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 | System x3550 M4 (7914-AC1)
Network Server
IBM | 29 Mar 2012
137257 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Product Description
The right choice when compromise is not an option, the IBM System x3550 M4 blends outstanding uptime, performance and I/O flexibility for cost efficiency and rock-solid reliability. This compact rack server offers an energy-smart, affordable and easy-to-use solution with a pay-as-you-grow design to help lower costs and manage risks. With more computing power per watt, support for the latest Intel® Xeon® E5 processor and advanced memory support, the x3550 M4 offers balanced performance and density.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 5 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | D7E111LUS-1.00 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2630L 2.00 GHz |
| RAM: | 32 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X8 Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X16 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2 |
Config Notes
- KVM Guest: The SLE10SP4 guests were configured with a virtual e1000 NIC.
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5. Each KVM Guest was installed on an LVM partition with its own LV disk.
- KVM Guest: SLE10SP4 guests were booted with the "no-kvmclock" boot parameter.
- Current kernel maintenance updates were installed on the SLE11SP1 KVM guests in order to provide updated virtio drivers.
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Referenced Bulletins
135814
Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 22-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 18328 |
| | Checksum: 57f8381d876d1d46b1306a2e881dfe75 |
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| Intel
Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| | Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 141388 |
| | Checksum: c8a97b061a6cdbe52fb12ab79d9ff2b8 |
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| IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 104276 |
| | Checksum: b264957e70523303e4f3762023a1ddc8 |
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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:
IBM
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