Intel Ssr316mj2 User manual

Intel® Storage System

SSR316MJ2

Tested Hardware and Operating

System List

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January, 2006

Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing

Revision History Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2

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Revision History

Date Revision

Number Modifications

June, 2004 0.1 Initial Draft

September,

2004 1.0 Initial release.

September,

2004 1.1 Added network switches and client system server boards.

September,

2004 1.2 Removed Hitachi* 400GB drive.

October, 2004 1.3 Removed SanDisk* Compact Flash.

December, 2004 1.4 Replaced erroneous Maxtor* HDD part number with the correct one.

December, 2004 1.5 Removed QLogic* quad port FibreChannel HBA, added iSCSI and EBSD

driver versions, added Storage System Console versions, clarified testing

description text.

April, 2005 1.6 Added Hitachi 400GB hard disk drive. Updated several similar device (“SD”)

hard disk drives. Added several new clients. Added QLA2340 FC HBA.

May, 2005 1.7 Added Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 400GB disk drives. Added several similar

device (“SD”) hard disk drives. - all new entries bolded in document

December, 2005 1.8 Added quarterly and release two updates

January, 2006 1.9 Added note that Maxtor Maxline IV 7H500F0 should not be used with

Fibre Channel

Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 Disclaimers

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Disclaimers

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Table of Contents Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................7

1.1 Test Overview..........................................................................................................7

1.1.1 Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing............................................7

1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria .............................................................................................8

2. Supported Client Operating Systems...............................................................................10

3. Supported Client Systems and Peripherals.....................................................................11

4. Adapters and Peripherals..................................................................................................12

4.1 PCI SATA HBA......................................................................................................12

4.2 PCI Fiber Channel HBA.........................................................................................12

4.3 PCI NIC..................................................................................................................12

4.4 Compact Flash Memory Cards..............................................................................13

5. Hard Disk Drives.................................................................................................................14

6. Network Switches...............................................................................................................16

Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 Introduction

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1. Introduction

This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 with a

guide to the different client operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals tested by Intel on

this platform.

This document will continue to be updated as new adapters, peripherals, and client operating

systems are tested or until the Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 is no longer in production.

Each new release of the document will present updated information as well as continue to

provide the information from previous releases.

Intel will only provide support for those adapters and peripherals under the specified system

configuration (System BIOS and Firmware revisions) and client operating systems versions with

which they were tested.

1.1 Test Overview

Testing performed on the Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 is classified under as Adapter /

Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing.

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The latest version of an operating system signifies the latest supported version

at the time of the actual test run. Each new release of this document may have

a newly supported release of a given operating system. Previous releases of a

supported operating system may not be tested beyond the basic installation

test process.

1.1.1 Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing

Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing is performed only on the most current

release of a supported operating system (client or SSR316MJ2) at the time of a given validation

run. The Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing process consists of three areas:

Base Platform, Adapter Compatibility, and Stress.

Base Platform: Each base platform will successfully install the SAN operating system,

successfully run a disk stress test, and successfully run a network stress test.

Adapter Compatibility: Adapter compatibility validation (CV) testing uses test suites to gain an

accurate view of how the server performs with a wide variety of adapters under the primary

supported operating systems. These tests are designed to show hardware compatibility

between the cards and the server platform and include functional testing only. No heavy

stressing of the systems or the cards is performed for CV testing.

Stress Testing: This test sequence uses configurations that include add-in adapters in all

available slots, (depending on chassis used) for a minimum 72-hour test run without injecting

errors. Each configuration passes an installation test, a Network/Disk Stress test, and tape

backup test. Any fatal errors that occur will require a complete test restart.

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1.1.1.1 Support Commitment for Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress

Testing

Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for client operating systems that

receive Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing:

•Intel will provide support for customer issues with these client operating systems

involving installation and/or functionality of the server board with or without the adapters

and peripherals listed in this document as having been tested under the particular client

operating system.

•Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer

acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the client operating system. The

resolution may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes,

engaging the vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a

customer acceptable workaround for the issue.

•Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each onboard network, and

storage controller.

•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.

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For client operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals not listed in this

document, there is no support commitment. Intel will consider support requests

on a case-by-case basis.

1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria

For each operating system, adapter, and peripheral configuration, a test passes if specific

criteria are met. Specific configurations may have had particular characteristics that were

addressed on a case-by-case basis. In general, a configuration passes testing if the following

conditions are met:

The client and SAN operating system installed without error.

Manufacturer’s installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods were used for the

operating system installation.

No extraordinary workarounds were required during the operating system installation.

The SSR316MJ2 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 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® Storage System SSR316MJ2 testing was performed using it’s 3U shelf mount chassis.

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Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 Base System Configuration

The following table lists the base system configurations tested. Each base system configuration

is assigned an identifier number that is referenced in the tables throughout this document. New

base system configurations are added with each new release of this document.

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Intel will only provide support for adapters and peripherals under the specified

system configuration and operating systems versions with which they were

tested.

Release One (three SATA HBAs)

System Fab

Number Baseboard

PBA Number

Baseboard

BIOS

Revision

Baseboard

Firmware

Revision

Baseboard

FRUSDR

SATA HS

Backplane

Firmware

SATA HBA

SRCS16

Firmware

Revision

SAN Software

C67449-005

C67449-006

C67449-007

C67449-008

A95718-306

A95718-307

A95718-308

P14

Build 0052 2.17 5.6.3 1.6 713L

6.0.25.0014

6.0.25.0017

6.0.25.0018

6.0.25.0024

Windows*

Storage

System

Console

Linux

Storage

System

Console

EBSD

Windows*

driver

EBSD Linux

driver Windows*

iSCSI Initiator

6.0.25.0011 6.0.25.0011 6.0.25.0012 6.0.25.0015 1.06

Release Two (two SATA HBAs)

System Fab

Number Baseboard

PBA Number

Baseboard

BIOS

Revision

Baseboard

Firmware

Revision

Baseboard

FRUSDR

SATA HS

Backplane

Firmware

SATA HBA

SRCS28X

Firmware

Revision

SAN Software

C67449-009 A95718-308 P22

Build 0052 2.17 5.6.3 1.6 814C 6.3.41.0009

Windows*

Storage

System

Console

Linux

Storage

System

Console

EBSD

Windows*

driver

EBSD Linux

driver Windows*

iSCSI Initiator

6.3.41.0005 6.3.41.0005 6.0.25.0012 6.0.25.0016 2.0

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2. Supported Client Operating Systems

The following table provides a list of supported client operating systems compatible with the

Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2. Each of the listed client operating systems was tested for

compatibility with Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 host base system configuration listed in

Section 2 of this document. Client operating systems are supported only with the specified

base system configuration(s) with which they were tested.

Operating System

Base System

Configuration

Tested & Type of

Testing

Notes

Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003, Service Pack 1 Configuration 1 –

Compatibility & Stress