System x3650 M2 (7947

System x3650 M2 (7947 - 32x)
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

03 May 2012
137550

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

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

Product Description
The IBM® System x3650 M2 offers robust, proven technology and a flexible, energy-smart design. Delivering multi-core computing on Intel® Xeon® processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology, this server delivers significant performance improvement per watt compared to previous generation servers by integrating low-wattage components for an energy-smart thermal profile. Power-optimized performance compared to previous generation 2-socket servers. Helps lower operational costs with innovative energy-smart 2U design.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	VICT-02
BIOS/uEFI:	D6E156WUS - v1.14
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5520 2.26 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 2 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	6 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	LG GCC-T20N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-36.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter in the elilo.conf file was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe) and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
141336

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

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

Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 330536
	Checksum: 640eff661dfb9a34e21b31165c0c77f1

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 48216
	Checksum: d67bc19831738808520f9d881a3e9990

IBM ServeRAID M1015 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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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System x3650 M2 (7947 - 32x) - Yes Bulletin 137550 | SUSE