System x3850 X5 EXA (7143 - C3x)

System x3850 X5 EXA (7143 - C3x) - 5TB
Network Server
Lenovo

05 Apr 2012
137325

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 15

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:	G0E173VUS
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 2.40 GHz
RAM:	5 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200VE
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 IBM 73.4GB 10K 2.5 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 SP4 FV guest. One of the Intel Ethernet Connection X722 for 1GbE adapters was used in this testing.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: RAID 0. SR-IOV with X722. MVM 40GB each, VMM 160 GB.

Referenced Bulletins
148839

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 123200
	Checksum: 98580a3cc9f9f045befc4fa619c9cd70

IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 127144
	Checksum: 9064ff5d397905a2741116667bdcf91a

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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System x3850 X5 EXA (7143 - C3x) - 5TB - Yes Bulletin 137325 | SUSE