As of Jan 20, 2006
Express5800/120Lh
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3 Update6 EM64T
( KERNEL 2.4.21-37.EL )
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)
N8100-1131 Express5800/120Lh
(Intel Xeon 3.20GHz/ 1GB Memory)
1
N8150-163 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm) 2
N8150-171 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,10krpm) 2
N8150-193 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,15krpm) 1
N8150-192 Additional 300GB HDD(U320,10krpm) 1
Config2
(MegaRAID)
N8100-1103 Express5800/120Lh
(Intel Xeon 3.80GHz/ 1GB 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
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (RAID5) 3

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Config1 Config2
OS installation A A Boot from Update CD-ROM.
X-Window A A  
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A A  
Built-in LAN port A A Telnet, FTP
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (Bonding) A
(*1)
A
(*1)
Telnet, FTP.
CPU information A A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A A cat /proc/meminfo
Making partitions 14 14 Using last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives(HDD/RAID) A A Copy and compare data files.
CD-ROM Drive A A
Floppy Drive A A
Availability of Degraded RAID drive - A
(*2)
Remove one HDD from the running system. (Hotplug).
Rebuild of Degraded RAID drive - A
(*2)
Rebuilt of degraded RAID drive automatically. (Hotplug).
I/O access running 48h 48h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 More than 5 times
(*1)
Use Bonding driver. (*2)
Use Megamonitor to watch RAID status. Get from THIS PAGE .

HDDs Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result Comment
N8150-163 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm) A Copy and compare data files.
N8150-171 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,10krpm)
N8150-192 Additional 300GB HDD(U320,10krpm)
N8150-165 Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm) A Copy and compare data files.
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm)
N8150-193 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,15krpm)

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)) 1 A

Memories Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8102-193 Additional Memory board(ECC, DDR333 SDRAM-DIMM,256MB x2) 4 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-194 Additional Memory board(ECC, DDR333 SDRAM-DIMM,512MB x2) 4 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-195 Additional Memory board(ECC, DDR333 SDRAM-DIMM,1GB x2) 4 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-196 Additional Memory board(ECC, DDR333 SDRAM-DIMM,2GB x2) 4 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 (AIC7902rev.B) Built-in SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx 1.3.10-RH1
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI-X,U320) aic79xx 1.3.10-RH1
Conn3 N8103-95 Additional SCSI Controller (Ultra160) aic7xxx 6.2.36

-Evaluation

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

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