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| System x3950 X6 (E7 v4 with DDR3) (6241)
Network Server
Lenovo | 11 Jun 2016
144678 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 11 |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 11 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
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 v4 high-performance processors and up to 12 TB of memory.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | PASS 5 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: A9E131VUS - v3.00 (05/16/2016) |
CPU: | 8 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v4 2.20 GHz |
RAM: | 128 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 8 PCI Express X16 4 PCI Express X8 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 7.5.0-39.1 |
Config Notes
- KVM Guest: The SLE10SP4 guests were configured with a virtual e1000 NIC.
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5. Each KVM Guest was installed on an LVM partition with its own LV disk.
- KVM Guest: SLE10SP4 guests were booted with the "no-kvmclock" boot parameter.
- Current kernel maintenance updates were installed on the SLE11SP1 KVM guests in order to provide updated virtio drivers.
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Referenced Bulletins
135814
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 98639 |
| Checksum: ff1bbc7b82a873445970305851e40d18 |
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Intel
I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 342087 |
| Checksum: 7b77b8915322b30502f6366d27a34dc3 |
| Driver Version: 5.2.18-k |
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Intel
X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: ixgbe.ko |
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 454303 |
| Checksum: 5acf68bc0bd3757fba4a9d6a5e868792 |
| Driver Version: 4.0.1-k |
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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: 256879 |
| Checksum: 9479938fb24deadc6324fca79e363191 |
| Driver Version: 3.137 |
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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: 190951 |
| Checksum: bad7d50a2e1f626fcbc21095b9b08625 |
| Driver Version: 06.807.10.00-rc1 |
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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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