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![](/nbswebapp/YES.png) | IBM System x3500 M4 (7383/E5-2600)
Network Server
Lenovo | 09 Nov 2016
145071 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 12 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
Product Description
A high-performance dual-socket tower server, the Lenovo 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: Y5E146BUS - v2.01 (12/14/2015) |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2670 2.60 GHz |
RAM: | Host platform: 48 GB, multi VM guests: 6 GB, single max VM guests: 40 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | Serial 6 USB Ports 5 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel
BD82C602 PCH
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Hard Disk Drive: | Seagate®
ST3300657SS
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | HLDS
DVD DH40N
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.6.0-35.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Storage configuration: RAID 6. Tested as a 1-node scalable partition with 2 Compute Books. Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with and requires the following additional load parameters: dom0_mem=16G dom0_max_vcpus=4.
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 FV guest. One of the VFA5 ML2 10GbE SFP+ adapters was used in this testing.
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| Driver Date: 19-Sep-2016 | Driver Size: 95983 |
| Checksum: 8d0daa431f9a406ce58eb31c48f8835f |
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Intel
Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| Driver Date: 19-Sep-2016 | Driver Size: 351071 |
| Checksum: b86d8a974ab8541cfab1956fcb34ae84 |
| Driver Version: 5.3.0-k |
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IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 19-Sep-2016 | Driver Size: 216703 |
| Checksum: 592300859f5d508ea6e0d5ac33d90503 |
| Driver Version: 06.810.09.00-rc1 |
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Intel
BD82C602 PCH |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko |
| Driver Date: 19-Sep-2016 | Driver Size: 72895 |
| Checksum: 5b08507c88b85a77550961ae1f64049b |
| Driver Version: 3.0 |
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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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