 | System x3650 (7979-B4x)
Network Server IBM | 08 Jan 2008
95300 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 10 | |
| Windows 2003 Server R2 | |||
| Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 | |
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | |||
| Arch: 32 | Mode: Paravirtualized | SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 10 | |
Product Description
For constrained data center environments, the IBM System x3650 offers unprecedented performance and reliability. Optimized for up to eight-core processor performance, the x3650 delivers rack-dense, dual-core or quad-core computing power, an impressive 12 DIMM memory design and super-efficient network communication. Scalable memory and I/O design satisfy high-speed processing and reliability requirements, while integrated RAID safeguards data. Hot-swap power and cooling with Calibrated Vectored Cooling and IBM PowerExecutive help keep your server cool. The result? Run multiple workloads on a two-socket server—without running out of IT funds.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | Pass 8 planar |
| BIOS/uEFI: | GGE134CUS - 1.07 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5430 2.66 GHz |
| RAM: | 6 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 4 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports Serial |
| Video Adapter: | ATI ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID 8k
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH , IDE |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 3 IBM 36.4GB 10K 2.5" SAS hot-swap HDD 26K5656 , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | LG GCC-4244N , IDE |
| USB Floppy: | IBM |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.2.0-0.8 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
95220
Adapters and Drivers
| ATI ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_dri.so | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 20-Sep-2006 | Driver Size: 2178256 | ||||||||
| Checksum: a4ebe7953fef8787e8a02230fd963802 | |||||||||
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| 2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 18-May-2007 | Driver Size: 151008 | ||||||||
| Checksum: af71859591fa25d4382512497ff510d3 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 18-May-2007 | Driver Size: 98504 | ||||||||
| Checksum: cbdf291a1d668ee31cd0a55fbc2f3655 | |||||||||
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| Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 18-May-2007 | Driver Size: 31424 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 8432041decb752a776360ea2c92b54ab | |||||||||
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