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 | System x3950 X6 (3837) - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbE SFP+
Network Server
FSAS Technologies Inc. | 27 Oct 2014
142172 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
Other Products:
Product Description
The IBM® System x3950 X6 server is an eight-socket 8U rack-mounted server that represents the sixth generation of the IBM Enterprise X-Architecture®. It delivers innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, availability, and serviceability features to enable optimal performance for mission-critical databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. The x3950 X6 packs numerous fault-tolerant and high-availability features into a high-density, 8U rack-optimized lid-less package that helps to significantly reduce the space that is needed to support massive network computing operations and simplify servicing. The x3950 X6 supports up to eight Intel® Xeon® E7-8800 v2 high-performance processors and up to 12 TB of memory.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS 5 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: A8E107MUS - v1.00 (05/31/2014) |
| CPU: | 8 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v2 2.80 GHz |
| RAM: | 768 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 2 Serial 14 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X16 6 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Host Bus Adapter: | 2 IBM
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
300GB 10K SATA 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD
, Serial ATA (SATA) 2 IBM
600GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch 6Gbps SFF HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM
300GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1 |
Config Notes
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP3 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 256 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
- VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
- VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP3 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| | Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 97711 |
| | Checksum: 0aa1fb610e038786b32b41ad30a9aa41 |
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| Broadcom®
NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2x.ko |
| | Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 1102527 |
| | Checksum: eb98ff4c6a3c6188421a240d2fed33f9 |
| | Driver Version: 1.78.19-0 |
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| Broadcom®
BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| | Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 255327 |
| | Checksum: e18cc27309231e8a0bb40c95f18a30f2 |
| | Driver Version: 3.136 |
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| Intel
I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| | Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 319895 |
| | Checksum: 5dc831ebe3c0bfe03571c08dedd554dc |
| | Driver Version: 5.0.5-k |
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| 2 IBM
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 168407 |
| | Checksum: 929c950a0f075f2e946ed38367bf1daf |
| | Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rc1 |
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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:
FSAS Technologies Inc.
13-2 Frontier Musashikosugi, Nakamaruko, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki City
211-0012
JAPAN
Voice: 044-754-2453
Website: https://www.fsastech.com/
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