System x3850 M2 (7141-3Rx)

System x3850 M2 (7141-3Rx)
Network Server
Intel Corporation

02 Jun 2010
132344

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10

Other Products:

Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 1

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:	A3E166AUS-1.12
CPU:	4 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E7330 2.40 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 4 USB Ports 7 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel 82801GR/GH ICH7 , IDE IBM ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HLDS CD-RW/DVD DRIVE GCC-T10N , IDE
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-13.1

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: RAID 0
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: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 x86_64 guest. One of the embedded Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 29-Mar-2010	Driver Size: 720064
	Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 118712
	Checksum: ceddbcd4cb8b38c2f10739037c7eff38

Intel 82801GR/GH ICH7
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 8f4bce9b6743cddd8237a55c40206a42

IBM ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 86816
	Checksum: 8e481f1156cf8ed97d102a1e1f44180c

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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:

Intel Corporation
Columbia Design Center
100 Center Point Circle, Suite 200
Columbia , SC 29210
Voice: 803-216-2100
Website: www.intel.com

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