System x3950 X6 (E7 v3 with DDR3) (6241)

System x3950 X6 (E7 v3 with DDR3) (6241)
Network Server
HP Inc.

01 Oct 2021
150909

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 15	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
Windows Server 2019
	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: A9E155AUS - v4.90 (10/16/2020)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-4850 v3 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 512 GB, multiple VMs: 90 GB each, single max VM: 440 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	10 PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8 14 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	8 Lenovo S3700 200GB SATA 1.8-inch MLC Enterprise SSD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.1-38.2

Config Notes

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
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 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. The system also has one internal USB port.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
Maintenance updates: Xen 8479 (bnc#836239,808269) updates are required and were installed during certification testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 12560
	Checksum: 307ec2e0d10ef89edb1a546922121620

Emulex Corporation VFA5 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 62820
	Checksum: eba908c8b5c4d585024b614367ca1a7f
	Driver Version: 12.0.0.0

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 80556
	Checksum: 5559de3cb848a69c9255dc3e041106f0

2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 68420
	Checksum: cdc7bfa63964ba2caa52b643881b6a11

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:

HP Inc.
Retail Solutions
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com/go/pos

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System x3950 X6 (E7 v3 with DDR3) (6241) - Yes Bulletin 150909 | SUSE