System x3500 M4 (7383/E5-2600 v2)

System x3500 M4 (7383/E5-2600 v2)
Network Server
IBM

27 Oct 2014
142179

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
A high-performance dual-socket tower server, the IBM® System x3500 M4 can deliver the scalability, reliable performance and optimized efficiency for your business critical applications. Start with the basics and upgrade as your business changes without jeopardizing existing investments. Virtualizing the PC infrastructure into one server can provide access to a powerful server with abundant storage space, while significantly reducing IT costs.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 12
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: Y5E140AUS - v1.70 (06/26/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2690 v2 3.0 GHz
RAM:	48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports 5 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel BD82C602 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Western Digital WD2500YS 250 GB SATA , Serial SCSI (SAS) Seagate® ST3300657SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HLDS DVD DH40N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

Config Notes

SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to one of the SLES 12 guests. One of the Intel® I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE adapters was used in this testing.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 0aa1fb610e038786b32b41ad30a9aa41

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igbvf.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 68831
	Checksum: fa23d2050cb29374737dbdd7be8abbb8
	Driver Version: 2.0.2-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 319895
	Checksum: 5dc831ebe3c0bfe03571c08dedd554dc
	Driver Version: 5.0.5-k

IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 168407
	Checksum: 929c950a0f075f2e946ed38367bf1daf
	Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rc1

Intel BD82C602 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 62335
	Checksum: 8992c5358b677d4a7df780cf01807613
	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:

IBM
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System x3500 M4 (7383/E5-2600 v2) - Yes Bulletin 142179 | SUSE