HP xw9400 Workstation
Network Server
Hewlett Packard Company
20 Feb 2007
88131

YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
  SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T®     Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 9


Product Description
Please see www.hp.com for product details.

Tested Configuration:
Computer Type:Mini Tower
Mother Board Revision:0A1Ch
BIOS:786D6 v01.05 08/18/2006
CPU:2 AMD  Dual-Core Opteron™ Model 2220 SE 2.8 GHz
RAM:2048 MB
Bus Type:2 PCI Express X16
2 PCI Express X8
Serial
8 USB Ports
64-bit/133MHz PCI-X
Video Adapter:NVIDIA®  Quadro® FX1500
Host Bus Adapter:LSI Logic®  LSISAS1068E 8-port SAS Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
NVIDIA®  nForce Professional 3600 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:Samsung®  HD040GJ , Serial ATA (SATA)
Fujitsu  MAX3073RC , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Seagate®  ST373454SS Cheetah 15.4-SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:HLDS  GDR-8164B , IDE
Floppy Type:NONE
Test Kit:System Certification Kit 6.0.16


Config Notes
A forcedeth.ko LAN driver update available from Novell was part of the tested configuration. Download is available from the following URL: http://forgeftp.novell.com/driver-process/pub/update/HP/sle9/common/x86_64/update/SUSE-SLES/9/rpm/x86_64/hp-forcedeth-2.6.5_7.244_smp.x86_64.rpm. ACPI Bus Segmentation and HPET had to be Disabled under Advanced > Chipset/Memory in the ROM-based Setup for the LSI SAS1068e Host Bus Adapter to function. It was necessary to download and install the latest nVidia driver to pass the video tests: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html


Adapters and Drivers
NVIDIA®  MCP55 Pro Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: forcedeth.ko
File Date: 21-Dec-2006File Size: 90450
Checksum: 56034a622a087198e7b6c6be2a97e71e

LSI Logic®  LSISAS1068E 8-port SAS Controller
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: mptsas.ko
File Date: 12-Dec-2005File Size: 31973
Checksum: 4abcc0826e15d84604789a75dcdc9434

NVIDIA®  nForce Professional 3600
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: sata_nv.ko
File Date: 12-Dec-2005File Size: 32219
Checksum: 4a0f8f4b6c637e8c058d95a0dcbec626


The term YES CERTIFIED applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. Components including LAN adapters, host bus adapters and other individually YES CERTIFIED components may be exchanged for other YES CERTIFIED components. For more information on swapping YES CERTIFIED 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
Your local Hewlett-Packard
representative