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| System x3500 M2 (7839 - 42x)
Network Server
Unisys Corporation | 28 Feb 2012
136764 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32pae |
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: | Y4E154AUS - v1.10 |
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 Serial 6 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
Integrated 82801JIB ICH10
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM
ServeRAID-MR10i
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | TSST
TS-H353B DVD-ROM
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.1 |
Config Notes
- SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
- Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. The system also has one internal USB port.
- Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
- Maintenance updates: Xen 8479 (bnc#836239,808269) updates are required and were installed during certification 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: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 190688 |
| Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af |
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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: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 123816 |
| Checksum: 6069ec6d1ac3077f6378da0842baccaf |
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Intel
Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 47336 |
| Checksum: 3901ae0c7cff84d03c2dfb63bf300d76 |
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IBM
ServeRAID-MR10i |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 126248 |
| Checksum: 30cb0f59af6f58bace1234cff8369b4d |
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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:
Unisys Corporation
Unisys Way
Blue Bell
, PA
19424
Voice: 408-434-2600
Fax: 408-434-2688
Website: http://www.unisys.com
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