 | System x3550 (7978-61x)
Network Server IBM | 09 Oct 2007
91958 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T® Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 9 |
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 3.5" 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: | GFE131AUS - v1.06 |
| CPU: | Intel® Dual-Core Xeon® Processor 5150 2.66 GHz |
| RAM: | 2 GB |
| Bus Type: | 2 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel®
Integrated 6321ESB ICH
, IDE IBM ServeRAID 8k-L , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 36GB 10K 3.5" SAS Hot-swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | Panasonic UJDA770 , IDE |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM |
| USB Mouse: | IBM |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.1.0-0.28 |
Config Notes
| Installation and testing were done using the Update 2 CD. Please see the following URl for the latest version - https://you.novell.com/update/x86_64/update/SUSE-SLES/9/PTF/a0a3e9a72ca54c52ef70c2446c71368 |
| Drives are in a RAID 1 configuration. |
Referenced Bulletins
91812
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: 164980 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 784628d978ddf09831b9d59578350e09 | |||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: PIIX IDE | ||||||||
| File Date: 12-Dec-2005 | File Size: 1743905 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 15f089aa1f30cb1989ba2773e31794be | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k-L | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 08-Nov-2006 | File Size: 143729 | ||||||||
| Checksum: fd573e624f624d1b51814ebc2d316aff | |||||||||
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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:
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