Oct 29, 2007
Express5800/140Hf
Distribution SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
( KERNEL 2.6.16.21-0.8 )
Meanings of letters
A ---Function without third party drivers
B ---Function with third party drivers
C ---Not function
D ---Not Supported
OS Installation / HDDs addition / CPUs addition / Memories addition /
LAN Adapters / Backup Devices /

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Code Model/Device qty
Conf1
(Onboard RAID)
N8100-1223 Express5800/140Hf
( diskless Model/64bit Intel(R)Xeon MP(3.16G)/memory 2GB)
1
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID5) 3
N8101-304A Additional CPU (Xeon MP 3.16G/1M) 3
N8102-217 2GB Additional Memory board(1GB x 2) 3
N8102-258 Additional Memory Backboard 1
Conf2
(Onboard RAID)
N8100-1277 Express5800/140Hf
( diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 7110M(2.60G)/memory 2GB)
1
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15krpm)(Onboard RAID,RAID5) 3
N8101-356 Additional CPU (DualCore Xeon 2.60G/4M) 3
N8102-218 4GB Additional Memory board(2GB x 2) 4
N8102-217 2GB Additional Memory board(1GB x 2) 3
N8102-258 Additional Memory Backboard 3
Conf3
(Onboard RAID)
N8100-1278 Express5800/140Hf
( diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 7140M(3.40G)/memory 2GB)
1
N8150-201 Additional 146.5B HDD(SAS,15krpm)(Onboard RAID,RAID5) 3
N8150-201 Additional 146.5B HDD(SAS,15krpm)(Onboard RAID,RAID5) 3
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID5) 3
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15krpm)(Onboard RAID,RAID1) 2
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15krpm) (Onboard RAID,RAID0) 2
N8101-357 Additional CPU (DualCore Xeon 3.40G/16M) 3
N8154-13 Additional HDD Cage 1
N8102-217 2GB Additional Memory board(1GB x 2) 7
N8102-258 Additional Memory Backboard 3

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1 Conf2 Conf3
OS installation B
(*1)
B
(*1)
B
(*1)
Boot from CD-ROM.
X Window System A A A 1024x768, thousands colors.
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A
(*2)
A
(*2)
A
(*2)
 
Built-in LAN ports A A A ssh, ftp
Built-in LAN ports Teaming(Bonding) A
(*3)
A
(*3)
A
(*3)
ssh, ftp
CPU information A A A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A A A cat /proc/meminfo
Making partitions 14 14 14 Using till the last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives A A A Copy and compare data files.
CD-ROM Drive A A A
Floppy Drive A A A
Availability of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)
A A A Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)
A A A Rebuilding automatically.
I/O access running 12h 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)
You need a driver update diskette. Get it from LSI(R) site, "SLES10 3.13-1 02-OCT-07" ( SLES10-ga-al3.13-1.zip ). See readme file for the usage.

(*2)
When Serial console is connected, keyboard sometimes dose not work.

(*3)
Use bonding driver. You must test performance on each environment.

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
N8101-356 Additional CPU (DualCore Xeon 2.60G/4M) 3 A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-357 Additional CPU (DualCore Xeon 3.40G/16M) 3 A cat /proc/cpuinfo


Memories Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8102-216 1GB Additional Memory board(512MB x 2) 8 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-217 2GB Additional Memory board(1GB x 2) 7 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-218 4GB Additional Memory board(2GB x 2) 4 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-219 8GB Additional Memory board(4GB x 2) 7 A cat /proc/meminfo
* Use bigsmp kernel in case memory amount is over 4GB .

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 (PCI,U160) aic7xxx 7.0
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI-X,U320) aic79xx 3.0

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2
Backup, Restore A A tar command
Reboot 5 5 The number of times.

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