System x3250 M2 (4190/4194-82Y/84Y)

System x3250 M2 (4190/4194-82Y/84Y)
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

05 Apr 2011
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM® System x3250 M2 is a single-socket server with power consumption, noise reduction and space optimizations that make it perfect for any business looking for a reliable, compact workgroup or departmental server. It can be dedicated to a single application, and is priced right for your budget.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS5
BIOS/uEFI:	M9E145AUS - v1.45
CPU:	Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor X3360 2.83 GHz
RAM:	6 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801IB ICH9 , IDE IBM ServeRAID-BR10il SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HLDS CD-RW/DVD DRIVE GCC-T10N , IDE
USB Keyboard:	Cybex® AutoView Commander™ KVM w/PS2 to USB connector
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-80.1

Config Notes

Kdump (SLE12SP2): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=187M,high crashkernel=142M,low using YaST.
Installation Kit: The lenovo_servers_thinksystem-sle12sp2-x86_64-1.0.iso installation kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This installation kit must be downloaded and used to start the SLES installation. To obtain the installation kit go to: https://drivers.suse.com/lenovo/Lenovo-ThinkSystem/sle-12-sp2-x86_64/1.0/.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: single HDD and two M.2 (boot) drives, each configured as separate RAID 0. Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters: dom0_mem=16G dom0_max_vcpus=16.
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. The system also has one internal USB port.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 FV guest. One of the integrated Flex System CN4054S 10Gb Virtual Fabric adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 17-Mar-2008	Driver Size: 283804
	Checksum: 54e340ac765f3dcceb97d352ece9f560

Broadcom® Integrated BCM 5703 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 166824
	Checksum: 910cac5ec31a24d688c4719e76729b7f

Broadcom® Intergrated BCM 5722 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 166824
	Checksum: 910cac5ec31a24d688c4719e76729b7f

Intel Integrated 82801IB ICH9
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 27740
	Checksum: 08cfb3a1ee4cbecc887af5dff932877e

IBM ServeRAID-BR10il SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 71568
	Checksum: fac072c90bb833acced0f676315aa569

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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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