As of Dec 28, 2005
Express5800/140He
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4 Update2
( KERNEL 2.6.9-22ELsmp )
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
(Onboard RAID)		 N8100-1084 Express5800/140He
(diskless Model/Intel Xeon MP 3.33G/memory 2GB)		 1
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID5) 3
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,HotSpare) 1
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID1) 2
N8150-192 Additional 300GB HDD(U320,10krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID1) 2
N8150-165 Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID5) 4
N8101-312 Additional CPU (Xeon MP 3.33G/8M) 3
N8154-08 Additional HDD Cage 1
N8102-217 Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,1GB x 2) 5
N8102-218 Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,2GB x 2) 1
Config2
(Onboard RAID)		 N8100-1150 Express5800/140He
(diskless Model/Intel Xeon MPD 3G/memory 2GB)		 1
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID5) 3
N8150-193 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID50) 6
N8150-163 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID1) 2
N8150-192 Additional 300GB HDD(U320,10krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID1) 2
N8101-329 Additional CPU (Xeon MPD 3G/2x2M) 3
N8154-08 Additional HDD Cage 1
N8102-218 Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,2GB x 2) 4


-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Config1 Config2
OS installation A
(*1)		 A
(*1)		 Boot from Update2 CD-ROM.
X-Window A A  
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A A  
Built-in LAN port A A Telnet, FTP
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (Bonding) A
(*2)		 A
(*2)		 Telnet, FTP.
CPU information A A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A A cat /proc/meminfo
Making partitions 14 14 Using last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives(HDD/RAID) A A Copy and compare data files.
CD-ROM Drive A A
Floppy Drive A A
Availability of Degraded RAID drive
(Hotplug).		 A
(*3)		 A
(*3)		 Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID drive
(Hotplug).		 A
(*3)		 A
(*3)		 Rebuilt of degraded RAID drive automatically.
I/O access running 60h 68h I/O access running
Reboot 50 50 More than 5 times
(*1)
At the first time boot after installation, do as follows.
  1. Boot as single user mode.
    1. Push TAB key at the GRUB menu.
    2. Push 'e' key to enter edit mode.
    3. Select a line containing 'kernel'.
    4. Type 'apic=bigmem' to add the line.
    5. Push 'b' to boot.
  2. After the boot, edit /etc/grub.conf similarly.
(*2)
Use Bonding driver. (*3)
Use Megamonitor to watch RAID status. Get from THIS PAGE .

HDDs Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result Comment
N8150-165 Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm) A
Copy and compare data files.
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm)
N8150-193 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,15krpm)
N8150-163 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm)
N8150-171 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,10krpm)
N8150-192 Additional 300GB HDD(U320,10krpm)

CPUs Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8101-312 Additional CPU (Xeon MP 3.33G/8M) 3 A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-329 Additional CPU (Xeon MPD 3G/2x2M) 3 A cat /proc/cpuinfo

Memories Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8102-217 Additional Memory board(DDR2-400, Registered,1GB x 2) 7 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-218 Additional Memory board(DDR2-400, Registered,2GB x 2) 4 A cat /proc/meminfo

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

Backup Devices UP
See ( HERE ), Buckup 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
I/O access running A A Check backup and restore operation.
Reboot with Backup Devices A A More than 5 times

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