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OpenServer 6 Hardware OverviewPresented by:

Alexander Sack, Senior Developer & Paul Hurford, Director Hardware Technologies

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Agenda

Certified Hardware General SCO Hardware Database Statistics OpenServer 6

New Channel Partner Hardware Certification Programs

Future Hardware Developments OpenServer 6 Specifics

Basic Requirements General Device Guide OSR5 vs. OSR6

Q & A

Certified Hardware information

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OpenServer 6 - Firsts

For the first time with any SCO OS Release, Computer Systems from Hewlett-Packard and Intel were certified and available the day of Product Launch

Fujitsu Siemens, IBM, Maxdata, and Toshiba followed on quickly with additional certifications

SCO Staff wanted the Hardware products for OpenServer to be current with this release. We eliminated all ISA, EISA, and PS/2 Bus types from this release, and selectively grandfathered individual products in each category of hardware to OpenServer 6

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OpenServer 6 – Available Hardware

Hardware Count as of 26, July 2005 Hardware Category

Count

Computer Systems 48

Graphics (X.Org Companies listed) 22

Network Cards 302

Storage Controllers 173

Storage Technologies/SAN 18

Tape Drives 42

Port Adapters 16

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Computer Systems Certified for OSR6

Manufacturer Model Number OSR 6 Manufacturer Model Number OSR 6

Compaq - HP ProLiant DL380 G2 1.13 GHz Certified IBM - xSeries 206 SATA (8482-1SU) CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant DL380 G3 3.18GHz Certified IBM - xSeries 206 SCSI (8482-1RX) CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant DL380 G4 3.6GHz Certified IBM - xSeries 226 SATA (8648-20X) CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant DL380 G4 3.7GHz SAS Certified IBM - xSeries 226 SCSI (8648-2BX) CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant DL580 G3 3.66GHz Certified IBM - xSeries 236 (8841-11X) CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant DL760 G2 Certified IBM - xSeries 336 SATA (8837-22U) CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML110 G2 SATA Certified IBM - xSeries 336 SCSI (8837-41X) CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML150 G2 SCSI Certified Intel Corporation - SE7221BA1-E CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML310 G2 3.4GHz SCSI Certified Intel Corporation - SE7221BK1-E CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML330 G2 1.4GHz SCSI Certified Intel Corporation - SE7320SP2 MP Server CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML330 G3 3.06GHz SCSI Certified Intel Corporation - SE7320VP2 MP Server CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML350 G3 2.4GHz Certified Intel Corporation - SE7501CW2 MP Server CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML350 G4 3.2GHz Certified Intel Corporation - SE7505VB2 MP Server CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML350 G4p 3.4GHz SCSI Certified Intel Corporation - SE7520AF2 MP Server CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML370 G3 3.2GHz Certified Intel Corporation - SE7520BD2 MP Server CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML370 G4 3.6GHz Certified Intel Corporation - SE7520JR2 MP Server CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML570 G2 3.0GHz Certified Intel Corporation - SE7525GP2 MP Server CertifiedCompaq - HP ProLiant ML570 G3 3.66GHz Certified MAXDATA - Platinum 100 I M5 CertifiedFujitsu Siemens Computers - PRIMERGY TX150-S2 (SCSI) Certified MAXDATA - Platinum 200 I M5 CertifiedFujitsu Siemens Computers - PRIMERGY TX150-S3 (SCSI) Certified Toshiba - Portege M100 CertifiedFujitsu Siemens Computers - PRIMERGY TX200-S2 Certified Toshiba - Satellite M30 CertifiedFujitsu Siemens Computers - PRIMERGY TX300-S2 Certified Toshiba - Tecra A2 CertifiedFujitsu Siemens Computers - PRIMERGY TX600 Certified Toshiba - Tecra A3 CertifiedJuly 25, 2005 - 08:45 AM Toshiba - Tecra M3 Certified

New Channel Partner Hardware Certification Programs

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Channel Partner Certification Programs

NEW Hardware Certification Programs for Channel Partners

SCO distributors and channel

partners can now certify their white-box server solutions in the SCO Hardware Database.

