System x3250 M5 (5458)

System x3250 M5 (5458)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

17 Jul 2015
143417

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The Lenovo 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 Lenovo innovative features in a compact 1U form factor with a competitive price. The Lenovo 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 Lenovo 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:	Intel DH82C226 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
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 7.4.0-27.2

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.
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports.
Kdump (SLE12SP2): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=144M,high crashkernel=112M,low using YaST.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.4.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
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 12 SP2 guests. The integrated Lenovo CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric adapter was used for this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: eeec94d7ef85cad092007144321a8b30
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 249855
	Checksum: 9db37917a8ada3bbf0dfc9c51f1b4013
	Driver Version: 3.137

Intel DH82C226 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 58775
	Checksum: 4b4bed1ab887ebb1d1228dcc2d4840c2
	Driver Version: 3.0

IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 174663
	Checksum: ad62dd99489347e3ff68be42d8fca2c4
	Driver Version: 06.806.08.00-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:

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

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