System x3500 M2 (7839-12x)

System x3500 M2 (7839-12x)
Network Server
IBM

20 Oct 2009
130503

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM

Product Description
Designed to meet the highest levels of dependability, the IBM® System x3500 M2 delivers outstanding quad-core performance and availability to help keep mission-critical applications and virtualized environments up and running. Redundant components to reduce points of failure and light path diagnostics provide resiliency, while integrated support features like a remote presence key optimize systems management efficiency. A long-life platform, the x3500 M2 provides exceptional stability in a volatile marketplace. Flexible configurations and a generous storage capacity enable emerging enterprise environments to meet the demands of today, and easily grow to accommodate additional applications as business requirements evolve.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	1.00
BIOS/uEFI:	Y4E125VUS - 1.00
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5502 1.86 GHz
RAM:	48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 5 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 32-bit/33MHz PCI 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID-MR10i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	8 IBM 73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-H353B DVD-ROM , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Floppy:	IBM
USB Keyboard:	IBM
USB Mouse:	IBM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. The system also has one internal USB port.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 12 FV guests. The embedded IBM 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM adapter was used during this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 24-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 96a33dda383f3a9a0105217ce9af245a

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 210128
	Checksum: 9f462115ad67e89b17221676e67ef9fc

Intel Integrated 82801JIB ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 45928
	Checksum: a52e876adcd5e3c2c13ade06e300a3cf

IBM ServeRAID-MR10i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 69320
	Checksum: 9da425a767b07bf7252b8901709bc351

The term SUSE YES 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:

IBM
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