System x3550 M3 (7944-82x)

System x3550 M3 (7944-82x)
Network Server
Intel Corporation

13 Apr 2011
135241

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN

Product Description
The IBM System x3550 M3 builds on new Intel® Xeon® processor technology with extreme processing power and superior energy-management and cooling features. With twice the performance of previous generations and a flexible, energy-smart design that integrates low-wattage components, the x3550 M3 can help you meet demanding workloads at a lower cost per watt. The x3550 M3 offers a flexible, scalable design and simple upgrade path from four to eight hard disk drives. Comprehensive systems management tools such as advanced diagnostics and the ability to control resources from a single point make it easy to deploy, integrate, service and manage.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	DEST-05
BIOS/uEFI:	D6E150UUS - v1.10
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5690 3.46 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports Serial 2 PCI Express X8
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 converter
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-77.1

Config Notes

The PLDP compliant LAN driver used during testing was installed from the following rpms: intel-e1000e-1.2.20-1.i586.rpm. These drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/i586/
The SM712 video driver comes from Intel web site (S1200BTS on-board video driver)http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20001&lang=eng Please follow the steps below to install the driver: 1. Click “Download” to download the file “smi-xserver-sm712-intel-2010119-R1.zip”, choose “I accept…” when the pop window occur. 2. Unzip the file. 3. Copy the “smi-xserver-sm712-intel.tgz” to the SUT. 4. Unzip the file with command “tar zxvf smi-xserver-sm712-intel.tgz”. 5. Enter the directory: cd smi-xserver-sm712/sles11.1_64bit/ (this is for SLES11SP1 64bit. For i586, please use sles11.1_32bit instead). 6. Execute command : ./install. 7. After installation complete, type command “init 3”. 8. Put in the user name and password when enter the CLI interface. 9. Then input “init 5” to enter the GUI interface again. Then the driver can be successfully installed.

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

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:

Intel Corporation
Columbia Design Center
100 Center Point Circle, Suite 200
Columbia , SC 29210
Voice: 803-216-2100
Website: www.intel.com

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