System x3650 M3 (7945-52x/54x)

System x3650 M3 (7945-52x/54x)
Network Server
Lenovo

13 Apr 2011
135275

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

Product Description
The IBM® x3650 M3 is an Energy-smart design that provides optimal computing performance per watt. Improved service with a flexible design that is easy to deploy, integrate and manage. Manage risk with resilient architectures and virtualized environments. Power-optimized performance compared to previous generation 2-socket servers. Helps lower operational costs with innovative energy-smart 2U design.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	VICT-02
BIOS/uEFI:	D6E150UUS - v1.10
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5645 2.40 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Hitachi GST HUC101473CSS300 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	LG GCC-T20N , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® PS2-to-USB KVM
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
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).
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. The system also has one internal USB port.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
Maintenance updates: Xen 8479 (bnc#836239,808269) updates are required and were installed during certification testing.

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

Broadcom® Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 205868
	Checksum: 5b2ed9e716ee36fcc4c879ee73c6b554

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 39428
	Checksum: 1f468f292991a92b714301941b94578b

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 104276
	Checksum: 888ff11c0cc89790ff7a8b977836efb4

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:

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

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System x3650 M3 (7945-52x/54x) - Yes Bulletin 135275 | SUSE