 | System x3650 (7979-LBx)
Network Server IBM | 14 Aug 2008
102265 |
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
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 Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 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 |
| BIOS: | GGE136AUS - 1.09 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® Processor L5420 2.50 GHz |
| RAM: | 8 GB |
| Bus Type: | 4 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports Serial |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel®
Integrated 6321ESB ICH
, IDE IBM ServeRAID 8k , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 6 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 6.3.0-0.5 |
Config Notes
| #1. 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 |
| #2. Drives are in a RAID 5 configuration. |
Referenced Bulletins
102067
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Broadcom® BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 06-May-2008 | File Size: 196960 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 36c3dc13f03cb5c41dad90f861c98d7c | |||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: ata_piix.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 06-May-2008 | File Size: 26216 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 396982f98f153262030840f9639aaac1 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 06-May-2008 | File Size: 93380 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 65830cb2e69e4ddf2fe15eec53bb9d39 | |||||||||
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| ATI® ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: radeon_drv.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 17-Mar-2008 | File Size: 283804 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 54e340ac765f3dcceb97d352ece9f560 | |||||||||
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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