 | System x3400 (7976-LBx)
Network Server IBM | 02 Jun 2010
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YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T® with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| Windows Server 2008 | |||
| Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | ||
| SLES 11 for x86 | |||
| Support Pack: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| SLES 11 for AMD64 & EM64T | |||
| Support Pack: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
Product Description
The IBM System x3400 is an excellent low-cost solution for growing businesses or branch offices that rely on 24x7 availability and mission-critical applications. Optional features let you configure a server customized for your needs—from basic file-and-print to a robust, mission-critical application server—saving you time and money.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Tower |
| Mother Board Revision: | 5 |
| BIOS: | SPE169AUS - 1.69 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5430 2.66 GHz |
| RAM: | 8 GB |
| Bus Type: | Parallel Port 2 Serial 4 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8 2 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X 32-Bit PCI |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel®
Integrated 6321ESB ICH
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM ServeRAID 8k , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 3 IBM 250 GB 3.5" Hot-Swap SATA II , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| CD/DVD: | HLDS GSA-H40N , IDE |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-17.1 |
Config Notes
| 1) Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5. |
| 2) Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling. |
| 3) All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE11SP1 drivers are included with SLE11SP1. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com. |
| 4) Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network. |
Referenced Bulletins
132113
Adapters and Drivers
| Broadcom® NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller [BCM5721] | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: tg3.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 28-Apr-2010 | File Size: 196776 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 0bf0bbdd3fe2c2105730f389620d6305 | |||||||||
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| Broadcom® Intergrated BCM 5721Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: tg3.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 28-Apr-2010 | File Size: 196776 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 0bf0bbdd3fe2c2105730f389620d6305 | |||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: ata_piix.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 28-Apr-2010 | File Size: 46680 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 22425f1e1c9b207424d300c594504023 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 28-Apr-2010 | File Size: 143296 | ||||||||
| Checksum: d24dd1533f7a14b464de7025709aeb51 | |||||||||
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| ATI® ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: radeon_drv.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 29-Mar-2010 | File Size: 720064 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319 | |||||||||
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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:
www.ibm.com