Introduction; Test Overview; Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility And Stress Testing - Intel SSR316MJ2 Tested Hardware And Operating System List

Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2
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Introduction

This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 with a
guide to the different client operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals tested by Intel on
this platform.
This document will continue to be updated as new adapters, peripherals, and client operating
systems are tested or until the Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 is no longer in production.
Each new release of the document will present updated information as well as continue to
provide the information from previous releases.
Intel will only provide support for those adapters and peripherals under the specified system
configuration (System BIOS and Firmware revisions) and client operating systems versions with
which they were tested.
1.1

Test Overview

Testing performed on the Intel® Storage System SSR316MJ2 is classified under as Adapter /
Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing.
The latest version of an operating system signifies the latest supported version
at the time of the actual test run. Each new release of this document may have
a newly supported release of a given operating system. Previous releases of a
supported operating system may not be tested beyond the basic installation
test process.
1.1.1

Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing

Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing is performed only on the most current
release of a supported operating system (client or SSR316MJ2) at the time of a given validation
run. The Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing process consists of three areas:
Base Platform, Adapter Compatibility, and Stress.
Base Platform: Each base platform will successfully install the SAN operating system,
successfully run a disk stress test, and successfully run a network stress test.
Adapter Compatibility: Adapter compatibility validation (CV) testing uses test suites to gain an
accurate view of how the server performs with a wide variety of adapters under the primary
supported operating systems. These tests are designed to show hardware compatibility
between the cards and the server platform and include functional testing only. No heavy
stressing of the systems or the cards is performed for CV testing.
Stress Testing: This test sequence uses configurations that include add-in adapters in all
available slots, (depending on chassis used) for a minimum 72-hour test run without injecting
errors. Each configuration passes an installation test, a Network/Disk Stress test, and tape
backup test. Any fatal errors that occur will require a complete test restart.
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