System x3250 M6 (3633/E3-1200 v5)

System x3250 M6 (3633/E3-1200 v5)
Network Server
IBM

09 Nov 2016
145078

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The single-processor Lenovo System x3250 M6 packs enterprise class management, high-availability and security features into a tiny 1U form factor. Centrally automate discovery, inventory tracking, real-time monitoring, provisioning, firmware updates, fault detection and alert handling with Lenovo XClarity, a simple-to-use resource management tool. Facilitate high uptime with redundant/hot-swap drives, fans and power supplies. Protect your hardware and firmware with integrated industry-unique Lenovo Trusted Platform Assurance, which includes a built-in Trusted Platform Module and optional security bezel.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	STC
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: M3E103IUS - v1.00 (03/06/2016)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E3-1280 v5 3.70 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel GL82C232 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA) Lenovo ServeRAID M1210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Hitachi GST Ultrastar C15K600 HUC156060CSS200 SAS 12Gbps , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HLDS DVDRAM GUB0N SATA CD/DVDRW Drive , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter in the elilo.conf file was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
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.
Tested as a 2-node scalable partition with 8 Compute Books. Hard disk configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 95983
	Checksum: 47ef1d90155625b73d3d4281ce034251

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 351071
	Checksum: b8dee794a1123732c7ba8475033703e3
	Driver Version: 5.3.0-k

Intel GL82C232 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 72895
	Checksum: f0ad0f11072e317bc80570a7483343e9
	Driver Version: 3.0

Lenovo ServeRAID M1210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 216703
	Checksum: 43d97f95db88b476471065c1667d0589
	Driver Version: 06.810.09.00-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:

IBM
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System x3250 M6 (3633/E3-1200 v5) - Yes Bulletin 145078 | SUSE