| Express5800/120Bb-m6 | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.18-8.el5 ) |
| Meanings of letters |
| A ---Function without third party drivers B ---Function with third party drivers C ---Not function D ---Not Supported |
| Model / OS Installation / Xen Virtualization / General Action / Hardware addition / LAN Adapters |
| Model | UP |
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
N8400-046 N8400-048 N8400-049 |
Express5800/120Bb-m6 DualCore XeonProcessor 5130(2.0GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor X5355(2.66GHz) QuadCore XeonProcessor E5345(2.33GHz) |
* You must update BMC firmware if the version is less than 00.21.
| 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 | A | Boot from CD-ROM. |
| Making partitions | 14 | Using till the last cylinder of drives. |
| Hard Drives | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Availability of Degraded RAID ( Hotplug.) |
A | Remove one HDD from the running system. |
| Rebuild of Degraded RAID ( Hotplug.) |
A | Rebuilding automatically. |
| I/O access running | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 | The number of times. |
| Xen Virtualization | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Creating Virtual Machines (full-virtualized) | - (*1) |
the number of created Virtual Machines. |
| Creating Virtual Machines (para-virtualized) | 2 | the number of created Virtual Machines. |
| Drives on Virtual Machines | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Networking on Virtual Machines | A | ssh,ftp |
| I/O access running(full-virtualization) | - (*1) |
I/O access running |
| I/O access running(para-virtualization) | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot (dom0) | 10 | The number of times. |
| Reboot (domU) | 10 (*2) |
The number of times. |
(*1)
Full-virtualization is not recommended because occasional system freezing has been observed.
(*2)
Booting of Guest domain is sometimes canceled for unknown reasons.
| General Action | 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, 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 | The capable number of physical CPUs. |
| Maximum Memory | 48 (*3) |
The capable size of Main Memory. (GB) |
| DVD-ROM Drive | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Floppy Drive | A | |
| Serial port | A (*4) |
Configure to login. |
(*1)(*2)
- To fix Keyboard problem, BMC firmware must be updated.
- BladeServer Assembly Unit(SIGMABLADE-M) with PS/2 mouse : Scroll Wheel dose not work.
Is is recommended to update ethernet driver to fix some problems. See Intel® website and get newest e1000 driver.
(*3)
On RHEL5 x86 system, main memory amount is supported up to 16GB. And use PAE kernel in case memory amount is from 4GB to 16GB. On RHEL5 x86_64 system, there is no memory size limitation.
(*4)
Serial port is ttyS1.
| Hardware Addition | UP |
| Code | Model/Device | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| N8401-018 | Additional CPU XD2/2G | A | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
| N8401-020 | Additional CPU XD2/2.66G | A | |
| N8401-021 | Additional CPU XQ/2.33G | A | |
| N8402-028 | 1GB Additional Memory board | A | cat /proc/meminfo |
| N8402-029 | 2GB Additional Memory board | A | |
| N8402-030 | 4GB Additional Memory board | A | |
| N8402-031 | 8GB Additional Memory board | A | |
| N8450-014 | Additional 36.3GB HDD | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| N8450-015 | Additional 73.2GB HDD | A | |
| N8450-017 | Additional 146.5GB HDD | A | |
| N8460-002 | External FDD (USB) | A | Connected after OS boot, Copy and compare data files. |
| N8460-009 | External DVD-ROM (USB) | A | Connected after OS boot, Copy and compare data files. |
| N8870-001 | USB Keyboard | A | Connected after OS boot. |
| N8870-010A | USB Mouse | A | Connected after OS boot. |
| LAN Adapters | UP |
| go back | UP |