System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 (7912

System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 (7912 - 83x)
Network Server
Lenovo

19 Sep 2013
140259

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64

Product Description
The IBM System x® iDataPlex® dx360 M4 is designed to optimize density and performance within typical data center infrastructure limits. The unique half-depth form factor is designed to help you improve compute density in your space-constrained data center while also improving system cooling and energy efficiency. Innovative dual-socket system with multiple compute, storage and I/O configuration options to fit customer requirements. Up to two servers per 2U chassis mountable in a standard enterprise rack or iDataPlex rack.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TDE134DUS - v1.31 (08/19/2013)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2670 v2 2.50 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C602J PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 500 GB 7.2K SATA Simple-Swap HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Power management: Hibernation/Suspend to Disk/ACPI S4 is NOT supported on this system.
Power management: System/Processor does NOT support fan thermal scaling.
Graphics: Video driver used in testing was downloaded from http://www.hp.com/support/workstations. Video driver is not SolidDriver-compliant and requires installation of kernel source and development tools.
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.

Referenced Bulletins
142876

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 284151
	Checksum: 7ece6d08a3e85e6b5ecb426396ea3b62
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

Intel BD82C602J PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 58287
	Checksum: 7eb08e3480b14d2040dd7df56425cc82
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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569485

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