System x3690 X5 (7148)

System x3690 X5 (7148)
Network Server
Lenovo

18 Dec 2014
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 6 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
The IBM System x3690 X5 delivers performance, memory capacity and reliability features in a two-socket system that incorporates scalable Intel® Xeon® processors and fifth-generation IBM X-Architecture® (eX5) technology. With two sockets, you can cut your licensing costs while using less energy. The x3690 X5 features scalability and expansion to help you meet changing workload demands as your business grows. With MAX5, more memory capacity with 32 DIMM slots. Increase utilization and optimize your investments by fitting more virtual machines per system.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: MLE179TUS - v1.79 - (02/19/2013)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor X7560 2.26 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 4 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eV
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Matsushita DVD-RAM UJ870BJ , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3

Config Notes

VMware guest OS installation information can be found at:http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_11.html
VMware recommends to install deployPkg with open-vm-tools if creating a Template http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2075048.
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a virtual machine configured with up to 4080 GB of memory on a SLES 11 SP4 x86-64 guest.
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a SLES 11 SP4 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 128 CPUs.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by the operating system vendors.For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.6.The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 11 SP4 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eV
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 0aa1fb610e038786b32b41ad30a9aa41

Broadcom® NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (Dual-port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 133583
	Checksum: 9ae8d4e4e3c295fe528b2ff0239a6510
	Driver Version: 2.2.5

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 53815
	Checksum: 4aa148a5caef259c7e9753c6f727eda8
	Driver Version: 2.13

IBM ServeRAID M1015 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:

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

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System x3690 X5 (7148) - Yes Bulletin 142559 | SUSE