 | Power 550 Express (8204-E8A)
Network Server IBM | 28 Apr 2009
125001 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ |
Product Description
The IBM Power™ 550 Express delivers the outstanding performance of the POWER6™ processor. The performance and virtualization capabilities of the Power 550 Express make it an ideal system as a mid-size database or application server. The Power 550 delivers the performance to run applications faster and more efficiently, which can result in business advantages. For mid-size database servers, the Power 550 Express provides outstanding performance, capacity and near-continuous application availability. Mid-sized companies can access data faster, keep their applications running around the clock, and focus attention on growing their business. As a consolidation server, the Power 550 Express provides the flexibility to use leading-edge AIX, IBM i, Linux for Power and x86 Linux applications all on the same system. PowerVM™ Editions offers comprehensive virtualization technologies designed to aggregate and manage resources while helping to simplify and optimize your IT infrastructure and reduce server sprawl.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | EL340 |
| CPU: | 8 IBM POWER6™ 5.0 GHz |
| RAM: | 32 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 64-bit/66MHz PCI-X |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM SAS HBA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | IBM 1994 IDE Slimline DVD-ROM Drive , IDE |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.4.0-0.16 |
Config Notes
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Adapters and Drivers
| 4 IBM Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA) | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: ehea.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 09-Feb-2009 | Driver Size: 121208 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 21065efafb5dbca98f4649106bac082d | |||||||||
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| IBM SAS HBA Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ipr.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 09-Feb-2009 | Driver Size: 162272 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 6f7fe531870520848cbcab53f67adbb6 | |||||||||
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