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Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
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1.1
Test Overview
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1.1.1
Basic Installation Testing
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1.1.2
Adapter/Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing
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1.2
Pass/Fail Test Criteria
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2.
Base System Definitions
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3.
Supported Operating Systems
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3.1
Operating System Certifications
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4.
Adapters and Peripherals
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4.1
Fibre Channel
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4.2
Infiniband
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4.3
Network Interface Controllers (NICs)
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4.4
CD ROM / DVD ROM Drives
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4.5
CD-RW / DVD± R/RW
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4.6
USB Drives
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4.7
Tape Drives
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4.8
KVM
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4.9
Solid State Drives
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4.10
Input Devices
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5.
Hard Disk Drives
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6.
Installation Guidelines and Test Notes
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6.1
Windows 2003 Server Installation issue using certain USB floppy drives
to load mass storage drivers (F6 option during install)
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6.2
High CPU Utilization under Windows 2008 R2
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