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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25,
Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35,
Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI
Tested Hardware and Operating System List
Revision 1.9
March, 2009
Enterprise Platforms and Services Division
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Revision History Revision Date Number Modifications November, 2007 1.0 Initial Release January, 2008 1.1 Added support for Windows 2003 Server, clarified Virtualization Software testing/certification details January 22 , 2008 1.2 Added Fujitsu 146GB 2.5” HDD January 25 , 2008 1.3 Corrected 146BG FJ HDD – 10K instead of 15K drive February 1, 008 1.4 Added SLES 10 64-bit S
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Disclaimers THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF ANY PROPOSAL, SPECIFICATION, OR SAMPLE. ® Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................6 1.1 Test Overview..........................................................................................................6 1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing........................................................................
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI List of Tables Table 2.1 Base System Configurations Tested.............................................................................9 Table 3.1 Operating Systems Tested .........................................................................................10 Table 3.2 Operating System Certifications ................................................................................
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI 1. Introduction This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35 and Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI with a guide to the different operating systems, expansion cards, and peripherals Intel plans to test on this platform. This document will continue to be updated as new expansion cards, peripherals, and operating systems are tested or unt
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI rd • Intel will NOT provide support for issues related to use of any 3 party expansion cards or peripherals installed in the server system when an operating system that received basic installation testing only is in use. • Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI • Intel will enable vendors to provide driver support for I/O Expansion Cards using these operating systems. • Intel will go through some of the steps to achieve certification to ensure its customers do not run across any problems, but the actual certification is the responsibility of the individual customer. For operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals not listed in this
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI 2. MFS5000SI / MFSYS25 / MFSYS35 Base System Configurations The following table lists the base system configurations tested. Base system configurations will change as new revisions of the Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI or the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35 are released and/or new system software stacks are cut onto the boards in the factory. Each base system confi
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI 3. Supported Operating Systems & Software The following table provides a list of the operating systems and software applications that Intel plans to test with the Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with the base system configuration listed in Section 2 of this document. Operating systems are supported only with the spec
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Operating System Type of Testing Notes SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 U1 Configuration 1 - Basic (32-bit), Installation, Compatibiltiy Only SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 U1 Configuration 1 - Compatibility (64-bit), & Stress Operating system was tested and is supported by SCO. In addition, this OS is currently only supported in a sincle SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 Configurati
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI 3.1 Operating System Certifications Listed below are the operating systems that Intel plans to certify with the Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI. However, the customer is responsible for their own certification from the individual operating system vendors. In many cases, the customer may leverage their operating system certifications from Intel’s testing. See the “Comments” section
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI 3.2 Operating System Storage Component Support Table 3.3 Operating System Storage Component Support Shared LUN Shared LUN Operating System Single SCM Dual SCM Single SCM Dual SCM Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise (32-bit), R2 Supported Supported Not Supported Not Supported SP2 Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise (64-bit), R2 Supported Supported Not Supported Not Supported SP
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI 4. I/O Expansion Cards & Peripherals I/O Expansion card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing will only be performed with the latest version of an operating system at the time the validation testing occurred. The following table shows the operating system and base system configurations used to validate each device. The expansion cards and peripherals are divided into cate
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Table 4.1 Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Supported Items Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments 4.1 Ethernet Expansion Card Intel® Modular Server Accessory Proprietary Intel -- Dual GbE I/O AXXGBIOMEZB 1 1 1 1 PCI - E Expansion MezzCard 4.2 Monitors 19" LCD VX1935WM - Viewsonic VGA 1 1 1 1 VX1935WM VGA only VAA 702- VGA Viewsonic 17" LCD VAA 702 VGA
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments TEAC USB Floppy FD-05-PUB USB 1 1 1 1 NEC USB Floppy UF0002 USB 1 1 1 1 USB Storage 80GB Silver IOMega USB 1 1 1 1 Drive Portable USB Jumpdrive Lexar USB Keyfob USB 1 1 1 1 1GB USB Jumpdrive Lexar USB Keyfob USB SD SD SD SD 2GB USB Cruzer SanDisk USB Keyfob USB 1 1 1 1 Micro 1GB USB Cruzer mini SanDisk USB Keyf
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Table 4.2 Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25 Supported Peripherals Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments 4.4 Ethernet Switch Modules Intel® Gigabit Gbit Intel AXXSW1GBS 1 1 1 1 Ethernet Switch Ethernet 4.5 Storage Controller Modules Intel® Storage Intel Controller AXXSCM3SS SAS 1 1 1 1 Module 4.6 External Tape Drives Tested by vendor. Intel tested with
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI 5. Hard Disk Drives The hard drives listed in the following table have been tested with the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25 / MFSYS35 by Intel validation labs and/or by individual drive vendors. The following operating system identifiers are used in the table to specify which operating system each drive was tested under. Table 5.1 Tested Operating System Identifier Numbers
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI This hard drive has been tested and is supported under the operating system Number (i.e. 1) identified by the operating system identification number. remain the property of the IHV (Intel cannot provide copies of these reports). Table 5.2 Tested Hard Drives Drive Drive Tested Product FW Manufacturer Model Number RPM Size Operating Notes Family Level (GB) System (a) MFSYS25
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI 6. Installation Guidelines 6.1 Slipstreamed install for Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (32 & 64 bit) Method for performing Slipstreamed install for Windows 2003 Installation via CD-ROM drive. Both the CD-ROM and Floppy can not be simultaneously redirected on the MFSYS25 system. Implication: The MFS500SI compute module will only support remote installation of the Windows 2003 E
