 | System x3650 (7979-MAx)
Network Server IBM | 21 May 2008
101455 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| Windows 2003 Server R2 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | |||
| Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 | |
Product Description
For constrained data center environments, the IBM System x3650 offers unprecedented performance and reliability. Optimized for up to eight-core processor performance, the x3650 delivers rack-dense, dual-core or quad-core computing power, an impressive 12 DIMM memory design and super-efficient network communication. Scalable memory and I/O design satisfy high-speed processing and reliability requirements, while integrated RAID safeguards data. Hot-swap power and cooling with Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 help keep your server cool. The result? Run multiple workloads on a two-socket server—without running out of IT funds.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | Pass 8 Planar |
| BIOS/uEFI: | GGE136AUS v1.09 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Dual-Core Xeon® Processor E5205 1.86 GHz |
| RAM: | 8 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 4 PCI Express X8 6 USB Ports Serial |
| Video Adapter: | ATI ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID 8k-L
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH , IDE |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM 26K5697 36GB 15K 3.5" SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | LG GCC-4244N , IDE |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.3.0-0.6 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
101344
Adapters and Drivers
| ATI ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 17-Mar-2008 | Driver Size: 283804 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 54e340ac765f3dcceb97d352ece9f560 | |||||||||
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| 2 Broadcom® NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (5708c) | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 22-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 196960 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 71c8c9a1d17161df39c5535b0cd956f8 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k-L | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 22-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 93380 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 63d4a2682b144a05e58fe816048a7000 | |||||||||
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| Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 22-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 26216 | ||||||||
| Checksum: a1428dcaafb03e357420dafd0aff6399 | |||||||||
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