System x3620 M3 (7376

System x3620 M3 (7376 - D2x)
Network Server
Intel Corporation

28 Feb 2012
136848

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM® System x3620 M3 gives growing businesses an affordable alternative to traditional enterprise server offerings. Built on Intel® Xeon® technology, the x3620 M3 helps keep costs down by providing energy efficiency and support for high-capacity hard disk drives. IBM designed, tested and certified.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	HSE119WUS - v1.08
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5645 2.40 GHz
RAM:	48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Western Digital WD2502ABYS 250GB 3.5 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA) Western Digital WD2500YS 250 GB SATA , Serial ATA (SATA) Seagate® ST3250620NS , Serial ATA (SATA) Western Digital WD800JD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.1

Config Notes

Tested as a 2-node scalable partition with 8 Compute Books. Hard Disk Configuration: two separate RAID 1 units.
2) Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 12 guests. One of the Intel I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter ports was used during this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f

Intel Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 03-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 243416
	Checksum: b4e797017b9393caf60c158c9b2613d4

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 03-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 47168
	Checksum: 460aa02bef0f331e718b1541e3d2a851

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:

Intel Corporation
Columbia Design Center
100 Center Point Circle, Suite 200
Columbia , SC 29210
Voice: 803-216-2100
Website: www.intel.com

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