System x3400 M2 (7836/37- 42x/44x)

System x3400 M2 (7836/37- 42x/44x)
Network Server
Lenovo

09 Aug 2013
139964

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
You plan for growth, but when and how much can be difficult to project. The x3400 M2 offers flexible configuration options and easy migration through support for a wide range of technologies. Start with a single Intel® Xeon® four-core processor, and add a second to double your processing capability. Select the right combination of hard disk drive size, capacity and performance for today, and easily incorporate additional drives tomorrow.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI-Legacy: Y4E156WUS - 1.11 - (02/01/2012)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5530 2.40 GHz
RAM:	16 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 USB Ports Serial 4 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 32-bit/33MHz PCI
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID-MR10i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 73.4GB 15K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 IBM 1 TB 7200 RPM 3.5inch Hot-Swap HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-H353B DVD-ROM , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

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. The embedded, Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port), adapter was used during this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All FV 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).
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen 8479 maintenance update (Patch: slessp3-xen-201310-8479) is required and was installed during certification testing.
Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
140863

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

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: 101143
	Checksum: bdde6cd0fa02a043d168aa0e1d449d72
	Driver Version: 2.2.3

Intel Integrated 82801JI ICH10
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 39611
	Checksum: 58b693cc0565268a4791d8307ac1ac18
	Driver Version: 2.13

IBM ServeRAID-MR10i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 94071
	Checksum: ebe0dac982da7dda6e42ffdc95e7da0c
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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System x3400 M2 (7836/37- 42x/44x) - Yes Bulletin 139964 | SUSE