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| System x3500 M4 (7383 - B2x)
Network Server
IBM | 09 Apr 2012
137360 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 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 |
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
A high-performance dual-socket tower server, the IBM® System x3500 M4 can deliver the scalability, reliable performance and optimized efficiency for your business critical applications. Start with the basics and upgrade as your business changes without jeopardizing existing investments. Virtualizing the PC infrastructure into one server can provide access to a powerful server with abundant storage space, while significantly reducing IT costs.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Tower |
Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | Y5E111MUS - v1.00 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2609 2.40 GHz |
RAM: | 48 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 5 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16 Serial 6 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
BD82C602 PCH
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
15.7K SAS 6-GB/s 3.5 inch hot-swap 300-GB Hard Drive
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | HLDS
DVD DH40N
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2 |
Config Notes
- KVM Guest: The SLE10SP4 guests were configured with a virtual e1000 NIC.
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5. Each KVM Guest was installed on an LVM partition with its own LV disk.
- KVM Guest: SLE10SP4 guests were booted with the "no-kvmclock" boot parameter.
- Current kernel maintenance updates were installed on the SLE11SP1 KVM guests in order to provide updated virtio drivers.
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Referenced Bulletins
135815
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 190688 |
| Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f |
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Intel
Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 243416 |
| Checksum: 9ba8fcc0cd23ad32167370c3322415b8 |
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Intel
BD82C602 PCH |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko |
| Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 52464 |
| Checksum: 4cd063a2fed5fa5fe7a32b8a1c80b3ca |
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IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 126248 |
| Checksum: 861a728179b7da9ddcb3e1781df51e81 |
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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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