| Express5800/B120b | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.18-164.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 |
| Model / OS Installation / Xen Virtualization / Basic operation / Hardware addition |
| Model | UP |
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
N8400-114 N8400-110 |
Express5800/B120b Intel® Xeon® Processor L5640 (2.26GHz) Intel® Xeon® Processor X5670 (2.93GHz) |
| OS Installation | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Drive | Outline | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SATA | N8403-027 SATA interface card | 1 |
| Additional HDD | 2 | ||
| 2 | SATA/SAS RAID1 |
N8403-026 RAID Controller | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID1) | 2 |
| Checklist | Result | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conf1 | Conf2 | ||
| OS installation | A (*1,2) |
A (*1,2) |
Boot from distribution's CD/DVD media. |
| Making partitions | 14 | 14 | Using the whole drive |
| Hard Drives | A | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Availability of Degraded RAID | - | A | Remove one HDD from the running system. |
| Rebuild of Degraded RAID | - | A | Rebuild automatically |
| I/O access running | 12h | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 | 10 | The number of times. |
(*1)
On x86 system, when 'boot:' is displayed at the beginning of installation, type and enter following strings.
linux apic=bigsmp
(*2)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.
| Xen Virtualization | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Creating Virtual Machines (full-virtualized) | (*1) | Number of created Virtual Machines. |
| Creating Virtual Machines (para-virtualized) | 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(full-virtualization) | (*1) | I/O access running |
| I/O access running(para-virtualization) | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot (dom0) | 10 | The number of times. |
| Reboot (domU) | 10 | The number of times. |
(*1)
Please note that the Full-virtualization is high load.
| 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 | A | ssh and ftp |
| Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) | A (*2) |
Use bonding driver. See the kernel document about bonding. |
| CPU information | A | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
| Memory information | A | cat /proc/meminfo |
| Maximum CPUs | 2 | Number of physical CPUs. |
| Maximum Memory | 128 (*3) |
Size of Main Memory. (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)
Bonding does not function on Xen kernel.
(*3)
On x86 system, PAE kernel is available in case memory amount is from 4GB to 16GB.
On x86 system, less than 16GB memory is supported.
| Hardware Addition | UP |
| Model/Device | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard drive (HDD) | 2.5inch SATA | A |
| 2.5inch SAS | A | |
| LAN Adapters | (*1) | |
(*1)
See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.
| go back | UP |