| Express5800/120Bb-m6 | |
| Distribution | CentOS 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 |
|---|---|
N8400-046 N8400-048 N8400-049 N8400-071(A) N8400-072A N8400-073(A) N8400-074(A) |
Express5800/120Bb-m6 DualCore XeonProcessor 5130(2.0GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor X5355(2.66GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor E5345(2.33GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor E5460(3.16GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor L5420(2.50GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor E5405(2.0GHz) DualCore XeonProcessor X5260(3.33GHz) |
* You must update BMC firmware if it is old. See HERE.
| OS Installation | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Drive | Outline | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onboard RAID | Additional HDD (RAID1) | 2 |
| Additional HDD (RAID5) | 3 | ||
| Additional HDD (HotSpare) | 1 |
* You must choose the same type of HDDs for a RAID drive.
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Conf1 | ||
| OS installation | B (*1,2) |
Boot from distribution's CD/DVD media. |
| Making partitions | 14 | Using the whole drive |
| Hard Drives | 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 | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 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 | 48 (*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 .
| 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 |