As of Dec 28, 2005
Express5800/120Lh
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES4 Update2
( KERNEL 2.6.9-22.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)		 N8100-1131 Express5800/120Lh
(Intel Xeon 3.20GHz/ 1GB Memory)		 1
N8150-165 Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm) 1
N8150-171 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,10krpm) 1
N8150-193 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,15krpm) 2
N8150-192 Additional 300GB HDD(U320,10krpm) 2
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
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (RAID5) 3
N8150-163 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm) (RAID5) 3

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Config1 Config2
OS installation A
(*1)		 A
(*1)		 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
(*2)		 A
(*2)		 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
(*3)		 Remove one HDD from the running system. (Hotplug).
Rebuild of Degraded RAID drive - A
(*3)		 Rebuilt of degraded RAID drive automatically. (Hotplug).
I/O access running 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 More than 5 times
(*1)
You must edit Xwindow config files at the first time boot.
  1. Login as single-user-mode as follows.
    1. Push TAB key at the GRUB menu.
    2. Push 'e' key to enter edit mode.
    3. Select 'kernel' line and push 'e'.
    4. Move to the end of the line, type space and 'single', then ENTER.
    5. Push 'b', then it boot as single-user-mode.
  2. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and replace "radeon" with "vesa".
  3. Fathermore, if there is 'DefaultDepth 24', replace it with 'DefaultDepth 16'.
(*2)
Use Bonding driver. (*3)
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 1.3.11
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI-X,U320) aic79xx 1.3.11

-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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