 | System x3950 M2 (7233-6SU)
Network Server IBM | 08 Oct 2008
103037 |
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 | |
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| Windows 2003 Server R2 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
Product Description
Engineered with the needs of enterprise organizations in mind, the IBM x3950 M2 provides a scalable, efficient and highly reliable solution. This 4th generation X-Architecture® enterprise server combines 64-bit performance in a balanced design. The x3950 M2 can help organizations meet business demands with confidence, and since many organizations require servers that expand as business grows, the x3950 M2 provides the flexibility to run more applications on the same piece of hardware. These features deliver an optimized solution for large database enterprise application and virtualization services.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 4 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | A3E157TUS-1.07 |
| CPU: | 4 Intel Xeon® Processor X7460 2.66 GHz |
| RAM: | 16 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 7 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | ATI ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
Integrated 82801GB ICH7
, Serial ATA (SATA) LSI Logic SAS1078-IR , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | HLDS CD-RW/DVD DRIVE GCC-T10N , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM USB Keyboard |
| USB Mouse: | IBM USB Mouse |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.3.0-0.6 |
Config Notes
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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® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 06-May-2008 | Driver Size: 196960 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 36c3dc13f03cb5c41dad90f861c98d7c | |||||||||
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| Intel Integrated 82801GB ICH7 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 06-May-2008 | Driver Size: 26216 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 396982f98f153262030840f9639aaac1 | |||||||||
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| LSI Logic SAS1078-IR | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 06-May-2008 | Driver Size: 48928 | ||||||||
| Checksum: b76cc5e8dc5f84cd7781231b197f33ec | |||||||||
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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