| Express5800/110Ge | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.18-92.el5 ) |
| Meanings of letters |
| A ---Function without third party drivers B ---Function with third party drivers C ---Not function D ---Not Supported |
| OS Installation / Xen Virtualization / Basic operation / Hardware addition / Backup Devices |
| Model | UP |
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
N8100-1447Y N8100-1448Y N8100-1449Y |
Express5800/110Ge ( diskless model) Intel®Celeron®Processor 430 1.8GHz Intel®Pentium®DualCore Processor E2160 1.8GHz Intel®Xeon® DualCore Processor 3065 2.33GHz |
| OS Installation | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Drive | Outline | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SATA/SAS-DAC RAID1 |
N8103-116 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID1) | 2 | ||
| built-in /External FDD(USB) | 1 | ||
| 2 | SATA/SAS-DAC RAID5 |
N8103-117 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID5) | 3 | ||
| built-in /External FDD(USB) | 1 | ||
| 3 | SATA | Additional HDD | 3 |
| built-in /External FDD(USB) | 1 |
* SATA and SAS HDDs cannot be mixed
* You must choose the same type of HDDs for a RAID drive.
* LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID is not available on this Linux.
| Checklist | Result | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf1 | Conf2 | Conf3 | ||
| OS installation | B (*1) |
B (*1) |
B (*1) |
Boot from distribution's CD-ROM. |
| Making partitions | 14 | 14 | 14 | Using the whole drive |
| Hard Drives | A | A | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Availability of Degraded RAID | A | A | - | Availability of Degraded RAID drive. |
| Rebuild of Degraded RAID | A | A | - | Rebuild with RAID utility at POST. |
| RAID Utility (URU) | A | A | - | Universal RAID Utility in EXPRESSBUILDER is available. |
| I/O access running | 12h (*2) |
12h (*2) |
12h (*2) |
I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 | 10 | 10 | The number of times. |
(*1)
Install KMP modules for following drivers.
megaraid_sas 00.00.03.15n2-RH1 e1000 7.6.15.5-NAPI e1000e 7.6.15.5-NAPI
(*2)
- Extract this file and change to following directory.
# cd RHEL5_x86/driver ( if x86 system )
# cd RHEL5_EM64T/driver ( if x86_64 system )
- Install KMP package.
In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-92.el5
# rpm -ivh --nosignature megaraid_sas/kmod-megaraid_sas-00.00.03.15n2-RH1.*.rpm
# rpm -ivh --nosignature e1000/kmod-e1000-7.6.15.5-1.*.rpm
# rpm -ivh --nosignature e1000e/kmod-e1000e-7.6.15.5-1.*.rpm
In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-92.el5PAE
# rpm -ivh --nosignature */*-PAE-*.rpm
In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-92.el5xen
# rpm -ivh --nosignature */*-xen-*.rpm
- Install KMP common packages.
# rpm -ivh --nosignature */*noarch.rpm
- Restart the Operation System.
Because of IDE CD-ROM driver (ide_cd) of RHEL5.2, the system might possibley be hung up in a state of high load. This problem can be prevented by disabling IDE interface, though you cannot use the built-in IDE-CDROM drive.
Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to add " hde=noprobe hdf=noprobe hdg=noprobe hdh=noprobe" at the end of "kernel" line. Then restart the Operation System.
| Xen Virtualization | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Creating Virtual Machines (full-virtualized) | - (*1) |
Number of created Virtual Machines. |
| Creating Virtual Machines (para-virtualized) | 2 | Number of created Virtual Machines. |
| Drives on Virtual Machines | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Networking on Virtual Machines | A | ssh,ftp |
| I/O access running(full-virtualization) | - (*1) |
I/O access running |
| I/O access running(para-virtualization) | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot (dom0) | 10 | The number of times. |
| Reboot (domU) | 10 | The number of times. |
(*1)
Full-virtualization is not recommended.
| Basic operation | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| X Window System | A (*1) |
1024x768, thousands colors. |
| PS/2 Mouse/keyboard | A | Test on X Window System. |
| Built-in LAN ports | B (*2) |
ssh, ftp |
| Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) | A (*3) |
Use bonding driver. See the kernel document for information about bonding. |
| CPU information | (*4) | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
| Memory information | A | cat /proc/meminfo |
| Maximum Memory | 8 (*5) |
Size of Main Memory. (GB) |
| Optical disk drive | A (*6) |
Copy and compare data files. |
| Floppy drive | A | |
| Serial port | A | Configure to login. |
(*1)
You must execute following command once in order to set adequate graphic driver.
system-config-display --noui --set-driver=vesa
(*2)
Driver e1000 and e1000e are updated.
(*3)
Bonding does not function on Xen kernel.
(*4)
Though CPU frequency value might be displayed differently from spec if the system BIOS version is less than 1.0.0034, the problem is not in an actual value.
(*5)
Use PAE kernel in case memory amount exceeds 4GB .
(*6)
See (*2) of "OS Installation" section.
| Hardware Addition | UP |
| Model/Device | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard drive (HDD) | 3.5inch SATA | A |
| 3.5inch SAS | A | |
| Backup devices | (*1) | |
| LAN Adapters | (*1) | |
(*1)
Backup devices/See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.
| Backup Devices | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Connection | Code | Model/Device | Driver | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | N8103-95 | Additional SCSI Controller (U160) | aic7xxx | 7.0 |
| Conn2 | N8103-75 | Additional SCSI Controller (U320) | aic79xx | 3.0 |
| Conn3 | N8103-107 | Additional SCSI Controller (U320) | aic79xx | 3.0 |
| Conn4 | - | USB controller (USB2.0) | - | - |
| Checklist | Result | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | Conn2 | Conn3 | Conn4 | ||
| Backup, Restore | A | A | A | A | tar command |
| Reboot | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | The number of times. |
| go back | UP |