Jun. 19, 2012
Express5800/B120d
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 (x86/x86_64)
( KERNEL 2.6.18-308.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

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Code Model

N8400-131Y
N8400-132Y
N8400-133Y
N8400-134Y
N8400-135Y
Express5800/B120d
Intel®Xeon® E5-2470 (2.30GHz 8C/16T)
Intel®Xeon® E5-2450 (2.10GHz 8C/16T)
Intel®Xeon® E5-2430 (2.20GHz 6C/12T)
Intel®Xeon® E5-2430L (2GHz 6C/12T)
Intel®Xeon® E5-2403 (1.80GHz 4C/4T)

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-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 SATA N8403-057 SATA Drive Cage Kit 1
Additional HDD 2
2 SATA/SAS
RAID1
N8403-059 RAID Controller kit 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1 Conf2
OS installation A
(*1)
A
(*1)
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 I/O access, reboot
Rebuild of Degraded RAID - A I/O access, reboot
I/O access running 12h 12h The running time
Reboot 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)
Make the following settings after installation to avoid packet error.
  1. Mount EXPRESBUILDER(DVD) on /mnt.
    # cd /mnt/005/lnx/os/RHEL5_x86/driver ( if x86 system )
    # cd /mnt/005/lnx/os/RHEL5_EM64T/driver ( if x86_64 system )

  2. Install packages.
    # rpm -ivh --nodeps --nosignature netxtreme2/nec-netxtreme2-kmod-common-7.0.36-1.noarch.rpm

  3. Restart the Operating System.

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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
Physical CPUs. 2 Physical CPUs.
Main memory size 64
(*2)
Tested size. (GB)
Optical disk drive A Copy and compare data files.
Floppy drive A
Serial port A Configure to login.
Remote Management A EXPRESSSCOPE Engine (Integrated remote media and KVM over IP)
*You need a license key for these functions.
(*1)
Scroll Wheel of mouse dose not work on BladeServer assembly unit(SIGMABLADE-M)

(*2)
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 SATA A
2.5inch SAS A
LAN Adapters (*1)
(*1)
See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.

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