System x3620 M3 (7376-62x)

System x3620 M3 (7376-62x)
Network Server
IBM

08 Jun 2010
132690

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The IBM® System x3620 M3 gives growing businesses an affordable alternative to traditional enterprise server offerings. Built on Intel® Xeon® technology, the x3620 M3 helps keep costs down by providing energy efficiency and support for high-capacity hard disk drives. IBM designed, tested and certified.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	HSE111XUS - 1.00
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5650 2.66 GHz
RAM:	40 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Western Digital WD2502ABYS 250GB 3.5 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® PS2 to USB KVM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Maintenance update: SLES12 SP3 kernel update 1385 (kernel-default-4.4.140-94.42.1.x86_64.rpm) is required and was downloaded from http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=RFalUgbIh18~# and installed during certification testing.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk (DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.22.4334.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.22.4334_4.4.73_7-1.sles12sp3.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347757.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbe" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "ixgbe-kmp-default-5.3.5_k4.4.73_7-h1a.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 SP3 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347731.html.
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.
This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 200804
	Checksum: 3426fe7b896a5fa1de1c5892a962fbe2

2 Intel Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 125348
	Checksum: 4569556b949cab5f533a45d75c44fe09

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 36488
	Checksum: 71be0740159edb0adc2351a454525632

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:

IBM
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System x3620 M3 (7376-62x) - Yes Bulletin 132690 | SUSE