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| System x3950 M2 (7233-6Mx)
Network Server
IBM | 15 Jul 2010
133011 |
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 AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
Engineered with the needs of enterprise organizations in mind, the IBM® x3950 M2 provides a scalable, efficient and highly reliable solution. The x3950 M2 can help organizations meet business demands with confidence, and since many organizations require servers that expand as business grows, the x3950 M2 provides the flexibility to run more applications on the same piece of hardware.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | 2 |
BIOS/uEFI: | A3E166TUS-1.12 |
CPU: | 16 Intel
Xeon® Processor X7460 2.66 GHz |
RAM: | 1 TB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 16 USB Ports 8 PCI Express X8 4 Serial |
Video Adapter: | ATI
ES1000 |
Host Bus Adapter: | 4 IBM
ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
26k5654 36.4GB 10K 2.5" SAS Hot-swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
USB Keyboard: | IBM-SK-8835 |
USB Mouse: | IBM-SK-8835 |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1 |
Config Notes
- 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}
- KVM Guest: The SLE11SP1 guests were configured with one virtual virtio NIC and one virtual realtek NIC.
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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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8 Broadcom®
Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 118712 |
| Checksum: 310235af077333686b82d4999c00a232 |
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4 IBM
ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 86816 |
| Checksum: e134db428c0a19236892c62123cdb779 |
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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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