 | System x3650 (7979-ABx)
Network Server IBM | 27 Feb 2007
88214 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T® Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 9 |
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: | 1.0 |
| BIOS: | GGE123AUS - 1.03 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5335 2 GHz |
| RAM: | 4096 MB |
| Bus Type: | 4 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® Integrated RN50 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel®
Integrated 6321ESB ICH
, IDE IBM ServeRAID 8k , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| 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 6.0.16 |
Config Notes
| #1. Drives are in a RAID 5 configuration. |
| #2. SLES9 SP3, x86-64, aacraid.ko is an updated driver. Please see the following URL for the latest, supported version - http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-RAID&brandind=5000008 |
Referenced Bulletins
88074
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Broadcom® Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (5708c) | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 12-Dec-2005 | File Size: 167589 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 7b5ff40132c0e922a05292b034608bc5 | |||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: ata_piix.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 12-Dec-2005 | File Size: 34320 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 10110a04b645064fec438534d08898b3 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 09-Mar-2006 | File Size: 138752 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 0c708b661e682b5588c42484276ea3bb | |||||||||
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| ATI® Integrated RN50 | |||||||||
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