This document presents the results of the Linux Compatibility test, which included the installation of Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, Turbo Linux Server 4.0 and SuSE 6.2 . on the IBM Netfinity 3500.

AppLabs' Linux compatibility testing of this system showed the IBM Netfinity 3500 to be compatible with Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, Turbo Linux Server 4.0 and SuSE 6.2 . The IBM Netfinity 3500 is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration
IBM Netfinity 3500
The BIOS revision	NUKT36AUS

Testing Results

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

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

Hardware Details

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

Hardware Configuration Information
Motherboard and Processor	The system motherboard is manufactured by IBM and contains a BX chipset with 512KB L2 cache, and 128 MB RAM. This system contains two Intel Pentium II processor. The processors as tested were clocked at 550Mhz .
Display Adapters	There is a Number Nine S3 Video Card with 8MB.
I/O Busses	The system includes a standard floppy drive interface. There are PS/2 style keyboard and mouse ports present. The bundled hard drive is Quantum Viking II 4.5GB WLS
Network Interface	This system contains an Ether Express Pro 100 interface built in on the main board.
Included Peripherals	The included CD-ROM drive is IDE. This system had an IBM keyboard and a 3-button PS/2 mouse.
Miscellaneous Hardware	There are two 16550a serial ports present. There is one bi-directional parallel port present. There is one 1.44 megabyte floppy drive present. There is a Crystal Audio Soundcard built into the Motherboard.

General Notes

User may need to configure X with XF86Setup or a similar program, depending upon the Linux distribution used on this machine.

Caldera 2.3 Notes:

Tester had to configure X using XF86Setup and the SVGA driver.

Tester had to manually install kernel source, C compiler and X development tools.

Tester had to re-compile kernel to get SMP functionality.

Turbo Linux 4.0 Notes:

Tester used XF86Setup to configure X and the SVGA driver.

SuSE 6.2 Notes:

Tester had to manually install kernel source. User will need to re-compile kernel source to get SMP functionality.

During install, user will need to choose the SCSI driver (aha7xxx) from the modules list of SCSI drivers.

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