System x3550 M3 (7944-E1x)

System x3550 M3 (7944-E1x)
Network Server
IBM

02 Jun 2010
132364

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

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
	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM System x3550 M3 builds on the Intel® Xeon® processor technology with extreme processing power and superior energy-management and cooling features. With twice the performance of previous generations and a flexible, energy-smart design that integrates low-wattage components, the x3550 M3 can help you meet demanding workloads at a lower cost per watt.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	D6E145WUS - 1.06
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5507 2.26 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 2 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eV
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® Omni Cube™ 4-Port KVM w/StarTech PS2-to-USB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-17.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 SP3 FV guest. One of the integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GBASE-T adapters was used in this testing.
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with and requires the following additional load parameters: dom0_mem=2G dom0_max_vcpus=1. (These parameters are required but the specific values of the parameters can be changed, based on workload).

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eV
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 119648
	Checksum: 92f4f7bbf4f23a4a27f54b5ee00de3d2

IBM ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 104848
	Checksum: f08172e732b8aad4b6661a26dd912983

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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System x3550 M3 (7944-E1x) - Yes Bulletin 132364 | SUSE