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| System x3500 (7977-R2x)
Network Server
IBM | 02 Jun 2010
132576 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Product Description
The IBM System x3500 delivers performance and reliability for demanding distributed environments that rely on 24x7 availability of mission-critical applications. With quad-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: | 5 |
BIOS/uEFI: | SPE169AUS-1.69 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5450 3.0 GHz |
RAM: | 20 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 2 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X 32-bit/33MHz PCI 3 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | ATI
ES1000 |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID 8k
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel
Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH
, IDE |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
73.4GB 15K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) 3 IBM
146 GB 15K 3.5-inch SAS Hot-Swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | HLDS
GSA-H10N
, IDE |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-25.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
- KVM Guest: The following updated virtio_net drivers were used and are required on the KVM SLE11SP1 guests: novell-virtio_net-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.i586.rpm and novell-virtio_net-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.x86_64.rpm. The drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES KVM Guest install. The drivers are PLDP compliant and available at: http://drivers.suse.com/novell/kvm-guest-kernel-fix/sle11sp1/install/suse/{ARCH}
- KVM Guest: The SLE10SP3 guest was configured with virtual e1000 NICs.
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Adapters and Drivers
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ATI
ES1000 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010 | Driver Size: 674136 |
| Checksum: 2c1bac9b82e02cca2d9e3bc2c8f1ff29 |
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2 Broadcom®
Intergrated BCM 5721Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 160704 |
| Checksum: feb93af2e88e348b47ae559e3c666b31 |
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IBM
ServeRAID 8k |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 103620 |
| Checksum: fb792ab795d60d22ed5f8e6353f1c1ce |
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Intel
Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 36488 |
| Checksum: 71be0740159edb0adc2351a454525632 |
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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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