technical details on the zotac zbox ci321 nano

First: Kodi runs perfectly!

Second: A Haswell based Celeron is fast enough for all media and home cinema related activities.

Before buying a new system one must take care on what components where built in and used. Not everything runs out of the box smoothly. Not even with up-to-date kernels.

I could not find any details on this particular zbox, so i just ordered it and tested everything.

components

• Intel Celeron 2961Y (Haswell), Dual Core
• Intel USB 3 controller
• Intel USB 2 controller
• Intel HD Audio
• Intel HD Graphics
• Intel SATA Controller
• Intel 3160 Wireless
• Realtek Gigabit Ethernet, 2x, RTL8111/8168/8411

cpuinfo

# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l
2

# cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 69
model name      : Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2961Y @ 1.10GHz
stepping        : 1
microcode       : 0x17
cpu MHz         : 621.671
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 13
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer xsave rdrand lahf_lm abm ida arat epb pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust erms invpcid xsaveopt
bugs            :
bogomips        : 2195.32
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
...
...
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pci devices and their kernel module

# lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller (rev 0b)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller
    Kernel driver in use: hsw_uncore
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 0a0e (rev 0b)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device b246
    Kernel driver in use: i915
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller (rev 0b)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB xHCI HC (rev 04)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. 8 Series USB xHCI HC
    Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series HECI (rev 04)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. 8 Series HECI
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series HD Audio Controller (rev 04)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. 8 Series HD Audio Controller
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev e4)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev e4)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev e4)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev e4)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB EHCI (rev 04)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. 8 Series USB EHCI
    Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series LPC Controller (rev 04)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. 8 Series LPC Controller
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. 8 Series SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode]
    Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series SMBus Controller (rev 04)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. 8 Series SMBus Controller
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160)
    Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
    Kernel modules: wl, iwlwifi
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    Kernel driver in use: r8169
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07)
    Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    Kernel driver in use: r8169

usb devices

# lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub