Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility And Stress Testing - Intel S5000PSLROMB Hardware Manual

Introduction
Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues and determining a customer
acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution
may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes, engaging the
vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer
acceptable workaround for the issue.
1.1.2

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 at the time of a given validation run. The Adapter /
Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing process consists of the following three areas:
Base Platform: Each base platform will successfully install a given 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 (three days) 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 require a
complete test restart.
1.1.2.1 Support Commitment for Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing
Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that
receive Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing:
Intel supports customer issues with these operating systems involving installation and/or
functionality of the server board or workstation board with or without the adapters and
peripherals listed in this document as having been tested under the particular operating
system.
Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer
acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution
may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes, engaging the
vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer
acceptable workaround for the issue.
Intel provides and tests operating system drivers for each onboard video, network, and
storage controller.
Intel enables vendors to provide driver support for add-in adapters using these operating
systems.
Intel performs some of the steps to achieve certification, but the actual certification is the
responsibility of the individual customer.
There is no support commitment for operating systems, adapter cards, and
peripherals not listed in this document. Intel will consider support requests on a
case-by-case basis.
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