System x3755 M3 (7164-62x)

System x3755 M3 (7164-62x)
Network Server
IBM

13 Apr 2011
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM System x3755 M3 is a four-socket server that provides outstanding performance and capacity in a slim 2U design. Based on the 8- or 12-core AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform, the x3755 M3 helps organizations scale as workload demands increase, accommodating up to 48 processor cores and providing 32 DIMM slots for cost-effective memory scaling.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	AYE134AUS-1.01
CPU:	4 AMD Twelve-Core Opteron™ 6174 2.2 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 4 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2050
Host Bus Adapter:	ATI SB700 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 250 GB 3.5-inch Hot-Swap SATA II , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic DVD-RAM UJ890 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-77.1

Config Notes

SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html
Hard disk configuration: JBOD
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
System was scaled up to 8-socket by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.

Referenced Bulletins
141692

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2050
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 49080
	Checksum: cc27bbc39f5b8aef80382c7e0398b0cb

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 213872
	Checksum: bc3782b437add8f184d780e6b803fa6d

ATI SB700
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 52848
	Checksum: e9abc2abda4c609b9b867c14dac71e04

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 119472
	Checksum: bb453b757ae07312719ebf21e802e8c4

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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System x3755 M3 (7164-62x) - Yes Bulletin 134983 | SUSE