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| System x3500 M4 (7383 - J2x)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 01 Jul 2013
139231 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
A high-performance dual-socket tower server, the IBM® System x3500 M4 can deliver the scalability, reliable performance and optimized efficiency for your business critical applications. Start with the basics and upgrade as your business changes without jeopardizing existing investments. Virtualizing the PC infrastructure into one server can provide access to a powerful server with abundant storage space, while significantly reducing IT costs.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Tower |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: Y5E119HUS - v1.20 (08/12/2012) |
| CPU: | Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2680 2.70 GHz |
| RAM: | 48 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | Serial
6 USB Ports
5 PCI Express X8
3 PCI Express X16 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
BD82C602 PCH
, Serial ATA (SATA)
IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
15.7K SAS 6-GB/s 3.5 inch hot-swap 300-GB Hard Drive
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | HP
DVDROM DH40N
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.7 |
Config Notes
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP2 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 128 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at:http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
- VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
- VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP2 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| 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 |
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| Intel
Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| | Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 284151 |
| | Checksum: 3d8976d3db8a23aca700e8cb5731ab85 |
| | Driver Version: 4.1.2-k |
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| Intel
BD82C602 PCH |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko |
| | Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 58287 |
| | Checksum: b66f0aae84ff9801a47d9fcfb0a17206 |
| | Driver Version: 3.0 |
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| IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 127567 |
| | Checksum: 6411221d36d51385e375c39a7ac65414 |
| | Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1 |
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