Lenovo System x X6 & M5
Bootable Driver Kit
version
1.0
details
This driver kit enables support for the following Lenovo System x servers:
- x240 M5
- x440 M5
- x280 X6
- x480 X6
- x880 X6
- x3750 M4
- x3850 X6
- x3950 X6
platforms
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3
architectures
- x86_64
media
| Driver Kit ISO Image | |
|---|---|
| File: | lenovo_x6_and_m5-sle11sp3-x86_64-1.0.iso · [download] |
| Size | 63.1 MB |
| MD5 Checksum | 7982a0130b6d17818a391e260957021b |
| SHA256 Checksum | 8ab8c9867ad1030cb2b899781d25c6b8d9e00b2b36a3c984fff2f42d82f620e0 |
installation
Media installation
- Burn the ISO image above to an empty CD/DVD media.
- Start the installation using the new CD/DVD media, having the standard SUSE Linux Enterprise media at hand or a URL to a network installation server.
- If doing a network install, enter the URL of the network install source on the boot command line using the 'install=' option.
- If doing installation from optical media the installer will first boot from the driver kit and then ask to insert CD1 of the SUSE Linux Enterprise product.
- An initrd containing updated drivers will be used for installation.
PXE boot installation
- Download the ISO image above.
- Mount the ISO image for access to the contents.
- Copy the kernel and initrd images from the driver kit iso image to the appropriate location on your tftp boot server. The initrd and kernel image are found under the ./install/boot/x86_64/loader directory. Download links for the kernel and initrd images can also be found in the table below.
- Copy the contents of the ISO image to a location on your installation server. (The /boot directory may be omitted)
- Add the URL of the driver kit location on the installation server to the boot command of the pxelinux config file using the 'addon=' option.
- An updated kernel will be used for installation and installed onto the system.
Example pxelinux config file section:
# Install SLES 11 SP3 with Bootable Driver Kit
label install-bdk
kernel linux-bdk
append initrd=initrd-bdk splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts install=http://installserver/SLES-11-SP3-x86_64 addon=http://installserver/bdk
| Kernel Image | |
|---|---|
| Name | linux · [download] |
| Size | 3.76 MB |
| MD5 Checksum | bee7187b3b0d706c3baa9968db452698 |
| SHA256 Checksum | a3e625e5790383d9b935b60cf9a7acb9313a9e302e0f4c86e514ea9efbeda995 |
| Initrd Image | |
| Name | initrd · [download] |
| Size | 36.9 MB |
| MD5 Checksum | c5c8bd3e34fe903a8a6055a959306ac6 |
| SHA256 Checksum | 97675ea270e487c818ba81a7962f8826fac2ed16c2118afe13ea6531da4d682c |
package names and versions
The following packages are provided with this driver kit:
- elx-be2iscsi-kmp-default-10.0.803.21_3.0.76_0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
- elx-be2iscsi-kmp-trace-10.0.803.21_3.0.76_0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
- elx-be2iscsi-kmp-xen-10.0.803.21_3.0.76_0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
- elx-be2net-kmp-default-10.0.800.0_3.0.76_0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
- elx-be2net-kmp-trace-10.0.800.0_3.0.76_0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
- elx-be2net-kmp-xen-10.0.800.0_3.0.76_0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
- elx-lpfc-kmp-default-10.0.803.24_3.0.76_0.11-2.2.x86_64.rpm
- elx-lpfc-kmp-trace-10.0.803.24_3.0.76_0.11-2.2.x86_64.rpm
- elx-lpfc-kmp-xen-10.0.803.24_3.0.76_0.11-2.2.x86_64.rpm
- lenovo_x6_and_m5-sle11sp3-x86_64-release-1.0-3.1.x86_64.rpm
- lenovo_x6_and_m5-sle11sp3-x86_64-release-cd-1.0-3.1.x86_64.rpm
- lsi-megaraid_sas-kmp-default-06.600.20.00_3.0.76_0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
- lsi-megaraid_sas-kmp-trace-06.600.20.00_3.0.76_0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
- lsi-megaraid_sas-kmp-xen-06.600.20.00_3.0.76_0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
updates
Updates to this driver kit can be found at: updates-readme.html