System x3630 M3 (7377-AC1)

System x3630 M3 (7377-AC1)
Network Server
IBM

13 Apr 2011
135005

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

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

Product Description
The IBM System x3630 M3 is a storage-rich dual-socket 2U server that integrates the features of traditional enterprise server offerings with affordable components to deliver value to cost-conscious buyers. Based on Intel® Xeon® processor technology, the x3630 M3 offers performance and storage capacity. It provides up to 28 TB of internal storage capacity, making it an good solution for storage-intensive workloads. The x3630 M3 helps keep your business running smoothly with availability features that include redundant cooling fan modules and hot-swap/redundant power supplies, RAID protection, and predictive failure analysis. The x3630 M3 also offers a comprehensive suite of systems management tools that help simplify management tasks.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	HSE117UUS - v1.05
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5620 2.40 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports Serial PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 146 GB 10K SFF HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	Cybex® Autoview Commander™ KVM w/PS2-to-USB converter
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-77.1

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen maintenance update 8063 x86-64 is required and was installed during certification testing.
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=4G dom0_max_vcpus=4".
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. One of the embedded Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.

Referenced Bulletins
140213

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 174712
	Checksum: 34ada57de469915d1dc3833aa1f21893

2 Intel Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 145396
	Checksum: c5f1360779681ac65d795a9bfc6a64e0

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 102256
	Checksum: 00231305fdc0bb43085c2c000fc3a103

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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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System x3630 M3 (7377-AC1) - Yes Bulletin 135005 | SUSE