System x3100 M4 (2582)

System x3100 M4 (2582)
Network Server
IBM

27 Oct 2014
142121

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
With support for next-generation Intel® Xeon® processor technology, the IBM System x3100 M4 delivers strong performance for the price in a single-socket tower. Advanced features and functions, which come standard, include innovative integrated RAID capability, dependable server-class memory, energy efficiency, low-cost tower-to-rack kit and high-capacity storage options for enhanced availability.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	PASS10
BIOS/uEFI:	JQE166FUS - v1.08 - (05/26/2014)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E3-1270 3.40 GHz
RAM:	4 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X8 PCI Express X4 PCI Express X1 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C202 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Western Digital WD2502ABYS 250GB 3.5 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Hitachi Data Systems DVD-RAM GH60N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-97.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where a network adapter was given to the SLES 12 guest. One of the embedded Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet adapters was used in this testing.
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=864M".

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 98407
	Checksum: a860088c6d3673ee89ea8d56a33e3b68

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 420583
	Checksum: fc8c8b6264cdd26a6750c8c4ad3c9f5e
	Driver Version: 2.3.2-k

Intel BD82C202 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 51807
	Checksum: 2a81cf7c094f32d3114b1deb2dc5e26d
	Driver Version: 2.13

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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