as of Aug 20th, 2004
Express5800/120Re-1
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 update 2 EM64T
(KERNEL 2.4.21-15EL*)


'A'---Verified, No drivers required
'B'---Verified, drivers provided
'C'---Not Verified
'D'---Not Supported
Installation on Individual HDDs / Installation on RAID drives / HDDs addition / Memories addition
/ LAN boards addition / AFT/ALB / Backup devices

* HyperThreding must be disabled with EM64T kernel.

Installation on Individual HDDs Top

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Model/Device Code qty
HDDs
Config.1
(S-ATA)		 Express5800/120Re-1
(Serial ATA Diskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.40GHz/Memory 1GB)		 N8100-959 1
CPU(Xeon 3.40G) N8101-285 1
1GB Memory N8102-198 2
250GB HDD N8150-186 1
120GB HDD N8150-185 1
Rack mount type Keyboard N8170-13 1
Mouse (PS2,2 buttons) N8170-05 1
HDDs
Config.2
(SCSI)		 Express5800/120Re-1
(SCSI Diskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.40GHz/Memory 1GB)		 N8100-951 1
CPU(Xeon 3.40G) N8101-285 1
146.5GB(10krpm) HDD N8150-171 1
73.2GB(10krpm) HDD N8150-163 1
36.3GB(10krpm) HDD N8150-162 1
109type Keyboard(W) N8170-12 1
Mouse (PS2,2 buttons) N8170-05 1

-Verification

No. checklist result comment
Config.1 Config.2
1 Installation of OS B
 B
 Boot from Update-2 installation CD-ROM.(*1)
2 HDD A A cp/mv/diff OK.
3 FDD A A
4 CDROM A A
5 on-board LAN A A telnet,ftp OK.
6 Mouse/Keyboard A A OK.
7 CPU A A /proc/cpuinfo, SMP OK.
8 Memory A A /proc/meminfo OK.
(*1)
To use Xwindow system, select "VESA driver(generic)" instead of default "ATI Redeon 7000" at installation. Otherwise you may not see anything on screen.

Installation on RAID drives Top

-Hardware Configuration

RAID
Config.1
DiskArray Controller[N8103-80]
(FW rev. 1L27)
additional Battery Unit[N8103-79]		 36.3GB HDD
[N8150-165]		 RAID5

36.3GB HDD
[N8150-165]

36.3GB HDD
[N8150-165]
RAID
Config.2
DiskArray Controller[N8103-81]
(FW rev. 1L27)
 36.3GB HDD
[N8150-162]		 RAID5

36.3GB HDD
[N8150-162]

36.3GB HDD
[N8150-162]

-Verification

No. checklist result comment
Config.1 Config.2
1 Installation of OS A A Boot from Update-2 installation CD-ROM
2 make a 4GB partition A A fdisk
3 Operational partitions in max. 14 14 fdisk
4 mke2fs, mount, umount A A OK.
5 Read/Write A A cp/mv/diff OK.
6 read/write on over 2GB partition A A OK
7 Rebuild at disk failure A A OK

HDDs addition Top

No. Model/Device Code result verification
1 S-ATA 80GB HDD N8150-184 A Connected with onboard S-ATA connecter
cp/mv/diff OK.
2 S-ATA 120GB HDD N8150-185
3 SCSI 36.3GB HDD N8150-162 A Connected with onboard SCSI Controller and
DiskArray Controller[N8103-80/81].
cp/mv/diff OK.
4 SCSI 73.2GB HDD N8150-163
5 SCSI 146.5GB HDD N8150-171
6 SCSI 36.3GB HDD N8150-165
7 SCSI 73.2GB HDD N8150-172

Memories addition Top

No. Model/Device Code qty result verification
1 Additional 512MB memory module set ( 256MBx2 ) N8102-197 3 A total 1.5GB OK
2 Additional 1GB memory module set ( 512MBx2 ) N8102-198 3 A total 3GB OK
3 Additional 2GB memory module set ( 1GBx2 ) N8102-199 3
A total 6GB OK
4 Additional 4GB memory module set ( 2GBx2 ) N8102-200 3
A total 12GB (maximum) OK

LAN boards addition Top

No. Model/Device Code qty result verification
1 1000BASE-T adapter N8104-103 1 A telnet,ftp OK.
2 1000BASE-T adapter(LowProfile) N8104-104 1 A
3 1000BASE-T adapter(2ch) N8104-113 1 A
4 1000BASE-SX adapter(LowProfile) N8104-109 1 A
5 1000BASE-SX adapter N8104-112 1 A
6 100BASE-TX adapter(2ch) N8104-86 1 A
7 100BASE-TX adapter(LowProfile) N8104-88 1 A
8 100BASE-TX adapter N8104-111 1 A

AFT/ALB Top

Verified AFT (Adapter Fault Tolerance)/ ALB (Adaptive Load Balancing) function, with INTEL(R) iANS package.
No. Model/Device Code qty result verification
AFT ALB
1 100BASE-TX adapter(2ch) N8104-86 1 B B AFT/ALB OK(*1)
2 1000BASE-T adapter(2ch) N8104-113 1 B - AFT OK(*1)
3 onboard 1000BASE-T port - 2 B -
(*1)

At Intel(R) Website, seach by the driver names, and download newest iANS and ethernet driver packages.
driver package
e100 e100-3.0.27tar.gz.tar
e1000 e1000-5.3.19.tar.gz
iANS ians-3.4.1.tar.gz
*as of Aug 20th 2004

Backup devices Top

No. Model/Device Code qty result verification
1 SCSI controller Onboard(AIC7902) 1 A Conected with following backup devices.
2
 SCSI controller N8103-75 1 A Conected with following backup devices.
3
 Device Expansion Unit N8141-28A 1 A connected with onboard SCSI(AIC7902),[N8103-75].
containing following backup devices.
4
 built-in DAT(DDS1/2/3/4)(20GB) N8151-45 1 A connected with onboard SCSI(AIC7902),[N8103-75].
Backup/Restore OK.
5
 built-in DAT(DDS3/4/DAT72)(36GB) N8151-51 1 A
6
 built-in AIT(25GB/35GB) N8151-34B 1 A
7
 built-in AIT(50GB) N8151-46A 1 A
8
 built-in AIT(100GB) N8151-41A 1 A

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