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| System x3550 M2 (7946-3Ax)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 22 Oct 2009
130534 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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Windows 2003 Server R2 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM System x3550 M2 offers robust, proven technology and a flexible, energy-smart design. Delivering quad-core computing on Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology, this server delivers significant performance improvement per watt compared to previous generation servers by integrating low-wattage components for an energy-smart thermal profile. This server offers feature-rich systems management capabilities from power management to proactive hardware monitoring. The Integrated Management Module (IMM) increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes. The Virtual Media key option provides remote presence capabilities without taking up a slot on the planar, while IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ provides advanced power monitoring and notification.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1.0 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | D6E124AUS - 1.01 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5506 2.13 GHz |
| RAM: | 32 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | Serial
4 USB Ports
2 PCI Express X16 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
Integrated 82801JIB ICH10
, Serial ATA (SATA)
LSI Logic
LSISAS1068E
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 6 IBM
73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | HLDS
GSA-T20N
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| USB Floppy: | IBM |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30 |
Config Notes
- VMware recommends to install deployPkg with open-vm-tools if creating a Template http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2075048.
- Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a single max virtual machine configured with up to 4080 GB of memory on a SLES 12 SP2 x86-64 guest.
- Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP2 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 128 CPUs.
- VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by the operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803. VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP2 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 24-Aug-2009 | Driver Size: 173128 |
| | Checksum: 96a33dda383f3a9a0105217ce9af245a |
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| 2 Broadcom®
Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 199728 |
| | Checksum: f8cba4c1576c82aacb7a5e8f438d0c4c |
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| Intel
Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| | Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 33640 |
| | Checksum: 60a77d0eccede7f3ccbc8a50a93edefc |
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| LSI Logic
LSISAS1068E |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 76208 |
| | Checksum: 3d361cbbee63d442101031975688ddfa |
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The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin.
For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.
https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
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