System x3500 M3 (7380-G2x)

System x3500 M3 (7380-G2x)
Network Server
HP Inc.

06 Jun 2011
135746

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLED 11

Product Description
Designed to meet the highest levels of dependability, the IBM® System x3500 M3 delivers outstanding six-core performance and availability to help keep mission-critical applications and virtualized environments up and running. Redundant components to reduce points of failure and light path diagnostics provide resiliency, while integrated support features like a remote presence key optimize systems management efficiency.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	4
BIOS/uEFI:	Y4E150CUS - v1.08
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5675 3.06 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 32-bit/33MHz PCI 6 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eV
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID-MR10i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	8 IBM 73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-H353B DVD-ROM , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Cybex® AutoView Commander™ KVM w/PS2-to-USB connector
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
For optimizing your setup: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/perf/.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
For z/VM guest setup: http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/linuxper.html.
This configuration was tested with only one NIC.
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/ Armonk, New York 10504-1722 , NY 10504-1722 Voice: 001-914-499-1900 Toll Free: 800-IBM-4YOU (800-426-4968) Website: http://www.ibm.com.
Maintenance update: SLES 11SP4 kernel update 13286 is required and was installed during certification testing. The kernel update can be downloaded at https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=qcW0Std_6ok~.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eV
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 08-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 174712
	Checksum: 34ada57de469915d1dc3833aa1f21893

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 205868
	Checksum: 4238d6340b382c2fc60653fd4e526a5f

Intel Integrated 82801JIB ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 39428
	Checksum: 412973ed4d4192889f9e13bcb1e6b1c0

IBM ServeRAID-MR10i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 104276
	Checksum: b264957e70523303e4f3762023a1ddc8

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:

HP Inc.
Workstations & Thin Clients
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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System x3500 M3 (7380-G2x) - Yes Bulletin 135746 | SUSE