Two new programs are available to list computer servers under your company name, and model number, and list them as Certified, or compatible products with SCO Operating System Platforms.

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Program Mechanics

Providing a low-cost program for SCO channel Partners required:

Creating a computer system test suite for automated test results collection and model data gathering. This program can be downloaded at:http://www.sco.com/developers/hdk/testsuites/

This new test called the System Certification Tests (SCT) and is also available on the optional services CD of OpenServer 6 and must be used for both the SLP, and RCP channel partner programs.

This test suite replaces the older Platform Load Test previously used for OEM system testing.

Getting agreement from participating OEM partners to permit pass-through Certifications without retesting by the channel partner

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Rebranding Certification Program (RCP)

Rebranding Certification Program (RCP)

This program is available to SCO authorized Distributors and Channel Partners who are customers of major OEM suppliers of computer systems. The channel partner purchases computer system components and then assembles a "White Box" system using their own model name and model number. If a participating original OEM has Certified a specific Server Board, the channel partner can re-certify the same system without retesting - using this program. 

Intel Servers available for the RCT Program:http://wdb1.sco.com/hch_web/owa/hch_passthru_list_pkg.oem_list

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Rebranding Certification Program (RCP)

RCP SpecificsEligible Products

Any computer system product manufactured by Intel Corporation that has been Certified by Intel for any SCO platform, and Release, and is submitted by an SCO authorized channel partner is eligibile for rebranding.

Submission and testing requirements Model numbers submitted by the channel partner must be unique and can

only describe one system. The system board used for the certification can not be modified in any way

from the original certified OSM platform. The disk subsystem must be identical to the OEM certified product BIOS changes from the original OEM Certified product are not permitted.

Only BIOS revisions listed as certified in the original OEM certification are valid.

The microprocessor clock and speed must be the equal to or less than the OEM certified product.

The microprocessor must be from the same microprocessor family and the same type as the OEM certified product.

Any alterations to a submission from the original OEM certified model will be rejected.

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Computer System Listing Program

Computer System Listing Program (SLP)

This program is available to SCO authorized Distributors and Channel Partners who wish to list a computer system as "Compatible" in the SCO Hardware Database after testing the hardware for 24 hours. The channel partner assumes all support issues requested by their customers who purchased this system.

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Computer System Listing Program (SLP)

SLP Specifics:Eligible Products

Any computer system product that will install the target SCO Operating System platform and release and pass a twenty-four (24) hour stress test using the SCO System Certification Tests (SCT) will be permitted listed in the CHWP.

System Listing requirementsThe definition of Compatible Hardware is: “Compatible Hardware” is hardware that is

represented to work with the product based on driver availability, but has not been certified by either the OEM vendor or SCO. Any vendor or Channel Partner of SCO whose hardware is listed as compatible becomes the technical support contact point for any issue that may arise. The product model name and number must be specific and unique and can

only describe one (1) system. The exception to this is a suffix may be added to the model name/number to

describe more than one speed of a processor The SCO Channel Partner has installed and tested for twenty-four 24 hours

the SCO operating system platform on each system family and release of the operating system that the product will be marked as compatible in the CWHP.

The SCO Channel partner agrees to support any customer of the channel partner in a timely manner if a problem or issue is discovered after the computer system has been listed.

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Certification

Whitebox Checklist Full ISL is required for both programs http://www.sco.com/developers/hdk/testsuites/

SLP Program: Run System Certification Tests for 24 hours for SLP Program Collect System Data Enroll in SLP Program When tests PASS, submit to SCO for publication

RCP Program: Install target OS and SCT collect system data Enroll in RCP Program Submit collected files to SCO for publication

By running the above tests you can ensure a smooth OSR6 deployment!

