System x3550 M5 (8869/E5-2600 v3)

System x3550 M5 (8869/E5-2600 v3)
Network Server
Lenovo Group Limited

26 Oct 2017
146128

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLED 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TBE130J - v2.40 (04/11/2017)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 2.30 GHz
RAM:	Host platform: 64 GB, single max VM guest: 16 GB, multiple VM guests: 16 GB each
Ports and Bus Types:	5 USB Ports PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5-inch G3HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.1

Config Notes

Install: OS Installed via an external USB DVD Drive.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE11 drivers are included with SLE11. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com.
The Storage driver used during testing was installed from the following driver update disk (DUD): ibm_dd_sraidmr_00.00.04.17_sles11_32-64.tgz. This driver must be downloaded and installed during the SLES install. To obtain the DUD go to: http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5082165&brandind=5000008, this driver is not PLDP compliant.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 96383
	Checksum: bbed1a4bbab6a5c26c55e3771d88ad04

2 Broadcom® NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 251575
	Checksum: 1c032cbbf8f4cb203bdc23d80846b9cc
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 236751
	Checksum: c96d2df516f3a67f3960bb982a2a0b3d
	Driver Version: 07.701.17.00-rc1

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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 Group Limited
P.R.China
Bei Jing
Haidian District,Shangdi Chuangye Road 6#
Bei Jing , N/A 100085
CHINA

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