IBM System x3250 M4 (2583)

IBM System x3250 M4 (2583)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

04 Nov 2014
142223

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLED 11

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 Lenovo® innovative features in a compact 1U form factor with a competitive price. The Lenovo 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:	Intel Xeon® Processor E3-1270 3.40 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X4 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C204 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Western Digital WD2502ABYS 250GB 3.5 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	HLDS GT30N Slim Super Multi DVD Rewriter , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

Config Notes

Install: OS install was performed via network using the SUSE SolidDriver-compliant bootable driver kit at http://drivers.suse.com/hp/HP-Z440-Z640-Z840/sle-11-sp3-x86_64/1.0/install-readme.html. LAN and storage drivers are provided by the kit.
Graphics: Video driver used in this configuration is SolidDriver-compliant and may be installed by adding http://download.nvidia.com/novell/sle11sp3 as a software repository then installing the nvidia-gfx03 packages.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.

Referenced Bulletins
143021

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 0aa1fb610e038786b32b41ad30a9aa41

2 Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 420135
	Checksum: a1f409c5bddc83725e587cc3e5abd324
	Driver Version: 2.3.2-k

Intel BD82C204 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 53815
	Checksum: 4aa148a5caef259c7e9753c6f727eda8
	Driver Version: 2.13

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
Workstation Global Business Unit
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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