812f55c96fee9c7e | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 4.0.1-k | |||||||||
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| Broadcom® NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2x.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 1082039 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 16b6e49238c125da929adc652adcadb0 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 1.710.51-0 | |||||||||
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| 2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 193671 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 231400c0c6871290e279dba7766c2fd7 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 06.807.10.00-rc1 | |||||||||
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