 | System x3550 (7978-C4x)
Network Server IBM | 27 Sep 2007
91698 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| Open Enterprise Server Support Pack 2 for Open Enterprise Server |
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for x86 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 9 |
Other Products:
| Novell® iManager 2.5 | Novell iFolder® 2.1 |
| Novell iPrint 5.0 | eDirectory™ 8.7 |
| Apache2 Web Server 2.0 |
Product Description
Designed for applications ranging from Web serving to workload consolidation and virtualization, the IBM System x3550 offers high-speed, dual-core and quad-core processors with blazing front-side bus speed. Optimized for exceptional application computing, the x3550 features a highly functional infrastructure that addresses more memory, lowers power consumption and provides dramatic systems performance increases. Standard integrated data protection with hardware RAID and 2.5" SAS hard disk drives keeps your data safe and readily available. Super-efficient network communication and hot-swap redundant power help keep your business humming at lower support costs.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1.0 |
| BIOS: | GFE129BUS - 1.05 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® Processor X5365 3.0 GHz |
| RAM: | 8192 MB |
| Bus Type: | 2 PCI Express X8 6 USB Ports Serial |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID 8k
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH , IDE |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 73.4GB 15K 3.5" SAS Hot-swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | LG GCC-4244N , IDE |
| USB Floppy: | IBM |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.1.0-0.28 |
Config Notes
| Installation and testing done using the Update 2 cd. Please see the following URL for the latest version - https://you.novell.com/update/i386/update/SUSE-SLES/9/PTF/a0a3e9a72ca54c52ef70c2446c713685 |
Referenced Bulletins
91650
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 05-Feb-2007 | File Size: 153197 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 422a3eea00f92bce29c964a405a08722 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 08-Nov-2006 | File Size: 113550 | ||||||||
| Checksum: a904821921c10aa514ccf270256a0828 | |||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: PIIX IDE | ||||||||
| File Date: 12-Dec-2005 | File Size: 1688207 | ||||||||
| Checksum: f849e3a831f27a6ed5a86f0c31a7115c | |||||||||
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| ATI® ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: radeon_dri.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 02-Dec-2005 | File Size: 1744093 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 9f310d3b6b7b7ef3022e24e84c5875cb | |||||||||
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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