 | System x3550 (7978-L2x)
Network Server IBM | 27 Feb 2008
100465 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 10 | |
| Windows 2003 Server R2 | |||
| Arch: 32pae | Mode: Fully Virtualized | SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 | |
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | |||
| Arch: 32pae | Mode: Paravirtualized | SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 10 | |
Product Description
Designed for applications ranging from Web serving to workload consolidation and virtualization, the IBM System x3550 offers high-speed, dual-core and quad-core processors with blazing front-side bus speed. Optimized for exceptional application computing, the x3550 features a highly functional infrastructure that addresses more memory, lowers power consumption and provides dramatic systems performance increases. Standard integrated data protection with hardware RAID and 3.5" SAS hard disk drives keeps your data safe and readily available. Super-efficient network communication and hot-swap redundant power help keep your business humming at lower support costs.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | Pass 11 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | GFE134CUS v1.07 |
| CPU: | Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor L5420 2.50 GHz |
| RAM: | 4 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 4 USB Ports Serial PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID 8k-L
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH , IDE |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 26K5697 36GB 15K 3.5" SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | Panasonic UJDA770 , IDE |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.2.0-0.8 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
125748
Adapters and Drivers
| ATI ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_dri.so | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 20-Sep-2006 | Driver Size: 2178256 | ||||||||
| Checksum: a4ebe7953fef8787e8a02230fd963802 | |||||||||
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| 2 Broadcom® Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (5708C) | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 18-May-2007 | Driver Size: 151008 | ||||||||
| Checksum: af71859591fa25d4382512497ff510d3 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k-L | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 18-May-2007 | Driver Size: 98504 | ||||||||
| Checksum: cbdf291a1d668ee31cd0a55fbc2f3655 | |||||||||
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| Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: piix.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 18-May-2007 | Driver Size: 22784 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 5bef324157428a37bb3ddf0a8181d32b | |||||||||
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