This document presents the results of the Linux Compatibility test, which included the installation of Caldera eServer 2.3, SuSE 6.3, SuSE 6.4, TurboLinux Server 6.0 Japanese on the IBM eServer xSeries 340.

AppLabs' Linux compatibility testing of this system showed the IBM eServer xSeries 340 to be compatible with Caldera's eServer2.3, SuSE 6.3, SuSe 6.4, and TurboLinux Server 6.0 Japanese. The IBM eServer xSeries 340 is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration
IBM eServer xSeries 340
The BIOS revision	SurePath BIOS, ILKT11AUS; Date: 1/15/2000

Testing Results

The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.

Items marked with an asterisk (*) indicate notes exist below which talk to issues concerning the testing.

Test	Comment	Result
Installation Testing
CD-ROM Installation		PASSED
NFS Installation		PASSED
Device Auto Probing		PASSED
System Setup
Kernel Compatibility		PASSED
LILO Compatibility		PASSED
XWindows Compatibility	See notes below.	PASSED*
I/O Sanity
Heavy disk I/O Testing	Run for over eight hours	PASSED
Network Server Load Testing	Run for over eight hours	PASSED
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility		PASSED
USB Interfaces		N/A
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Setserial Compatibility		PASSED
Throughput Testing		PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection	See notes below.	N/A*
Compatibility Testing	See notes below.	N/A*
Mouse Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
Other
Pointing Device		PASSED
Keyboard		PASSED

Hardware Details

The following table defines the hardware configuration details for the tested system.

Hardware Configuration Information
Motherboard and Processor	The system has a Network Engines main board with two Intel Pentium III processors clocked at 733 MHz.
Display Adapters	There is an onboard S3 Savage 4 display chip with 8 MB video RAM.
I/O Busses	The system includes a standard 1.44 MB floppy drive. There are PS/2 style keyboard and mouse ports (one each.) The tested system included two (2) IBM PSG ST 39175 LW hard drives. There is no ISA slot; 2 PCI slots; no AGP slot; two USB ports.
Network Interface	This system contains one (1) onboard Intel i82557/i82558 Pro 10/100 and one (1) Intel Ethernet Pro 10/100 NIC card in a PCI slot.
Included Peripherals	The included CD-ROM drive is an 24X Atapi-type IDE drive. The system was tested with a Dell Quietkey keyboard (101-key standard) and a generic 3-button PS/2 mouse.
Miscellaneous Hardware	There are two serial ports present; one standard and one management (EMP). There is no parallel port. There is one external SCSI LVD port present.

Related Notes

General Notes

If users of this machine have problems successfully configuring an X server, then the problem is most likely do to lack of frame buffer functionality in the distribution's software setup. Instructions for setting up the frame buffer are provided here.

SuSE 6.3 & 6.4 Notes:

1. Users are advised to install from CD 2 and to use the original text-based YAST install; the new GUI-based install has problems and will fail. See General Notes above.

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