Intel MFSYS25V2, Tested Hardware And Operating System List

Page 1: ...Intel Modular Server Systems MFSYS25V2 Tested Hardware and Operating System List Revision 1 0 January 2012 Enterprise Platforms and Services Division ...

Page 2: ...Server Systems Revision 1 0 ii Revision History Date Revision Number Modifications January 2012 1 0 Initial Release for Intel Modular Server System MFSYS25V2 with Intel Modular Server Virtualization Manager activated ...

Page 3: ...lating to sale and or use of Intel products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose merchantability or infringement of any patent copyright or other intellectual property right Intel products are not intended for use in medical life saving or life sustaining applications Intel retains the right to make changes to its test specifications at any time without no...

Page 4: ...0 2 1 Base System Configurations 10 2 2 Supported Guest Operating Systems Software 10 2 2 1 Guest Operating System Storage Component Support 12 2 3 Hard Disk Drives 12 3 MFS5520VIR MFSYS25V2 Systems 16 3 1 Base System Configurations 16 3 2 Supported Operating Systems Software 16 3 2 1 Operating System Certifications 18 3 2 2 Operating System Storage Component Support 20 3 3 I O Expansion Cards Per...

Page 5: ...el Virtualization Manager Activated MFSYS25V2 only 12 Table 3 1 Base System Configurations Tested 16 Table 3 2 Operating Systems Tested for MFS5520VIR 17 Table 3 3 Operating System Certifications MFS5520VIR 18 Table 3 4 Operating System Certifications MFSYS25V2 Storage 20 Table 3 5 Operating System Storage Component Support 20 Table 3 6 Intel Compute Module MFS5520VIR Supported Items 22 Table 3 7 ...

Page 6: ... and operating systems versions with which they were tested 1 1 Document Organization This document is divided into the four sections listed below 1 Introduction Provides general information regarding the testing completed by Intel 2 MFSYS25V2 Systems with Intel Virtualization Manager Provides base system configurations tested supported software and hardware for the Intel Modular Server System MFS...

Page 7: ...ystems that they do not already support This may limit the functionality of certain server board integrated controllers Intel will support customer issues that involve installation and or functionality of operating system with the server board s integrated controllers only if a driver has been made available Intel will NOT provide support for issues related to use of any 3rd party expansion cards ...

Page 8: ...port 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 peripherals listed in this document as having been tested under the particular operating system Support is defined...

Page 9: ...tion In some cases rKVM BKMs used involve workarounds and were required during the operating system installation The server system behaved as expected during and after the operating system installation Application software installed and executed normally Hardware compatibility tests ran to completion without error Test software suites executed successfully Test and data files were created in the c...

Page 10: ...systems versions with which they were tested The following table lists the base system configurations tested with the Intel Virtualization Manager activated Table 2 1 Base System Configurations Tested with Intel Virtualization Manager Activated ID Intel Modular Server System System PBA TA Number Intel Compute Module Compute Module PBA TA Number Unified Firmware Update Rev GUI Rev BIOS Rev BMC FW R...

Page 11: ...tion 1 Compatibility Stress Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 U1 64 bit Configuration 1 Compatibility Stress SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 Basic kernel 64 bit Configuration 1 Compatibility Stress Client Java Engines for CMM interface and remote KVM Type of Testing Notes Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 0 Configuration 1 Compatibility Mozilla Firefox 3 6 x Configuration 1 Compatibility Client Java...

Page 12: ...dors Table 2 4 Tested Hard Drives with Intel Virtualization Manager Activated MFSYS25V2 only Manufacturer Product Family Model Number RPM Drive Size GB Drive FW Level 1 Minimum Chasis FW Level Notes 2 5 SAS drive Seagate Constellation ST9500430SS 7 200 500GB 0002 UFU 10 4 Added June 2009 Seagate Constellation 2 ST91000640SS 7 200 1TB 002 UFU 10 4 Added July 2011 MFSYS25 chassis must be with power ...

Page 13: ...ate Savvio 15K ST973451SS 15 000 73GB 0001 UFU 10 1 SD 3 Seagate Savvio 15K 2 ST973452SS 15 000 73GB 0005 UFU 10 1 Added June 2009 Seagate Savvio 15K 2 ST9146852SS 15 000 146GB 0005 UFU 10 1 Added June 2009 Toshiba AL 10SE MBB2147RC 10 000 146GB 0105 UFU 10 1 Toshiba AL 10Sx MBB2073RC 10 000 73GB 0105 UFU 10 1 Toshiba AL 10Sx MBC2073RC 15 000 73GB 0005 UFU 10 1 Toshiba MBE2073RC 15 000 73GB 0103 U...

