System x3250 M2 (4190/4194-72Y/74Y)

System x3250 M2 (4190/4194-72Y/74Y)
Network Server
SGI

13 Apr 2011
135118

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

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 X3350 2.66 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

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.20.4110.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.20.4110_3.12.49_11-1.sles12sp1.x86_64.rpm. To obtain the DUD and the driver package, go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347004.html. The DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbe" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "ixgbe-kmp-default-4.4.6_k3.12.49_11-h1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12SP1 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347040.html
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

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:

SGI
900 North McCarthy Blvd.
Milpitas , CA 95035
Voice: 669-900-8000
Fax: 669-900-8001
Website: http://www.sgi.com/

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