As of Feb 10, 2006
Express5800/120Eg
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3 Update6 EM64T
( KERNEL 2.4.21-37.ELsmp )
Meanings of letters
A ---Function without external drivers
B ---Function with external drivers
C ---Not function
D ---Not Supported
OS Installation / HDDs addition/ CPUs addition / Memories addition /
LAN boards addition / Backup Devices /

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Code Model/Device qty
Config1
(SCSI)		 N8100-1102 Express5800/120Eg
(diskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.80GHz/ 512MB Memory)		 1
N8150-160 Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm) 2
N8150-158 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm) 2
N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller(PCI-X,U320) 1
Config2
(SATA)		 N8100-1130 Express5800/120Eg
(diskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.20GHz/ 512MB Memory)		 1
N8150-204 Additional 80GB HDD(SATA2/300,7.2Krpm) 1
N8150-205 Additional 160GB HDD(SATA2/300,7.2Krpm) 1
Config3
(MegaRAID)		 N8100-1102 Express5800/120Eg
(diskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.80GHz/ 512MB Memory)		 1
N8103-80 Disk Array Controller(1ch,FW:1N39) 1
N8103-79 Battery unit for Disk Array Controller 1
N8150-165 Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (RAID5) 3
N8150-171 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,10krpm) (RAID5) 3
* HostRAID is not available on this distribution.

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Config1 Config2 Config3
OS installation A A A Boot from Update CD-ROM.
X-Window A A A  
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A A A  
Built-in LAN port A A A Telnet, FTP
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (Bonding) - - - Telnet, FTP.
CPU information A A A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A A A cat /proc/meminfo
Making partitions 14 14 14 Using last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives A A A Copy and compare data files.
CD-ROM Drive A A A
Floppy Drive A A A
Availability of Degraded RAID drive - - A
(*1)		 Remove one HDD from the running system. (Hotplug).
Rebuild of Degraded RAID drive - - A
(*1)		 Rebuilt of degraded RAID drive automatically. (Hotplug).
I/O access running 12h 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 10 More than 5 times
(*1)
Use Megamonitor to watch RAID status. Get from THIS PAGE .

HDDs Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result Comment
N8150-204 Additional 80GB HDD(SATA2/300,7.2krpm) A
Copy and compare data files.
N8150-205 Additional 160GB HDD(SATA2/300,7.2krpm)
N8150-206 Additional 250GB HDD(SATA2/300,7.2krpm)
N8150-160 Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm)  
Copy and compare data files.
N8150-158 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm)
N8150-165 Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm) A
Copy and compare data files.
N8150-163 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm)
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm)
N8150-171 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,10krpm)
N8150-193 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,15krpm)
N8150-192 Additional 300GB HDD(U320,10krpm)

CPUs Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8101-323 Additional CPU (Xeon(3.20G)) 2 A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-316 Additional CPU (Xeon(3.80G)) 2 A

Memories Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8102-189 Additional Memory board(ECC, DDR333 SDRAM-DIMM,256MB x2) 2 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-190 Additional Memory board(ECC, DDR333 SDRAM-DIMM,512MB x2) 2 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-191 Additional Memory board(ECC, DDR333 SDRAM-DIMM,1GB x2) 2 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-192 Additional Memory board(ECC, DDR333 SDRAM-DIMM,2GB x2) 2 A cat /proc/meminfo

LAN Boards Addition UP
See ( HERE ), additional LAN board page.

Backup Devices UP
See ( HERE ) , Backup Devices page.

-Hardware configuration

Connection Code Model/Device Driver Version
Conn1 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI-X,U320) aic79xx 1.3.10-RH1
Conn2 N8103-95 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI,U160) aic7xxx 6.2.36

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2
I/O access running A A Check backup and restore operation.
Reboot with Backup Devices 10 10 More than 5 times

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