System x3850 M2 (7233-4Lx)

System x3850 M2 (7233-4Lx)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

02 Jun 2010
132432

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM

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 E7440 2.40 GHz
RAM:	62 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) 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 6.6.0-21.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=281M,high crashkernel=162M,low" using YaST.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Drive Configuration: RAID 6. Tested as a 1-node scalable partition with 2 Compute Books.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 15 FV guest. One of the internal VFA5 ML2 10GbE SFP+ adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.5.exe).

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: 11-May-2010	Driver Size: 118712
	Checksum: dc7c0ab134f3f66c340e909af907e3db

Intel Integrated 82801GB ICH7
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 11-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 9edd963ec0c6663ada9302c9e0837535

IBM ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 11-May-2010	Driver Size: 86816
	Checksum: 18021606ce8de998de9049de7306c8a5

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

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System x3850 M2 (7233-4Lx) - Yes Bulletin 132432 | SUSE