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| System x3500 M3 (7380 - 72x)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 03 Jul 2013
139488 |
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:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
Designed to meet the highest levels of dependability, the IBM® System x3500 M3 delivers outstanding multi-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: | UEFI: Y4E154AUS v1.10 - (09/22/2011) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor X5650 2.66 GHz |
| RAM: | 32 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | Serial
6 USB Ports
PCI Express X16
5 PCI Express X8
32-bit/33MHz PCI |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
Integrated 82801JI 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 7.2.0-5.9 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
- PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter Intel® PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest.
- 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), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1.
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Referenced Bulletins
139288
Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013 | Driver Size: 190720 |
| | Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5 |
| | Driver Version: 1.4.11 |
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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: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 127583 |
| | Checksum: 4367445d9cd85116176d7abfcc1c668a |
| | Driver Version: 2.2.3 |
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| Intel
Integrated 82801JI ICH10 |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ehci-hcd.ko |
| | Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 102615 |
| | Checksum: 86ac026a0eca3bcba487c913adce936e |
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| IBM
ServeRAID-MR10i |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 127567 |
| | Checksum: 6411221d36d51385e375c39a7ac65414 |
| | Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1 |
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The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin.
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
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