System x3690 X5 with MAX5 (7147-A7U)

System x3690 X5 with MAX5 (7147-A7U)
Workstation
Fujitsu

18 May 2011
135556

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
Innovative and cost-efficient, the IBM System x3690 X5 delivers memory capacity and reliability features in a breakthrough two-processor system that incorporates Intel® Xeon® processors and fifth-generation IBM X-Architecture® (eX5) technology. And you won’t have to trade performance for a denser form factor. The x3690 X5 offers leadership performance, including the ability to handle efficient database transactions in a two-processor servers. With MAX5, you can double the memory capacity of your two-processor system to 64 DIMM slots. Increase utilization and optimize your investments by fitting 100 percent more virtual machines per system at half the cost per virtual machine with MAX5 memory expansion. An easy upgrade path and customizable growth options offer freedom of choice. For example, you can add more memory without having to purchase unneeded processing capabilities.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	2
BIOS/uEFI:	MLE142UUS - v1.40
CPU:	Intel Core™ i5-4570 Processor 3.20 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 USB Ports Serial 5 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Intel HD Graphics 4600
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel DH82Q85 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST3250312AS , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	TSST CDDVDW SH-2168B , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® PS2-to-USB KVM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Tested as a 1-node scalable partition with 4 Compute Books. Hard disk configuration: single RAID 0.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=190M,high crashkernel=132M,low" using YaST.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 FV guest. One of the X540 ML2 10GbaseT adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.4.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing.

Referenced Bulletins
145927

Adapters and Drivers


Intel Ethernet Connection I217-V
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 383655
	Checksum: 851313232c44f78a9be7d291692de4e2
	Driver Version: 2.1.4-k

Intel DH82Q85 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 58287
	Checksum: 473c4648eb91631c32be9d18fb2e85ad
	Driver Version: 3.0

Intel HD Graphics 4600
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: intel_drv.so
	Driver Date: 29-May-2013	Driver Size: 352224

	Driver Version: 2.21.4

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:

Fujitsu
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH
TSP CLI E SW OSE
Bürgermeister-Ulrich-Strasse 100
Augsburg 86199
GERMANY
Voice: +49 (0)821 804-3321

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System x3690 X5 with MAX5 (7147-A7U) - Yes Bulletin 135556 | SUSE