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 | System x3500 M5 (5464/E5-2600 v3)
Network Server
IBM | 11 Oct 2017
146020 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 12 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Windows Server 2016 |
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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 3 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
Product Description
The Lenovo System x3500 M5 server provides outstanding performance for your business-critical applications. Its energy-efficient design supports more cores, memory, and data capacity in a scalable Tower or 5U Rack package that is easy to service and manage. With more computing power per watt and the latest Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors, you can reduce costs while maintaining speed and availability. Suggested use: business-critical workloads, cloud computing, virtualization, virtual desktop, big data, analytics, SAP applications, database management, point of sale.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Tower |
Mother Board Revision: | PASS 5 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: TAE130J - v2.40 (04/11/2017) |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 2.30 GHz |
RAM: | Host platform: 96 GB, single max VM guest: 82 GB, multiple VM guests: 16 GB each |
Ports and Bus Types: | 4 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
Host Bus Adapter: | Lenovo
ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel
C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH)
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Seagate®
Constellation ES.3 ST2000NM0023 (2TB)
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | IBM
SATA DEVICE 81Y3675
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.2 |
Config Notes
- Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
- Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 with PowerVM as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 with PowerVM hardware its-self.
- Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
- Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
- Watchdog: This system does not support the Watchdog Timer.
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Referenced Bulletins
147627
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 96383 |
| Checksum: bbed1a4bbab6a5c26c55e3771d88ad04 |
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Broadcom®
BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 251575 |
| Checksum: 1c032cbbf8f4cb203bdc23d80846b9cc |
| Driver Version: 3.137 |
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Lenovo
ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 236751 |
| Checksum: c96d2df516f3a67f3960bb982a2a0b3d |
| Driver Version: 07.701.17.00-rc1 |
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Intel
C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko |
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 72591 |
| Checksum: 3469a12a768d6bacc7a451a8ac50c8e7 |
| Driver Version: 3.0 |
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
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