System x3650 M5 (8871/E5-2600 v4)

System x3650 M5 (8871/E5-2600 v4)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

03 Sep 2020
149720

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLED 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
With the powerful, versatile 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 v4 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:	PASS3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI-Legacy: TCE144 - v3.11 (12/03/2019)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3 2.50 GHz
RAM:	Host: 192 GB, multiple VMs: 24 GB each, single max VM: 120 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	7 USB Ports PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	2 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 8.5.0-26.4

Config Notes

Maintenance update: SLES 12 kernel update 136 is required and was installed during certification 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 https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to one of the SLES 12 FV guests. One of the Intel I350-T4 ML2 GbE adapters was used in this testing.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5.

Referenced Bulletins
142665

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 98639
	Checksum: ff1bbc7b82a873445970305851e40d18

Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 454303
	Checksum: 5acf68bc0bd3757fba4a9d6a5e868792
	Driver Version: 4.0.1-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbevf.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 91271
	Checksum: 6d892de5f8ac7055d26cf4ae8e6c6170
	Driver Version: 2.12.1-k

Broadcom® NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 1078471
	Checksum: 8b084a95cd1f04e8e72a244be3fed459
	Driver Version: 1.710.51-0

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 256879
	Checksum: 9479938fb24deadc6324fca79e363191
	Driver Version: 3.137

2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 190951
	Checksum: bad7d50a2e1f626fcbc21095b9b08625
	Driver Version: 06.807.10.00-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 Company
Personal Systems Group - Notebooks
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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