| Express5800/B120b-h | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6 ) |
| 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 / KVM Virtualization / 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 (*1,2,3) |
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)
Install KMP modules for following drivers.
* Updated version becomes smaller.
Driver Current Updated e1000e 1.2.20-k2 1.2.10-NAPI ixgbe 3.0.12-k2 2.0.84.9-NAPI (*2)NECESSARY
- Extract this file and change to following directory.
# cd x86_64/driver ( if x86_64 system )
- kmp Install KMP packages.
# rpm -ivh --nodeps --nosignature */kmod-*.rpm
# rpm -ivh --nodeps --nosignature */*-kmod-common-*noarch.rpm
- Restart the Operation System.
Disable EDAC modules. EDAC module will prevent hardware from collecting IPMI logs which is necessary for hardware support.(*3)NECESSARY
- Edit /etc/modprobe.d/dist.conf and append the following.
install *_edac /bin/true
install edac_* /bin/true
- Restart the Operation System.
- Check that string "edac" is not shown in the result of lsmod.
Uninstall gnome-disk-utility that incorrectly detects a hard drive failure.
rpm -e gnome-disk-utility
| KVM Virtualization | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Cleating KVM | 2 | Number of created Virtual Machines. |
| Drives on Virtual Machines | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Networking on Virtual Machines | A | ssh,ftp |
| I/O access running | 6h | I/O access running |
| Reboot (host) | 10 | The number of times. |
| Reboot (guest) | 10 | The number of times. |
| 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 | ssh and ftp |
| Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) | A | 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 | Tested 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)
| 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 |