System x3850 X6 (E7 v4 with DDR3) (6241)

System x3850 X6 (E7 v4 with DDR3) (6241)
Network Server
Lenovo

09 Dec 2019
148919

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Super Server
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: A9E149DUS - v4.60 (01/20/2019)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 384 GB, multiple VMs: 85 GB each, single max VM: 350 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8 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) Lenovo 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5-inch G3HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.4.0-31.4

Config Notes

SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 SP5 guest. One of the Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT adapters was used in this 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. Disk configuration: two separate RAID 0 devices.

Referenced Bulletins
148874

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 103832
	Checksum: 0a84338d028c855ca7c2eae94404eae4

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 333184
	Checksum: 47eae18f69a88e3d89433f16a521b428
	Driver Version: 3.137

Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 772792
	Checksum: ff93c743d2dcd3d61f22f44dcb6dd701
	Driver Version: 5.1.0-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbevf.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 158688
	Checksum: c9b04a66d4a9399be51de705e4eef42f
	Driver Version: 4.1.0-k

IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 309256
	Checksum: a649376d8c32760e3d73ee1c44058ef7
	Driver Version: 07.707.51.00-rc1

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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System x3850 X6 (E7 v4 with DDR3) (6241) - Yes Bulletin 148919 | SUSE