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 | Lenovo System x3950 X6 (E7 v3 with DDR3) (6241)
Network Server
Lenovo | 27 May 2015
143200 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 7 for SUSE® SLES 15 |
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 v3 high-performance processors and up to 12 TB of memory.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS 5 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: A9E121VUS - v1.00 (04/01/2015) |
| CPU: | 8 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3 2.50 GHz |
| RAM: | 128 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 6 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 14 USB Ports Serial |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | 2 IBM
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | Lenovo
1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5 inch G3HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Lenovo
900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5-inch G3HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3 |
Config Notes
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- XEN Guests: VM Guests were configured with 1 GB of memory each leaving more memory for the Xen host. In this configuration, if the guests are configured with more memory there is a possibility that network communication could be disrupted during times of heavy system load.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE10SP4 drivers are included with SLE10SP4. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-1.7_00.exe).
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga |
| | Driver Date: 29-May-2013 | Driver Size: 190720 |
| | Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5 |
| | Driver Version: 1.4.11 |
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| Intel
I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| | Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 287167 |
| | Checksum: 81bfd34fb256a6fa3cab6fc2f6e9ed3e |
| | Driver Version: 4.1.2-k |
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| Intel
X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: ixgbe.ko |
| | Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 349319 |
| | Checksum: 6b985656ab852761e6d44809093f0150 |
| | Driver Version: 3.11.33-k |
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| Broadcom®
BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| | Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 242863 |
| | Checksum: f89cba187ed6394b55c6f3545b981f06 |
| | Driver Version: 3.129 |
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| 2 IBM
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 13-Feb-2014 | Driver Size: 1463863 |
| | Checksum: 45d189e12f483f94ec7a4bed51377805 |
| | Driver Version: 06.600.20.00 |
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The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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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