System x3550 M3 (7944

System x3550 M3 (7944 - N2x)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

28 Feb 2012
137039

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64

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 X5680 3.33 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

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
System was tested with an Intel I210-T1 added as a second network adapter. The standard system configuration does not include the I210-T1 adapter.
Graphics: Video driver used in this configuration is SolidDriver-compliant and may be installed by adding http://www2.ati.com/suse/sle12 as a software repository then installing the auto-selected ati-fglrx packages. This repository and driver packages are added automatically when installing in a network environment.
Power management: Hibernation/Suspend to Disk/ACPI S4 is NOT supported on this system.
Power management: System/Processor does NOT support fan thermal scaling.

Referenced Bulletins
143229

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af

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

IBM ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 110008
	Checksum: cebefe84791301d469d6088d056fc9fc

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

571315

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