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 | IBM System x3950 X6 (3837) - Emulex VFA5 ML2 10GbE SFP+
Network Server
IBM | 04 Nov 2014
142252 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for x86 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLED 11 |
Other Products:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS) |
Product Description
The Lenovo System x3950 X6 server is an eight-socket 8U rack-mounted server that represents the sixth generation of the Lenovo 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 7.3.0-94.2 |
Config Notes
- 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. The system also has one internal USB port.
- Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: single SATA hard disk connected to on-board SATA HBA, an M.2 device with two SSD configured as RAID1. The "Device model" selected for the SLES guest virtual network adapter during testing was e1000, instead of the default virtio.
- 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-2.5.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to one of the SLES 15 guests. One of the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2 adapters was used in this testing.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| | Driver Date: 19-Aug-2014 | Driver Size: 97007 |
| | Checksum: ff7887102425f2bba08fd653c21d6ebb |
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| Intel
I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| | Driver Date: 20-Aug-2014 | Driver Size: 319895 |
| | Checksum: ec2951276b5b5f304b0b77895f8a0977 |
| | Driver Version: 5.0.5-k |
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| Emulex Corporation
VFA5 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko |
| | Driver Date: 20-Aug-2014 | Driver Size: 177119 |
| | Checksum: 385acdc6179a18f2d0651757f9ec1bfd |
| | Driver Version: 10.0.600.0s |
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| Broadcom®
BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| | Driver Date: 19-Aug-2014 | Driver Size: 255327 |
| | Checksum: bf2eba4e62fd34438a4f95bc7f5dcf87 |
| | Driver Version: 3.136 |
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| 2 IBM
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 19-Aug-2014 | Driver Size: 168407 |
| | Checksum: dffa65a5656721e9da8e501ba6606dde |
| | Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rc1 |
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