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| IBM System x3550 M4 (7914/E5-2600 v2)
Network Server
Lenovo | 12 Feb 2019
147673 |
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 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 12 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Windows Server 2016 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 12 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The right choice when compromise is not an option, the Lenovo System x3550 M4 blends outstanding uptime, performance and I/O flexibility for cost efficiency and rock-solid reliability. This compact rack server offers an energy-smart, afordable and easy-to-use solution with a pay-as-you-grow design to help lower costs and manage risks. With more computing power per watt, support for the Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 processor and advanced memory support, the x3550 M4 offers balanced performance and density.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | PASS 12 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI-Legacy: D7E166DUS - v2.80 (08/28/2018) |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2643 v2 3.50 GHz |
RAM: | Host: 48 GB, single max VM: 32 GB, multiple VM's: 8 GB each |
Ports and Bus Types: | Serial 6 USB Ports PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
300GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 IBM
73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 8.2.0-15.5 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader ans system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
- Kdump (SLE12SP3): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=158M,high crashkernel=112M,low using YaST.
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 SP4 FV guest. One of the integrated Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018 | Driver Size: 106720 |
| Checksum: 69845dd9d9465dfc3d37d29b27d4ad5a |
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Intel
Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igbvf.ko |
| Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018 | Driver Size: 92096 |
| Checksum: ae52e7861d9376dc2519cf2fbf35c76f |
| Driver Version: 2.4.0-k |
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| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018 | Driver Size: 496416 |
| Checksum: 9180fee4626d09eb47ceeb4937827299 |
| Driver Version: 5.4.0-k |
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IBM
ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018 | Driver Size: 293840 |
| Checksum: 635faadb60d3bceab0350cc9d3794166 |
| Driver Version: 07.704.04.00-rc1 |
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
Lenovo
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