| Express5800/120Eg | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES3 Update6 ( 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.
| 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) | A | 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 |
| Backup Devices | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Connection | Code | Model/Device | Driver | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | N8103-65 (*1) | Additional SCSI Controller (UltraWide) | a100u2w | 1.02c |
| Conn2 | N8103-75 | Additional SCSI Controller (PCI-X,U320) | aic79xx | 1.3.10-RH1 |
| Conn3 | N8103-95 | Additional SCSI Controller (PCI,U160) | aic7xxx | 6.2.36 |
| Checklist | Result | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | Conn2 | Conn3 | ||
| I/O access running | A | A | A | Check backup and restore operation. |
| Reboot with Backup Devices | 10 | 10 | 10 | More than 5 times |
(*1)
Install the driver for N8103-65 as follows.
- Insert Update6 CD-ROM#4 into CD-ROM drive.
- Execute following commands as 'root'.
# mount /mnt/cdrom
# cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
# rpm -ivh kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-37.EL.i686.rpm
# rpm -ivh kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-37.EL.i686.rpm
# cd
# eject
Eject the CD-ROM.- /etc/modules.Edit conf to add following lines.
alias scsi_hostadapter a100u2w- Execute following commands.
# cd / Boot
# mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.21-37.EL.img 2.4.21-37.EL
# mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.21-37.ELsmp.img 2.4.21-37.ELsmp- Restart the Operation System.
| go back | UP |