System x3550 (7978-B9x)

System x3550 (7978-B9x)
Network Server
Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.

13 Apr 2011
135126

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 9

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 AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

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 7.0-80.1

Config Notes

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 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. The embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 adapter was used for this testing.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All 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), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports for local console connectivity.

Referenced Bulletins
140570

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: 213872
	Checksum: 9efc4684b649b5f1aa66d229adcbdb2f

IBM ServeRAID 8k-L
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 122136
	Checksum: 3c5037458a27c3bf2de577a15c21b548

Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: piix.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 22864
	Checksum: 945dd40ec8207865a7b890f1291c43a8

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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:

Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.
2 Musick
Irvine , CA 92618
Voice: (949) 462-6000
Fax: (949) 462-2610

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