140Hf_EL4-U4-64

As of Sep 11, 2006

Express5800/140Hf
Distribution	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4 Update4 EM64T ( KERNEL 2.6.9-42.EL )

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)	N8100-1223	Express5800/140Hf ( diskless Model/64bit Intel(R)Xeon(R) MP 3.16GHz 1MB/memory 2GB)	1
	N8150-201	Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID5)	3
	N8101-304A	Additional CPU (Xeon MP 3.16G/1M)	3
	N8102-218	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,2GB x 2)	1
Config2 (Onboard RAID)	N8100-1225	Express5800/140Hf ( diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R) 7041 3GHz 2x2MB/memory 2GB)	1
	N8150-200	Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID5)	3
	N8150-200	Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID0)	6
	N8150-200	Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID1)	2
	N8101-341	Additional CPU (Xeon MPD 3G/2x2M)	3
	N8154-13	Additional HDD Cage	1
	N8102-216	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,512MB x 2)	2
	N8102-217	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,1GB x 2)	2
	N8102-218	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,2GB x 2)	3

-Evaluation

Checklist	Result		Comment
Checklist	Config1	Config2	Comment
OS installation	A	A	Boot from Update CD-ROM.
X-Window	A	A	1024x769, thousands color.
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard	A	A
Built-in LAN port	A	A	Telnet, FTP.
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (Bonding)	A (*1)	A (*1)	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	A	A	Copy and compare data files.
CD-ROM Drive	A	A
Floppy Drive	A	A
Availability of Degraded RAID drive (Hotplug).	A (*2)	A (*2)	Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID drive (Hotplug).	A (*2)	A (*2)	Rebuilt of degraded RAID drive automatically.
I/O access running	12h	12h	I/O access running
Reboot	10	10	The number of times.

(*1)
Use Bonding driver.

See the kernel document about bonding.

You must test performance on each environment.

(*2)
You can check RAID statuses by HDD LEDs.

HDDs Addition UP

Code	Model/Device	Result	Comment
N8150-199	Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15krpm)	A	Copy and compare data files.
N8150-200	Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15krpm)
N8150-201	Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15krpm)

CPUs Addition UP

Code	Model/Device	qty	Result	Comment
N8101-304A	Additional CPU (Xeon MP 3.16G/1M)	3	A	cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-341	Additional CPU (Xeon MPD 3G/2x2M)	3	A	cat /proc/cpuinfo

Memories Addition UP

Code	Model/Device	qty	Result	Comment
N8102-216	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,512GBx 2)	8	A	cat /proc/meminfo
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
N8102-219	Additional Memory board(DDR2-400,Registered,4GB x 2)	8	A	cat /proc/meminfo

LAN Boards Addition UP

See ( HERE ), additional LAN board page.

Backup Devices UP

See ( HERE ), Backup 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
Checklist	Conn1	Conn2	Comment
Backup, Restore	A	A	tar,mt,mtx
Reboot	5	5	The number of times.

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