Lenovo System x3650 M5
Bootable Driver Kit
version
1.1
details
This driver kit enables support for the following Lenovo System x servers:
- x3650 M5
platforms
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2
architectures
- x86_64
media
| Driver Kit ISO Image | |
|---|---|
| File: | lenovo-x3650m5-sle11sp2-x86_64-1.1.iso ยท [download] |
| Size | 206 MB |
| MD5 Checksum | a0d7ac14a88fbd7a3b16e30a6f9bf68b |
| SHA256 Checksum | 6720a50d9ceb148eccffdce461ce6d8cb387cb6ac55018ef930666dac1a3c417 |
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.
- 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 SP2 with Bootable Driver Kit
label install-bdk
kernel linux-bdk
append initrd=initrd-bdk splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts install=http://installserver/SLES-11-SP2-x86_64 addon=http://installserver/bdk
| Kernel Image | |
|---|---|
| Name | linux |
| Size | 3.7 MB |
| MD5 Checksum | 70b45d40ab9eacadec2de337b826c837 |
| SHA256 Checksum | 3cdee1c3cebeeca813bb0ebd6e3dc1cd3bfe54b370ec2e0e165a3a7fd58f759f |
| Initrd Image | |
| Name | initrd |
| Size | 96 MB |
| MD5 Checksum | 5bfbb808247969dfa23e69480b1a2d48 |
| SHA256 Checksum | fa3e26942b0333d1a6f1d9932d4927094b80d233112142d4c8691855da10e14d |
updates
Updates to this driver kit can be found at: updates-readme.html