As of Sep 11, 2006
Express5800/120Eh
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4 Update4
( 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 / Backup Devices /

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Code Model/Device qty
Config1
(SATA)		 N8100-1235 Express5800/120Eh
(SATA diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R)5110(1.60G/1066/4M)/memory 1GB)		 1
N8101-348 Additional CPU (XD/1.60G(2)) 1
N8150-204A Additional 80GB HDD(SATA2,7200rpm) 1
N8150-205A Additional 160GB HDD(SATA2,7200rpm) 1
N8150-206A Additional 250GB HDD(SATA2,7200rpm) 1
Config2
(SAS)		 N8100-1238 Express5800/120Eh
(SAS diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R)5160(3G/1333/4M)/memory 2GB)		 1
N8101-349 Additional CPU (XD/3G(2)) 1
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm) 1
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm) 1
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm) 1
Config3
(SAS-DAC)		 N8100-1238 Express5800/120Eh
(SAS diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R)5160(3G/1333/4M)/memory 1GB)		 1
N8101-349 Additional CPU (XD/3G(2)) 1
N8103-91 Disk Array Controller(for internal SAS HDDs)(FW:1.02.00-0086) 1
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(internal SAS-DAC,RAID5) 3

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Config1 Config2 Config3
OS installation A A A Boot from Update CD-ROM.
X-Window A A A 1024x769, thousands color.
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A A A  
Built-in LAN port A A A Telnet, FTP.
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (Bonding) A
(*1)		 A
(*1)		 A
(*1)		 Telnet, FTP.
CPU information A A A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A A A cat /proc/meminfo
Making partitions 14 14 14 Using last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives A A A Copy and compare data files.
DVD-ROM Drive A A A
Floppy Drive A A A
Availability of Degraded RAID drive
(Hotplug).		 - - A
(*2)		 Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID drive
(Hotplug).		 - - A
(*2)		 Rebuilt of degraded RAID drive automatically.
I/O access running 12h 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)
Use Bonding driver.
See the kernel document about bonding.You must test performance on each environment.

(*2)
You can check RAID statuses by HDD LEDs.

HDDs Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result Comment
N8150-204A Additional 80GB HDD(SATA2 7200krpm) A
Copy and compare data files.
N8150-205A Additional 160GB HDD(SATA2 7200krpm)
N8150-206A Additional 250GB HDD(SATA2 7200krpm)
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm) A
Copy and compare data files.
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)

CPUs Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8101-348 Additional CPU (XD2/1.60G(2)) 1 A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-349 Additional CPU (XD2/3G(2)) 1 A

Memories Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8102-250 Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,512MB x2) 4 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-251 Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,1GB x2) 4 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-252 Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,2GB x2) 4 A cat /proc/meminfo

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

Backup Devices UP
See ( HERE ), Backup Devices page.

-Hardware configuration

Connection Code Model/Device Driver Version
Conn1 N8103-95 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI,U160) aic7xxx 6.2.36
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI-X,U320) aic79xx 1.3.11

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2
Backup, Restore A A tar,mt,mtx
Reboot 5 5 The number of times.

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