System x3550 M3 (7944

System x3550 M3 (7944 - 62x)
Network Server
FSAS Technologies Inc.

28 Feb 2012
136998

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

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 E5649 2.53 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

Power Management: System/Processor does not support throttling.
Power Management: Hibernation / Suspend to Disk / ACPI S4 is NOT supported on this system.
Graphics: Video driver used in testing is non-PLDP-compliant and may be downloaded from http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=4169006&prodNameId=4169007&swEnvOID=4059&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=vc-83171-1. PLDP-compliant video driver may be obtained by adding http://www2.ati.com/suse/sle11 as a software repository.

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" Enterprise 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:

FSAS Technologies Inc.
13-2 Frontier Musashikosugi, Nakamaruko, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki City 211-0012
JAPAN
Voice: 044-754-2453
Website: https://www.fsastech.com/

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