System x3250 M6 (3633/E3-1200 v6)

System x3250 M6 (3633/E3-1200 v6)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

14 Nov 2017
146233

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 6 for SUSE® SLES 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2016
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

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:	ANPING Rev0.4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: M3E121PUS - v2.00 (03/14/2017)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E3-1280 v6 3.90 GHz
RAM:	Host platform: 64 GB, multiple VM guests: 16 GB each, single max VM guest: 48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel GL82C232 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD - ST2000NM0034 - 2TB , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	LG GUD0N Ultra Slim DVD Writer , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-53.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 SP6 guest. One of the Lenovo ThinkSystem X710-DA2 PCIe 10Gb 2-Port SFP+ Ethernet adapters was used in this testing.
Persistent Memory: The Persistent Memory in the system was configured in AppDirect Mode.
SLES Quarterly update: SLES 15 SP6 QU3 is required and was installed before YES Certification testing. The download is available from https://www.suse.com/download/sles/. The iso image name is SLE-15-SP6-Full-x86_64-QU3-Media1.iso.
Virtual Machine (VM) Max vCPU configuration was tested with a max of 142 CPUs.

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

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 331743
	Checksum: bd3bda441dc8bdc93c60c1c55ae13198
	Driver Version: 5.2.15-k

Intel GL82C232 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 58775
	Checksum: c761165b40ae24cf33d6f6bcbaf65165
	Driver Version: 3.0

IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 174663
	Checksum: 26fb3287ebd4ebf32728215c3f59e443
	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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

611662

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