System x3500 M3 (7380

System x3500 M3 (7380 - 72x/74x)
Network Server
VMware, Inc.

08 Mar 2012
137092

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:

Product Description
Designed to meet the highest levels of dependability, the IBM® System x3500 M3 delivers outstanding multi-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:	Y4E154AUS - v1.10
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5650 2.66 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 32-bit/33MHz PCI Serial 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eV
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID-MR10i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-H353B DVD-ROM , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/GuestOS_Guide.pdf.
VMware Tools information can be found at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340 and http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014294.
VMware Tools for SUSE® Linux Enterprise were installed during testing and can be downloaded from the following locations: SLES 10 - http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.0/sles10/index.html , SLES 11 - http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.0/sles11.0/index.html. These modules are not PLDP compliant.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eV
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 204964
	Checksum: 6e4febcdc166990d8ac5cfdb0dfbd20d

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 98396
	Checksum: 1dcd1b4d8cfd5f75622511a382cf2152

Intel Integrated 82801JIB ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 37352
	Checksum: 3987de7b0d2772eeb9777d87cf553475

IBM ServeRAID-MR10i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 91432
	Checksum: 4347a5d366074680614ca1f187029e3d

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:

VMware, Inc.
3401 Hillview Ave
Palo Alto , CA 94304
Voice: 1-650-427-5000
Toll Free: 1-877-486-9273
Fax: 650-427-5001
Website: www.vmware.com

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