System x3530 M4 (7160)

System x3530 M4 (7160)
Network Server
IBM

10 Nov 2014
142352

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
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
Windows Server 2012
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM® System x3530 M4 server delivers dual-socket performance in a 1U compact footprint. Featuring Intel processors, the x3530 M4 is a flexible rack server positioned as a good investment value, while considering your total cost of ownership (TCO) and IBM commitment. It is designed to provide more affordable value and increased flexibility with performance and quality to match. Designed with redundancy, flexible subsystems, and a wider range of configuration options, the x3530 M4 also offers an innovative Feature on Demand (FoD) design for an easier upgrade path.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS7
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: BEE142BUS - v1.71 - (07/31/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2407 2.20 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X8 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0
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).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 x86_64 guest. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) adapters was used in this testing.

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: 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

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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System x3530 M4 (7160) - Yes Bulletin 142352 | SUSE