Aug. 2, 2011
Express5800/E110b-M
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 / Basic operation / Hardware addition

Model UP

Code Model

N8100-1635Y
Express5800/E110b-M
Intel®Atom® N450 1.66GHz

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 SATA Additional HDD 1

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1
OS installation A
(*1,2,3,4)		 Boot from distribution's CD/DVD media.
Making partitions 14 Using the whole drive
Hard Drives A Copy and compare data files.
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
  1. Extract this file and change to following directory.
    # cd x86_64/driver ( if x86_64 system )

  2. kmp Install KMP packages.
    # rpm -ivh --nodeps --nosignature */kmod-*.rpm
    # rpm -ivh --nodeps --nosignature */*-kmod-common-*noarch.rpm

  3. Restart the Operation System.
(*2)
Kernel parameter "nohz=off" must be set to avoid some serious problems such as not recognizing the hard drives.
  1. You must set the paremeter with GRUB interface at the first boot before the OS installation
  2. You must set the paremeter with GRUB interface at the first the OS boot after installation.
  3. After installation, logging in the OS, append "nohz=off" to the kernel line in /boot/grub/grub.conf.
(*3)NECESSARY
Disable EDAC modules. EDAC module will prevent hardware from collecting IPMI logs which is necessary for hardware support.
  1. Edit /etc/modprobe.d/dist.conf and append the following.
    install *_edac /bin/true
    install edac_* /bin/true
  2. Restart the Operation System.
  3. Check that string "edac" is not shown in the result of lsmod.
(*4)NECESSARY
Uninstall gnome-disk-utility that incorrectly detects a hard drive failure.
rpm -e gnome-disk-utility

Basic operation UP

Checklist Result Comment
X Window System A 1024x768, thousands colors.
Mouse/keyboard A 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
Main memory size 2 Tested size. (GB)
Optical disk drive A Copy and compare data files.
Floppy drive A
Serial port A Configure to login.

Hardware Addition UP

Model/Device Result
Hard drive (HDD) 2.5inch SATA A
2.5inch SSD A

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