| Express5800/B120b | |
| Distribution | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.16.60-0.54.5 ) |
| 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 / 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)
During installation, the system may hung displaying "Booting from local disk". In this case, eject the installation DVD from the drive and reboot the system by Ctrl-Alt-Delete. And the lest of the installation continues.
(*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.
| 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 | 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 | 64 (*2) |
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)
On x86 system, bigsmp kernel is available in case memory amount is from 4GB to 16GB.
On x86 system, up to 16GB of memory is supported.
Up to 128GB may be available but over 64GB is untested.
| 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 |