System x3200 M3 (7327/7328-22x)

System x3200 M3 (7327/7328-22x)
Network Server
Lenovo Group Limited

18 Feb 2010
131339

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM® System x3200 M3 offers enhanced performance to help you take on the dynamic challenges of running IT with an emphasis on security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability—delivered at the right price in a single-socket tower server.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Mid Tower
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	GYE129TUS-1.02
CPU:	Intel Celeron® Processor G1101 2.26 GHz
RAM:	4 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X1 2 32-bit/33MHz PCI Serial 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Ibex Peak (PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA) LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 250 GB 3.5-inch Hot-Swap SATA II , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	HLDS DVD-ROM GDRH20N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

256 CPUs require ESXi 6.7 U2 or higher update level.
System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP5 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 256 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP5 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
VMware guest OS installation information can be found at http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 24-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 96a33dda383f3a9a0105217ce9af245a

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 189896
	Checksum: 41874f2bcb67645e086299c37c0b14d3

Intel Ibex Peak (PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 33640
	Checksum: 60a77d0eccede7f3ccbc8a50a93edefc

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 76208
	Checksum: 3d361cbbee63d442101031975688ddfa

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:

Lenovo Group Limited
P.R.China
Bei Jing
Haidian District,Shangdi Chuangye Road 6#
Bei Jing , N/A 100085
CHINA

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