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 | System x3850 M2 (7141-1Rx)
Network Server
IBM | 27 Jun 2008
101892 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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Windows 2003 Server R2 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
Built on the next generation of Enterprise X-Architecture® servers, the IBM System x3850 M2 takes performance, efficiency and reliability to the next level. Featuring an unmatched combination of x86 performance and scalability with a balanced design, the x3850 M2 delivers unrivaled reliability, providing confidence in your IT solution deployments. An easy upgrade path provides the necessary flexibility to deliver an optimized solution for scale-up database, enterprise applications and server consolidation through virtualization services.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 2.0 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | A3E145TUS - 1.05 |
| CPU: | 4 Intel
Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E7310 1.60 GHz |
| RAM: | 8 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 7 PCI Express X8 5 USB Ports Serial |
| Video Adapter: | ATI
ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
SAS1078-IR
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel
Integrated 82801GR ICH7R
, IDE |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | HLDS
CD-RW/DVD DRIVE GCC-T10N
, IDE |
| USB Floppy: | IBM |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.3.0-0.3 |
Config Notes
- #1. Drives are in a RAID 5 configuration.
- #2. Windows Server 2003 R2 : Virtual Machine used the Virtual Machine Driver Pack (VMDP) which can be downloaded from the following URL: http://download.novell.com
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Referenced Bulletins
101865
Adapters and Drivers
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| ATI
ES1000 |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: vesa_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 28072 |
| | Checksum: 2e1a03fa6546021750fd6d33d8ecc873 |
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| 2 Broadcom®
Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 06-May-2008 | Driver Size: 207752 |
| | Checksum: f42eae574b4a86231214cecdefde8880 |
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| LSI Logic
SAS1078-IR |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 06-May-2008 | Driver Size: 55808 |
| | Checksum: 94fed3f36010065655cf2b92c67ff600 |
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| Intel
Integrated 82801GR ICH7R |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: piix.ko |
| | Driver Date: 06-May-2008 | Driver Size: 22864 |
| | Checksum: 5108a3026a6c6ddf15415ac0285e57b0 |
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The term SUSE YES 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:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/solutions/virtualization/kvm
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