System x3690 X5 (7147-A7U)

System x3690 X5 (7147-A7U)
Network Server
Lenovo

05 Aug 2011
135980

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2008
	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 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. 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 E7-2870 2.40 GHz
RAM:	512 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

Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: single SATA hard disk connected to on-board SATA HBA, M.2-two SSD configured as RAID1.
Kdump (SLE12SP2): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=156M,high crashkernel=112M,low using YaST.
Installation Kit: The lenovo_servers_thinksystem-sle12sp2-x86_64-1.0.iso installation kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This installation kit must be downloaded and used to start the SLES installation. To obtain the installation kit go to: https://drivers.suse.com/lenovo/Lenovo-ThinkSystem/sle-12-sp2-x86_64/1.0/.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 SP2 FV guest. The Intel Ethernet Connection X722 adapter 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.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eV
	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: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 119648
	Checksum: 26ac1b061a7c06cf31fe4505bc66c932

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: d023f0afd755d8755871ba7f8b63c70a

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

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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