System x3650 M5 (5462/E5-2600 v3)

System x3650 M5 (5462/E5-2600 v3)
Network Server
Lenovo

09 Nov 2016
145048

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11

Product Description
With the powerful, versatile new 2U two-socket Lenovo® System x3650 M5 rack server, you can run even more workloads, 24 x 7, and gain faster business insights. Integrated with Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 and industry-leading two-socket storage capacity, the x3650 M5 fast forwards your business. You can select from an impressive array of storage configurations (up to 26 drive bays) that optimize diverse workloads from cloud to big data.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TCE124M - v2.10 (06/23/2016)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2680 v3 2.50 GHz
RAM:	Host platform: 192 GB, multi VM 64-bit guests: 36 GB and 32-bit guest: 16 GB, single max VM guest: 180 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	7 USB Ports PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA) 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)
CD/DVD:	IBM SATA DEVICE 81Y3680 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-32.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=190M,high crashkernel=142M,low" using YaST.
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.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.3.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing. SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI pass-through.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Aug-2016	Driver Size: 95983
	Checksum: 760150f8b8d2d60cb6a5510e71a94010

Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Aug-2016	Driver Size: 249959
	Checksum: e9a8b03809545be541a57906c3e3a1b4
	Driver Version: 3.137

Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Aug-2016	Driver Size: 72895
	Checksum: 40e710fbd0885a267e633d6932fadb83
	Driver Version: 3.0

IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Aug-2016	Driver Size: 216703
	Checksum: 5c05357c2a8d4082fde1978f51517464
	Driver Version: 06.810.09.00-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:

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

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System x3650 M5 (5462/E5-2600 v3) - Yes Bulletin 145048 | SUSE