Dell PowerEdge 840 / Quad-Core Xeon® E5330 2.13GHz

Dell PowerEdge 840 / Quad-Core Xeon® E5330 2.13GHz
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

02 Jan 2007
87502

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for x86

SUSE® Standard Server v8.0

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 7 for IA-32

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Mid Tower
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	A01
CPU:	Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5330 2.13GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	64-bit PCI 2 64-bit PCI-X PCI Express X1 PCI Express X4 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801GB ICH7 , IDE LSI Logic LSISAS 1068 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Maxtor® ATLAS10K5_73SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Lite-On® CD-ROM LTN-4891S , IDE
Floppy Type:	1.44
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.0.16

Config Notes

SLES 7 Certified for: Kernel 2.4.18 + Patch-CD2 Kernel 2.4.18 + Patch-CD3 Obligatory: use aacraid update-driver-disk from our Maintenance Web. 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 NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot".
SLES 8 - SP1 Certified for Kernel 2.4.19-196-64GB-SMP DMA must not be enabled on this host. NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot".
SLES 8 - SP3 NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot".
SL Standard Server 8 - SP3 NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot". 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


ATI ES1000
2 Broadcom® NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (5721)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Dec-2005	Driver Size: 138567


Intel Integrated 82801GB ICH7
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: PIIX IDE
	Driver Date: 12-Dec-2005	Driver Size: 1743905
	Checksum: 15f089aa1f30cb1989ba2773e31794be

LSI Logic LSISAS 1068
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Dec-2005	Driver Size: 31973
	Checksum: 4abcc0826e15d84604789a75dcdc9434

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

500649

Dell PowerEdge 840 / Quad-Core Xeon® E5330 2.13GHz - Yes Bulletin 87502 | SUSE