As of Sep 11, 2006
Express5800/120Bb-6
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES4 Update4 EM64T
( KERNEL 2.6.9-42.EL )
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 /

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Code Model/Device qty
Config1
(SAS)
N8400-029 Express5800/120Bb-6(DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R)5160(3.0G/1333/4M)) 1
N8401-016 Additional CPU (DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R)5160(3.0G/1333/4M) 1
N8450-019 Additional Memory board 1
N8450-014 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,10000rpm) 1
N8450-015 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,10000rpm) 1
N8403-017 1000Base-T(2ch) Adapter 2
N8460-002 External FDD(USB) 1
Config2
(SAS)
N8400-030 Express5800/120Bb-6(DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R)5110(1.6G/1066/4M)) 1
N8401-017 Additional CPU (DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R)5110(1.6G/1066/4M) 1
N8450-019 Additional Memory board 1
N8450-014 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,10000rpm) 1
N8450-015 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,10000rpm) 1
N8403-017 1000Base-T(2ch) Adapter 2
N8460-002 External FDD(USB) 1

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Config1 Config2
OS installation A A Boot from Update CD-ROM.
X-Window A A 1024x769, thousands color.
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A
(*1)
A
(*1)
 
USB 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 A A Copy and compare data files.
DVD-ROM Drive A A
Floppy Drive A A
I/O access running 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)
Scroll Wheel dose not work.

(*2)
Use Bonding driver.
See the kernel document about bonding.You must test performance on each environment.

HDDs Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result Comment
N8450-014 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,10000rpm) A
Copy and compare data files.
N8450-015 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,10000rpm) A

CPUs Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8401-016 Additional CPU (DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R)5160(3.0G/1333/4M) 1 A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8401-017 Additional CPU (DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R)5110(1.6G/1066/4M) 1 A

Memories Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8450-017 Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,512MB x2) 2 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8450-018 Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,1GB x2) 2 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8450-019 Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,2GB x2) 2 A cat /proc/meminfo

LAN Boards Addition UP
See ( HERE ), additional LAN board page.

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