System x3200 M3 (7327/7328

System x3200 M3 (7327/7328 - AC1)
Network Server
IBM

01 Jul 2013
139435

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The IBM® System x3200 M3 offers enhanced performance to help you take on the dynamic challenges of running IT with an emphasis on security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability—delivered at the right price in a single-socket tower server. The System x3200 M3 offers enhanced performance to help you take on the dynamic challenges of running IT with an emphasis on security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability—delivered at the right price in a single-socket tower server.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	PASS4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI-Legacy Boot: GYE154VUS v1.13 - (09/17/2011)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor X3470 2.93 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 USB Ports Serial 2 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X1 2 32-bit/33MHz PCI
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 146 GB 10K HS 3.5-inch SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. One of the embedded Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.

Referenced Bulletins
140237

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 13-May-2013	Driver Size: 204964
	Checksum: 12efb07097320f259e3570652cf129da
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 278487
	Checksum: e45ab312be4ac19802d48c94bbf0d922
	Driver Version: 2.1.4-k

LSI Logic SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 84039
	Checksum: 67e9b45a15c228794527191ecf3d08d6
	Driver Version: 4.28.00.01suse

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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System x3200 M3 (7327/7328 - AC1) - Yes Bulletin 139435 | SUSE