Lenovo ThinkStation S10 6423-27U
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2008-06-10

Lenovo ThinkStation S10 6423-27U 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 ThinkStation S10 6423-27U:

SuSE LINUX Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1

RedHat Enterprise Workstation 5.1 (64 bit)

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 ThinkStation S10 6423-27U
BIOS Revision	2WKT27A
Main Board and Chipset	6423-27U
Processor(s)	Intel® Core2 Duo Processor E6850 3.0 GHz
RAM	2 GB
HBA	Integrated 82801IB ICH9 (SATA)
Motherboard Features and Capabilities
Display Adapter	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 with two DVI ports
Serial Ports	One (1) 16550 compatible
Parallel Ports	None
USB Ports	Ten (10) USB 2
I/O Ports and buses	One (1) Firewire Ports; One (1) PCI-E4 Slots; Two (2) PCI-E16 Slots; Two (2) PCI Slots;
Host Bus Adapter	Integrated 82801IB ICH9 (SATA)
Network Interface	Intergrated Broadcom® BCM 5754 Gigabit Etherne
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	Intel® 82801 (ICH9)
Optical Drive	HLDS DVDRAM GSA-H60N (SATA)
Hard Drive	Two (2) Seagate® ST3250823AS (SATA)
Floppy Drive	None
Keyboard	Standard 101 Keyboard
Pointing Device	Logitech® PS/2 Mouse
Miscellaneous Hardware	9-in-1 media reader

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. RAID not supported by 2.6 kernel.
2. Unit ships with driver CD which includes alsa driver v1.0.14 for enhanced performance.
3. For RHEL 5.1, the most current driver at the time of testing is: http://dl.atrpms.net/all/alsa-kmdl-2.6.18-53.el5-1.0.16-65.el5.x86_64.rpm
4. To enable internal speakers on RHEL 5.1, copy modprobe.conf to /etc/modprobe.conf. The contents of modprob.conf file are:
alias eth0 tg3
alias eth1 tg3
alias scsi_hostadapter ahci
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-dig
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel

5. To enable internal speakers on SLED10 SP1, copy sound.dat to /etc/modprobe.d/sound
The contents of the sound.dat file are:
options snd-hda-intel enable=1 index=0 model=6stack-dig
# u1Nb.dAzqugyvr_F:Intel® Corporation
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

6. Use alsamixer, select Mono, and umute by pressing "M" key to enable the internal speaker.
7. For SLED 10 video desktop effect, install the video driver from the driver CD that ships with the unit. Execute the command: "sax2 -r -m o=nvidia" and set the DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER=Xgl and
DISPLAYMANAGER_XGL_OPTS= -accel glx:pbuffer accel xv:fbo

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