System x3250 M3 (4251/4252-22x)

System x3250 M3 (4251/4252-22x)
Network Server
NEC Corporation

18 Feb 2010
131331

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10

Other Products:

Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 1

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM® System x3250 M3 is a single-socket server that offers new levels of performance and flexibility to help you respond quickly to changing business demands. Cost-effective and compact, it is well-suited for small to midsized businesses as well as large enterprises, whether for general-purpose workloads or specialized applications. Built with the Intel® Celeron® processor, the x3250 M3 has industry-leading computing capabilities in a small, 1U footprint. It also offers substantial memory and storage capacity to help you manage your data efficiently.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	GYE129TUS - 1.02
CPU:	Intel Celeron® Processor G1101 2.26 GHz
RAM:	4 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Ibex Peak (PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Western Digital WD2502ABYS 250GB 3.5 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic UJDA782 DVD/CDRW , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Cybex® AutoView Commander™ w/StarTech PS2-to-USB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

The Storage driver used during testing was installed from the following driver update disk (DUD): ibm_dd_sraidmr_00.00.04.17_sles11_32-64.tgz. This driver must be downloaded and installed during the SLES install. To obtain the DUD go to: http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5082165&brandind=5000008.
All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE11 drivers are included with SLE11. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1.

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 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 189896
	Checksum: 41874f2bcb67645e086299c37c0b14d3

Intel Ibex Peak (PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 33640
	Checksum: 60a77d0eccede7f3ccbc8a50a93edefc

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:

NEC Corporation
1-10 Nissin-cho, Fuchu-shi
Tokyo 183-8501
JAPAN
Voice: (+81) 42 333 1324
Fax: (+81) 42 333 1821

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