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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25,
Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35,
Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI,
Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI
Tested Hardware and Operating System List
Revision 2.5
January, 2010
Enterprise Platforms and Services Division
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI 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
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI 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, expr
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI 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, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI List of Tables Table 2.1 Base System Configurations Tested ............................................................................ 10 Table 3.1 Operating Systems Tested ........................................................................................... 11 Table 3.2 Operating System Certifications, MFS5000SI ...............................
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI 1. Introduction This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI and Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI 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 exp
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI • Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each of the server board’s integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available upon request. Vendors will not be required by Intel to develop drivers for operating systems that they do not already support. This may limit the functionality of certain server boar
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that receive I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing: • Intel will provide support for customer issues with these operating systems involving installation and/or functionality of the server board with or without the I/O Expansion Card and pe
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI Test software suites executed successfully Test and data files were created in the correct directories without error. Files copied from client to server and back compare to the original with zero errors reported. Clients remain connected to the server system. Industry standard test suites run to completion with zero errors reported. All Intel® Co
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI 2. MFS5000SI / MFS5520VI / 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, the Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI or the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35 are released and/or new syste
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI 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 and MFS5520VI. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with the base system configuration listed in Section 2 of this document. Op
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI Operating System Type of Testing Notes Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 (64- Configuration 9 -Compatibility & bit) Stress This OS is currently only supported in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 U4 Configuration 9 Basic Installation single SCM environment. Shared LUN (32-bit) is not supported under this OS. Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 U4 Conf
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Configuration 9 -Compatibility Firefox 3.x is not supported on SLES 10 Mozilla Firefox 3.x Configuration 9 -Compatibility client. For SLES 10 client use Firefox 2.x. Client Java Engines (for CMM Type of Testing Notes interface and remote KVM) Sun Java Plugin 6.17 Configuration 9 -Compatibility Sun Java Plugin 6.3
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI Operating System Certification Listing Comments Intel® Compute Module Certification for single SCM configuration only. YES MFS5000SI SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Certification Bulletin’s can be located on Novell’s website. 10 SP1 (32 & 64-bit) YES Certification http://developer.novell.com/yessearch/Search.jsp Bulletin 95560 Intel® Compute Modul
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI Virtualization Software Certification Listing Comments This recipe is available only through the ESAA program. VMware ESX Server 3.0.2 U1 GA Certification Please visit http://www.esaa-members.com to sign up Intel® Compute Module This recipe is available only through the ESAA program. VMware ESX Server 3.5 U4 MFS5000SI Please visit http://www.esaa
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI Intel® Compute Module This recipe is available only through the ESAA program. VMware ESXi Server 3.5 U4 MFS5520VI Please visit http://www.esaa-members.com to sign up Vmware ESX 3.5 U4 for Intel® Modular Server This recipe is available only through the ESAA program. MFSYS25 Please visit http://www.esaa-members.com to sign up MFSYS25/MFSYS35 Storage
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI 3.2 Operating System Storage Component Support Table 3.4 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
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI 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 expansion cards and peripherals are divided into categories based on their functionality. All integrated on-board devices are te
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI Table 4.1 Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI / MFS5520VI Supported Items Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments 4.1 Ethernet Expansion Card Intel® Modular Server Accessory Proprietary Intel -- Dual GbE I/O AXXGBIOMEZ For MFS5000SI PCI - E Expansion MezzCard Intel® Modular Server Accessory Proprietary Intel -- Dual GbE I/O AXX
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Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments MiniWheel* Logitech M-UB48 USB Mouse TEAC USB Floppy FD-05-PUB USB NEC USB Floppy UF0002 USB USB Storage 80GB Silver IOMega USB Drive Portable USB Jumpdrive Lexar USB Keyfob USB 1GB SD, This USB Keyfob is supported, but not USB Jumpdrive tested. Intel will support it based on Lex
