System x3650 (7979-B6x)

System x3650 (7979-B6x)
Network Server
IBM

03 Dec 2009
130877

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™

Product Description
For constrained data center environments, the IBM System x3650 offers unprecedented performance and reliability. The x3650 delivers rack-dense, quad-core computing power, an impressive 12 DIMM memory design and super-efficient network communication.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	GGE145AUS - 1.16
CPU:	2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5450 3.0 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID 8k , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 26K5840 36.4GB 15K 3.5 SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	LG GCC-4244N , IDE
USB Keyboard:	Belkin PS2 to USB KVM
USB Mouse:	Belkin PS2 to USB KVM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

Desktop Effects: Graphics driver/adapter does not support desktop effects.
Power Management: Sleep / Suspend to RAM / ACPI S3 is NOT supported on this system.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support throttling.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
Power Management: S4 does not work with the default vesa driver. For it to work, the Intel driver should be used on this system. To change to the Intel driver, execute the following steps: (1) Edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf (2) Under section "Device", change the Driver parameter to "intel", then save the file. (3) Reboot the system.

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 BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 210128
	Checksum: 9f462115ad67e89b17221676e67ef9fc

Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 45928
	Checksum: a52e876adcd5e3c2c13ade06e300a3cf

IBM ServeRAID 8k
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 132200
	Checksum: fc7b3b4951079b8e1e654908f3b8aaa7

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System x3650 (7979-B6x) - Yes Bulletin 130877 | SUSE