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Revision History

Revision

Date

November, 2007 1.0 Initial Release January, 2008 1.1 Added support for Windows 2003 Server, clarified Virtualization Software

January 22 , 2008 1.2 Added Fujitsu 146GB 2.5” HDD January 25 , 2008 1.3 Corrected 146BG FJ HDD – 10K instead of 15K drive February 1, 008 1.4 Added SLES 10 64-bit Stress Testing and Novell Certification Status for

August, 2008 1.5

December, 2008 1.6 January 9, 2009 1.7 January 16, 2009 1.8

March, 2009 1.9 June, 2009 2.0

July, 2009 2.1 September, 2009 2.2

October 21 2009 2.3

October 28, 2009 2.4 January 14, 2010 2.5

Number Modifications

testing/certification details

both 32 & 64-bit versions Added VMware ESX Server 3.0.2 U1 GA Certification and Windows 2008

Server support. Updated USB Device list. Updated OS support. Added initial MFSYS35 HDD information. Corrected Hard Drive FW revisions in Table 5.2 Tested Hard Drives Corrected Xyratec external array information, added note for 3.5” drives-

mixing of SAS and SATA not supported. Updated Table 4.6 External Tape Drives and Table 5.2 Tested HDDs Added Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI to this document. Updated

tables with new HDD and OS information. Added back external storage information that was inadvertently removed. Remove EOL external storage SSR212PP, correct ST9500430SS product

family information. Added 2.5” SSD, SATA drives, updated supported OS, and system

configuration information. Added new 2.5” SAS drives, updated supported OS information. Updated tables with new HDD and OS information. Added new tape drive

and USD DVD drive.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ........................................ ............. ............. ................ .............. ............. ..... .......... 6

1.1 Test Overview ......................................................................... .................................. 6

1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing ................................................................................ .......... 6

1.1.2 I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing .......................... 7

1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria ............................. ... ..... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ...... .. ... ..... ... ... .... 8

2. MFS5000SI / MFS5520VI / MFSYS25 / MFSYS35 Base System Configurations ............ 10

3. Supported Operating Systems & Software ..................................... ............................. ..... 11

3.1 Operating System Certifications ............................. ................................ ................ 13

3.2 Operating System Storage Component Support ............................ ........................ 17

4. I/O Expansion Cards & Peripherals ...................................... ............................................. 18

4.1 Ethernet Expansion Card ........... ............................................................................. 19

4.2 Monitors ................................................................................................................... 19

4.3 USB Devices ................... ................................... ................................... .................. 19

4.4 Ethernet Switch Modules ................................................................... ..................... 21 

4.5 Storage Control Modules .............. .. ... ..... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ...... .. ... ..... ... ..... 21

4.6 External Tape Drives .................................. ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ... ..... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... .. ...... .. 21

4.7 External Storage ................................................. ........... ............. ........... ............. ..... 21 

5. Hard Disk Drives ..................................... ................................... .......................................... 22

6. Installation Guidelines ......................................................................................................... 25

6.1 Slipstreamed install for Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (32 & 64 bit) ................ 25

6.2 Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (32 & 64 bit) Remote Installation Method ........ 26

6.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (32 & 64 bit) Remote Installation Method ............... 30

6.4 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32 & 64 bit) Remote Installation Method ....... 36

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List of Tables

Table 2.1 Base System Configurations Tested .................................................. .......................... 10

Table 3.1 Operating Systems Tested ........................................................................................... 11

Table 3.2 Operating System Certifications, MFS5000SI ............................................................. 13

Table 4.1 Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI / MFS5520VI Supported Items ......................... 19

Table 4.2 Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25 / MFSYS35 Supported Peripherals .......... 21

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1. Introduction

This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI and Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI with a guide to the differen t operating systems, expansion cards, and peripherals Intel plans to test on this platform.

This document will continue to be updated as new expansion cards, peripherals, and operating systems are tested or until the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI and Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI are no longer in production. Each new release of the document will present updated information as well as continue to provide the information from previous releases.

Intel will only provide support for those expansion cards and peripherals under the specified system configuration (System BIOS and Firmware revisions) and operating systems versions with which they were tested.

1.1 Test Overview

Testing performed on the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI and Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI is classified under two separate categories: Basic Installation Testing, and Expansion Ca rd/ Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing.

1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing

Basic installation testing is performed with each supported operating system. Basic installation testing validates that the server board can install the operating system and that the base hardware feature set is functional. A small set of peripherals is used for installation purposes only. No expansion cards are tested. Testing includes network connectivity and running of proprietary and industry standard test suites.

The latest version of an operating s ystem signifies the latest supported version

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1.1.1.1 Support Commitment for Basic Installation Tes ting

at the time of the actual test run. Each new release of this documen t ma y hav e a newly supported release of a given operating s ystem. Previous releases of a supported operating system may not be tested beyond the basic installation test process.

Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that receive only basic installation testing:

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• Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each of the server board’s

integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available upon request. Vendors will not be required by Intel to develop drivers for operating systems that they do not already support. This may limit the functionality of certain serv er board integrated cont rollers.

• Intel will support customer issues that involve installation and/or functionality of operating

system with the server board’s integrated controllers only if a driver has been made available.

• Intel will NOT provide support for issues related to us e of any 3

party expansion cards or peripherals installed in the server system when an operating system that received basic installation testing only is in use.

• Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer

acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution may include, but is not limited to on-board controller driver changes, engaging the vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer acceptable workaround for the issue.

1.1.2 I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing

I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing is per formed only on the most current release of a supported operating system at the time of a given validation run. The I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing process cons ists of three areas: Base Platform, I/O Expansion Card Compatibility, and Stress.

Base Platform: Each base platform will successfully install a given operating system, successfully run a disk stress test, and successfully run a network stress test.

I/O Expansion Card Compatibility: I/O Expansion Card compatibility validation (CV) testing uses test suites to gain an accurate view of how the server performs with the available expansion card under the primary supported o perating systems. These tests are designed to show hardware compatibility between the cards and the server platform and include functional testing only. No heavy stressing of the systems or the cards is performed for CV testing.

Stress Testing: This test sequence uses configurations that include expansion cards in all available slots, for a minimum 72-hour test run without injecting errors. Each configuration passes an installation test, a Network/Disk Stress test, and tape backu p test. Any fatal errors that occur will require a complete test restart.

1.1.2.1 Support Commitment for I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing

Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that receive I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing:

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Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that receive I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing:

• Intel will provide support for customer issues with these operating systems involving

installation and/or functionality of the server board with or without the I/O Expansion Card and peripherals listed in this document as having been tested u nder the particular operating system.

• Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer

• Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each onboa rd video, network, and

storage controller.

• Intel will enable vendors to provide driver supp ort for I/O Expansion Cards using these

operating systems.

• Intel will go through some of the steps to achieve certi fication to ensure its customers do

not run across any problems, but the actual certification is the responsibility of the individual customer.

For operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals not listed in this

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document, there is no support commitment. Intel will consider support requests on a case-by-case basis.

1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria

For each operating system, I/O Expansion card, and periphe ral configuration, a test passes if specific criteria are met. Specific configurations may have had particular characteristics that were addressed on a case-by-case basis. In general, a configuration passes testing if the following conditions are met:

The operating system installed without error.

Manufacturer’s installation instructions or Intel’s b est-known methods (BKMs) were used

for the operating system installation.

In some cases rKVM BKMs used involve workarounds and were required during the

operating system installation.

The server system behaved as expected during and after the operating system

installation.

Application soft wa r e inst a lled a nd exe cuted normally.

Hardware compatibility tests ran to completion without error.

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Test software suites executed successfully

Test and data files were created in the correct directories without error. Files copied from client to server and back compare to the original with zero errors

reported. Clients remain connected to the server system. Industry standard test suites run to completion with zero errors reported.

All Intel® Compute Module testing was performed using the Intel® Server Modular System MFSYS25 and/or the Intel® Server Modular System MFSYS35.

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2. MFS5000SI / MFS5520VI / MFSYS25 / MFSYS35 Base System Configurations

The following table lists the base system configurations tested. Base system configurations will change as new revisions of the Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, the Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI or the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35 are released and/or new system software stacks are cut on to the boards in the factory. Each base system configuration is assigned an identifier number that is referenced in the tables throughout this document. New base system configurations are added with each new release of this document.

Intel will only provide support for I/O expansion cards and peripherals under the

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The following table lists the base system configuration tested.

specified base system configuration and operating systems versions with which they were tested.

Table 2.1 Base System Configurations Tested

Intel®

Config

Id #

1 MFSYS25 D91400-003 MFS5000SI D70726-402 P2.0.5 8633 32 1.25.1 1.0.0.25 2.91.140.11 2 MFSYS25 D91400-006I MFS5000SI D70726-402 P2.2.3 11328 43 1.30.3 1.0.0.25 2.91.140.45 3 MFSYS25 D91400-006I MFS5000SI D70726-402 P2.6 14717 43 1.34.9 1.0.0.27 3.00.0140.77 4 MFSYS35 D91403-004 MFS5000SI D70726-402 P2.6 14717 43 1.34.9 1.0.0.27 3.00.0140.77 5 MFSYS25 D91400-006 MFS5000SI D70726-402 V2.7 (1) 16239 48 1.35.1 1.0.0.27 3.02.0140.15 6 MFSYS35 D91403-004 MFS5000SI D70726-402 V2.7 (1) 16239 48 1.35.1 1.0.0.27 3.02.0140.15

