SurePOS 500 - 4840-543

SurePOS 500 - 4840-543
Workstation
IBM

22 May 2012
137672

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The IBM SurePOS 500 is a sophisticated, sleek point-of-sale (POS) system. It has an innovative touchscreen interface that is designed to enable rapid, convenient transactions, while withstanding the harsh food service and retail environmens. IBM offers the SurePOS 500 systems in 12-inch and 15-inch versions. To better accommodate the needs of clients in the specialty, gas and convenience market segments, and to further extend the IBM retail product family, IBM also offers a 17-inch model. This larger screen provides an expanded viewing area. It allows you to see more information simultaneously in real time, such as gas pump icons or consumer facing kiosks, along with standard POS applications used in your store.This Model does not have presence sensor and audio jacks.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	POS
Mother Board Revision:	1.0
BIOS/uEFI:	X5KT270
CPU:	Intel Celeron® 2.0 GHz
RAM:	1 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 4 Serial
Video Adapter:	Intel Integrated i845
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801DB (ICH4) , IDE
Hard Disk Drive:	Western Digital WD400BB , IDE
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article for ppc64le: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on Power11 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the Power11 hardware itself.
CPU: This system is a 4U Rack unit configuration with 2 CPU sockets. The Power11 2.8--3.95 GHz CPUs tested each have 30 cores (DCM) and with SMT8. Totaling for the system 60 cores or 480 vCPU threads.

Referenced Bulletins
154232

Adapters and Drivers


Intel Integrated i845
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 22500
	Checksum: b86da8486a67e7541ac1a6380ffbf1c0

Intel 82801DB Pro/100 VM
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e100.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 50000
	Checksum: d2fa15dce518a0e1b20ce6d3f8b90075

Intel Integrated 82801DB (ICH4)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 37352
	Checksum: 3987de7b0d2772eeb9777d87cf553475

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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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