System x3500 M2 (7839-62x)

System x3500 M2 (7839-62x)
Network Server
Lenovo

20 Oct 2009
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
Designed to meet the highest levels of dependability, the IBM® System x3500 M2 delivers outstanding quad-core performance and availability to help keep mission-critical applications and virtualized environments up and running. Redundant components to reduce points of failure and light path diagnostics provide resiliency, while integrated support features like a remote presence key optimize systems management efficiency. A long-life platform, the x3500 M2 provides exceptional stability in a volatile marketplace. Flexible configurations and a generous storage capacity enable emerging enterprise environments to meet the demands of today, and easily grow to accommodate additional applications as business requirements evolve.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	1.00
BIOS/uEFI:	Y4E125VUS - 1.00
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5550 2.66 GHz
RAM:	48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 5 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 32-bit/33MHz PCI 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID-MR10i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	8 IBM 73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-H353B DVD-ROM , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Floppy:	IBM
USB Keyboard:	IBM
USB Mouse:	IBM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" are used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.21.4284.iso" and the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.21.4284_4.4.21_69-1.sles12sp2.x86_64.rpm". To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347379.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbevf" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbevf used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "intel-ixgbevf-4.1.2-2.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-ixgbevf-kmp-default-4.1.2_k4.4.21_69-2.1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12SP2 installation. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347346.html
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 24-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 96a33dda383f3a9a0105217ce9af245a

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 210128
	Checksum: 9f462115ad67e89b17221676e67ef9fc

Intel Integrated 82801JIB ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 45928
	Checksum: a52e876adcd5e3c2c13ade06e300a3cf

IBM ServeRAID-MR10i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 69320
	Checksum: 9da425a767b07bf7252b8901709bc351

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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System x3500 M2 (7839-62x) - Yes Bulletin 130499 | SUSE