as of Dec 2th, 2004
Express5800/110Ei
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3 Update 3
(KERNEL 2.4.21-20.ELsmp)
The following letters given to evaluation results stand for:
'A'---Verified, No drivers required
'B'---Verified, drivers provided
'C'---Not Verified
'D'---Not Supported
Installation on Individual HDDs / Installation on RAID drives/
HDDs addition / Memories addition / LAN boards addition / Ethernet Bonding /
Backup devices /

Installation on Individual HDDs Top

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Model/Device Code qty
HDDs
Config.1
(SCSI)		 Express5800/110Ei
(Diskless Model/Pentium4 3.80FGHz/Memory -MB)		 N8100-1005 1
512MB Memory -
 1
SCSI controller(U320) N8103-75 1
73.2GB(10krpm) HDD N8150-158 1
109type Keyboard(W) - 1
Mouse (PS2, 2 buttons) - 1

-Verification

No. checklist result comment
Config.1
1 Installation of OS A Boot from Update-3 installation CD-ROM.(*1)
2 HDD A cp/mv/diff OK.
3 FDD A
4 CDROM A
5 on-board LAN A Confirmed by telnet and ftp.
6 Mouse/Keyboard A OK.
7 CPU A Hyper-Threading/SMP OK.
8 Memory A /proc/meminfo OK.
(*1)
  1. If you see "Warnig", "No Hard drive have found" at the beginning of installation, chose "Yes".
  2. If you see title "Devices", chose "Add Device".
  3. At "Select Device Driver to Load", select "Adatptec Aic79xx SCSI Host Bus Adapter driver (Aic79xx)" and "OK"
  4. If you see title "Devices", chose "Done".

Installation on RAID drives Top

-Hardware Configuration

RAID
Config.1
DiskArrayController[N8103-80]
(FW rev. 1N38)
additional Battery Unit[N8103-79]		 T 73.2GB HDD
[N8150-163]		 RAID5
HDD Adapter Kit for Device Bay[N8154-02]
Device Bay Bracket for Slim CD-ROM[N8154-03] 		|- 73.2GB HDD
[N8150-163]
L 73.2GB HDD
[N8150-163]

-Verification

No. Evaluation Result Comment
Cfg.1 Cfg.2
1 Operating system installation A A Installation by booting from CD-ROM drive
2 Create a partition of 4GB or more A A Confirmed by writing and reading data.
3 Make a file system, mount and unmount it A A
4 Read/Write at over 2GB region A A
5 Maximum Number of Partitions 14 14
6 Disk failure/Auto Rebuild A A Auto Rebuild after replacing dead HDD.(*2)
(*2)
  1. Get MegaMonitor from HERE, or the newest version from LSI Logic(R).
  2. Install snd Run this component as follows:
    1. copy all the files in a temporary directory
    2. Run "install" script as "./install"
    3. Run the MegaServ program thru "MegaCtrl -start"
    4. For other help, type "MegaCtrl -help"
  3. Logs different events in file "/var/log/megaserv.log" with date & time stamp

HDDs addition Top

No. Model/Device Code result verification
1 SCSI 73.2GB HDD N8150-158 A Connected with SCSI Controller[N8103-75].
cp/mv/diff OK.
2 SCSI 73.2GB HDD N8150-163 A Connected with SCSI Disk Array Controller[N8103-80]
cp/mv/diff OK.

Memories addition Top

No. Model/Device Code qty result verification
1 Additional 256MB memory module ( DDR400 ) N8102-213 4 A total 1GB OK.
2 Additional 512MB memory module ( DDR400 ) N8102-214 4 A total 2GB OK.
3 Additional 1G memory module ( DDR400 ) N8102-215 4 A total 3.3GB (maximum) OK.

LAN boards addition Top

No. Model/Device Code qty result verification
1 1000BASE-T adapter N8104-103 1 A Confirmed by telnet and ftp.
2 1000BASE-T adapter(2ch) N8104-113 1 A
3 1000BASE-SX adapter N8104-112 1 A
4 100BASE-TX adapter(2ch) N8104-86 1 A
5 100BASE-TX adapter N8104-111 1 A

Ethernet Bonding Top
Confirmed ethernet bonding function using OS standard Bonding driver
No. Model/Device Code qty result verification
FT LB
1 100BASE-TX adapter(2ch) N8104-86 1 A A Confirmed fault tolerance function.(*3)
It is necessary to test performance of load balancing on your own system.
2 1000BASE-T adapter(2ch) N8104-113 1 A A

(*3)
Confirmed refer to the following kernel source documentation
/usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt

Backup devices Top

No. Model/Device Code qty result verification
1 SCSI controller N8103-65 1 A Conected with following backup devices.(*4)
2 built-in AIT(50GB) N8151-46A 1 A Connected with [N8103-65]
Backup/Restore OK.
3 built-in AIT(100GB) N8151-41A 1 A
4 built-in DAT(DDS1/2/3/4)(20GB) N8151-45 1 A
5 built-in DAT(DDS3/4/DAT72)(36GB) N8151-51 1 A
(*4)
Install the driver of SCSI controller [N8103-65], as follows.
  1. Insert Installation CD-ROM #4 into the drive.
  2. Login as root and run following commands. 
    	# mount /mnt/cdrom
	# cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
	# rpm -ivh kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-20.EL.i686.rpm
	# cd
	# eject
  3. Edit /etc/modules.conf and add a following line.
    4. 	alias scsi_hostadapter a100u2w
  4. Run following commands.
    5. 	# cd /boot
	# mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.21-20.ELsmp.img  2.4.21-20.ELsmp
  5. Reboot the system.

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