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 | System x3690 X5 (7147-D2U)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company | 26 May 2011
135689 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLED 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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 wont 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. Whether you need more power than your current 1 or 2 socket infrastructure provides, or a cutting-edge enterprise platform without the expense of a new 4-socket infrastructure, the x3690 X5 can be the building block for your intelligent IT infrastructure.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 2 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | MLE142UUS - v1.40 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-2860 2.26 GHz |
| RAM: | 128 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 6 USB Ports Serial 5 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
G200eV |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
Integrated 82801JI ICH10
, Serial ATA (SATA) 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) |
| CD/DVD: | Matsushita
DVD-RAM UJ870BJ
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| USB Keyboard: | Belkin® PS2-to-USB KVM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1 |
Config Notes
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP7 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 768 CPUs and 24560 GB of memory.
- Broadcom recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 313456 at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=313456.
- Broadcom recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 306577 at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=306577.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP7 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
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Referenced Bulletins
154125
Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
G200eV |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 09-May-2010 | Driver Size: 190624 |
| | Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6 |
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| Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 119648 |
| | Checksum: 26ac1b061a7c06cf31fe4505bc66c932 |
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| Intel
Integrated 82801JI ICH10 |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| | Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 46680 |
| | Checksum: d023f0afd755d8755871ba7f8b63c70a |
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| IBM
ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 87304 |
| | Checksum: 4b912ce3d71eff482ffc1283bab5c7f0 |
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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
Personal Systems Group - Notebooks
20555 SH249
Houston
, TX
77070
Website: http://www.hp.com
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