 | System x3850 M2 (7141-3Rx)
Network Server IBM | 15 Jul 2008
102031 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| Windows 2003 Server R2 | |||
| Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | Support Pack: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 | |
| SLES 10 for x86 | |||
| Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | Support Pack: Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 | |
| SLES 10 for x86 | |||
| Arch: 32pae | Mode: Paravirtualized | Support Pack: Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 | |
Product Description
Built on the next generation of Enterprise X-Architecture® servers, the IBM System x3850 M2 takes performance, efficiency and reliability to the next level. Featuring an unmatched combination of x86 performance and scalability with a balanced design, the x3850 M2 delivers unrivaled reliability, providing confidence in your IT solution deployments. An easy upgrade path provides the necessary flexibility to deliver an optimized solution for scale-up database, enterprise applications and server consolidation through virtualization services.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 2.0 |
| BIOS: | A3E145TUS - 1.05 |
| CPU: | 4 Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E7330 2.40 GHz |
| RAM: | 8 GB |
| Bus Type: | 7 PCI Express X8 5 USB Ports Serial |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel® Integrated 82801GR ICH7R , IDE |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM 73.4GB 10K 2.5 , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | HLDS HL-DT-STCD-RW/DVD DRIVE GCC-T10N , IDE |
| USB Floppy: | IBM |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.3.0-0.3 |
Config Notes
| #1. Drives are set up in a RAID 1 configuration. |
| #2. Windows Server 2003 R2 : Virtual Machine used the Virtual Machine Driver Pack (VMDP) which can be downloaded from the following URL: http://download.novell.com |
Referenced Bulletins
102013
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 06-May-2008 | File Size: 196960 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 36c3dc13f03cb5c41dad90f861c98d7c | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: megaraid_sas.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 06-May-2008 | File Size: 40260 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 3e11e5f9e3bc8bb37e4835645b7bcc12 | |||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 82801GR ICH7R | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: piix.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 06-May-2008 | File Size: 19928 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 9d45fa772300921a3593b3c6ed763082 | |||||||||
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| ATI® ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: vesa_drv.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 21-Apr-2008 | File Size: 22452 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 5e47495ed8d22e14f73109979b5ea595 | |||||||||
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The term YES CERTIFIED applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. Components including LAN adapters, host bus adapters and other individually YES CERTIFIED components may be exchanged for other YES CERTIFIED components. For more information on swapping YES CERTIFIED components, please access the following web page:
http://developer.novell.com/devres/system/policy/exchange.htm
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com