System x3250 M4 (2583)

System x3250 M4 (2583)
Network Server
Lenovo

27 Oct 2014
142165

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The System x3250 M4 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 M4 provides next-generation performance in an innovative and compact design with flexible configuration options, built-in security, and systems management capabilities. This server is designed for infrastructure applications such as firewall, security, disaster recovery, name server, authentication, credit card processing, email, domain controller, and more. It leverages quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor technology.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS10
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: JQE164AUS - v1.07 - (12/09/2013)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X4 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	2 Fujitsu PRAID EP420i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 Hitachi GST ULTRASTAR C15K600, 300GB, SAS (HUC156030CSS204) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

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.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.3.exe).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 FV guest. One of the embedded Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 105288
	Checksum: b00202112dfc581b40ad1b482879fc14

4 Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 490168
	Checksum: a42b0f82f6efd93ca754e5bdd63d65c8
	Driver Version: 5.4.0-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igbvf.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 91176
	Checksum: d20d69ef5d25acd30d0808dffc6696f9
	Driver Version: 2.4.0-k

2 Fujitsu PRAID EP420i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 289376
	Checksum: 25157beb4a4d459f635b0ff583654d67
	Driver Version: 07.704.04.00-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 x3250 M4 (2583) - Yes Bulletin 142165 | SUSE