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| System x3550 M3 (7944 - 12x)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 28 Feb 2012
136989 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
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: | D6E154WUS - v1.13 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5603 1.60 GHz |
| RAM: | 24 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 2 PCI Express X8
Serial
4 USB Ports |
| 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) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1 |
Config Notes
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP3 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 128 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html
- VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803
- VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP3 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
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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: 123168 |
| | Checksum: 44310a1aca6c90b7236ff733f57eb95d |
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| IBM
ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 110008 |
| | Checksum: cebefe84791301d469d6088d056fc9fc |
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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:
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