| Express5800/B120b-h | |
| Distribution | CentOS 5.6 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.18-238.el5 ) |
| Meanings of letters |
| A ---Function without third party drivers B ---Function with third party drivers C ---Not function D ---Not supported blank---Not tested |
| OS Installation / Basic operation / Hardware addition |
| Model | UP |
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
N8400-104 N8400-103 N8400-102 N8400-100 N8400-099 |
Express5800/B120b-h Intel® Xeon® Processor L5630 (2.13GHz) Intel® Xeon® Processor L5640 (2.26GHz) Intel® Xeon® Processor E5645(2.4GHz) Intel® Xeon® Processor X5650 (2.66GHz) Intel® Xeon® Processor X5680 (3.33GHz) |
| OS Installation | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Drive | Outline | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SSD | Additional SSD | 1 |
| 2 | SSD | Additional SSD | 2 |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Conf1,2 | ||
| OS installation | A (*1) |
Boot from distribution's CD/DVD media. |
| Making partitions | 14 | Using the whole drive |
| Hard Drives | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Availability of Degraded RAID | - | RAID 0 is exempt. |
| Rebuild of Degraded RAID | - | RAID 0 is exempt. |
| I/O access running | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 | The number of times. |
(*1)NECESSARY
Disable EDAC modules. EDAC module will prevent hardware from collecting IPMI logs which is necessary for hardware support.
- Add following sentences to /etc/modprobe.conf.
install *_edac /bin/true
install edac_* /bin/true
- Restart the Operation System.
- Check that string "edac" is not shown in the result of lsmod.
| Basic operation | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| X Window System | A | 1024x768, thousands colors. |
| Mouse/keyboard | A (*1) |
Test on X Window System. |
| Built-in LAN ports | B (*2,3) |
ssh and ftp |
| Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) | A (*4) |
Use bonding driver. See the kernel document about bonding. |
| CPU information | A | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
| Memory information | A | cat /proc/meminfo |
| Physical CPUs. | 2 | Physical CPUs. |
| Main memory size | 64 (*5) |
Main memory size. (GB) |
| Optical disk drive | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Floppy drive | A | |
| Serial port | A | Configure to login. |
(*1)
Scroll Wheel of PS/2 mouse dose not work on BladeServer assembly unit(SIGMABLADE-M)
(*2)
Get the KMP modules from HERE
Driver Current Updated Fixed feature ixgbe 2.0.44-k2 2.0.84.9-NAPI Wake on LAN
(*3)
To wake up only if it get the Magic Packet, do follows.(*4)
- Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add follows
/usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g- Restart the Operation System.
- Execute "ethtool eth0" and see "Wake-on : g".
Updating the kernel newer than kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.x86_64.rpm is needed to fix bug about bonding.
(*5)
On x86 system, PAE kernel is available in case memory amount is from 4GB to 16GB.
On x86 system, up to 16GB of memory is supported.
| Hardware Addition | UP |
| Model/Device | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard drive (HDD) | 2.5inch SSD | A |
| LAN Adapters | (*1) | |
(*1)
See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.
| go back | UP |