System x3850 X6 (3837) - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbE SFP+

System x3850 X6 (3837) - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbE SFP+
Network Server
Inspur Corporation

07 Nov 2014
142341

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: A8E107MUS - v1.00 (05/31/2014)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v2 2.80 GHz
RAM:	760 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 7 USB Ports 5 PCI Express X16 4 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD. System was scaled up to 4-sockets by joining two x480 X6 with 4S scalability connector. Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two additional USB ports.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed to crashkernel=316M,high crashkernel=172M,low for kdump to function correctly.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 SP5 guest. One of the Lenovo Embedded Four-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM adapters was used in this testing.

Referenced Bulletins
149011

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 0aa1fb610e038786b32b41ad30a9aa41

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

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

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

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:

Inspur Corporation
Building C. NO.2
Xinxi Road
Shangdi, Haidian District
Beijing 100080
CHINA

602555

System x3850 X6 (3837) - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbE SFP+ - Yes Bulletin 142341 | SUSE