S5500BC

S5500BC
Network Server
IBM

18 Jul 2010
133044

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The Intel® Server Board S5500BC has flexible scalability and expandability in I/O, memory, LAN and storage which is designed for deploying web, email or print servers, or business applications. Ideal for remote or branch offices seeking enterprise class manageability, the Intel Server Board S5500BC supports up to two Intel® Xeon® processors X5670, and can be used in rack or pedestal configurations.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	E25124-404
BIOS/uEFI:	S5500.86B.01.00.0048
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5670 2.93 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	32-bit/33MHz PCI 2 PCI Express X4 2 PCI Express X8 2 Serial 8 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	5 Seagate® ST3320613AS Barracuda® 7200.11 320-GB , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	PLEXTOR PX-810SA DVD , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Logitech 967559-403
USB Mouse:	Logitech 931145-403
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the network adapters, Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T, was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. In addition, interrupt remapping support was enabled via "echo 1 > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/allow_unsafe_assigned_interrupts"
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.

Referenced Bulletins
139869

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 25-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 201412
	Checksum: 82bb390e7cef098e3160a754caeb9408

Intel Integrated 82567LM-2 Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 132188
	Checksum: 3994224304a58637f2de01f1d46174da

Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 132188
	Checksum: 3994224304a58637f2de01f1d46174da

Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 26820
	Checksum: 7a92dea337a702c11024dde1a0356d5c

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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559947

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