| Express5800/i120Ra-e1 | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.18-128.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 / Xen Virtualization / Basic operation / Hardware addition / Backup Devices |
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
N8100-1452Y N8100-1453Y |
Express5800/i120Ra-e1 ( diskless model) QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor L5410 2.33GHz DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor L5240 3GHz |
| OS Installation | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Drive | Outline | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SATA/SAS-DAC RAID1 |
N8103-116/118 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID1) | 2 | ||
| N8160-74 External FDD(USB) | 1 | ||
| N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) | 1 | ||
| 2 | SATA/SAS-DAC RAID5 |
N8103-117/118 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID5) | 3 | ||
| N8160-74 External FDD(USB) | 1 | ||
| N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) | 1 | ||
| 3 | SATA | Additional HDD | 3 |
| N8160-74 External FDD(USB) | 1 | ||
| N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) | 1 |
* SATA and SAS HDDs cannot be mixed.
* You must choose the same type of HDDs for a RAID drive.
* LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID is not available on this Linux.
| Checklist | Result | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf1 | Conf2 | Conf3 | ||
| OS installation | B (*1,2) |
B (*1,2) |
A (*1,2) |
Boot from distribution's CD-ROM. |
| Making partitions | 14 | 14 | 14 | Using the whole drive |
| Hard Drives | A | A | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Availability of Degraded RAID | A | A | - | Remove one HDD from the running system on Hotplug type. |
| Rebuild of Degraded RAID | A | A | - | Rebuild automatically on Hotplug type. |
| I/O access running | 12h | 12h | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 | 10 | 10 | The number of times. |
(*1)
Install KMP modules for following drivers.
megaraid_sas 00.00.04.01n-RH1
(*2)NECESSARY
- Extract this file and change to following directory.
# cd RHEL5_x86/driver ( if x86 system )
# cd RHEL5_EM64T/driver ( if x86_64 system )
- Install KMP package.
In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-128.el5
# rpm -ivh --nosignature megaraid_sas/kmod-megaraid_sas-00.00.04.01n-RH1.*.rpm
In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-128.el5PAE
# rpm -ivh --nosignature */*-PAE-*.rpm
In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-128.el5xen
# rpm -ivh --nosignature */*-xen-*.rpm
- Install KMP common packages.
# rpm -ivh --nosignature */*noarch.rpm
- Restart the Operation System.
Disable EDAC modules.
- 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 command.
| 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 (*2) |
The number of times. |
(*1)
Full-virtualization is not recommended.
(*2)
Booting of Guest domain is sometimes canceled for unknown reasons.
| Basic operation | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| X Window System | A | 1024x768, thousands colors. |
| PS/2 Mouse/keyboard | A | Test on X Window System. |
| Built-in LAN ports | A | ssh, ftp |
| Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) | A (*1) |
Use bonding driver. See the kernel document for information about bonding. |
| CPU information | A | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
| Memory information | A | cat /proc/meminfo |
| Maximum CPUs | 2 | Number of physical CPUs. |
| Maximum Memory | 24 (*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)
Bonding does not function on Xen kernel.
(*2)
Use PAE kernel in case memory amount exceeds 4GB .
On RHEL5 x86 system, less than 16GB memory is supported.
On RHEL5 x86_64 system, menory amount is not limited.
See Red Hat Linux documents about its hardware support.
| Hardware Addition | UP |
| Model/Device | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard drive (HDD) | 3.5inch SATA | A |
| 3.5inch SAS | A | |
| Backup devices | (*1) | |
| LAN Adapters | (*1) | |
(*1)
Backup devices and LAN Adapters /See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.
| Backup Devices | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Connection | Code | Model/Device | Driver | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | N8103-95 | Additional SCSI Controller (U160) | aic7xxx | 7.0 |
| Conn2 | N8103-75 | Additional SCSI Controller (U320) | aic79xx | 3.0 |
| Conn3 | N8103-107 | Additional SCSI Controller (U320) | aic79xx | 3.0 |
| Conn4 | - | USB controller (USB2.0) | - | - |
| Checklist | Result | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | Conn2 | Conn3 | Conn4 | ||
| Backup, Restore | A | A | A | A | tar command |
| Reboot | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | The number of times. |
| go back | UP |