IBM IntelliStation
Z Pro 6866
Linux Compatibility Testing Results
AppLabs
October 13, 2000

This document presents the results of the Linux Compatibility test, which included the installation of Caldera's OpenLinux 2.4 eDesktop, TurboLinux 6.1 Japanese, and SuSE 7.0 on the IBM IntelliStation Z Pro family of workstations.

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AppLabs' Linux compatibility testing of this system showed the IBM IntelliStation Z Pro family of workstations to be compatible with Caldera's OpenLinux 2.4 eDesktop, TurboLinux 6.1 Japanese, and SuSE Linux 7.0. The IBM IntelliStation Z Pro is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration
Model Numbers	6866 50U, 6866 40U, 6866 30U, 6866 21U, 6866 15U
The BIOS date	6/29/2000
The BIOS revision	PFRT39AUS

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	OpenLinux, TurboLinux, SuSE	PASSED
NFS Installation	TurboLinux, SuSE	PASSED*
Device Auto Probing	OpenLinux, TurboLinux, SuSE	PASSED
System Setup
Kernel Compatibility		PASSED
LILO Compatibility		PASSED
SMP APIC Compatibility		PASSED
I/O Sanity
Heavy disk I/O Testing		N/A
Network Throughput Testing		N/A
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility		PASSED
X Windows Compatibility		PASSED
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Setserial Compatibility		PASSED
Throughput Testing		PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
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 mother board uses an Intel 840 chipset with an integrated ADI 1881 sound chip (tested with ALSA 0.5.9a drivers.) Networking is provided by an integrated Intel 82557 PCI network interface. This family of systems contains one or two Intel Pentium III Xeon processors. The processors as tested were clocked at 667MHz.
Display Adapters	All configurations as tested by AppLabs included a Matrox Milennium G400 AGP display adapter. There are xisteen megabytes of video memory present.
I/O Busses	There is an Adaptec SCSI host adapter integrated into the mother board. There are six PCI slots; four 32-bit and 2 64-bit. This system includes one AGP slot and no ISA slots. The system includes a standard floppy drive interface. There are two USB ports present. There are PS/2 style keyboard and mouse ports present.
Network Interface	The network adapter used is compatible with an Intel EtherExpress Pro100b PCI card.
Included Peripherals	The included CD-ROM drive is an IBM model CRD-8480C. This is an ATAPI device attached to the IDE interface. This system was tested with a US English 101 key keyboard. This system was tested with a PS/2 three button mouse. The test configuration used the integrated SCSI interface and an IBM model PSG Tornado 9 GB drive. drive.
Miscellaneous Hardware	There are two 16550A compatible serial ports present. There is one bi-directional parallel port present. There is one 1.44 megabyte floppy drive present.

Related Notes

1. Caldera's 2.4 eDesktop failed to install via the automated NFS installer.