Page 14: ...ing of drives with different firmware levels is supported as long as the firmware meets minimum supported firmware revision requirements and firmware is not an OEM specific version of firmware 2 MFSYS25V2 mixed SAS and SSD mix models validated are as follows Mix combination was limited to one physical SAS drive model and one SSD drive model Mixing of drive models within a storage pool is not suppo...

Page 15: ... drives as part of the final system configuration prior to deployment Given the fact that a larger capacity hard drive from the same drive family has successfully completed testing on this server board this particular hard drive capacity point will not be tested ...

Page 16: ...em configurations tested Table 3 1 Base System Configurations Tested ID Intel Modular Server System System PBA TA Number Intel Compute Module Compute Module PBA TA Number Unified Firmware Update Rev GUI Rev BIOS Rev BMC FW Rev Switch Rev SCM Rev 1 MFSYS25V2 G18812 001 MFS5520VIR E41515 402 V10 1 23981 50 1 22 1 1 0 0 27 3 6 0140 05 2 MFSYS25V2 G18812 001 MFS5520VIR E41515 402 V10 3 24345 54 1 22 1...

Page 17: ... V Server 2008 64 bit Configuration 3 Compatibility Stress Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5 0 U4 32 bit Configuration 3 Basic Installation This OS is currently only supported in a single SCM environment Shared LUN is not supported under this OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5 0 U4 Basic kernel 64 bit Configuration 3 Compatibility Stress Red Hat RHEL Advanced Platform 6 0 64 bit Configuration 3 Compatib...

Page 18: ...perating systems that Intel plans to certify with the Intel Compute Module MFS5520VIR 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 next to each operating system in the table below for additional information Intel...

Page 19: ...ertification Bulletin s can be located on Novell s website http developer novell com yessearch Search jsp SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 Intel EM64T with XEN Intel Compute Module MFS5520VI YES Certification Bulletin 131855 132650 Certification for compute module was completed with a single SCM configuration Certification for compute module with dual SCM is not required YES Certification...

Page 20: ...it http www esaa members com to sign up VMware ESX Server 4 1 U2 Intel Modular Server MFSYS25V2 Storage Certification for single SCM configuration only This recipe is available only through the ESAA program Please visit http www esaa members com to sign up VMware ESXi Server 4 1 U2 Intel Modular Server MFSYS25V2 Storage Certification for single SCM configuration only This recipe is available only ...

Page 21: ...d Supported VMware ESXi Server 4 1 U2 Supported Supported Supported Supported VMware ESXi Server 5 0 Supported Supported Supported Supported Notes 1 Xen is not supported 3 3 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...

Page 22: ...G USB Sony USB Optical Drive DRX 840U USB Sony USB Optical Drive DRX S77U W UC2 USB HP USB Optical Drive DVD1040E USB Sony USB Optical Drive DRX S70UW USB Table 3 7 Intel Modular Server System MFSYS25V2 Supported Peripherals Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments 3 3 2 External Tape Drives Quantum Quantum LTO 3 HH LTO 3 HH SAS SAS Tested by vendor Intel tested with the following c...

Page 23: ... Constellation ST9500430SS 7 200 500GB 0002 UFU10 4 Added June 2009 Seagate Constellation 2 ST91000640SS 7 200 1TB 002 UFU 10 4 Added July 2011 MFSYS25 chassis must be with power supplies D73299 008 or higher Seagate Constellation 2 ST9500620SS 7 200 500GB 002 UFU 10 4 Added July 2011 MFSYS25 chassis must be with power supplies D73299 008 or higher Seagate Savvio 10K 5 ST9900805SS 10 000 900GB 000...

Page 24: ...00 73GB 0105 UFU P2 6 Toshiba AL 10Sx MBC2036RC 15 000 36GB 0005 UFU P2 6 Toshiba AL 10Sx MBC2073RC 15 000 73GB 0005 UFU P2 6 Toshiba MBE2073RC 15 000 73GB 0103 UFU P2 6 Toshiba MBD2147RC 10 000 147GB 0102 UFU P2 6 Toshiba MBD2300RC 10 000 300GB 0102 UFU P2 6 MFSYS25 chassis must be with power supplies D73299 008 or higher Toshiba MBF2450RC 10 000 450GB 0107 UFU V6 5 MFSYS25 chassis must be with p...

Page 25: ... of drive firmware are not supported Mixed drive firmware levels within the same storage pool is not supported 2 This drive may experience degradation in performance in environments with elevated temperatures or during a fault condition within the MFSYS25V2 chassis 3 MFSYS25V2 mixed SAS and SSD mix models validated are as follows Mix combination was limited to one physical SAS drive model and one ...

Page 26: ...ul testing of a larger capacity hard drive from the same hard drive family Intel has high confidence that this hard drive will function correctly with the server board This drive uses the exact same firmware and drivers as a larger capacity hard drive that has been successfully tested with this server board The only difference between this drive and the one that was used in testing is the storage ...