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Program Pricing

1st year registrationModel Number

Net to Partner Pricing

1st year registration fee FX000-RSP1 $250

Annual Renewal fee FX000-RSP2 $175

RCP System listing fee per computer model number, per OS and Release

FX000-RSP3 $300

SLP System listing fee per computer model number, per OS and Release

FX000-SLP1 $150

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System Certification Program Contact Information

For Further InformationGo to:http://www.sco.com/chwp/programs/

(or) Contact your SCO Sales Representative, For SCO Americas customers phone - 1 (800) 726-6561 For SCO Americas customers fax all RCP and SLP agreements to

1 (831) 439-9774 For SCO International customers phone - +44 (0) 870 351

8626 For SCO International customers fax RCP and SLP agreements to

+44 (0) 870 351 8627

Email sctadmin@sco.com for further information.

Future Hardware Developments for OpenServer 6, and UnixWare

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Well, that’s a different Break-Out Session…

Come see us on August 8th in Room 102 from 3:15 to 4:45

OpenServer 6

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OpenServer 6 – A New Beginning

OSR6 has the most current hardware support of any release of OpenServer

Most of the administration of hardware devices is done automatically by the OS

Continue to use SCOadmin and the standard “mkdev” interfaces

Various certification tools are available to validate any new OSR6 server deployment

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OpenServer 6 - Basic Requirements

Hardware Minimum Recommended

Maximum

CPU Intel Celeron, Pentium, Xeon or AMD Sempron, Duron, Opteron

Pentium P4 32

Memory 64MB – 128MB 256MB 64GB

Disk Space 1GB – 4GB 8GB 1TB

HBA IDE SCSI, SATA, or SAS

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Other CD-ROM, El Torito compliant BIOS

Mouse, NIC, and floppy drive

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OpenServer 6 - Basic Requirements

AMD64 and EMT64 CPUs are compatible with OSR6 in 32-bit mode.

Intel Hyperthreading Technology is fully supported on OSR6.

Dual Core Support: Not in the product for FCS Will arrive as a separate add-on that will allow OSR6 to

recognize and distinguish between cores and logical processors.

Supports Hyperthreaded Dual-Core, e.g. Intel Extreme Edition

Intel Xeon certified platforms should be available at release

Licensed like Hyperthreading

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OpenServer 6 - Basic Requirements

IDE Promise Fasttrak and Ultra TX2 All Intel ICH based controllers PCI IDE Controller Specification Revision 1.0

SATA Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)

Found on ICH6M/R chipsets Supports SATA II features such as NCQ and Hot-Plug Whitebox chipsets plan AHCI support, e.g. SiS, Via, etc.

SAS HP SAS has been certified. Adaptec and LSI SAS support due in the Fall/Winter

timeframe.

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OpenServer 6 - Basic Requirements

Intel Pro/100 and Pro/1000 Note: OEMs rebadge and release their own

version of this chipset.

Broadcom BCM5700 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet

Marvell Yukon PCI-E Chipset Driver is available through the Marvell website.

Wireless Intel Centrino Prism Wireless based chipset

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OpenServer 6 - Basic Requirements

OSR6 ships with latest stable X.org server Supports almost every modern graphics

chipset Also provides support for a wider range of

input devices. Caveats:

If graphics chipset is not recognized, fall back to VESA

3D Acceleration is typically not supported No AGP/GART support

General Device Guide

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General Device Guide

SCSI devices MMC-3+ compliant CD/DVD devices SCSI-2+ disk and tape Fibre Channel now available for OpenServer 6

ATA-4+ IDE devices 48-bit LBA support is ATA-6+ feature All SATA disks are ATA-6+ Modern ATAPI drives are at least MMC-3 compliant

Serial/Parallel Cards Any onboard serial or parallel chipset should get

autoconfigured Limited support for some higher end Digi and Connecttech

boards

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General Device Guide

USB Host Controller Interface (HCI)

EHCI, OHCI, and UHCI are all fully supported Any compliant HCI chipset should just work

Mass Storage If the device requires a special driver, we don’t support it!

