System x3550 M2 (7946-32x)

System x3550 M2 (7946-32x)
Network Server
Lenovo

13 Apr 2011
135145

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 7 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
The IBM System x3550 M2 offers robust, proven technology and a flexible, energy-smart design. Delivering quad-core computing on the Intel® Xeon® E5520 processor with QuickPath Interconnect technology, this server delivers significant performance improvement per watt compared to previous generation servers by integrating low-wattage components for an energy-smart thermal profile. This server offers feature-rich systems management capabilities from power management to proactive hardware monitoring. The Integrated Management Module (IMM) increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes. The Virtual Media key option provides remote presence capabilities without taking up a slot on the planar, while IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ provides advanced power monitoring and notification.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	05
BIOS/uEFI:	D6E145WUS - v1.06
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5520 2.26 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	Belkin® Omni Cube™ 4-Port KVM w/PS2-to-USB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-77.1

Config Notes

VMware recommends to install deployPkg with open-vm-tools if creating a Template http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2075048. VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a single max virtual machine configured with up to 6128 GB of memory on a SLES 12 SP2 x86-64 guest.
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP2 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 128 CPUs.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by the operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP2 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 224440
	Checksum: be63711e65edc55d26065a5d4bf08b46

IBM ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 93904
	Checksum: f59824372955e1acba31f88dcf4ca7fa

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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