As of Nov 30, 2005

Express5800/120Rf-1
Distribution	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3 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 (SATA)	N8100-1123	Express5800/120Rf-1 (SATAdiskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.20G/ 1GB Memory)	1
	N8150-206	Additional 250GB HDD(SATA2,7.2krpm)	1
	N8150-204	Additional 80GB HDD(SATA2,7.2krpm)	1
Config2 (SATA)	N8100-1124	Express5800/120Rf-1 (SATAdiskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.80G/ 1GB Memory)	1
	N8150-205	Additional 160GB HDD(SATA2,7.2krpm)	1
	N8150-206	Additional 250GB HDD(SATA2,7.2krpm)	1
Config3 (SCSI)	N8100-1122	Express5800/120Rf-1 (SCSIdiskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.40G/ 1GB Memory)	1
	N8150-192	Additional 300GB HDD(U320,10krpm)	1
	N8150-172	Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm)	1
	N8150-193	Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,15krpm)	1
Config4 (MegaRAID)	N8100-1121	Express5800/120Rf-1 (SCSIdiskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.20G/ 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) (MegaRAID,RAID5)	3
Config5 (MegaRAID)	N8100-1099	Express5800/120Rf-1 (SCSIdiskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.80G/memory 1GB)	1
	N8103-81	Disk Array Controller(2ch,FW:1N39)	1
	N8150-163	Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm) (MegaRAID,RAID5)	3
Config6 (ZCR)	N8100-1122	Express5800/120Rf-1 (SCSIdiskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.40G/memory 1GB)	1
	N8103-86	Disk Array Controller(0ch)	1
	N8150-165	Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (ZCR,RAID5)	3

-Evaluation

Checklist	Result						Comment
Checklist	Config1	Config2	Config3	Config4	Config5	Config6	Comment
OS installation	A (*1)	A (*1)	A (*1)	A (*1)	A (*1)	A (*1)	Boot from Update6 CD-ROM.
X-Window	A	A	A	A	A	A
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard	A	A	A	A	A	A
Built-in LAN port	A	A	A	A	A	A	Telnet, FTP
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (Bonding)	A (*2)	A (*2)	A (*2)	A (*2)	A (*2)	A (*2)	Telnet, FTP.
CPU information	A	A	A	A	A	A	cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information	A	A	A	A	A	A	cat /proc/meminfo
Making partitions	14	14	14	14	14	14	Using last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives(HDD/RAID)	A	A	A	A	A	A	Copy and compare data files.
CD-ROM Drive	A	A	A	A	A	A
Floppy Drive	A	A	A	A	A	A
Availability of Degraded RAID drive	-	-	-	A (*3)	A (*3)	A (*4)	Remove one HDD from the running system. (Hotplug).
Rebuild of Degraded RAID drive	-	-	-	A (*3)	A (*3)	A (*4)	Rebuilt of degraded RAID drive automatically. (Hotplug).
I/O access running	12h	12h	12h	12h	12h	12h	I/O access running
Reboot	5	5	5	5	5	5	More than 5 times

(*1)
You must select VESA instead of RADEON as graphical driver to use X-window system.

(*2)
Use Bonding driver.

See the kernel document about bonding.

You must test performance on each environment.

(*3)
Use Megamonitor to watch RAID status. Get from THIS PAGE .
(*4)
There is no FREE utility for N8103-86 to check RAID status.

HDDs Addition UP

Code	Model/Device	Result	Comment
N8150-204	Additional 80GB HDD(SATA2,7.2krpm)	A	Copy and compare data files.
N8150-205	Additional 160GB HDD(SATA2,7.2krpm)
N8150-206	Additional 250GB HDD(SATA2,7.2krpm)
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
N8101-324	Additional CPU Xeon(3.20G/2M)	1	A	cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-325	Additional CPU Xeon(3.40G/2M)	1	A
N8101-317	Additional CPU Xeon(3.80G/2M)	1	A

Memories Addition UP

Code	Model/Device	qty	Result	Comment
N8102-230	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400, Registered,256MB x2)	4	A	cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-231	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400, Registered,512MB x2)	4	A	cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-232	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400, Registered,1GB x2)	4	A	cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-233	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400, Registered,2GB x2)	4	A	cat /proc/meminfo

LAN Boards Addition UP

See ( HERE ), additional LAN board page.

Backup Devices UP

See ( HERE ), Buckup Devices page.

-Hardware configuration

Connection	Code	Model/Device	Driver	Version
Conn1	(AIC7902rev.B)	Built-in SCSI Controller (U320)	aic79xx	1.3.10-RH1
Conn2	N8103-65 (*1)	Additional SCSI Controller (UltraWide)	a100u2wx	1.02c
Conn3	N8103-75	Additional SCSI Controller (PCI-X,U320)	aic79xx	1.3.10-RH1
Conn4	N8103-95	Additional SCSI Controller (Ultra160)	aic7xxx	6.2.36
Conn5	N8103-86	Additional Disk Array Controller (0ch)	dpt_i2o	2.4 Build5

-Evaluation

Checklist	Result					Comment
Checklist	Conn1	Conn2	Conn3	Conn4	Conn5	Comment
I/O access running	A	A	A	A	A	Check backup and restore operation.
Reboot with Backup Devices	A	A	A	A	A	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.img2.4.21-37.EL
# mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.21-37.ELsmp.img2.4.21-37.ELsmp

Restart the Operation System.

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