System x3100 M4 (2582-82U)

System x3100 M4 (2582-82U)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

28 Feb 2012
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10

Other Products:

Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 2

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
With support for next-generation Intel® Xeon® processor technology, the IBM System x3100 M4 delivers strong performance for the price in a single-socket tower. Advanced features and functions, which come standard, include innovative integrated RAID capability, dependable server-class memory, energy efficiency, low-cost tower-to-rack kit and high-capacity storage options for enhanced availability.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Mini Tower
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	JQE128TUS-1.00
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E3-1270 3.40 GHz
RAM:	4 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8 Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X1 PCI Express X4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C202 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Western Digital WD2502ABYS 250GB 3.5 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Hitachi Data Systems DVD-RAM GH60N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
Maintenance update: SLES12 SP3 kernel update "4.4.140-94.42.1" is required and was installed during certification testing.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk (DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.22.4334.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.22.4334_4.4.73_7-1.sles12sp3.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347757.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbe" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "ixgbe-kmp-default-5.3.5_k4.4.73_7-h1a.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 SP3 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347731.html.
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 330536
	Checksum: 82fab412af5c9589131c94f5633a3b3c

Intel BD82C202 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 52608
	Checksum: bfbf2200a9e0ac0c5ce84f04b7370f2b

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
Industry Standard Server Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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System x3100 M4 (2582-82U) - Yes Bulletin 136578 | SUSE