System x3950 M2 (7233-6Mx)

System x3950 M2 (7233-6Mx)
Network Server
IBM

15 Jul 2010
133014

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
Engineered with the needs of enterprise organizations in mind, the IBM x3950 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 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. 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 X7460 2.66 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

The PLDP compliant LAN driver used during testing was installed from the following rpm: intel-e1000e-1.2.20-1.x86_64.rpm. These drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/
The SM712 video driver comes from Intel web site (S1200BTS on-board video driver)http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20001&lang=eng Please follow the steps below to install the driver: 1. Click “Download” to download the file “smi-xserver-sm712-intel-2010119-R1.zip”, choose “I accept…” when the pop window occur. 2. Unzip the file. 3. Copy the “smi-xserver-sm712-intel.tgz” to the SUT. 4. Unzip the file with command “tar zxvf smi-xserver-sm712-intel.tgz”. 5. Enter the directory: cd smi-xserver-sm712/sles11.1_64bit/ (this is for SLES11SP1 64bit. For i586, please use sles11.1_32bit instead). 6. Execute command : ./install. 7. After installation complete, type command “init 3”. 8. Put in the user name and password when enter the CLI interface. 9. Then input “init 5” to enter the GUI interface again. Then the driver can be successfully installed.

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:

IBM
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