| Express5800/120Rg-2 | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3
update 2 (KERNEL 2.4.21-15ELsmp) |
| '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 |
| Installation on Individual HDDs | Top |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Model/Device | Code | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDDs Config.1 |
Express5800/120Rg-2 (SCSI Diskless Model/Intel Xeon 3.20DGHz/Memory 1GB) |
N8100-953 | 1 |
| CPU(Xeon 3.20DG) | N8101-287 | 1 | |
| 1GB Memory | N8102-198 | 2 |
|
| 73.2GB(10krpm) HDD | N8150-163 | 1 | |
| 109type Keyboard(W) | N8170-12 | 1 | |
| Mouse (PS2,2 buttons) | N8170-05 | 1 |
-Verification
| No. | checklist | result | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Config.1 | |||
| 1 | Installation of OS | B |
Boot from Update-2 installation CD-ROM.(*1) |
| 2 | HDD | A | cp/mv/diff OK. |
| 3 | FDD | A | |
| 4 | CDROM | A | |
| 5 | on-board LAN | A | telnet,ftp OK. |
| 6 | Mouse/Keyboard | A | OK. |
| 7 | CPU | A | /proc/cpuinfo, Hyper-Threading/SMP OK. |
| 8 | Memory | 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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAID Config.2 |
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-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 | SCSI 36.3GB HDD | N8150-162 | A | Connected with onboard SCSI Controller and DiskArray Controller[N8103-80/81]. cp/mv/diff OK. |
| 2 | SCSI 73.2GB HDD | N8150-163 | ||
| 3 | SCSI 146.5GB HDD | N8150-171 | ||
| 4 | SCSI 36.3GB HDD | N8150-165 | ||
| 5 | 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 | 2 |
A | total 8GB 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 |
| 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.
*as of Aug 20th 2004
driver package e100 e100-3.0.27tar.gz.tar e1000 e1000-5.3.19.tar.gz iANS ians-3.4.1.tar.gz
| 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 | N8103-65 | 1 | A | Conected with following backup devices.(*1) |
| 3 |
Device Expansion Unit | N8141-28A | 1 | A | connected with onboard SCSI(AIC7902),[N8103-65]. containing following backup devices. |
| 4 |
built-in DAT(DDS1/2/3/4)(20GB) | N8151-45 | 1 | A | connected with onboard SCSI(AIC7902),[N8103-65]. 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 |
(*1)
Install driver of SCSI controller [N8103-65] after installation, as follows.
- Insert Installation CD-ROM #4 into the drive.
- Login as root and do following commands.
# mount /mnt cdrom
# cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
# rpm -ivh kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-15.EL.i686.rpm
# cd
# eject
- Edit /etc/modules.conf and add a following line.
# alias scsi_hostadapter a100u2w
- Do following commands.
# cd /boot
# mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.21-15.ELsmp.img 2.4.21-15.ELsmp
- Reboot the system.
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