 | System x3550 M2 (7946-E2x)
Network Server IBM | 22 Oct 2009
130539 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T® with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| Windows 2003 Server R2 | |||
| Support Pack: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SLES 10 for x86 | |||
| Support Pack: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| SLES 10 for AMD64 & EM64T | |||
| Support Pack: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
Product Description
The IBM System x3550 M2 offers robust, proven technology and a flexible, energy-smart design. Delivering quad-core computing on Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology, this server delivers significant performance improvement per watt compared to previous generation servers by integrating low-wattage components for an energy-smart thermal profile. This server offers feature-rich systems management capabilities from power management to proactive hardware monitoring. The Integrated Management Module (IMM) increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes. The Virtual Media key option provides remote presence capabilities without taking up a slot on the planar, while IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ provides advanced power monitoring and notification.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1.0 |
| BIOS: | D6E124AUS - 1.01 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5530 2.40 GHz |
| RAM: | 32 GB |
| Bus Type: | 2 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports Serial |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200 VE |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic®
LSISAS1068E
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel® Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 6 IBM 73.4 GB 15K RPM SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | HLDS GSA-T20N , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| USB Floppy: | IBM |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30 |
Config Notes
| #1. Drives are in an Integrated Mirror configuration. |
| #2. Windows Server 2003 R2 : Virtual Machine used the Virtual Machine Driver Pack (VMDP) which can be downloaded from the following URL: http://download.novell.com |
Referenced Bulletins
130504
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 05-Sep-2009 | File Size: 199728 | ||||||||
| Checksum: f8cba4c1576c82aacb7a5e8f438d0c4c | |||||||||
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| LSI Logic® LSISAS1068E | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: mptsas.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 05-Sep-2009 | File Size: 76208 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 3d361cbbee63d442101031975688ddfa | |||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 82801JIB ICH10 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: ata_piix.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 05-Sep-2009 | File Size: 33640 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 60a77d0eccede7f3ccbc8a50a93edefc | |||||||||
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| Matrox® MGA G200 VE | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: mga_drv.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 24-Aug-2009 | File Size: 173128 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 96a33dda383f3a9a0105217ce9af245a | |||||||||
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The term YES CERTIFIED applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. Components including LAN adapters, host bus adapters and other individually YES CERTIFIED components may be exchanged for other YES CERTIFIED components. For more information on swapping YES CERTIFIED components, please access the following web page:
http://developer.novell.com/devres/system/policy/exchange.htm
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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