System x3400 M2 (7836/37-52x)

System x3400 M2 (7836/37-52x)
Network Server
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.

24 Nov 2009
130799

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
You plan for growth, but when and how much can be difficult to project. The x3400 M2 offers flexible configuration options and easy migration through support for a wide range of technologies. Start with a single Intel® Xeon® four-core processor, and add a second to double your processing capability. Select the right combination of hard disk drive size, capacity and performance for today, and easily incorporate additional drives tomorrow.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	5
BIOS/uEFI:	Y4E130VUS-1.01
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5540 2.53 GHz
RAM:	20 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 PCI Express X8 Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X16 32-bit/33MHz PCI
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eV
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 73.4GB 10K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 IBM 1 TB 7200 RPM 3.5inch Hot-Swap HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-H353B DVD-ROM , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. An added network adapter,Intel® PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller, was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe)
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
139867

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eV
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 24-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 96a33dda383f3a9a0105217ce9af245a

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709s 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-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 88496
	Checksum: 6008f1ab475edc8ffc35a67a6d71c096

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:

Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.
1745 Technology Drive
San Jose , CA 95110
Voice: 408.333-8000
Fax: 408.333-8101
Website: http://www.brocade.com

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