 | PowerEdge 6600
Network Server Dell Incorporated | 30 Jun 2004
75364 |
Tested and Approved with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 8 for x86 |
| SUSE® Linux Standard Server 8 |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IA-32 |
Product Description
PowerEdge 6600 L
Test Configuration
| Product/Model: | PowerEdge 6600 |
| CD/DVD: | Teac® CD-224E |
| CPU: | Intel® Xeon™ MP 1.40 GHz |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Seagate® ST318406LC , Ultra3SCSI |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Dell
PowerEdge Expandable PERC 3/DC
, Ultra160 SCSI Dell PERC 4/DC RAID Controller , Ultra320 SCSI ServerWorks CSB5 , UltraATA-100 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® RAGE™ XL |
| BIOS: | Dell/Phoenix A05 |
| Computer Type: | Tower |
| Floppy Type: | 1.44 |
| Mother Board Revision: | DELL Quad XEON-MP CPU board PowerEdge 6600; Embedded server management firmware revision 1.50; Primary backplane firmware revision 0.28; Secondary backplane firmware revision 0.28 |
| RAM: | 2 GB |
| Test Kit: | SUSE Certification Suite |
Product File Specifications
Config Notes
| SLES 7 Certified for: Kernel 2.4.18 + Patch-CD2 Kernel 2.4.18 + Patch-CD3 The megaraid module is not loaded automaticly by YaST2. Possible solution: choose manual installation, load the module manually and continue with YaST2. Obligatory: use bcm5700 update-driver-disk from our Maintenance Web if you need to install via the network card. After the installation of Patch CD2/CD3: make sure that the "alias ethx" lines in /etc/modules.conf points to the bcm5700 module. Boot config needs to be installed manually. |
| SLES 8 Valid for: kernel upgrade k_smp-2.4.19-145 from our Maintenance Web. NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot". |
| SLES 8 - SP1 Certified for Kernel 2.4.19-196-64GB-SMP NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot". |
| SLES 8 - SP2a NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot". |
| SLES 8 - SP3 NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot". NEW RAID controller: Dell PERC 4/DC. |
| SL Standard Server 8 - SP3 NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot". NEW RAID controller: Dell PERC 4/DC. To update your SL Standard Server 8 installation by means of United Linux 1.0 SP3, mount CD 1 of this service pack somewhere and invoke the script /my-mountpoint-of-SP3-CD1/install.sh. |
Adapters and Drivers
| Adapter | Driver Type | File Name | Date | Size | NetWare Version | ||||
| Dell PowerEdge Expandable PERC 3/DC | |||||||||
| Broadcom® Integrated BCM 5700 Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Dell PERC 4/DC RAID Controller | |||||||||
| ServerWorks CSB5 | |||||||||
The term Tested and Approved applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. Components including LAN adapters, host bus adapters and other individually Tested and Approved components may be exchanged for other Tested and Approved components. For more information on swapping Tested and Approved components, please access the following web page:
http://developer.novell.com/devres/system/policy/exchange.htm
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
Dell Incorporated
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