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| System x3550 M3 (7944-M2x)
Network Server
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation | 13 Apr 2011
135158 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM System x3550 M3 builds on new Intel® Xeon® processor technology with extreme processing power and superior energy-management and cooling features. With twice the performance of previous generations and a flexible, energy-smart design that integrates low-wattage components, the x3550 M3 can help you meet demanding workloads at a lower cost per watt. The x3550 M3 offers a flexible, scalable design and simple upgrade path from four to eight hard disk drives. Comprehensive systems management tools such as advanced diagnostics and the ability to control resources from a single point make it easy to deploy, integrate, service and manage.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | DEST-05 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | D6E150UUS - v1.10 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor X5670 2.93 GHz |
| RAM: | 24 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 4 USB Ports
Serial
2 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| USB Keyboard: | Belkin® Omni Cube™ 4-Port KVM w/PS2-to-USB converter |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-77.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: PXE boot, OS installed via network.
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 SP4 FV guest. One of the integrated Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T4L adapters was used in this testing.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 173128 |
| | Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9 |
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| Broadcom®
Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 213872 |
| | Checksum: bc3782b437add8f184d780e6b803fa6d |
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| IBM
ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 81616 |
| | Checksum: 9509a65506bec9a961293827c040268e |
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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:
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara
, CA
95050-2639
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Fax: 1-408-727-8036
Website: www.hds.com
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