Acer AR320 F2

Acer AR320 F2
Network Server
IBM

09 Jan 2012
136461

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
The AR320 F2 single-socket server delivers great performance and enterprise-level scalability in a space-saving design. Proactive management utilities effectively handle SMB as well as enterprise business operations, including departments and branch offices.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1.0
BIOS/uEFI:	AMI D11
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E3-1280 3.50 GHz
RAM:	16 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	8 USB Ports Serial 32-Bit PCI PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2150
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C204 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Western Digital WD RE4 7200 RPM Enterprise SATA hard drive - WD5003ABYX , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Sun Type 6 USB
USB Mouse:	SUN MS29U
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

kISO Install: System was installed using the kISO ibmbe2netv2.iso. This kISO is required as an initial boot media to start the standard install process. The kISO can be downloaded from: http://http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/IBM/sle10sp4/sle10sp4be2netkiso/. One of the required updates in the kISO is the be2net network driver, this driver is PLDP compliant.
Kdump: During the install using the ibmbe2netv2.iso kISO the following three modules must also be installed: kdump, kernel-kdump and kexec-tools. This is required to update the be2net driver to function with kdump.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5 with hot-spare.

Referenced Bulletins
137978

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2150
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 40904
	Checksum: 4e1ce73a67257ac7f39d11eb49347265

Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 177640
	Checksum: cb5db87efc894e5748f363f666190804

Intel Integrated 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 177640
	Checksum: cb5db87efc894e5748f363f666190804

Intel BD82C204 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 57916
	Checksum: b7c21b3590007dbbe7d54658cadf3107

The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
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554982

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