System x3850 M2 (7233-6SU)

System x3850 M2 (7233-6SU)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

24 Nov 2009
130795

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10
Windows Server 2008
	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Engineered with the needs of enterprise organizations in mind, the IBM x3850 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 x3850 M2 can help organizations meet business demands with confidence, and since many organizations require servers that expand as business grows, the x3850 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:	5
BIOS/uEFI:	A3E164AUS-1.11
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor X7460 2.66 GHz
RAM:	62 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	7 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801GB ICH7 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-L463A CDRW DVD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.28

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI Pass-through.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 304640
	Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 23-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 199728
	Checksum: 49574f5f185383abe838e861ddb6183f

Intel Integrated 82801GB ICH7
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 23-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 33640
	Checksum: d46140168d24dce7cb17b55fcce64aa8

IBM ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 23-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 57480
	Checksum: 0d6084239a30c9a00b85bf83872b132e

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Industry Standard Server Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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System x3850 M2 (7233-6SU) - Yes Bulletin 130795 | SUSE