VMware ESX 4.1
Network Server
VMware, Inc.		18 Mar 2012
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YES CERTIFIED with the following products:

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
2   SUSE?? LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
  SP:  Service Pack 2 for SLES 11     Arch:  64     Mode:  Fully Virtualized
  SUSE?? LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86
  SP:  Service Pack 2 for SLES 11     Arch:  32pae     Mode:  Fully Virtualized

Product Description
VMware ESX is a complete, scalable and robust virtualization platform. Designed to reduce capital and operation costs. Maximize IT efficiency while giving you agility through automation and the freedom to choose applications, SUSE?? Linux Enterprise OS and hardware.

Tested Configuration:
Computer Type:Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:Intel 440 BX Desktop Reference Platform / Motherboard Rev B0
BIOS:PhoenixBIOS 4.00 Release 6.0
CPU:4 Intel??  Quad-Core Xeon?? Processor E7310 1.60 GHz
RAM:Host Platform: 128 GB / VM Guests: 30 GB each
Bus Type:Serial
PCI Express X8
Parallel Port
Video Adapter:VMware??  Virtual SVGA II
Host Bus Adapter:VMware??  Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux , IDE
VMware??  Virtual SCSI LSI Logic Device for SUSE Linux , SCSI
Hard Disk Drive:VMware??  Virtual Hard Disk rev:1.0 (SCSI) , SCSI
CD/DVD:VMware??  Virtual IDE CDR10 , IDE
Test Kit:System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2


Config Notes
1) VMware Tools information can be found at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340 and http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014294.
2) VMware Tools for SUSE?? Linux Enterprise were installed during testing and can be downloaded from the following location: SLES 11 - http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.1u2/sles11sp2/index.html. These modules are not PLDP compliant.
3) VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/home.html.


Adapters and Drivers
VMware??  Virtual SVGA II
Driver Type: Video DriverFile Name: vmware_drv.so
File Date: 04-Feb-2012File Size: 5716
Checksum: ade358f4561a0306b008b2678f496050

Driver Type: Video DriverFile Name: vmware_drv.so
File Date: 26-Feb-2012File Size: 5516
Checksum: acd8acb8e0af81411daab07c10435222

Driver Type: Video DriverFile Name: vmware_drv.so
File Date: 04-Feb-2012File Size: 10560
Checksum: 64497fdc0412e6ce10ecff2d17a0b7f3

Driver Type: Video DriverFile Name: vmware_drv.so
File Date: 05-Mar-2012File Size: 10368
Checksum: 0efd370f5ee926520eb5d8f3f86f4dd6

VMware??  e1000 virtual LAN adapter
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: e1000.ko
File Date: 15-Feb-2012File Size: 187088
Checksum: daa78605b901eeb72dec26d857c90c9e

Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: e1000.ko
File Date: 15-Feb-2012File Size: 266112
Checksum: 7d5fb8e61424a2283a74220bcddda86a

VMware??  Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: ata_piix.ko
File Date: 15-Feb-2012File Size: 48216
Checksum: d67bc19831738808520f9d881a3e9990

Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: ata_piix.ko
File Date: 16-Feb-2012File Size: 37352
Checksum: 3987de7b0d2772eeb9777d87cf553475

VMware??  Virtual SCSI LSI Logic Device for SUSE Linux
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: mptspi.ko
File Date: 15-Feb-2012File Size: 27952
Checksum: 1ac6d199afc6aadb0f8185d0eca0246c

Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: mptspi.ko
File Date: 15-Feb-2012File Size: 36480
Checksum: e0b6b675859607585c3b49b2769fd316


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:

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