Professional Workstation AP 550
Workstation
Hewlett Packard Company
30 Jun 2004
75860

Tested and Approved with the following products:
Operating Systems:
  SUSE® Linux 7.3
  SUSE® Linux 7.2
  SUSE® Linux 8.0
  SUSE® Linux 8.1

Product Description
Professional Workstation AP 550

Test Configuration
Product/Model:Professional Workstation AP 550
CD/DVD:LG Electronics Ltd.  CRD 8481B , ATAPI
CPU:Intel®  Pentium III 1.00 GHz
Hard Disk Drive:IBM  DDYS-T18350 , Ultra160 SCSI
Host Bus Adapter:Adaptec  Integrated AIC-7892 , Ultra160 SCSI
Video Adapter:NVIDIA®  Quadro™ 2 Pro
BIOS:686J4 v3.05
Computer Type:Tower
Floppy Type:1.44
RAM:256 MB
Test Kit:SUSE Certification Suite

Adapters and Drivers
Adapter
Intel®  Integrated 82559 LANClient OS assigned NDIS driver

Config Notes
SUSE LINUX 7.3: If power save mode is not disabled in the BIOS setup, the system might become very slow Sound: module parameter snd_ac97_clock=47999 must be set manually, e.g. via YaST2 (Sound -> Advanced Setup)
SUSE LINUX 7.2: Obligatory: Kernel upgrade 2.4.7-yy from our ftp server
SUSE LINUX 8.1: Kernel parameter "acpi=oldboot" has to be used BIOS Update to Version 686J4 V3.05 from http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/proworkstation/us/download/10072.html is obligatory

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:

Hewlett Packard Company

Website: www.hp.com