Modular

Server

System

MFSYS25 MFSYS35

System PBA/TA Number

D91400-008 D91403-004

D91400-009 D91403-006

Intel®

Compute

Module

MFS5000SI MFS5520VI

Compute

Module PBA/TA Number

D70726-501 E41515-402

Unified

Firmware

Update

Rev

V3.0 17040

V5.0 19055

V5.5 19584

GUI Rev

BIOS

Rev

48 34

48 38

48 43

BMC

FW Rev

1.35.3

1.15.1

1.36.4

1.17.4

1.36.5

1.18.2

Switch

Rev SCM Rev

1.0.0.27 3.02.0140.15

1.0.0.27 3.4.0140.05

1.0.0.27 3.4.0140.08

Notes: All base system configurations tested used the Intel® Compute Module MFS500SI and/or MFS5520VI

(1) Naming convention change from P.x.x to V.x.x, no change to FW package structure

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3. Supported Operating Systems & Software

The following table provides a list of the operating systems and software applications that Intel plans to test with the Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI and MFS5520VI. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with the base system configuration listed in Section 2 of this document. Operating systems are supported only with the specified base system configuration(s) with which they were tested.

The following table also indicates whether each operating system received Basic Installation Testing, or Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing. For information on the support commitments for Basic Installation Testing vs. Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing, please reference Section 1 of this document.

Any variations to the standard operating system installation process es are documented in the Installation Guidelines section of this document. If no installation guidelines are noted in the following table, then the operating system installed as expected using manufacturer’s installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.

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Operating systems supported by Intel® System Management Software may be different than the operating systems supported by the Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI or MFS5520VI. Please reference the Readme and User Guide documents that are included as part of the Intel System Management Software distribution for operating systems that are supported by that release.

Table 3.1 Operating Systems Tested

Operating System Type of Testing Notes

Intel’s testing was completed with Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise (32-bit), R2 SP2

Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise (64-bit), R2 SP2

Microsoft Windows* 2008 Enterprise (32-bit)

Microsoft Windows* 2008 Enterprise R2 (64-bit)

Configuration 9 - Compatibility & Stress

Configuration 9 -Compatibility & Stress

Enterprise R2 SP2, 32-bit. Although not specifically tested on this product, the MFS5000SI compute module also supports Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, 32-bit.

Intel’s testing was completed with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 SP2, 64-bit. Although not specifically tested on this product, the MFS5000SI compute module also supports Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, 64-bit.

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Operating System Type of Testing Notes

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 (64bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 U4 (32-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 U4 Basic kernel (64-bit)

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Basic kernel (32-bit),

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Basic kernel (64-bit),

SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 Configuration 7 -Compatibility

SCO OpenServer Release 6 Configuration 7 -Compatibility

SCO OpenServer Release 5.07 Configuration 7 -Compatibility

VMware ESX Server 3.5 U4 Configuration 9 -Compatibility VMware ESXi Server 3.5 U4 Configuration 9 -Compatibility Vmware ESX 3.5 for

MFSYS25/MFSYS35 Storage Vmware ESX 3.5i for

MFSYS25/MFSYS35 Storage VMware ESX Server 4.0 Configuration 9 -Compatibility VMware ESXi Server 4.0 Configuration 9 -Compatibility

Client Web Browsers (for CMM interface)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Configuration 9 -Compatibility

Configuration 9 -Compatibility & Stress

Configuration 9 Basic Installation

Configuration 9 -Compatibility & Stress

Configuration 9 - Basic Installation, Compatibiltiy Only

Configuration 9 - Compatibility & Stress

Configuration 9 -Compatibility

Type of Testing Notes

This OS is currently only supported in a single SCM environment. Shared LUN is not supported under this OS.

This OS is currently only supported in a single SCM environment. Shared LUN is not supported under this OS. A user can develop a STONITH implementation for SLES 10 cluster utilizing the SNMP Power Control BKM posted at the following link:

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboa rds/server/sb/CS-030380.htm

A user can develop a STONITH implementation for SLES 10 cluster utilizing the SNMP Power Control BKM posted at the following link:

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboa rds/server/sb/CS-030380.htm

Operating system was tested and is supported by SCO. In addition, this OS is currently only supported in a sincle SCM environment.

http://www.sco.com/chwp

Operating system was tested and is supported by SCO. In addition, this OS is currently only supported in a sincle SCM environment.

http://www.sco.com/chwp

Operating system was tested and is supported by SCO. In addition, this OS is currently only supported in a sincle SCM environment.

http://www.sco.com/chwp

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