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| System x3755 M3 (7164-52x)
Network Server
IBM | 28 Feb 2012
136793 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
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 |
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 x3755 M3 is a four-socket server that provides outstanding performance and capacity in a slim 2U design. Based on the 8- or 12-core AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform, the x3755 M3 helps organizations scale as workload demands increase, accommodating up to 48 processor cores and providing 32 DIMM slots for cost-effective memory scaling.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | AYE158AUS-1.07 |
CPU: | 4 AMD
Eight-Core Opteron™ Model 6136 2.40 GHz |
RAM: | 64 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X16 3 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | ASPEED
AST2050 |
Host Bus Adapter: | ATI
SB700
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM
ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
250 GB 3.5-inch Hot-Swap SATA II
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
CD/DVD: | Panasonic
DVD-RAM UJ890
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1 |
Config Notes
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE11SP1 drivers are included with SLE11SP1. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com.
- Current kernel and Xen maintenance updates were installed for this test configuration.
- The following Xen hypervisor boot parameters were used for this test configuration: "dom0_mem=5G dom0_max_vcpus=20"
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Adapters and Drivers
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ASPEED
AST2050 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: ast_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 96096 |
| Checksum: a6700fb49253bb1465c84dc4edafdc1c |
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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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ATI
SB700 |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko |
| Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 52608 |
| Checksum: b8764f57979fbb5ba17ecdc1cd54c883 |
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IBM
ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller |
| 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:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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