System x3620 M3 (7376

System x3620 M3 (7376 - D2x)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

28 Feb 2012
136959

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM

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

Kdump (SLE12SP3): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=173M,high crashkernel=122M,low using YaST.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: JBOD. System was scaled up to 8-sockets by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports (each node also has an internal USB port).
SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI pass-through.
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® 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: 246368
	Checksum: 566b81eec0fe53a95898b2d873ff0e70

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 03-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 48216
	Checksum: 1e46f90a6f710f4208f8b33e8d52ee9f

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

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System x3620 M3 (7376 - D2x) - Yes Bulletin 136959 | SUSE