System x3850 X5 with MAX5 (7143-AC1)

System x3850 X5 with MAX5 (7143-AC1)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

12 Aug 2011
136041

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLED 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The x3850 X5 server is the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture, delivering innovation with enhanced reliability and availability features to enable performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. Environments that run around the clock to supply information world-wide require dependable servers with features that can tolerate a component failure without total shutdown. The x3850 X5 server packs numerous fault-tolerant and high-availability features into a high-density, rack-optimized package that helps to reduce the space needed to support massive network computing operations. A single x3850 X5 with the MAX 5 memory drawer supports up to four of Intel's high-performance processors and up to 1.5 TB of memory.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	0
BIOS/uEFI:	G0E160YUS - v1.60
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 2.40 GHz
RAM:	1.5 TB
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:	3 IBM 73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	IBM 02R0400
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

PLDP network driver: The PLDP Driver ixgbe.ko was installed and tested on 4 Intel X540-AT2 10 Gb ethernet controllers. The driver can be downloaded from http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-3.7.14-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-default-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-xen-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm
Serial port: General purpose serial port functionality is not provided by the hardware. Therefore the serial port is supported only for accessing the ILOM and the serial port certification test has been waived.
Install: An ISO image of the SLES11sp1 Install Media was used to install the Operating System via Virtual DVD-ROM device.

Referenced Bulletins
137382

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 213872
	Checksum: 58a8ebe9877c6b4bb149c2d25f26f04d

IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 119472
	Checksum: 7ed0552718b84ed9cfdb5809356d5ec2

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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
Workstation Global Business Unit
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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