System x3950 M2 (7233-6Mx)

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

13 Apr 2011
135051

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 15

Other Products:

SLE Micro 5.5 (SLES 15 SP5)

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:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	A3E166AUS-1.12
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor X7460 2.66 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	7 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel 82801GR/GH 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 7.0-77.1

Config Notes

SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to one of the SLES 12 x86_64 guests. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 adapters was used in this testing.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 17-Mar-2008	Driver Size: 283804
	Checksum: 54e340ac765f3dcceb97d352ece9f560

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 205868
	Checksum: 28ef1938e340f0d23f6c3fb5b45da426

Intel 82801GR/GH ICH7
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 39428
	Checksum: 550a56a5bd3d7a6571f10f250e7154a4

IBM ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 104276
	Checksum: 3e5e25dd167b99c204395b99d08e1808

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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System x3950 M2 (7233-6Mx) - Yes Bulletin 135051 | SUSE