System x3250 M3 (4252-52x)

System x3250 M3 (4252-52x)
Network Server
Lenovo

02 Jun 2010
132361

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 for AMD64 & Intel64

Other Products:

SUSE® Linux Micro 6.2

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for 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 mid-sized businesses as well as large enterprises, whether for general-purpose workloads or specialized applications.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	GYE133TUS-1.04
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor X3450 2.67 GHz
RAM:	6 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Ibex Peak (PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA) LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic UJDA782 DVD/CDRW , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-13.1

Config Notes

VMware guest OS installation information can be found at:http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_11.html
VMware recommends to install deployPkg with open-vm-tools if creating a Template http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2075048.
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a virtual machine configured with up to 4080 GB of memory on a SLES 11 SP4 x86-64 guest.
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a SLES 11 SP4 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 128 CPUs.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by the operating system vendors.For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.6.The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 11 SP4 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 215376
	Checksum: 83d89d43552f9b6afda43650d418e990

Intel Ibex Peak (PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: a4077eeea266ee64888245b840828db1

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 104848
	Checksum: 1cdd992fec2792b2eb009e5de03097e8

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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System x3250 M3 (4252-52x) - Yes Bulletin 132361 | SUSE