 | System x3550 (7978-EDx)
Network Server IBM | 18 Dec 2007
95029 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| NetWare® 6.5 Support Pack 7 for NetWare® 6.5 |
Other Products:
| Novell Cluster Services™ 1.8 | Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 |
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: | 11 |
| BIOS: | 1.07 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® Processor X5355 2.66 GHz |
| RAM: | 8 GB |
| Bus Type: | 2 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port PCIe HBA For System x
, FibreChannel Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH , IDE IBM ServeRAID 8k-L , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 73.4GB 15K 3.5" SAS Hot-swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Storage Area Network (SAN) Device: | IBM TotalStorage FAStT 700 Storage Server |
| CD/DVD: | LG GCC-4244N , IDE |
| USB Keyboard: | IBM USB keyboard |
| USB Mouse: | IBM USB mouse |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.2.0-0.2 |
Product File Specifications
| PSM Driver: |
| File Name: ACPIDRV.PSM | File Version: 1.5 | |||||
| File Date: 16-Jan-2007 | File Size: 38029 | |||||
| Checksum: 1.5 | ||||||
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Config Notes
| Due to aacraid driver architecture; a 'scan for devices' command will take 2-3 minutes, and a 'scan all luns' command with take 8-9 minutes to complete. When running NCS, this will result in a node taking ~10 minutes to join a cluster. |
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708S NetXtreme II GbE controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: BX2.LAN | ||||||||
| File Date: 30-Apr-2007 | File Size: 329072 | ||||||||
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| IBM QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port PCIe HBA For System x | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: QL2X00.HAM | ||||||||
| File Date: 08-Dec-2006 | File Size: 537315 | ||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: IDEATA.HAM | ||||||||
| File Date: 05-May-2007 | File Size: 106728 | ||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k-L | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: AACRAID.HAM | ||||||||
| File Date: 24-Apr-2006 | File Size: 88715 | ||||||||
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| ATI® ES1000 | |||||||||
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
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