System x3650 M5 (5462/E5-2600 v3)

System x3650 M5 (5462/E5-2600 v3)
Network Server
Lenovo

22 Dec 2016
145210

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
With the powerful, versatile new 2U two-socket Lenovo® System x3650 M5 rack server, you can run even more workloads, 24 x 7, and gain faster business insights. Integrated with Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 and industry-leading two-socket storage capacity, the x3650 M5 fast forwards your business. You can select from an impressive array of storage configurations (up to 26 drive bays) that optimize diverse workloads from cloud to big data.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Pass 3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: (TCE124M-2.10) (06/23/2016)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 192 GB, Single Max VM Guest: 180 GB, Multi-VM Guests: 56 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	7 USB Ports PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3008 , Serial SCSI (SAS) Emulex Corporation LightPulse LPe1205-HI , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:	Hitachi GST ULTRASTAR C15K600, 300GB, SAS (HUC156030CSS204) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:	Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G200
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using the internal USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter in the elilo.conf file was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
Hard disk configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5.
SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html.

Referenced Bulletins
141511

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

Hitachi OCl14104-U3-HI 4-port 10GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 175527
	Checksum: e1db06703d4a5ae9c34354f370e79bc5
	Driver Version: 10.4s

LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3008
Emulex Corporation LightPulse LPe1205-HI
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: lpfc.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 1070015
	Checksum: dcd3a2e032be3b258f33fcfad609a3eb
	Driver Version: 0:10.4.8000.0.

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

568997

System x3650 M5 (5462/E5-2600 v3) - Yes Bulletin 145210 | SUSE