System x3690 X5 (7148-3Dx)

System x3690 X5 (7148-3Dx)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

13 Apr 2011
135282

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
The IBM System x3690 X5 delivers performance, memory capacity and reliability features in a two-socket system that incorporates scalable Intel® Xeon® processors and fifth-generation IBM X-Architecture® (eX5) technology. With two sockets, you can cut your licensing costs while using less energy. The x3690 X5 features scalability and expansion to help you meet changing workload demands as your business grows. With MAX5, more memory capacity with 32 DIMM slots. Increase utilization and optimize your investments by fitting more virtual machines per system.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	MLE130XUS - v1.30
CPU:	2 AMD Sixteen-Core Opteron™ 6276 2.30 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X16 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ServerEngines™ Integrated Pilot II Controller
Host Bus Adapter:	ATI SB700 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 HP 250GB 3G SATA 7.2K NHP 3.5 , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® Omni Cube™ 4-Port KVM w/PS2-to-USB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-77.1

Config Notes

General purpose serial port functionality is not provided by the hardware. Therefore the serial port is supported only for accessing the ILOM and the serial port certification test has been waived.
PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network
The LAN driver used during testing was installed from the following rpm: intel-e1000e-0.4.1.6-1.x86_64.rpm and intel-e1000e-kmp-smp-0.4.1.6_2.6.16.60_0.21-1.x86_64.rpm. This driver can be downloaded and installed after the SLED install. To obtain the driver go to: http://forgeftp.novell.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle10sp2/ptf/common/x86_64/

Referenced Bulletins
125654

Adapters and Drivers


ServerEngines™ Integrated Pilot II Controller
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-May-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

2 HP NC362i Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Apr-2011	Driver Size: 3692097
	Checksum: 341f9720ea3f38cbaf7cd1a50f4f1789

ATI SB700
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Apr-2011	Driver Size: 80352
	Checksum: 945475652d7e8d9988a5432085902892

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: pata_atiixp.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Apr-2011	Driver Size: 12704
	Checksum: ebb320dc8a95db59b7be322527f5cfb9

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Industry Standard Server Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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