As of Dec 28, 2005
Express5800/140Rd-4
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4 Update2 EM64T
( 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)
N8100-1035 Express5800/140Rd-4
(diskless Model/Intel Xeon MP 3.66G/memory 2GB)
1
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GBHDD(U320,15krpm)(Onboard RAID,RAID5) 3
N8101-305 Additional CPU (Xeon MP 3.66G/1M) 3
N8102-217 Additional Memory board(DDR2-400, Registered,1GB x 2) 7
N8460-002 External FDD (USB) 1
Config2
(Onboard RAID)
N8100-1149 Express5800/140Rd-4
(diskless Model/Intel Xeon MPD 3G/memory 2GB)
1
N8150-172 Additional 73.2GB HDD(U320,15krpm)(Onboard RAID,RAID5) 3
N8101-329 Additional CPU (Xeon MPD 3G/2x2M) 1
N8102-218 Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,2GB x 2) 4
N8460-002 External FDD (USB) 1


-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Config1 Config2
OS installation A 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
(*1)
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 64h I/O access running
Reboot 50 50 More than 5 times
(*1)
You must disable Hyper Threading Technology to use more than three CPUs.

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

(*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) A
N8150-193 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,15krpm) A
N8150-171 Additional 146.5GB HDD(U320,10krpm) A
N8150-192 Additional 300GB HDD(U320,10krpm) A

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
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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