System x3500 M4 (7383/E5-2600)

System x3500 M4 (7383/E5-2600)
Network Server
Lenovo

17 Jul 2015
143491

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
A high-performance dual-socket tower server, the Lenovo System x3500 M4 can deliver the scalability, reliable performance and optimized efficiency for your business critical applications. Start with the basics and upgrade as your business changes without jeopardizing existing investments. Virtualizing the PC infrastructure into one server can provide access to a powerful server with abundant storage space, while significantly reducing IT costs.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	PASS12
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI-Legacy: Y5E140AUS - v1.70 - (06/26/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2670 2.60 GHz
RAM:	16 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 6 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X16 5 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C602 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST3300657SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HLDS DVD DH40N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-27.4

Config Notes

SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html
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).
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. The system also has one internal USB port.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
Maintenance updates: Xen 8479 (bnc#836239,808269) updates are required and were installed during certification testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 204964
	Checksum: afa29ac849eb602b2925bd879cb17145
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 238015
	Checksum: 0b37cd2740beb6ee33ace17617a7af31
	Driver Version: 5.2.15-k

Intel BD82C602 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 48639
	Checksum: 9394be5566e0f662d0b040947bb55813
	Driver Version: 3.0

IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 130491
	Checksum: e89527734c0dd4f19636e2d53e9405d7
	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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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System x3500 M4 (7383/E5-2600) - Yes Bulletin 143491 | SUSE