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

System x3950 X6 (E7 v3 with DDR3) (6241)
Network Server
IBM

01 Oct 2021
150910

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 15
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE® Linux Enterprise 12

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: 400 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

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 with PowerVM as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 with PowerVM hardware its-self.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Watchdog: This system does not support the Watchdog Timer.

Referenced Bulletins
147627

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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System x3950 X6 (E7 v3 with DDR3) (6241) - Yes Bulletin 150910 | SUSE