 | IBM System x3950 X6 (3837/E7-8800 v2)
Network Server NEC Corporation | 26 Oct 2017
146126 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 12 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| Windows Server 2016 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | ||
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12 | |
Product Description
The IBM System x3950 X6 server is an eight-socket 8U rack-mounted server that represents the sixth generation of the IBM 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 v2 high-performance processors and up to 12 TB of memory.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS 5 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: A8E121AUS - v1.40 (10/06/2016) |
| CPU: | 8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v2 2.80 GHz |
| RAM: | Host platform: 768 GB, single max VM guest: 496 GB, multiple 64-bit VM guests: 128 GB each and a 32-bit guest: 32 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 2 Serial 4 PCI Express X16 6 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200eR2 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | 2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Lenovo
300GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5-inch HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 Lenovo 600GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5-inch G3HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.2 |
Config Notes
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Adapters and Drivers
| 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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| Intel I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 356223 | ||||||||
| Checksum: a9ef182572c767dbda6b901513d6c487 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 5.4.0-k | |||||||||
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| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igbvf.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 68719 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 8b4616efe6a08f326fc13d04a1e512d3 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 2.4.0-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: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 251575 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 1c032cbbf8f4cb203bdc23d80846b9cc | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 3.137 | |||||||||
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| Broadcom® NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2x.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 1096831 | ||||||||
| Checksum: bebdb04234ec2edf28b235d26dfa0015 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 1.712.30-0 | |||||||||
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| 2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 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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