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 | System x3550 M2 (7946 - 42x)
Network Server
Lenovo | 09 Aug 2013
139946 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM System x3550 M2 offers robust, proven technology and a flexible, energy-smart design. Delivering multi-core computing on the Intel® Xeon® processor with QuickPath Interconnect technology, this server delivers significant performance improvement per watt compared to previous generation servers by integrating low-wattage components for an energy-smart thermal profile. This server offers feature-rich systems management capabilities from power management to proactive hardware monitoring. The Integrated Management Module (IMM) increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes. The Virtual Media key option provides remote presence capabilities without taking up a slot on the planar, while IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ provides advanced power monitoring and notification.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | DEST-05 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: D6E159A v1.17 - (05/02/2013) |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor L5520 2.26 GHz |
RAM: | 32 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 4 USB Ports Serial 2 PCI Express X16 |
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: | 2 IBM
73.4GB 10K 2.5
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | LG
GCC-T20N
, 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
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 x86_64 guest. One of the embedded Embedded Four-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM adapters was used in this testing.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
- System was scaled up to 8-socket by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
- Virtualization Drivers: Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) drivers are recommended by SUSE and were loaded and used during this testing. For more information see https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/singlehtml/book_virt/book_virt.html#kvm.vfio
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Adapters and Drivers
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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 |
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2 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
Lenovo
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support.lenovo.com
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