System x3850 X6 (E7 v2 with DDR3) (6241)

System x3850 X6 (E7 v2 with DDR3) (6241)
Network Server
IBM

17 Mar 2018
146633

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

Product Description
The Lenovo System x3850 X6 server is an four-socket 4U 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 x3850 X6 packs numerous fault-tolerant and high-availability features into a high-density, 4U 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 x3850 X6 supports up to four Intel® Xeon® E7-8800 v2 high-performance processors and up to 6 TB of memory.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: A9E139JUS - v4.10 (03/28/2017)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 v2 2.30 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X16 4 PCI Express X8 Serial 7 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5 inch G3HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.1.0-62.1

Config Notes

SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 15 FV guest. One of the integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 1GbE adapters was used in this testing.
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with and requires the following additional load parameters: dom0_mem=8G dom0_max_vcpus=8 (parameters are required, parameter values can be changed).
Install: System installed using PXE network install; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: two HDD and two M.2 (boot) drives configured as separate RAID 1 devices.

Referenced Bulletins
146909

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 95983
	Checksum: 47ef1d90155625b73d3d4281ce034251

Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 482087
	Checksum: b47b4c0d10f4b6b06546fa16bba4f0c4
	Driver Version: 4.2.1-k

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 249959
	Checksum: 1f949a3ea6e1f0146eed254abd2eda5c
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 216703
	Checksum: 43d97f95db88b476471065c1667d0589
	Driver Version: 06.810.09.00-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/

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System x3850 X6 (E7 v2 with DDR3) (6241) - Yes Bulletin 146633 | SUSE