System x3550 (7978-B9x)

System x3550 (7978-B9x)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

13 Apr 2011
135125

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Desktop 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLED 10

Product Description
Designed for applications ranging from Web serving to workload consolidation and virtualization, the IBM System x3550 offers the high-speed quad-core processor with blazing front-side bus speed. Optimized for exceptional application computing, the x3550 features a highly functional infrastructure that addresses more memory, lowers power consumption and provides dramatic systems performance increases.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	GFE149BUS - v1.17
CPU:	Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor X5450 3.0 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 2 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID 8k-L , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH , IDE
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 26K5842 146.8GB 15K 3.5-inch SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic UJDA770 , IDE
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® PS2-to-USB KVM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-77.1

Config Notes

Install: OS Installed via USB CD/DVD Drive.
Graphics: The graphics driver used in testing was obtained from http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html. C/C++ development environment (including kernel source) is required for driver install.
Graphics: Once the nvidia driver has been loaded, the following steps must be used to enable Desktop Effects: 1) Add the line "G 10de:061c" to the "Supported NVIDIA cards" section of /etc/X11/xgl-hardware-list, 2) use YaST2->"Desktop Effects" to enable desktop effects, 3) change to init level 3 and use "startx" to manually start the desktop.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 22-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 304640
	Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 224440
	Checksum: 18287d1bb2ac82a6207a27b01ed90a24

IBM ServeRAID 8k-L
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 133512
	Checksum: 8c5d6c568ada83ba0153cba85bc7cb1a

Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: piix.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 35152
	Checksum: fc9dc457a9462aa193f0ac7e3cea0b37

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
Workstation Global Business Unit
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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