System x3850 X5 (7143-C1U)

System x3850 X5 (7143-C1U)
Network Server
NEC Corporation

18 May 2011
135617

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10

Other Products:

Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 1

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

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:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8850 2.0 GHz
RAM:	512 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) IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	8 IBM 146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
Hard disk configuration: JBOD
System was scaled up to 4-socket by joining two x880 X6 with 4S scalability connector.
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).

Referenced Bulletins
141545

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

IBM ServeRAID M1015 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:

NEC Corporation
1-10 Nissin-cho, Fuchu-shi
Tokyo 183-8501
JAPAN
Voice: (+81) 42 333 1324
Fax: (+81) 42 333 1821

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