Dec. 10, 2012
Express5800/E120d-M
Distribution Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (i386/amd64)
( KERNEL 3.2.0-29 )
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

Model UP

Code Model

N8100-1898Y
N8100-1899Y
N8100-1900Y
N8100-1901Y
N8100-1902Y
N8100-1903Y
N8100-1904Y
N8100-1905Y
N8100-1906Y
N8100-1907Y
Express5800/E120d-M
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2407 (2.20GHz,4C/4T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2407 (2.20GHz,4C/4T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2430 (2.20GHz,6C/12T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2430 (2.20GHz,6C/12T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2430L (2GHz,6C/12T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2430L (2GHz,6C/12T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2450L (1.80GHz,8C/16T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2450L (1.80GHz,8C/16T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2470 (2.30GHz,8C/16T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2470 (2.30GHz,8C/16T)

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline
1 LSI RAID
2.5-inch drive
N8103-149 RAID Controller(512MB, RAID0/1)
Additional HDD
2 LSI RAID
2.5-inch drive
N8103-150 RAID Controller(512MB, RAID0/1/5/6)
Additional HDD
3 LSI RAID
2.5-inch drive
N8103-151 RAID Controller(1GB, RAID0/1/5/6)
Additional HDD
4 SATA SSD/HDD
2.5-inch drive
Additional HDD

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1,2,3 Conf4
OS installation A
(*1)
A
(*1,3,4)
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 D I/O access, reboot
Rebuild of Degraded RAID A D I/O access, reboot
I/O access running 12h 12h The running time
Reboot 10
(*2)
10
(*2)
The number of times.
(*1)
Please set to disable the Power Conservation drivers. If you do not do this, various defects, such as failure to start occurs.
  1. When you see "Finish the installation", move to console by Alt + F2.
  2. Add 2 lines to target/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf as follows.
    blacklist mei
    blacklist acpi_power_meter
  3. Return to the installer by Alt + F1 or Alt + F7, then finish the installation.
(*2)
The following message is registered in the syslog on each boot.
"pci0000:Xf: ACPI _OSC request failed (AE_NOT_FOUND), returned control mask: 0x1d"

(*3)
If the graphical installation, in the partitioning screen, you must confirm and set to install the grub on /dev/sda.

(*4)
Uninstall gnome-disk-utility that incorrectly detects a hard drive failure.
# apt-get remove gnome-disk-utility

Basic operation UP

Checklist Result Comment
X Window System A 1024x768, thousands colors.
Built-in LAN ports A ssh and ftp
CPU information A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A cat /proc/meminfo
Optical disk drive A Copy and compare data files.
Flash FDD (USB) A
Serial port A Configure to login.
Remote Management A
(*1)
EXPRESSSCOPE Engine (Integrated remote media and KVM over IP)
*You need a license key for these functions.
(*1)
Remote media may not be recognized by the system in rare cases. We restored it by restarting the system.

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