System Type: Server
Test Completed: 2004-12-10 ASUSTek NCL-DS1 is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.
AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the ASUSTek NCL-DS1:
SuSE 9.2 RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Fedora Core 2 Mandrake 10
This document presents the compatibility testing results.
System Configuration
The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.
| System Configuration as Tested |
| Company | ASUSTek Computer Inc. |
| Model | ASUSTek NCL-DS1 |
| BIOS Revision | ASUSTek NCL-DS1 |
| Main Board and Chipset | NCL-DS1 and Intel® E7520 + Intel® 82801ER |
| Processor(s) | Two (2) Intel® Pentium® 4 Xeon® 2.8GHz |
| RAM | 1024MB |
| HBA | Integrated Adaptec® AIC-7902W SCSI Adapter |
| Motherboard Features and Capabilities | 1. Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 Xeon® with hyper-threading support
2. Supports dual channel DDR2(400/533)
3. Chipset: Intel® E7520 + Intel® 82801ER
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| Display Adapter | On-board ATI® Rage XL |
| Serial Ports | One (1) 16550 compatible |
| Parallel Ports | One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional |
| USB Ports | Four (4) USB 2 |
| I/O Ports and buses | One (1) PCI-E1 Slots; One (1) PCI Slots; Four (4) PCI-X Slots; |
| Host Bus Adapter | Integrated Adaptec® AIC-7902W SCSI Adapter |
| Network Interface | Duel On-board Broadcom® BCM5721 |
| Audio Chipset / Sound Card | NA |
| Optical Drive | IDE Behavior Tech Computer Corp. BDV316B |
| Hard Drive | SCSI Quantum ATLAS-V-18-WLS 18G |
| Floppy Drive | Standard 1.44MB |
| Keyboard | Standard 101 Keyboard |
| Pointing Device | Logitech® PS/2 Mouse |
| Miscellaneous Hardware | |
Testing Results
The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.
Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.
| Test | Comment | Result |
| Installation Testing |
| CD-ROM Installation | | PASSED |
| NFS/FTP Installation | | PASSED |
| Device Auto Probing | | PASSED |
| Base System Testing |
| Kernel Compatibility | | PASSED |
| GRUB/LILO Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Heavy I/O Test | | PASSED |
| Network Test | | PASSED |
| Network Load Test | (Not required on workstation test) | PASSED |
| SMP Test | (Only required multiprocessor systems) | PASSED |
| Display Adapter |
| Console Compatibility | | PASSED |
| X Server Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Stand Alone Monitor | (Laptop Test Only) | NA |
| Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD | (Laptop Test Only) | NA |
| Sound Adapter |
| Basic Sound Compatibility | | NA |
| Advanced Sound Availibility | | NA |
| Advanced Sound Compatibility | | NA |
| Serial Ports |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Throughput Testing | | PASSED |
| Parallel Ports |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Mouse |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Keyboard |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
Notes and Observations:
The On-Board Broadcom® BCM5721 Lan Chip was not detected during installation. It is necessary to download and install the driver file bcm5700-7.3.5.tar.
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