System x3200 M3 (7327/7328-C1x)

System x3200 M3 (7327/7328-C1x)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

16 Oct 2010
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10

Other Products:

Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 2

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 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 using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.
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).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.

Referenced Bulletins
139174

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 215408
	Checksum: 46b0c12b8fedea1c9116caa2a58a0758

Intel BD3400 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: d023f0afd755d8755871ba7f8b63c70a

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
Industry Standard Server Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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System x3200 M3 (7327/7328-C1x) - Yes Bulletin 133914 | SUSE