System x3100 M5 (5457)

System x3100 M5 (5457)
Network Server
Lenovo

17 Jul 2015
143487

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

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

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: JBOD
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.
System was scaled up to 8-sockets by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
UEFI Configuration: The Processor State (p-state) setting in UEFI was changed from the default Enabled to Disabled. ( F1 Setup --> System Settings --> Processors )
SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI Pass-through.

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" 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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