 | System x3650 (7979-C4x)
Network Server IBM | 18 Dec 2007
95030 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| NetWare® 6.5 Support Pack 7 for NetWare® 6.5 |
Other Products:
| Novell Cluster Services™ 1.8 | Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 |
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: | 8 |
| BIOS: | 1.07 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® Processor X5365 3.0 GHz |
| RAM: | 4 GB |
| Bus Type: | 4 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port PCIe HBA For System x
, FibreChannel Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH , IDE IBM ServeRAID 8k , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM 36GB 10K 3.5" SAS Hot-swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Storage Area Network (SAN) Device: | IBM TotalStorage FAStT 700 Storage Server |
| CD/DVD: | LG GCC-4244N , IDE |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM USB keyboard |
| USB Mouse: | IBM USB mouse |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.2.0-0.2 |
Product File Specifications
| PSM Driver: |
| File Name: ACPIDRV.PSM | File Version: 1.5 | |||||
| File Date: 16-Jan-2007 | File Size: 38029 | |||||
| Checksum: 1.5 | ||||||
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Config Notes
| Due to aacraid driver architecture; a 'scan for devices' command will take 2-3 minutes and a 'scan all luns' command will take 8-9 minutes to complete. When running NCS, this will result in a node taking ~10 minutes to join a cluster. |
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708S NetXtreme II GbE controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: BX2.LAN | ||||||||
| File Date: 30-Apr-2007 | File Size: 329072 | ||||||||
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| IBM QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port PCIe HBA For System x | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: QL2X00.HAM | ||||||||
| File Date: 08-Dec-2006 | File Size: 537315 | ||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: IDEATA.HAM | ||||||||
| File Date: 05-May-2007 | File Size: 106728 | ||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: AACRAID.HAM | ||||||||
| File Date: 24-Apr-2006 | File Size: 88715 | ||||||||
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| ATI® ES1000 | |||||||||
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
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