System x3650 M5 (8871/E5-2600 v4)

System x3650 M5 (8871/E5-2600 v4)
Network Server
Lenovo

21 Jun 2022
151507

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 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 2022
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Lenovo is focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, developing world-changing technologies that empower millions of customers every day and create a more inclusive, trustworthy and sustainable digital society for everyone. For more information about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TCE156A - v3.70 (04/14/2022)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2690 v4 2.60 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM SATA DEVICE 81Y3680 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.7.0-27.2

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
Hard disk configuration: JBOD
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).
Maintenance updates: Xen 8479 (bnc#836239) and Linux Kernel 9329 updates are required and were installed during certification testing.
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=16G dom0_max_vcpus=16"
System was scaled up to 8-socket by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
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

Referenced Bulletins
141694

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 17999
	Checksum: 70e2e804042165de727265150a5ba2f5

Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 104054
	Checksum: 1e77d5a9e953a8b24e1d74073e999787

IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 91281
	Checksum: 73fe8023764e189c76be50188530b557
	Driver Version: 07.719.03.00-rc1

Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 15242
	Checksum: d1eeb6c69573a1775a42de5208c9908e
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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System x3650 M5 (8871/E5-2600 v4) - Yes Bulletin 151507 | SUSE