OpenServer 6 Hardware Overview Presented by: Alexander Sack, Senior Developer

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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

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• 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
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• 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 Specifics
• Eligible 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 requirements
• The 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 registration Model 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 Information
• Go 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 [phone]
• 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_at_sco.com for further information.

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• Future Hardware Developments for OpenServer 6,
  and UnixWare

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• Well, thats a different Break-Out Session
• Come see us on August 8th in Room 102
• from 315 to 445

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• 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 1024
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

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• 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 dont
  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

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• 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/sdimkde
  v
• 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

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• 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
  OEMs website for a driver.

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Device Certification

• Drivers
• http//www.sco.com/support/download.html
• BTLDs 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

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Your SCO Hardware Team 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
We appreciate your attendance at this session,
and your continued support of SCO Products

QA
Contact Information Alexander Sack,
alexs_at_sco.com Senior Developer Paul Hurford,
paulhu_at_sco.com Director, Hardware
Strategies Mike Drangula, drangula_at_sco.com
Senior Developer
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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