System x3550 M3 (7944

System x3550 M3 (7944 - 52x/54x)
Network Server
Atos

28 Feb 2012
136994

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

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

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:	D6E154WUS - v1.13
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5645 2.40 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eV
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1

Config Notes

Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware its-self.
Required configuration: SLES 11 SP4 is run in POWER7 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER8 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER7 processor with SMT4.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.

Referenced Bulletins
143437

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eV
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 123816
	Checksum: 6069ec6d1ac3077f6378da0842baccaf

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 109848
	Checksum: 3f40561e66ec3b29c8df3969b84bb1e9

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/

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