System x3630 M3 (7377

System x3630 M3 (7377 - 32x)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

04 Apr 2012
137318

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64

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

Product Description
The IBM System x3630 M3 is a storage-rich dual-socket 2U server that integrates the features of traditional enterprise server offerings with affordable components to deliver value to cost-conscious buyers. Based on Intel® Xeon® processor technology, the x3630 M3 offers performance and storage capacity. It provides up to 28 TB of internal storage capacity, making it an good solution for storage-intensive workloads. The x3630 M3 helps keep your business running smoothly with availability features that include redundant cooling fan modules and hot-swap/redundant power supplies, RAID protection, and predictive failure analysis. The x3630 M3 also offers a comprehensive suite of systems management tools that help simplify management tasks.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	HSE119WUS - v1.08
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5507 2.26 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=281M,high crashkernel=162M,low" using YaST.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. SSD Drive Configuration: RAID 6. Tested as a 1-node scalable partition with 2 Compute Books.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 guest. One of the internal VFA5 ML2 10GbE SFP+ adapters was used in 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: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 243416
	Checksum: 9ba8fcc0cd23ad32167370c3322415b8

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 126248
	Checksum: 861a728179b7da9ddcb3e1781df51e81

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
HP Servers Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070

589199

System x3630 M3 (7377 - 32x) - Yes Bulletin 137318 | SUSE