Lenovo System x3950 X6 (E7 v2 with DDR3) (6241)

Lenovo System x3950 X6 (E7 v2 with DDR3) (6241)
Network Server
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

09 Nov 2015
143776

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

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 v2 or 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:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor 2.10 GHz
RAM:	128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 2 Serial 14 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 Seagate® Enterprise Performance 10K HDD 512N - ST600MM0208 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-30.2

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=210M,high crashkernel=162M,low" using YaST.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to one of the SLES 12 guests. One of the embedded Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.3.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Tested as a 1-node scalable partition with 4 Compute Books. Hard disk configuration: separate RAID 0.

Referenced Bulletins
144981

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 96383
	Checksum: bbed1a4bbab6a5c26c55e3771d88ad04

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 (Dual-Port) for 10GBASE-T
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 480431
	Checksum: 539a9b943f24800324b22ae1df4ab80c
	Driver Version: 1.6.27-k

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 236751
	Checksum: c96d2df516f3a67f3960bb982a2a0b3d
	Driver Version: 07.701.17.00-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:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
1701 E Mossy Oaks Rd
Spring , TX 77389

579870

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