System x3500 M2 (7839

System x3500 M2 (7839 - 82x)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

09 Aug 2013
139932

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLED 11

Other Products:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS)

Product Description
Designed to meet the highest levels of dependability, the IBM® System x3500 M2 delivers outstanding dual-core performance and availability to help keep mission-critical applications and virtualized environments up and running. Redundant components to reduce points of failure and light path diagnostics provide resiliency, while integrated support features like a remote presence key optimize systems management efficiency.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	PASS9
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: Y4E159AUS v1.14 - (05/06/2013)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5570 2.93 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 USB Ports Serial PCI Express X16 5 PCI Express X8 32-bit/33MHz PCI
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID-MR10i , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-H353B DVD-ROM , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD.
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. The system also has one internal USB port.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 SP5 guest. One of the Lenovo CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 126799
	Checksum: 397a73b82a4464ecc498d721f8c4a10d
	Driver Version: 2.2.3

IBM ServeRAID-MR10i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 128775
	Checksum: 36c2f0e7dab4f4c97ea2e019d1fb44da
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 50887
	Checksum: 5829331615565244a016d26052ba70f6
	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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Workstation Global Business Unit
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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