System x3500 (7977-R2x)

System x3500 (7977-R2x)
Network Server
Intel Corporation

02 Jun 2010
132576

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The IBM System x3500 delivers performance and reliability for demanding distributed environments that rely on 24x7 availability of mission-critical applications. With quad-core processor performance at lower power consumption per core, the x3500 offers leading-edge capacity and high-speed I/O scalability. A long-life platform with 24-month availability, the x3500 minimizes deployment and support concerns.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	5
BIOS/uEFI:	SPE169AUS-1.69
CPU:	2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5450 3.0 GHz
RAM:	20 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X 32-bit/33MHz PCI 3 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID 8k , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH , IDE
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 73.4GB 15K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) 3 IBM 146 GB 15K 3.5-inch SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HLDS GSA-H10N , IDE
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-25.1

Config Notes

The PLDP compliant LAN driver used during testing was installed from the following rpms: intel-e1000e-1.2.20-1.i586.rpm. These drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/i586/
The SM712 video driver comes from Intel web site (S1200BTS on-board video driver)http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20001&lang=eng Please follow the steps below to install the driver: 1. Click “Download” to download the file “smi-xserver-sm712-intel-2010119-R1.zip”, choose “I accept…” when the pop window occur. 2. Unzip the file. 3. Copy the “smi-xserver-sm712-intel.tgz” to the SUT. 4. Unzip the file with command “tar zxvf smi-xserver-sm712-intel.tgz”. 5. Enter the directory: cd smi-xserver-sm712/sles11.1_64bit/ (this is for SLES11SP1 64bit. For i586, please use sles11.1_32bit instead). 6. Execute command : ./install. 7. After installation complete, type command “init 3”. 8. Put in the user name and password when enter the CLI interface. 9. Then input “init 5” to enter the GUI interface again. Then the driver can be successfully installed.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 674136
	Checksum: 2c1bac9b82e02cca2d9e3bc2c8f1ff29

2 Broadcom® Intergrated BCM 5721Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 160704
	Checksum: feb93af2e88e348b47ae559e3c666b31

IBM ServeRAID 8k
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 103620
	Checksum: fb792ab795d60d22ed5f8e6353f1c1ce

Intel Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 36488
	Checksum: 71be0740159edb0adc2351a454525632

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:

Intel Corporation
Columbia Design Center
100 Center Point Circle, Suite 200
Columbia , SC 29210
Voice: 803-216-2100
Website: www.intel.com

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