System x3850 X5 (7143-C1U)

System x3850 X5 (7143-C1U)
Network Server
IBM

18 May 2011
135612

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLED 11

Other Products:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS)

Product Description
Flexible, balanced design for scalability, memory expansion Fifth-generation IBM® X-Architecture® chipset design combined with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E7 product line

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	G0E152WUS-1.50
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8850 2.0 GHz
RAM:	256 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	7 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

Desktop Effects: Graphics driver/adapter does not support desktop effects.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support throttling.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support fan thermal scaling.
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
Power Management: For suspend to RAM to work, create file /etc/pm/config.d/suspend and add the following line to it : S2RAM_OPTS="-f -p -m".

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-May-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 119840
	Checksum: 0c74e55b4c00f5aebe31a5afe4d1902d

IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 87648
	Checksum: ca2c1c72914587587095caf021d3ea59

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 x3850 X5 (7143-C1U) - Yes Bulletin 135612 | SUSE