Lenovo ThinkCentre A57e 6306-15G
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2009-01-21

Lenovo ThinkCentre A57e 6306-15G is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the Lenovo ThinkCentre A57e 6306-15G:

SuSE LINUX Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2

RedHat Enterprise Workstation 5.2

This document presents the compatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration as Tested
Company	Lenovo Group Limited
Model	Lenovo ThinkCentre A57e 6306-15G
BIOS Revision	5GKT19A
Main Board and Chipset
Processor(s)	Intel® Atom Processor 230 1.60 GHz
RAM	1 GB
HBA	Intel® 82801GB ICH7 (SATA)
Motherboard Features and Capabilities
Display Adapter	Intel® Integrated 82945G Graphics
Serial Ports	One (1) 16550 compatible
Parallel Ports	None
USB Ports	Six (6) USB 2
I/O Ports and buses	Two (2) PCI Slots;
Host Bus Adapter	Intel® 82801GB ICH7 (SATA)
Network Interface	ReaLTEK RTL8111 Integrated Gigabit Ethernet C
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	Intel® Integrated 82801G
Optical Drive	HLDS GH10N
Hard Drive	WD1600AAJS (SATA)
Floppy Drive	None
Keyboard	Standard 101 Keyboard
Pointing Device	Logitech® PS/2 Mouse
Miscellaneous Hardware

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 PASSED
Network Load Test (Not required on workstation test) NA
SMP Test (Only required multiprocessor systems) NA
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility PASSED
X Server Compatibility PASSED
Stand Alone Monitor (Laptop Test Only) NA
Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD (Laptop Test Only) NA
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility PASSED
Advanced Sound Availibility PASSED
Advanced Sound Compatibility PASSED
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Throughput Testing PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection NA
Compatibility Testing NA
Mouse
Kernel Detection PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Keyboard
Compatibility Testing PASSED

Notes and Observations:

1) SLED: Desktop Effects: Graphics driver/adapter does not support desktop effects.
2) SLED: Must disable LAN in BIOS, install OS, install LAN driver, enable LAN in BIOS, configure networking. LAN driver found at: http://forgeftp.novell.com/driver-process/staging/pub/update/hp/sle10sp2/common/i586/hp-r8101-kmp-smp-1.009.00_2.6.16.60_0.21-0.1a.i586.rpm
3) RedHat: Must disable LAN in BIOS, install OS, install LAN driver, enable LAN in BIOS, configure networking. LAN driver found at: http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=7&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
4) SLED Must install sound kernel driver obtained from: http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Download
5) To install the non-rpm drivers, it will be a must to install development tools which is included in the installation CD but not selected in default installation for both SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 and RedHat Enterprise Linux5 update2. For more information, please visit the OS venders websites.

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