Intel MFSYS25 Table of Contents

Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute

Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI

Revision 2.5

Table of Contents

1.Introduction .................................................................................................. .............. ..... ....... 6

1.1Test Overview ............................................................................................ ............... 6

1.1.1Basic Installation Testing .......................................................................................... 6

1.1.2I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing .......................... 7

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

2.MFS5000SI / MFS5520VI / MFSYS25 / MFSYS35 Base System Configurations ............ 10

3.Supported Operating Systems & Software ............... ........................................................ 11

3.1Operating System Certifications ............................................................................. 13

3.2Operating System Storage Component Support .................................................... 17

4.I/O Expansion Cards & Peripherals ................................................................................... 18

4.1Ethernet Expansion Card ........................................................................................ 19

4.2Monitors ........................................................................................... ........................ 19

4.3USB Devices ........................................................................................................... 19

4.4Ethernet Switch Modules ........................................................................................ 21

4.5Storage Control Modules ........................................................................................ 21

4.6External Tape Drives .. ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ...... .. ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ... ..... ... ..... ... ... .. 21

4.7External Storage .............................................................. ........... ........... ............. ..... 21 

5.Hard Disk Drives ................................................................................................ .................. 22

6.Installation Guidelines ......................................................................................................... 25

6.1Slipstreamed install for Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (32 & 64 bit) ................ 25

6.2Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (32 & 64 bit) Remote Installation Method ........ 26

6.3Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (32 & 64 bit) Remote Installation Method ............... 30

6.4SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32 & 64 bit) Remote Installation Method ....... 36