System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 (7912

System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 (7912 - 83x)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

19 Sep 2013
140257

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM System x® iDataPlex® dx360 M4 is designed to optimize density and performance within typical data center infrastructure limits. The unique half-depth form factor is designed to help you improve compute density in your space-constrained data center while also improving system cooling and energy efficiency. Innovative dual-socket system with multiple compute, storage and I/O configuration options to fit customer requirements. Up to two servers per 2U chassis mountable in a standard enterprise rack or iDataPlex rack.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TDE134DUS - v1.31 (08/19/2013)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2670 v2 2.50 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports Serial 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C602J PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 500 GB 7.2K SATA Simple-Swap HDD , 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: RAID 0.
The megaraid_sas.ko used during testing is not SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the following driver package: ibm_dd_sraidmr_6.602.03.00-2_sles11_32-64.tgz. This driver package must be downloaded and installed during the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/downloadFixes?parent=Lenovo%2BNeXtScale%2Bnx360%2BM5&product=ibm/systemx/5465&&platform=SLES+11+x64&function=fixId&fixids=ibm_dd_sraidmr_6.602.03.00-2_sles11_32-64&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0&downloadMethod=http.
Changed Operating Mode in UEFI setup from default "Efficiency - Favor Performance" to "Custom" for CPU Frequency scaling support
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).

Adapters and Drivers


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

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 287167
	Checksum: 81bfd34fb256a6fa3cab6fc2f6e9ed3e
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

Intel BD82C602J PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 58287
	Checksum: 473c4648eb91631c32be9d18fb2e85ad
	Driver Version: 3.0

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
Industry Standard Server Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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