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 | System x3500 M2 (7839-42x)
Network Server
IBM | 06 Jun 2011
135728 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
Designed to meet the highest levels of dependability, the IBM® System x3500 M2 delivers outstanding quad-core performance and availability to help keep mission-critical applications and virtualized environments up and running. Redundant components to reduce points of failure and light path diagnostics provide resiliency, while integrated support features like a remote presence key optimize systems management efficiency.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Tower |
Mother Board Revision: | 4 |
BIOS/uEFI: | Y4E150CUS - v1.08 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5530 2.40 GHz |
RAM: | 32 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 5 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 32-bit/33MHz PCI 6 USB Ports Serial |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
G200eV |
Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
Integrated 82801JIB ICH10
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM
ServeRAID-MR10i
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 8 IBM
73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | TSST
TS-H353B DVD-ROM
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
USB Keyboard: | Cybex® AutoView Commander™ KVM w/PS2-to-USB connector |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1 |
Config Notes
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 guest. One of the Intel Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GBASE-T adapters was used in this testing.
- Install: System installed using PXE network install; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: two HDD configured as RAID 0 and M.2 boot device configured with two SSDs in RAID 0.
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
G200eV |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 16-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 173128 |
| Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9 |
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Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 213872 |
| Checksum: 58a8ebe9877c6b4bb149c2d25f26f04d |
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Intel
Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 34392 |
| Checksum: 1da23a8df6d6feaab4dcaf64c909c893 |
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IBM
ServeRAID-MR10i |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 119472 |
| Checksum: 7ed0552718b84ed9cfdb5809356d5ec2 |
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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:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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