This document presents the results of the Linux Compatibility test, which included the installation of Caldera eServer 2.3, SuSE 6.3 and TurboLinux Server 6.0 on the IBM Netfinity 4000R.

KeyLabs' Linux compatibility testing of this system showed the IBM Netfinity 4000R to be compatible with Caldera's eServer2.3, SuSE 6.3 and TurboLinux Server 6.0. The IBM Netfinity 4000R is awarded the KeyLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by KeyLabs.

System Configuration
IBM Netfinity 4000R
The BIOS revision	Netfinity BIOS, Rev. 0; Date: 1/22/2000

Testing Results

The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by KeyLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.

Items marked with an asterisk (*) indicate notes exist below which talk to issues concerning the testing.

Test	Comment	Result
Installation Testing
CD-ROM Installation		PASSED
NFS Installation		PASSED
Device Auto Probing		PASSED
System Setup
Kernel Compatibility		PASSED
LILO Compatibility		PASSED
XWindows Compatibility	See notes below.	PASSED*
I/O Sanity
Heavy disk I/O Testing	Run for over eight hours	PASSED
Network Server Load Testing	Run for over eight hours	PASSED
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility		PASSED
USB Interfaces		N/A
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Setserial Compatibility		PASSED
Throughput Testing		PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection	See notes below.	N/A*
Compatibility Testing	See notes below.	N/A*
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 system has a Network Engines main board with two Intel Pentium III processors clocked at 750Mhz.
Display Adapters	There is an onboard Intel AGP FW824436X display chip which SuperProbe reports as a Chips and Technology F69000. There are two (2) megabytes of video RAM.
I/O Busses	The system includes a standard floppy drive interface on the main board but no floppy drive. There are PS/2 style keyboard and mouse ports (one each.) The tested system included two (2) IBM PSG ST 39175 LW hard drives. There is no ISA slot; 2 PCI slots; no AGP slot; two USB ports.
Network Interface	This system contains one (1) onboard Intel i82557/i82558 Pro 10/100 and one (1) Intel Ethernet Pro 10/100 NIC card in a PCI slot.
Included Peripherals	The included CD-ROM drive is an 24X Atapi-type IDE drive. The system was tested with a Dell Quietkey keyboard (101-key standard) and a generic 3-button PS/2 mouse.
Miscellaneous Hardware	There are two serial ports present; one standard and one management (EMP). There is no parallel port. There is one external SCSI LVD port present.

Related Notes

Caldera eServer 2.3 Notes:

1. This machine has no parallel port, thus the parallel port tests were not conducted.

2. This distribution had no problems with setting up and using an X server.

SuSE 6.3 Notes:

1. This machine has no parallel port, thus the parallel port tests were not conducted.

2. User must install from CD 2 to get the test-based YAST install due to an incompatibility with the grahics chip.

3. X cannot be configured with the XF86 servers included with the distribution. Upgrade the X servers to get X server functionality.