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| System x3530 M4 (7160 - G2x)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 01 Jul 2013
139275 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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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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Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM® System x3530 M4 server delivers dual-socket performance in a 1U compact footprint. Featuring the latest Intel® Romley EN platform, the x3530 M4 is a flexible rack server positioned as a good investment value, while considering your total cost of ownership and IBM commitment. It is designed to provide affordable value and increased flexibility with performance and quality to match. Designed with redundancy, flexible subsystems, and a wider range of configuration options, the x3530 M4 also offers an innovative Feature on Demand (FoD) design for an easier upgrade path.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | JACARANDA 10057-1A 48.5M610.01A |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: BEE124CUS v1.30 - (11/30/2012) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2450 2.10 GHz |
| RAM: | 24 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | Serial
6 USB Ports
2 PCI Express X16
PCI Express X8 |
| 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)
3 IBM
73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10 |
Config Notes
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP4 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 256 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 SP4 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: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 284151 |
| | Checksum: 7ece6d08a3e85e6b5ecb426396ea3b62 |
| | Driver Version: 4.1.2-k |
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| IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 127823 |
| | Checksum: ad23e332dab7a4378bea9f3c4b400113 |
| | Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1 |
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The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin.
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
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