Human Interface Devices (HID) Compliant mice and keyboards should just work Limited support for USB HID input with X.org, e.g.

touchscreens

OpenServer 5 vs. OpenServer 6

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OSR5 vs. OSR6

mkdev no need to use mkdev to force OSR6 to recognize

new hardware devices are auto-detected in most cases

new disks on a SCSI bus are detected automatically after a reboot

new controller instances are detected automatically after a reboot

mkdev hd is the only useful command, providing a simple front-end to fdisk and divvy

the rest of the hardware mkdev family ( tape, cdrom, fd, flopti, juke, ls120 ) are unused

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OSR5 vs. OSR6

/dev/string/cfg “/sbin/resmgr” “echo pcilong | /usr/sbin/ndcfg” “/sbin/sdiconfig –l” “/etc/hw”

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OSR5 vs. OSR6

Nodes Most OSR5 style nodes should exist on OSR6 Nodes are auto-created by

idmknod/idmknodd/sdimkdev SCOadmin hardware

OSR6 uses mainly OSR5 SCOadmin toolset Ties into the mkdev script set

CPU administration /sbin/psrinfo /sbin/psradm

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OSR5 vs. OSR6

Video /etc/xorg.conf SCOadmin Video now calls X.org configuration

utility NIC

SCOadmin Network Same interface and procedure for adding and

removing NIC cards. Serial and Parallel ports

Hardware should be auto-detected, configure with SCOadmin Serial

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OSR5 vs. OSR6

Disk All hard disks on OSR6 are auto-detected /etc/conf/cf.d/mscsi and /etc/conf/cf.d/hdlist are

no longer needed Hot-plug events for USB and AHCI are automatic

and should show up via “/sbin/sdiconfig –l” output

Continue to use “mkdev hd” interface to manage slice and filesystem layout

Ghost Names

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OSR5 vs. OSR6

MPIO Something new for SCO OpenServer Multi-Path I/O Installed by default but disabled Use “mkdev mpio” to enable/disable Provides Redundancy

Hardware Device Certification

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Certification

SCO Hardware Database (CHWP) http://www.sco.com/chwp Fully searchable database of certified hardware

on OSR6 Good place to start when building a whitebox

solution OSR6 is SVR5 so hardware certified on UW7 has

been selectively grandfathered If hardware is not listed, remember to check the

OEM’s website for a driver.

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Device Certification

Drivers http://www.sco.com/support/download.html BTLD’s are no longer used, OSR6 uses UW7 style

HBA diskettes and pkg format Load HBA drivers during ISL via a floppy or ATAPI

CD-ROM device OEM vs. SCO supplied?

In general, use the SCO supplied driver as it has gone through the SCO certification process and has been extensively tested

Look at IHVVERSION package field to compare SCO vs. OEM driver

Q&A

We appreciate your attendance at this session,

and your continued support of SCO Products

Contact Information:Alexander Sack, alexs@sco.com – Senior DeveloperPaul Hurford, paulhu@sco.com – Director, Hardware StrategiesMike Drangula, drangula@sco.com – Senior Developer

Your SCO Hardware Team

Alex Sack Mike Drangula

David Wood Mohammed Ali

Dean Flamberg Nigel Simpson

Dean Zimmerman Paul Hurford

Doug Souders Paul Weaver

Evan Hunt Richard Harry

Jim Bonnet Robert Lipe

Kerri Wallach Roger Vortman

Kurt Hutchinson Simon Bordman

Maxine McCarthy Steve Williamson

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NOTES

Need to discuss fibre channel in relationship to OSR 6 - alex

Need to discuss Storage solutions from HP - alex

Need to elaborate on wireless futures for OSR6/UW7 - paul

Need to expound on new server certification Programs – paul