 | System x3550 (7978-B1x)
Network Server IBM | 21 May 2008
101535 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| Windows 2003 Server R2 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
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 Planar |
| BIOS/uEFI: | GFE134CUS v1.07 |
| CPU: | Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5405 2.0 GHz |
| RAM: | 4 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 2 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports |
| 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: | IBM HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8482B , IDE |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.3.0-0.5 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
101248
Adapters and Drivers
| ATI ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 17-Mar-2008 | Driver Size: 304640 | ||||||||
| Checksum: cea0c41c906ece632a1ae4d3a4f4db35 | |||||||||
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| 2 Broadcom® NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (5708c) | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 07-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 207752 | ||||||||
| Checksum: f63da581a06de9e4747eb613dc01bf78 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k-L | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 07-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 112360 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 2bb7439b518049e686e66872335c86ec | |||||||||
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| Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: piix.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 07-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 22864 | ||||||||
| Checksum: ea43c82a865effd6399795b8323fd07c | |||||||||
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
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