Oct 10, 2007
Express5800/120Ri-2
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update8 (x86_64)
( KERNEL 2.4.21-47.EL )
Meanings of letters
A ---Function without third party drivers
B ---Function with third party drivers
C ---Not function
D ---Not Supported
Model / OS Installation / General Action / Hardware addition / LAN Adapters / Backup Devices

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Code Model

N8100-1247, N8100-1315
N8100-1333, N8100-1316
N8100-1334, N8100-1317
N8100-1248, N8100-1318
N8100-1319, N8100-1319A
N8100-1320, N8100-1320A		 Express5800/120Ri-2 ( diskless Model)
DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor 5110 1.60 GHz
DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor 5130 2 GHz
DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor 5140 2.33 GHz
DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor 5160 3 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5345 2.33 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor X5355 2.66 GHz
* The BIOS must be version 5S49 or later. See HERE.

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 SAS Additional HDD 3
2 SAS-DAC N8103-91 Disk Array Controller (for internal SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
3 SAS-ZCR N8103-99 Disk Array Controller (for SAS HDDs 0ch) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 4
* You must choose the same type of HDDs for a RAID drive.
* LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID is not available on this Linux.

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1 Conf2 Conf3
OS installation A A A Boot from CD-ROM.
Making partitions 14 14 14 Using till the last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives A A A Copy and compare data files.
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.

General Action UP

Checklist Result Comment
X Window System A
(*1)		 1024x768, thousands colors.
Mouse/keyboard A
(*2)		 Test on X Window System.
Built-in LAN ports A 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 Number of physical CPUs.
Maximum Memory 48 Size of Main Memory. (GB)
DVD-ROM Drive A Copy and compare data files.
Floppy Drive A
Serial port A Configure to login.
(*1)
If installation default setting is not good, set manually.

(*2)
Don't change the mouse configuration that should be set as a USB-mouse.

Hardware Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result Comment
N8101-350 Additional CPU XD2/1.60G A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-351 Additional CPU XD2/3G A
N8101-369 Additional CPU XD2/2G A
N8101-370 Additional CPU XD2/2.33G A
N8101-371 Additional CPU XQ/2.33G A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-372 Additional CPU XQ/2.66G A
N8102-254 1GB Additional Memory board (512MB x2) A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-255 2GB Additional Memory board (1GB x2) A
N8102-256 4GB Additional Memory board (2GB x2) A
N8102-257 8GB Additional Memory board (4GB x2) A
N8102-277 1GB Additional Memory board (512MB x2) A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-278 2GB Additional Memory board (1GB x2) A
N8102-279 4GB Additional Memory board (2GB x2) A
N8102-280 8GB Additional Memory board (4GB x2) A
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD (SAS) A Copy and compare data files.
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD (SAS) A
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD (SAS) A
N8150-226 Additional 300.5GB HDD (SAS) A
N8460-002 FDD (USB) A Connected after OS boot, Copy and compare data files.

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 (U160) aic7xxx 6.2.36
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx 1.3.10-RH1
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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