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![](/nbswebapp/YES.png) | System x3500 M3 (7380 - H2x)
Network Server
IBM | 03 Jul 2013
139558 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM 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 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 X5690 3.46 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.
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.
- PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. One of the embedded Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.
- VM Driver Pack: All 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.
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Referenced Bulletins
140237
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.
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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