As of Feb 19, 2007
Express5800/120Li
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES4 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
(SAS)		 N8100-1240 Express5800/120Li
( diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5160 3G/memory 2GB)		 1
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm) 1
Config2
(SAS-DAC)		 N8100-1239 Express5800/120Li
( diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5110 1.60G/memory 2GB)		 1
N8103-91 Disk Array Controller(for internal SAS HDDs) 1
N8103-94 Additional Battery(SAS) 1
N8154-11 Additional HDD Cage 1
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(SAS-DAC,RAID5) 3
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(SAS-DAC,RAID1) 2
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(SAS-DAC,RAID0) 2
Config3
(SAS-ZCR)		 N8100-1298 Express5800/120Li
( diskless Model/QuadCore Intel(R)Xeon E5345 2.33GHz/memory 2GB)		 1
N8103-99 Disk Array Controller(for internal SAS HDDs 0ch) 1
N8154-11 Additional HDD Cage 1
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(SAS-ZCR,RAID1) 2
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(SAS-ZCR,RAID1) 2
N8460-002 External FDD (USB) 1

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Config1 Config2 Config3
OS installation A A B
(*1)		 Update4 Boot from CD-ROM.
X-Window A A A 1024x769, thousands colors.
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A A A  
Built-in LAN port A A A telnet, ftp.
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (Bonding) A
(*2)		 A
(*2)		 A
(*2)		 telnet, ftp.
CPU information A A A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A A A cat /proc/meminfo
Making partitions 14 14 14 Using till the 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
( Hotplug.)		 - A A Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)		 - A A Rebuilding automatically.
I/O access running 12h 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 10 The number of times.
Serial Console A A A You need some configuration.
(*1)
USE driver diskette. Get from HERE.

(*2)
Use Bonding driver.
See the kernel document about bonding.You need to test performance on your environment.

HDDs Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result Comment
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
N8101-346 Additional CPU (Xeon(1.60G)) 1 A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-347 Additional CPU (Xeon(3G)) 1 A
N8101-363 Additional CPU (Xeon(2.33G)) 1 A

Memories Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8102-246 Additional Memory board(DDR2-533,512MB x2) 6 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-247 Additional Memory board(DDR2-533,1GB x2) 5 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-277 Additional Memory board(DDR2-667,512MB x2) 6 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-278 Additional Memory board(DDR2-667,1GB x2) 5 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
Conn3 - USB controller (USB2.0) - -

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2 Conn3
Backup, Restore A A A tar command
Reboot 5 5 5 The number of times.

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