IBM® Netfinity 4000R
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type: Server
Test Completed: 1999-02-28

IBM® Netfinity 4000R is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the IBM® Netfinity 4000R:

SuSE 6.3

Caldera eServer 2.3

TurboLinux Server 6.0

This document presents the compatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration as Tested
Company	IBM
Model	IBM® Netfinity 4000R
BIOS Revision	Netfinity BIOS, Rev. 0
Main Board and Chipset	Network Engines main board
Processor(s)	Two (2) Intel® Pentium® III processors
RAM	NA
HBA	NA
HBA	NA
Motherboard Features and Capabilities	NA
Display Adapter	Onboard Intel® AGP FW824436X
Serial Ports	Two (2) 16550 compatible
Parallel Ports	None
USB Ports	Two (2) USB 2
I/O Ports and buses	Two (2) PCI Slots;
Host Bus Adapter	NA
Host Bus Adapter	NA
Network Interface	Onboard Intel® i82557/i82558 Pro 10/100
Network Interface	Intel® Ethernet Pro 10/100 NIC card
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	NA
Optical Drive	24X Atapi-type IDE drive
Hard Drive	Two (2) IBM® PSG ST 39175 LW hard drives
Floppy Drive	Standard 1.44MB
Keyboard	Dell Quietkey keyboard (101-key standard)
Pointing Device	Generic 3-button PS/2 mouse.
Miscellaneous Hardware	One standard and one management (EMP) present. There is one external SCSI LVD port present.

Testing Results

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

Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.

Test Comment Result
Installation Testing
CD-ROM Installation PASSED
NFS/FTP Installation PASSED
Device Auto Probing PASSED
Base System Testing
Kernel Compatibility PASSED
GRUB/LILO Compatibility PASSED
Heavy I/O Test PASSED
Network Test NA
Network Load Test (Not required on workstation test) PASSED
SMP Test (Only required multiprocessor systems) NA
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility PASSED
X Server Compatibility NA
Stand Alone Monitor (Laptop Test Only) NA
Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD (Laptop Test Only) NA
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility NA
Advanced Sound Availibility NA
Advanced Sound Compatibility NA
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Throughput Testing PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Mouse
Kernel Detection PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Keyboard
Compatibility Testing PASSED

Notes and Observations:

Caldera eServer 2.3 Notes:
1. This machine has no parallel port, thus the parallel port tests were not conducted.
2. This distribution had no problems with setting up and using an X server.

SuSE 6.3 Notes:
1. This machine has no parallel port, thus the parallel port tests were not conducted.
2. User must install from CD 2 to get the test-based YAST install due to an incompatibility with the grahics chip.
3. X cannot be configured with the XF86 servers included with the distribution. Upgrade the X servers to get X server functionality.

TurboLinux Server 6.0 Notes:
1. This machine has no parallel port, thus the parallel port tests were not conducted.
2. X cannot be configured with the XF86 servers included with the distribution. Upgrade the X servers to get X server functionality.

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