System x3250 M3 (4251/4252-22x)

System x3250 M3 (4251/4252-22x)
Network Server
IBM

18 Feb 2010
131328

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86

Product Description
The IBM® System x3250 M3 is a single-socket server that offers new levels of performance and flexibility to help you respond quickly to changing business demands. Cost-effective and compact, it is well-suited for small to midsized businesses as well as large enterprises, whether for general-purpose workloads or specialized applications. Built with the Intel® Celeron® processor, the x3250 M3 has industry-leading computing capabilities in a small, 1U footprint. It also offers substantial memory and storage capacity to help you manage your data efficiently.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	GYE129TUS - 1.02
CPU:	Intel Celeron® Processor G1101 2.26 GHz
RAM:	4 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Ibex Peak (PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Western Digital WD2502ABYS 250GB 3.5 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic UJDA782 DVD/CDRW , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Cybex® AutoView Commander™ KVM w/StarTech PS2-to-USB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=190M,high crashkernel=142M,low" using YaST.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.3.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing. SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI pass-through.

Referenced Bulletins
145048

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 25-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 201412
	Checksum: 82bb390e7cef098e3160a754caeb9408

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 132188
	Checksum: 3994224304a58637f2de01f1d46174da

Intel Ibex Peak (PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 26820
	Checksum: 7a92dea337a702c11024dde1a0356d5c

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:

IBM
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