System x3400 (7974-L2x)

System x3400 (7974-L2x)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

02 Jun 2010
132517

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLED 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 x3400 is an excellent low-cost solution for growing businesses or branch offices that rely on 24x7 availability and mission-critical applications. Optional features let you configure a server customized for your needs—from basic file-and-print to a robust, mission-critical application server—saving you time and money.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	5
BIOS/uEFI:	SPE169AUS - 1.69
CPU:	2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5430 2.66 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X8 2 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X 32-bit/33MHz PCI Parallel Port 2 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID 8k-L , Serial ATA (SATA) Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 160 GB SATA 7.2k simple-swap HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	HLDS GSA-H40N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-17.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article for ppc64le: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
CPU: This system is 2 CPU socket configuration with 20 core dual chip module per socket, totalling 40 cores. The Power10 3.9 GHz (Max) DCM CPUs tested each have 20 cores and with SMT8 totalling 320 vCPU threads.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on Power10 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the Power10 hardware itself.

Referenced Bulletins
154367

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 29-Mar-2010	Driver Size: 720064
	Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319

Intel PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 183872
	Checksum: 208a30b7c5562cdfdcea2132c6e317a9

Broadcom® NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller [BCM5721]
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 196776
	Checksum: 0bf0bbdd3fe2c2105730f389620d6305

IBM ServeRAID 8k-L
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 143296
	Checksum: d24dd1533f7a14b464de7025709aeb51

Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 22425f1e1c9b207424d300c594504023

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Workstation Global Business Unit
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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