 | System x3550 M5 (5463/E5-2600 v4)
Network Server IBM | 22 Dec 2016
145211 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 12 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 12 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| Windows Server 2016 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | ||
Product Description
Designed in a compact, versatile 1U two-socket rack server, the System x3550 M5 rack server fuels almost any workload from infrastructure to high-performance computing (HPC) to cloud or big data with leadership security, efficiency, and reliability. Integrated with up to two Intel Xeon processors of the E5-2600 v4 product family with faster, energy-efficient TruDDR4 Memory, the x3550 M5 delivers exceptional performance. Storage can include up to 12 drives in an impressive selection of sizes and types.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS 5 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: TBE124M - v2.10 (06/23/2016) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2697A v4 2.60 GHz |
| RAM: | Host platform: 80 GB, multi VM guests: 12 GB, single max VM guest: 72 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 5 USB Ports PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200eR2 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Lenovo
ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | IBM SATA DEVICE 81Y3680 , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
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Adapters and Drivers
| Matrox® MGA G200eR2 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 95983 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 47ef1d90155625b73d3d4281ce034251 | |||||||||
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| Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 249959 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 1f949a3ea6e1f0146eed254abd2eda5c | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 3.137 | |||||||||
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| Lenovo ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 216703 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 43d97f95db88b476471065c1667d0589 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 06.810.09.00-rc1 | |||||||||
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| Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 72895 | ||||||||
| Checksum: f0ad0f11072e317bc80570a7483343e9 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 3.0 | |||||||||
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