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 | System x3500 (7977-Q4x)
Network Server
IBM | 07 Jan 2010
131050 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN |
Product Description
The IBM System x3500 delivers unprecedented performance and reliability for demanding distributed environments that rely on 24x7 availability of mission-critical applications. With up to eight-core processor performance at lower power consumption per core, the x3500 offers leading-edge capacity and high-speed I/O scalability. A long-life platform with 24-month availability, the x3500 minimizes deployment and support concerns.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Tower |
Mother Board Revision: | 6 |
BIOS/uEFI: | SPE169AUS-1.69 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Quad-Core Xeon® Processor X5460 3.16 GHz |
RAM: | 20 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | Serial 4 USB Ports PCI Express X4 2 PCI Express X8 2 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X 32-bit/33MHz PCI |
Video Adapter: | ATI
ES1000 |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID 8k
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel
Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH
, IDE |
Hard Disk Drive: | 3 IBM
146 GB 15K 3.5-inch SAS Hot-Swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 IBM
73.4GB 15K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | HLDS
GSA-H10N
, IDE |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30 |
Config Notes
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
- Hard Disk Configuration: 50 GB SSD is in the blade module, the 300 GB and 73.4 GB drives are in the chassis.
- Install: System installed using the BladeCenter chassis DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
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Referenced Bulletins
139125
Adapters and Drivers
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ATI
ES1000 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 304640 |
| Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d |
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2 Broadcom®
Intergrated BCM 5721Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 169144 |
| Checksum: a3ebd88d01cd4445c1ffb46f0e5f0d00 |
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IBM
ServeRAID 8k |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko |
| Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 132200 |
| Checksum: fc7b3b4951079b8e1e654908f3b8aaa7 |
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Intel
Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: piix.ko |
| Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 35152 |
| Checksum: 0a75c8949fad26ec33a9e6907c42b6fb |
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
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