IBM System x3550 M4 (7914/E5-2600 v2)

IBM System x3550 M4 (7914/E5-2600 v2)
Network Server
Lenovo

04 Nov 2014
142233

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLED 12

Product Description
The right choice when compromise is not an option, the Lenovo System x3550 M4 blends outstanding uptime, performance and I/O flexibility with rock-solid reliability for business critical workloads, including cloud computing, virtual desktop, business analytics, high performance computing, and SAP. This compact rack server offers an energy-smart, easy-to-use solution with a pay-as-you-grow design to manage risks. With more computing power per watt, support for the Intel® Xeon® E5 v2 processor and advanced memory support, the x3550 M4 offers balanced performance and density. Ideal for a wide range of business critical applications, including cloud computing and virtualization. Big things do come in small packages.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS12
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: D7E142AUS - v1.71 - (07/30/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2667 v2 3.30 GHz
RAM:	48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 300GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5-inch Slim-HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-97.1

Config Notes

Install: OS install was performed via network using the SUSE SolidDriver-compliant bootable driver kit at http://drivers.suse.com/hp/HP-Z440-Z640-Z840/sle-11-sp3-x86_64/1.0/install-readme.html. LAN and storage drivers are provided by the kit.
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).

Referenced Bulletins
142780

Adapters and Drivers


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

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 316863
	Checksum: 590fec6a467a98966b493b6071801c99
	Driver Version: 5.0.5-k

IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 167607
	Checksum: 9271ed61c05dd7cc9edb3bdd802cedc6
	Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rc1

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:
support.lenovo.com

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IBM System x3550 M4 (7914/E5-2600 v2) - Yes Bulletin 142233 | SUSE