| Express5800/120Bb-6 | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.9-78.EL ) |
| Meanings of letters |
| A ---Function without third party drivers B ---Function with third party drivers C ---Not function D ---Not Supported blank---Not tested |
| OS Installation / Basic operation / Hardware addition |
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
N8400-029, N8400-050 N8400-030, N8400-051 N8400-031, N8400-052 N8400-032, N8400-053(A) N8400-033 N8400-037 N8400-057(A) N8400-058A N8400-059(A) N8400-060(A) N8400-062(A) |
Express5800/120Bb-6 DualCore XeonProcessor 5160(3.0GHz) DualCore XeonProcessor 5110(1.6GHz) DualCore XeonProcessor 5130(2.0GHz) DualCore XeonProcessor 5148(2.33GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor X5355(2.66GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor E5345(2.33GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor X5460(3.16GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor L5420(2.50GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor E5405(2.0GHz) DualCore XeonProcessor X5260(3.33GHz) DualCore XeonProcessor E5205(1.86GHz) |
* You must update BMC firmware if it is old. See HERE.
| OS Installation | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Drive | Outline | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAS | Additional HDD | 2 |
| 2 | SAS-DAC RAID1 |
N8403-019 Disk Array Controller | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID1) | 2 |
* You must choose the same type of HDDs for a RAID drive.
* LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID is not available on this Linux.
| Checklist | Result | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conf1 | Conf2 | ||
| OS installation | A (*1,2) |
B (*1,2) |
Boot from distribution's CD/DVD media. |
| Making partitions | 14 | 14 | Using the whole drive |
| Hard Drives | A | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Availability of Degraded RAID | - | A | Remove one HDD from the running system. |
| Rebuild of Degraded RAID | - | A | Rebuild automatically |
| I/O access running | 12h | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 | 10 | The number of times. |
(*1)
Update following dirivers with a driver disk.
megaraid_sas 00.00.03.18n-rh2 e1000 7.6.15.5-NAPI
[How to Update](*2)NECESSARY
- Get aproriate dd.img from this file and make Driver Disk.
- Boot from Installation CD/DVD media and 'boot:' is displayed, type and enter following strings.
linux dd usb-handoff
Disable EDAC modules.
- Add following sentences to /etc/modprobe.conf.
install *_edac /bin/true
install edac_* /bin/true
- Restart the Operation System.
- Check that string "edac" is not shown in the result of lsmod command.
| Basic operation | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| X Window System | A | 1024x768, thousands colors. |
| Mouse/keyboard | A (*1) |
Test on X Window System. |
| Built-in LAN ports | B (*2) |
ssh and ftp |
| Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) | A | Use bonding driver. See the kernel document for information about bonding. |
| CPU information | A | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
| Memory information | A | cat /proc/meminfo |
| Maximum CPUs | 2 | Number of physical CPUs. |
| Maximum Memory | 32 (*3) |
Size of Main Memory. (GB) |
| Optical disk drive | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Floppy drive | A | |
| Serial port | A | Configure to login. |
(*1)
To fix Keyboard problem, BMC firmware must be updated.
Scroll Wheel of PS/2 mouse dose not work on BladeServer assembly unit(SIGMABLADE-M)
(*2)
Driver e1000 has been updated.
(*3)
Use hugemem kernel in case memory amount exceeds 16GB .
RHEL AS 4 On RHEL5 x86_64 system, menory amount is not limited.
See Red Hat Linux documents about its hardware support.
| Hardware Addition | UP |
| Model/Device | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard drive (HDD) | 2.5inch SAS | A | LAN Adapters | (*1) |
(*1)
See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.
| go back | UP |