System x3400 (7973-D2x)

System x3400 (7973-D2x)
Network Server
Inspur Corporation

02 Jun 2010
132381

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM System x3400 is an excellent low-cost solution for growing businesses or branch offices that rely on 24x7 availability and mission-critical applications. Optional features let you configure a server customized for your needs—from basic file-and-print to a robust, mission-critical application server—saving you time and money.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	5
BIOS/uEFI:	SPE169AUS - 1.69
CPU:	2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5410 2.33 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X8 2 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X 32-bit/33MHz PCI Parallel Port 2 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID 8k-L , Serial ATA (SATA) Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 160 GB SATA 7.2k simple-swap HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	HLDS GSA-H40N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-17.1

Config Notes

System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP6 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 768 CPUs and 24560 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 15 SP6 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_15.html.

Referenced Bulletins
153452

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 29-Mar-2010	Driver Size: 720064
	Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319

Intel PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 183872
	Checksum: 208a30b7c5562cdfdcea2132c6e317a9

Broadcom® NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller [BCM5721]
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 196776
	Checksum: 0bf0bbdd3fe2c2105730f389620d6305

IBM ServeRAID 8k-L
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 143296
	Checksum: d24dd1533f7a14b464de7025709aeb51

Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 22425f1e1c9b207424d300c594504023

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:

Inspur Corporation
Building C. NO.2
Xinxi Road
Shangdi, Haidian District
Beijing 100080
CHINA

610559

System x3400 (7973-D2x) - Yes Bulletin 132381 | SUSE