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| System x3650 (7979-BFx)
Network Server
IBM | 08 Jun 2010
132688 |
SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified with the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
2
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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: | 8 |
BIOS/uEFI: | GGE146BUS - 1.17 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Quad-Core Xeon® Processor X5450 3.0 GHz |
RAM: | 8 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 3 PCI Express X8 Serial 6 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | ATI
ES1000 |
Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
Integrated 6321ESB ICH
, IDE IBM
ServeRAID 8k
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 6 IBM
36.4GB 10K 2.5" SAS hot-swap HDD 26K5656
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | LG
GCC-4244N
, IDE |
USB Keyboard: | Cybex® AutoView Commander™ KVM w/PS2-to-USB |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
- KVM Guest: The following updated virtio_net drivers were used and are required on the KVM SLE11SP1 guests: novell-virtio_net-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.i586.rpm and novell-virtio_net-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.x86_64.rpm. The drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES KVM Guest install. The drivers are PLDP compliant and available at: http://drivers.suse.com/novell/kvm-guest-kernel-fix/sle11sp1/install/suse/{ARCH}
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Adapters and Drivers
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ATI
ES1000 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 29-Mar-2010 | Driver Size: 720064 |
| Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319 |
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2 Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 118712 |
| Checksum: 310235af077333686b82d4999c00a232 |
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Intel
Integrated 6321ESB ICH |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 46680 |
| Checksum: 02ccb110f6b9828baf0c7a9e8544bcb0 |
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IBM
ServeRAID 8k |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 141912 |
| Checksum: a0974efb52d83c07ab31155e623121df |
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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:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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