System x3200 M3 (7327/7328-C1x)

System x3200 M3 (7327/7328-C1x)
Network Server
Lenovo

16 Oct 2010
133911

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
The IBM® System x3200 M3 offers enhanced performance to help you take on the dynamic challenges of running IT with an emphasis on security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability—delivered at the right price in a single-socket tower server.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Mid Tower
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	GYE129TUS - 1.02
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor X3430 2.40 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X1 2 32-bit/33MHz PCI 2 PCI Express X8 Serial 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD3400 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 250 GB 3.5 , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-H353B DVD-ROM , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® PS2 to USB KVM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1. Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with and requires the following additional load parameters: dom0_mem=8G dom0_max_vcpus=4 (parameters are required, the specific values can be changed).
Kdump (SLE12SP3): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=142M,high crashkernel=92M,low using YaST.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.4.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 12 SP3 guests. One of the Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 adapters was used for this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 200804
	Checksum: 3426fe7b896a5fa1de1c5892a962fbe2

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 166364
	Checksum: 9e7e433d1b88bbd8f26f9368df4e8c06

Intel BD3400 PCH
	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:

Lenovo
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System x3200 M3 (7327/7328-C1x) - Yes Bulletin 133911 | SUSE