As of Dec 28, 2005

Express5800/140Rd-4
Distribution	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3 Update6 EM64T ( KERNEL 2.4.21-37ELsmp )

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)	N8100-1035	Express5800/140Rd-4 (diskless Model/Intel Xeon MP 3.66G/memory 2GB)	1
	N8150-165	Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm)(Onboard RAID,RAID1)	2
	N8150-163	Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID5)	3
	N8101-305	Additional CPU (Xeon MP 3.66G/1M)	3
	N8102-216	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,512MB x 2)	2
	N8102-217	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,1GB x 2)	4
	N8102-218	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,2GB x 2)	1
Config2 (Onboard RAID)	N8100-1149	Express5800/140Rd-4 (diskless Model/Intel Xeon MPD 3G/memory 2GB)	1
	N8150-165	Additional 36.3GB HDD(U320,15krpm)(Onboard RAID,RAID1)	2
	N8150-163	Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,10krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID5)	3
	N8101-329	Additional CPU (Xeon MPD 3G/2x2M)	1
	N8102-217	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,1GB x 2)	7

-Evaluation

Checklist	Result		Comment
Checklist	Config1	Config2	Comment
OS installation	A (*1)	A (1)(2)	Boot from Update6 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 (*3)	A (*3)	Telnet, FTP.
CPU information	A	A (*2)	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 (*4)	A (*4)	Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID drive (Hotplug).	A (*4)	A (*4)	Rebuilt of degraded RAID drive automatically.
I/O access running	18h	17h	I/O access running
Reboot	10	10	More than 5 times

(*1)
Configuration after installation.

If you find a line 'alias scsi_hostadapter megaraid' in /etc/modules.conf, delete it, and if you don't find a line 'alias scsi_hostadapter megaraid2', add it,

Execute command.
# mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-2.4.21-37ELsmp.img 2.4.21-37ELsmp

Restart the Operation System.

(*2)
You must disable Hyper Threading Technology to use more than three CPUs.

"Advanced"
- "Processor "
- "Hyper Thread Technology"
- "Disable"

(*3)
Use Bonding driver.

See the kernel document about bonding.

You must test performance on each environment.

(*4)
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.
N8150-163	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
N8101-305	Additional CPU (Xeon MP 3.66G/1M)	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

-Evaluation

Checklist	Result	Comment
Checklist	Conn1	Comment
I/O access running	A	Check backup and restore operation.
Reboot with Backup Devices	A	More than 5 times

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