System x3550 M3 (7944

System x3550 M3 (7944 - 62x)
Network Server
IBM

09 Aug 2013
139976

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The IBM System x3550 M3 builds on 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:	PASS5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI-Legacy: D6E159VUS - 1.17 (04/19/2013)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5649 2.53 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16
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 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

VMware recommends to install deployPkg with open-vm-tools if creating a Template http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2075048.
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a single max virtual machine configured with up to 4080 GB of memory on a SLES 12 SP2 x86-64 guest.
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP2 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 128 CPUs.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by the operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803. VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP2 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 13-May-2013	Driver Size: 204964
	Checksum: 12efb07097320f259e3570652cf129da
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 101143
	Checksum: bdde6cd0fa02a043d168aa0e1d449d72
	Driver Version: 2.2.3

IBM ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 84039
	Checksum: 67e9b45a15c228794527191ecf3d08d6
	Driver Version: 4.28.00.01suse

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
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