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| System x3500 M5 (5464)
Network Server
Lenovo | 13 Jan 2015
142593 |
SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified with the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
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: | PASS5 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: TAE104C - v1.02 - (12/05/2014) |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 2.30 GHz |
RAM: | 96 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 6 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH)
, Serial ATA (SATA) Lenovo
ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Seagate®
ST2000NM0001 - Constellation ES SAS 6Gb/s 2-TB Hard Drive
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | IBM
SATA DEVICE 81Y3675
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3 |
Config Notes
- SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html.
- Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga |
| Driver Date: 29-May-2013 | Driver Size: 190720 |
| Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5 |
| Driver Version: 1.4.11 |
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Broadcom®
BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 242863 |
| Checksum: f89cba187ed6394b55c6f3545b981f06 |
| Driver Version: 3.129 |
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Intel
C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 58287 |
| Checksum: 473c4648eb91631c32be9d18fb2e85ad |
| Driver Version: 3.0 |
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Lenovo
ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 13-Feb-2014 | Driver Size: 1463863 |
| Checksum: 45d189e12f483f94ec7a4bed51377805 |
| Driver Version: 06.600.20.00 |
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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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