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 | System x3550 (7978-B5x)
Network Server
IBM | 02 Jun 2010
132404 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Product Description
Designed for applications ranging from Web serving to workload consolidation and virtualization, the IBM System x3550 offers the high-speed quad-core processor with blazing front-side bus speed. Optimized for exceptional application computing, the x3550 features a highly functional infrastructure that addresses more memory, lowers power consumption and provides dramatic systems performance increases.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | GFE145AUS - 1.15 |
| CPU: | Intel
Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5440 2.83 GHz |
| RAM: | 8 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | Serial 4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI
ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID 8k-L
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel
Integrated 6321ESB ICH
, IDE |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
26K5697 36GB 15K 3.5" SAS Hot-Swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | Panasonic
UJDA770
, IDE |
| USB Keyboard: | Cybex® AutoView Commander™ KVM w/PS2-to-USB |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-17.1 |
Config Notes
- General purpose serial port functionality is not provided by the hardware. Therefore the serial port is supported only for accessing the ILOM and the serial port certification test has been waived.
- PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
The OS was installed via PXE Enabled NIC boot, and network install.
- SLES-9-SP4 (x86_64): System was tested with rev 312 kernel update to solve low memory issues. This update is available from support.novell.com or standard online update methods.
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Referenced Bulletins
104758
Adapters and Drivers
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| ATI
ES1000 |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 29-Mar-2010 | Driver Size: 720064 |
| | Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319 |
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| 2 Broadcom®
BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 11-May-2010 | Driver Size: 118712 |
| | Checksum: dc7c0ab134f3f66c340e909af907e3db |
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| IBM
ServeRAID 8k-L |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko |
| | Driver Date: 11-May-2010 | Driver Size: 141912 |
| | Checksum: 9f4526791a1870944e851616d2c6f140 |
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| Intel
Integrated 6321ESB ICH |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| | Driver Date: 11-May-2010 | Driver Size: 46680 |
| | Checksum: 9edd963ec0c6663ada9302c9e0837535 |
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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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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