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| System x3250 M5 (5458)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 27 Oct 2014
141975 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM® System x3250 M5 single-socket 1U rack server is designed for small businesses and first-time server buyers looking for a solution to improve business efficiency. It delivers several IBM innovative features in a compact 1U form factor with a competitive price. The IBM System x3250 M5 provides next-generation performance in an innovative and compact design with flexible configuration options, built-in security, and systems management capabilities, as described in the IBM Redbooks® Product Guide.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: JUE116BUS - v1.04 - (07/03/2014) |
| CPU: | Intel
Xeon® Processor E3-1270 v3 3.50 GHz |
| RAM: | 16 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 6 USB Ports
Serial
PCI Express X8
PCI Express X4 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS)
Intel
DH82C226 PCH
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
300GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5-inch Slim-HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | IBM
81Y3672 SATA DEVICE
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.3.0-100.1 |
Config Notes
- System cerification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP3 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 128 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html.
- VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
- VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP3 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| | Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 98407 |
| | Checksum: a860088c6d3673ee89ea8d56a33e3b68 |
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| Intel
82574L Gigabit Ethernet |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: e1000e.ko |
| | Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 420583 |
| | Checksum: fc8c8b6264cdd26a6750c8c4ad3c9f5e |
| | Driver Version: 2.3.2-k |
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| Broadcom®
BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| | Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 256071 |
| | Checksum: 9d428f3c65a6091d406cea24fc08552c |
| | Driver Version: 3.136 |
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| IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 167607 |
| | Checksum: 9271ed61c05dd7cc9edb3bdd802cedc6 |
| | Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rc1 |
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| Intel
DH82C226 PCH |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko |
| | Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 62335 |
| | Checksum: e442149ee540a6d9c7c339dec6c56977 |
| | Driver Version: 3.0 |
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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:
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