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• Section 508 Testing and Certification-Section 508 is set of rules developed, maintained, and enforced by the Access Board and General Services Administration (GSA) that helps to ensure that electronic and information technologies provide or support certain accessibility features or products for people with disabilities. For Section 508, HP conducts audit-level testing to verify conformance. HP publishes the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) on the HP Accessibility Web site for each product. • Linux Testing and Certification-Select HP Business PCs are currently certified for Novell SUSE LINUX and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Additional or different Linux providers may be supported on future products. Testing is conducted prior to submission using available industry tools and utilities with the goal of helping to ensure a passing Linux configuration. • Novell Testing and Certification-Select HP Business PCs are submitted for certification for use with the Novell Netware Client. Tested Configurations With the multitude of components included in a PC, and the number of operating systems, applications, and options offered, testing of every permutation becomes impossible. However, using disciplined test-engineering methods, HP helps ensure good test coverage. Detailed understanding of component interdependencies and testing technologies allows HP to create a set of test configurations that are representative of many of our customers' usage. The hundreds of systems we use in the test process and the numerous well-controlled configurations we build during development help maintain our high level of quality. Hours of Testing HP Business Desktop PCs are subjected to on average over 113,000 machine hours of testing. This is strictly test hours and does not include time spent troubleshooting or reviewing design specifications. The number of test hours varies as new system chipsets and system boards, chasses, video, audio and other module components, and/or operating systems are incorporated into a desktop design. Table 1 shows the approximate test percentage allocation to qualify a business desktop PC with typical architectural changes. Table 1: Test coverage per area Test area Estimated Percentage of total test hours System Board Validation 17% Platform Validation 28% Mechanical Validation 28% Module Functional Testing 12% System Integration, Performance and Certification Testing 15% 8

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Section 508 Testing and Certification—Section 508 is set of rules developed, maintained, and
enforced by the Access Board and General Services Administration (GSA) that helps to ensure that
electronic and information technologies provide or support certain accessibility features or
products for people with disabilities. For Section 508, HP conducts audit-level testing to verify
conformance. HP publishes the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) on the HP
Accessibility Web site for each product.
•
Linux Testing and Certification—Select HP Business PCs are currently certified for Novell SUSE
LINUX and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Additional or different Linux providers may be supported
on future products. Testing is conducted prior to submission using available industry tools and
utilities with the goal of helping to ensure a passing Linux configuration.
•
Novell Testing and Certification—Select HP Business PCs are submitted for certification for use with
the Novell Netware Client.
Tested Configurations
With the multitude of components included in a PC, and the number of operating systems,
applications, and options offered, testing of every permutation becomes impossible. However, using
disciplined test-engineering methods, HP helps ensure good test coverage. Detailed understanding of
component interdependencies and testing technologies allows HP to create a set of test configurations
that are representative of many of our customers’ usage.
The hundreds of systems we use in the test process and the numerous well-controlled configurations
we build during development help maintain our high level of quality.
Hours of Testing
HP Business Desktop PCs are subjected to on average over 113,000 machine hours of testing. This is
strictly test hours and does not include time spent troubleshooting or reviewing design specifications.
The number of test hours varies as new system chipsets and system boards, chasses, video, audio and
other module components, and/or operating systems are incorporated into a desktop design. Table 1
shows the approximate test percentage allocation to qualify a business desktop PC with typical
architectural changes.
Table 1: Test coverage per area
Test area
Estimated Percentage of
total test hours
System Board Validation
17%
Platform Validation
28%
Mechanical Validation
28%
Module Functional Testing
12%
System Integration, Performance and
Certification Testing
15%