System x3500 (7977-R2x)

System x3500 (7977-R2x)
Network Server
IBM

07 Mar 2011
134749

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

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:	6
BIOS/uEFI:	SPE171AUS - v1.71
CPU:	2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor X5450 3.0 GHz
RAM:	20 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X 3 PCI Express X8 Serial Parallel Port 4 USB Ports 32-bit/33MHz PCI
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) 2 IBM 250 GB 3.5-inch Hot-Swap SATA II , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	HLDS GSA-H10N , IDE
USB Keyboard:	Cybex® AutoView Commander™ PS2 KVM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
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 / Maintenance update: The SLE10SP3 maintenance kernel (201000920) was installed on the guest to address network connection problems. Kernel patch installed: kernel-bigsmp-2.6.16.60-0.69.1.i586.rpm.
KVM Guest: The SLE10SP3 guest was configured with virtual e1000 NICs.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1.

Referenced Bulletins
134088

Adapters and Drivers


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

Broadcom® Intergrated BCM 5721Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 195528
	Checksum: 285b55570ca63452e80c26d12c8206ca

IBM ServeRAID 8k
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 141912
	Checksum: a0974efb52d83c07ab31155e623121df

Intel Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 02ccb110f6b9828baf0c7a9e8544bcb0

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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System x3500 (7977-R2x) - Yes Bulletin 134749 | SUSE