 | System x3550 (7978-BCx)
Network Server IBM | 08 Jan 2008
95355 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SLES 10 for x86 | |||
| Arch: 32pae | Mode: Paravirtualized | Support Pack: Service Pack 1 for SLES 10 | |
| Windows 2003 Server R2 | |||
| Arch: 32pae | Mode: Fully Virtualized | Support Pack: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 | |
| SLES 10 for x86 | |||
| Arch: 32pae | Mode: Fully Virtualized | Support Pack: Service Pack 1 for SLES 10 | |
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: | Pass 11 |
| BIOS: | GFE134CUS v1.07 |
| CPU: | Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5420 2.50 GHz |
| RAM: | 4 GB |
| Bus Type: | Serial 4 USB Ports PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel®
Integrated 6321ESB ICH
, IDE IBM ServeRAID 8k-L , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 26K5697 36GB 15K 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 6.2.0-0.8 |
Config Notes
| Windows Server 2003 R2 : Virtual Machine used the Virtual Machine Driver Pack (VMDP) which can be downloaded from the following URL: http://download.novell.com |
| Drives are in a RAID 1 configuration. |
Referenced Bulletins
95223
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Broadcom® Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (5708C) | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 18-May-2007 | File Size: 142444 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 20120a49b8ac02c0b62608ca562bda2c | |||||||||
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| Intel® Integrated 6321ESB ICH | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: piix.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 18-May-2007 | File Size: 20108 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 4ee8b97252093372a0bb5e14cac52678 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID 8k-L | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 18-May-2007 | File Size: 80224 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 589f712ba58fabded8f375da535ddfcc | |||||||||
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| ATI® ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: radeon_dri.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 20-Sep-2006 | File Size: 2178256 | ||||||||
| Checksum: a4ebe7953fef8787e8a02230fd963802 | |||||||||
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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