Oct 29, 2007
Express5800/120Rg-1
Distribution SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for EM64T
( KERNEL 2.6.16.21-0.8 )
Meanings of letters
A ---Function without third party drivers
B ---Function with third party drivers
C ---Not function
D ---Not Supported
OS Installation / HDDs addition / CPUs addition / Memories addition /
LAN Adapters / Backup Devices /

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Code Model/Device qty
Conf1
(SATA)		 N8100-1241 Express5800/120Rg-1
(SATA diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5110(1.6G)/memory 2GB)		 1
N8101-352 Additional CPU (XD2/1.6G(4)) 1
N8150-207A Additional 80GB HDD(SATA2,7200rpm,HotPlug) 1
N8150-208A Additional 160GB HDD(SATA2,7200rpm,HotPlug) 1
N8150-209A Additional 250GB HDD(SATA2,7200rpm,HotPlug) 1
Conf2
(SATA-DAC)		 N8100-1328 Express5800/120Rg-1
(SATA diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5148(2.33G)/memory 2GB)		 1
N8101-366 Additional CPU (XD2/L2.33G(4)) 1
N8116-09 Riser Card(PCIEXPRESS) 1
N8103-101 Disk Array Controller(SATA2) 1
N8150-207A Additional 80GB HDD(SATA2,7200rpm,HotPlug)(SATA-DAC,RAID5) 3
Conf3
(SAS) 		N8100-1243 Express5800/120Rg-1
(3.5inch SAS diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5110(1.6G)/memory 2GB)		 1
N8101-352 Additional CPU (XD2/1.6G(4)) 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
Conf4
(SAS-DAC) 		N8100-1244 Express5800/120Rg-1
(3.5inch SAS diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5160(3G)/memory 2GB)		 1
N8101-353 Additional CPU (XD2/3G(4)) 1
N8116-09 Riser Card(PCIEXPRESS) 1
N8103-91 Disk Array Controller(for internal SAS HDDs) 1
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(SAS-DAC,RAID5) 3
Conf5
(SAS)		 N8100-1245 Express5800/120Rg-1
(2.5inch SAS diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5110(1.6G)/memory 2GB)		 1
N8101-352 Additional CPU (XD2/1.6G(4)) 1
N8150-219 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,10000rpm) 3
N8150-220 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,10000rpm) 3
Conf6
(SAS-DAC)		 N8100-1246 Express5800/120Rg-1
(2.5inch SAS diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5160(3G)/memory 2GB)		 1
N8101-353 Additional CPU (XD2/3G(4)) 1
N8116-09 Riser Card(PCIEXPRESS) 1
N8103-91 Disk Array Controller(for internal SAS HDDs) 1
N8150-219 Additional 36.3GB HDD(2.5inch SAS,10000rpm)(SAS-DAC,RAID5) 3
N8150-220 Additional 73.2GB HDD(2.5inch SAS,10000rpm)(SAS-DAC,RAID1) 2
* LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID is not available on this Linux.

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1 Conf2 Conf3 Conf4 Conf5 Conf6
OS installation A B
(*1)		 A B
(*2)		 A B
(*2)		 Boot from CD-ROM.
X Window System A A A A A A 1024x768, thousands colors.
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A
(*3)		 A
(*3)		 A
(*3)		 A
(*3)		 A
(*3)		 A
(*3)		  
Built-in LAN ports A A A A A A ssh, ftp
Built-in LAN ports Teaming(Bonding) A
(*4)		 A
(*4)		 A
(*4)		 A
(*4)		 A
(*4)		 A
(*4)		 ssh, ftp
CPU information A A A A A A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A A A A A A cat /proc/meminfo
Making partitions 14 14 14 14 14 14 Using till the last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives A A A A A A Copy and compare data files.
DVD-ROM Drive A A A A A A
Floppy Drive A A A A A A
Availability of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)		 - A - A - A Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)		 - A - A - A Rebuilding automatically.
I/O access running 12h 12h 12h 12h 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 10 10 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)
You need a driver update diskette. Get it from Promise(R) site, "ST EX Series SuSE SLES 10 32 bit driver" ( 6_SuperTrak-EX-Series-suse-sles10-i386-2.9.0.16.tgz ). See readme file for the usage.

During installation when using CD1, the system will reboot automatically and upon reboot the system will stops at $ prompt.
  1. Push DC bottom for reboot
  2. Upon reboot, when you select "Boot from Hard disk", hit Esc key. This will take you to non-graphical mode.
  3. Hit "e" key for edit. Move to second line and hit "e" again. In this line change all strings "/dev/sdb" to "/dev/sda", and hit Enter to exit edit mode.
  4. After this hit "b" for boot. The above changes are effective only for this boot.
  5. If you see "press enter for login:" hit Enter for login. After this mount the partition that contains /etc/fstab and edit fstab.
    6. In fstab change strings /dev/sdb to /dev/sda at all places. Then restart the Operation System.
  6. Now the boot is successful. Once installation is complete system comes up and you edit /boot/grub/menu.lst.
    7. In /boot/grub/menu.lst change /dev/sdb entries to /dev/sda at all places.
(*2)
You need a driver update diskette. Get it from LSI(R) site, "SLES10 3.13-1 02-OCT-07" ( SLES10-ga-al3.13-1.zip ). See readme file for the usage.

(*3)
When Serial console is connected, keyboard sometimes dose not work.

(*3)
Use bonding driver. You must test performance on each environment.

HDDs Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result Comment
N8150-207A Additional 80GB HDD(SATA2 7200krpm hotplug) A Copy and compare data files.
N8150-208A Additional 160GB HDD(SATA2 7200krpm hotplug)
N8150-209A Additional 250GB HDD(SATA2 7200krpm hotplug)
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)
N8150-219 Additional 36.3GB HDD(2.5inch SAS,10000rpm) A Copy and compare data files.
N8150-220 Additional 73.2GB HDD(2.5inch SAS,10000rpm)

CPUs Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8101-352 Additional CPU (XD2/1.60G(4)) 1 A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-353 Additional CPU (XD2/3.G(4)) 1 A
N8101-366 Additional CPU (XD2/L2.33G(4)) 1 A

Memories Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8102-254 1GB Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,512MB x2) 6 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-255 2GB Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,1GB x2) 6 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-256 4GB Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,2GB x2) 6 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-257 8GB Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM,4GB x2) 6 A cat /proc/meminfo

LAN Adapters UP
See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.

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

-Hardware configuration

Connection Code Model/Device Driver Version
Conn1 N8103-95 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI,U160) aic7xxx 7.0
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI-X,U320) aic79xx 3.0

-Evaluation

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

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