IBM System x3950 X6 (E7 v2 with DDR3) (3837)

IBM System x3950 X6 (E7 v2 with DDR3) (3837)
Network Server
Atos

20 Mar 2016
144199

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
The IBM® System x3950 X6 server is an eight-socket 8U rack-mounted server that represents the sixth generation of the IBM 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 high-performance processors and up to 12 TB of memory.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: A8E117BUS - v1.20 (11/18/2015)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Bronze 3104 Processor 1.70 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 Serial 8 PCI Express X16 4 PCI Express X8 14 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3108 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Toshiba Enterprise Performance HDD, 300GB, SAS (AL14SXB30ENY) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Windows VM requires kernel parameter "split_lock_detect=on" to be set.
Persistent Memory: The Persistent Memory in the system was configured and verified "separately" in 100-percent AppDirect Mode, and then in 100-percent Memory Mode.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 SP3 guest. One of the integrated Broadcom® NetXtreme® E-Series BCM57416 10GBASE-T adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 21-Feb-2021	Driver Size: 21788696

	Driver Version: 0x02

LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3108
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 68420
	Checksum: cdc7bfa63964ba2caa52b643881b6a11

Cisco UCS VIC 1440
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: enic.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 39700

	Driver Version: 0xa2

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For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

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