System x3250 M4 (2583

System x3250 M4 (2583 - 72x)
Network Server
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.

01 Jul 2013
139171

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
The System x3250 M4 single-socket 1U rack server is designed for small businesses and first-time server buyers looking for a solution to improve business efficiency. It delivers several IBM® innovative features in a compact 1U form factor with a competitive price. The IBM System x3250 M4 provides next-generation performance in an innovative and compact design with flexible configuration options, built-in security, and systems management capabilities. This server is designed for infrastructure applications such as firewall, security, disaster recovery, name server, authentication, credit card processing, email, domain controller, and more. It leverages quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor technology.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS10
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: JQE149AUS v1.02 - (06/22/2012)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E3-1270 3.40 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X8 PCI Express X4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C204 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Western Digital WD2502ABYS 250GB 3.5 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	HLDS GT30N Slim Super Multi DVD Rewriter , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.7

Config Notes

SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 FV guest. One of the VFA5 ML2 10GbE SFP+ adapters was used in this testing.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Storage configuration: RAID 6. Tested as a 2-node scalable partition with 4 Compute Books. Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with and requires the following additional load parameters: dom0_mem:16G dom0_max_vcpus:4.

Referenced Bulletins
147323

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 13-May-2013	Driver Size: 383655
	Checksum: d95001c851c65868f3e1328260b84b4c
	Driver Version: 2.1.4-k

Intel BD82C204 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 13-May-2013	Driver Size: 50887
	Checksum: 095c63a36c9b0521c9b95dda3bd36161
	Driver Version: 2.13

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:

Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.
1745 Technology Drive
San Jose , CA 95110
Voice: 408.333-8000
Fax: 408.333-8101
Website: http://www.brocade.com

594268

System x3250 M4 (2583 - 72x) - Yes Bulletin 139171 | SUSE