Jul. 13, 2009
Express5800/iR110a-1H
Distribution CentOS 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

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Code Model

N8100-1574F
Express5800/iR110a-1H 2.5inch disk model(diskless)
Intel®Core™2 Duo Processor T9400 2.53 GHz

N8100-1573Y
Express5800/iR110a-1H 3.5inch disk model(diskless)
Intel®Core™2 Duo Processor T8400 2.26 GHz

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 SATA Additional HDD 2
N8160-81 External FDD(USB) 1
N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) 1
2 SAS-HBA N8103-104A SAS-HBA 1
Additional HDD 6
N8160-81 External FDD(USB) 1
N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) 1
3 SATA/SAS
DAC(LSI)
RAID1
N8103-116 RAID Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
N8160-81 External FDD(USB) 1
N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) 1
4 SAS
DAC(LSI)
RAID5
N8103-117 RAID Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
N8160-81 External FDD(USB) 1
N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) 1
5 SATA/SAS/SSD
DAC(PROMISE)
RAID1
N8103-109 RAID Controller (for internal SATA/SAS/SSD HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
N8160-81 External FDD(USB) 1
N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) 1
6 SAS/SSD
DAC(PROMISE)
RAID5
N8103-109 RAID Controller (for internal SATA/SAS/SSD HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
N8160-81 External FDD(USB) 1
N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) 1

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1 Conf2 Conf3,4 Conf5,6
OS installation A
(*1,2)
A
(*1,2)
B
(*1,2)
A
(*1,2)
Boot from distribution's CD/DVD media.
Making partitions 14 14 14 14 Using the whole drive
Hard Drives A 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 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)
Install KMP modules for following drivers.
megaraid_sas 00.00.04.01n-RH1
  1. Extract this file and change to following directory.
    # cd RHEL5_x86/driver ( if x86 system )
    # cd RHEL5_EM64T/driver ( if x86_64 system )

  2. 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

  3. Install KMP common packages.
    # rpm -ivh --nosignature */*noarch.rpm

  4. Restart the Operation System.
(*2)NECESSARY
Disable EDAC modules.
  1. Add following sentences to /etc/modprobe.conf.
    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.

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 and 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 1 Number of physical CPUs.
Maximum Memory 16
(*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 .

Hardware Addition UP

Model/Device Result
Hard drive (HDD) 3.5inch SATA A
2.5inch SAS A
2.5inch SSD A
Backup devices (*1)
LAN Adapters (*1)
(*1)
See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.

Backup Devices UP

-Hardware configuration

Connection Code Model/Device Driver Version
Conn1 N8103-107 Additional SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx 3.0
Conn2 - USB controller (USB2.0) - -

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2
Backup, Restore A A tar command
Reboot 5 5 The number of times.

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