System x3550 (7978-B5x)

System x3550 (7978-B5x)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

02 Jun 2010
132405

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

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
Designed for applications ranging from Web serving to workload consolidation and virtualization, the IBM System x3550 offers the high-speed quad-core processor with blazing front-side bus speed. Optimized for exceptional application computing, the x3550 features a highly functional infrastructure that addresses more memory, lowers power consumption and provides dramatic systems performance increases.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	GFE145AUS - 1.15
CPU:	Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5440 2.83 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID 8k-L , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH , IDE
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 26K5697 36GB 15K 3.5" SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic UJDA770 , IDE
USB Keyboard:	Cybex® AutoView Commander™ KVM w/PS2-to-USB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-17.1

Config Notes

Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP4 kernel update was added to the system from the solid driver file dell_poweredge_14g-sle11sp4-x86_64-1.0-15.0.iso. The kernel update (x86-64) is required and was installed during certification testing. The file can be downloaded from http://beta.suse.com/private/lortiz/dell/poweredge_14G/
The ixgbe.ko and megaraid_sas.ko are SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The drivers were installed from the following iso: dell_poweredge_14g-sle11sp4-x86_64-1.0-15.0.iso. These drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://beta.suse.com/private/lortiz/dell/poweredge_14G/
Install: PXE boot, OS installed via network.

Adapters and Drivers


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

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 11-May-2010	Driver Size: 119648
	Checksum: 408319e91665510728c6e2af6f65c032

IBM ServeRAID 8k-L
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 11-May-2010	Driver Size: 143392
	Checksum: 32f4a43922e5c436d0630e7349995bbd

Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 11-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: fde68ebefc093229f860141e3127721d

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

585700

System x3550 (7978-B5x) - Yes Bulletin 132405 | SUSE