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| IBM System x3850 X6 (3837/E7-8800 v2)
Network Server
Lenovo | 09 Nov 2016
145022 |
SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified with the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
Product Description
The IBM System x3850 X6 server is an four-socket 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 x3850 X6 packs numerous fault-tolerant and high-availability features into a high-density, 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 x3850 X6 supports up to four Intel Xeon E7-8800 v2 high-performance processors and up to 6 TB of memory.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | PASS 5 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: A8E117BUS - v1.20 (11/18/2015) |
CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v2 2.80 GHz |
RAM: | 384 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | Serial 2 PCI Express X16 3 PCI Express X8 7 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
600GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch 6Gbps SFF HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.6.0-35.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Tested as a 1-node scalable partition with 4 Compute Books. Hard disk configuration: RAID 1.
- Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=223M,high crashkernel=142M,low" using YaST.
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Referenced Bulletins
144977
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| Driver Date: 19-Sep-2016 | Driver Size: 95983 |
| Checksum: 8d0daa431f9a406ce58eb31c48f8835f |
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Broadcom®
BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| Driver Date: 19-Sep-2016 | Driver Size: 249959 |
| Checksum: bf83440ec121ba6b013936a671b71efb |
| Driver Version: 3.137 |
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Emulex Corporation
VFA5 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko |
| Driver Date: 19-Sep-2016 | Driver Size: 207607 |
| Checksum: 6348350c00684633fae17df713e5fdb1 |
| Driver Version: 11.0.0.0 |
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IBM
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 19-Sep-2016 | Driver Size: 216703 |
| Checksum: 592300859f5d508ea6e0d5ac33d90503 |
| Driver Version: 06.810.09.00-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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