System x3100 M5 (5457)

System x3100 M5 (5457)
Network Server
IBM

17 Jul 2015
143440

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The new single-socket Lenovo System x3100 M5 server provides business-class reliability and performance in a compact tower, optimized for small to medium-sized businesses and distributed environments. Equipped with the Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3 processor, USB 3.0 for fast data transfer, 1.35 V low-voltage memory for power savings, 3.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs) for minimized downtime, and four levels of RAID for enhanced data protection, the x3100 M5 brings new levels of performance to your workloads while maximizing energy savings. This efficient tower meets your business needs today and offers upgrade potential when your requirements grow.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	PASS4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: J9E114HUS - v1.02 - (05/16/2014)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E3-1271 v3 3.60 GHz
RAM:	16 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 USB Ports Serial 2 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X1 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel DH82C222 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 250 GB Hot-swap 7200 rpm 3.0 Gb/s 3.5 Inch SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	IBM SATA DEVICE 81Y3675 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-27.1

Config Notes

SUSE update ISO: The SLES-11-SP3-MINI-ISO-power8.iso is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This update must be downloaded and used before SUSE Linux Enterprise Server install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-POWER/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html and review the installation instructions.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
Required configuration: SLES 11 SP3 will run in POWER7 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER8 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER7 processor with SMT4.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Required configuration: SLES 12 SP5 will run in POWER9 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER10 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER9 processor with SMT8.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: eeec94d7ef85cad092007144321a8b30
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Broadcom® NetXtreme BCM5717 Gigabit Ethernet (Dual-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 249143
	Checksum: 77b485a7f58111db611a492d32c7a6ed
	Driver Version: 3.137

Intel DH82C222 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 58775
	Checksum: 835923abad4eef8c134d8dc84cc84d86
	Driver Version: 3.0

IBM ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 282159
	Checksum: 4803a27d4d313b0cea4f5ed38d0dcb8e
	Driver Version: 20.100.00.00

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:

IBM
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