System x3250 M3 (4251/4252-32x)

System x3250 M3 (4251/4252-32x)
Network Server
IBM

18 Feb 2010
131336

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The IBM® System x3250 M3 offers enhanced performance to help you take on the dynamic challenges of running IT with an emphasis on security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability—delivered at the right price in a single-socket rackmount server.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	GYE129TUS-1.02
CPU:	Intel Core™ i3-530 Processor 2.93 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:	LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial ATA (SATA) Intel Ibex Peak (PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 250 GB 3.5-inch Hot-Swap SATA II , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic UJDA782 DVD/CDRW , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

Installation Kit: The lenovo_servers_thinksystem-sle11sp4-x86_64-1.0.iso installation kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This installation kit must be downloaded and used to start the SLES installation. To obtain the installation kit go to: https://drivers.suse.com/lenovo/Lenovo-ThinkSystem/sle-11-sp4-x86_64/1.0/.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: two HDD and two M.2 (boot) drives configured as separate RAID 1.
Kdump (SLES11SP4): the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed from the default 128M to 256M (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
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.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 25-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 195712
	Checksum: aa323e9b7243810830f170a73c0337cf

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 173960
	Checksum: 44b0d2cccdf9984610922b80b59a0772

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 89736
	Checksum: a305bf04c07867149c163920c96006ae

Intel Ibex Peak (PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 37888
	Checksum: f81281db8221f758e7111cd80015aebe

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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