System x3850 X5 (7143-C3U)

System x3850 X5 (7143-C3U)
Network Server
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd

28 Feb 2012
136576

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

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:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	G0E171TUS-1.70
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 2.40 GHz
RAM:	512 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	8 IBM 146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic UJDA782 DVD/CDRW , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID1.
Install: System installed using an external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. An added network adapter, Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter (82572EI GB Ethernet Controller), was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV network drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).

Referenced Bulletins
139884

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 123168
	Checksum: 44310a1aca6c90b7236ff733f57eb95d

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 127144
	Checksum: b49348a99f280896c8645e6df242e745

IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 127144
	Checksum: b49348a99f280896c8645e6df242e745

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 48384
	Checksum: ae99b4395c8eda5cecc9b175d90ef09e

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:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
Banxuegang Industrial Park Buji Longgang
Shenzhen 518129
CHINA

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System x3850 X5 (7143-C3U) - Yes Bulletin 136576 | SUSE