Jul. 13, 2009
Express5800/iR110a-1H
Distribution Vine Linux 4.2 (x86)
( KERNEL 2.6.16-0vl76.27 )
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

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

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-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 SATA Additional HDD 2
N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) 1
2 SAS-HBA N8103-104A SAS-HBA 1
Additional HDD 6
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
N8160-64 External DVD-Drive(USB) 1
4 SAS
DAC(LSI)
RAID5
N8103-117 RAID Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
N8160-64 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 A A B
(*1)
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)
Update following dirivers with a driver disk.
  1. Get the driver package VINE4.2-306100003.tar.gz from PROMISE TECHNOLOGY,INC, and make driver diskette as directed by readme.txt.
  2. Boot from Installation CD/DVD media and 'boot:' is displayed, type "linux dd" and enter, and follow the instructions on the monitor.

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Checklist Result Comment
X Window System A 1024x768, thousands colors.
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A Test on X Window System.
Built-in LAN ports B
(*1)
ssh and ftp
CPU information A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A cat /proc/meminfo
Maximum CPUs 1 Number of physical CPUs.
Maximum Memory 4
(*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)
You must update ether driver 'e1000'. Get updated driver e1000e-0.4.1.7.tar.gz or later version from Intel website. (*2)
Default kernel can recognize up to 4GB memory.

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Model/Device Result
Hard drive (HDD) 3.5inch SATA A
2.5inch SAS A
2.5inch SSD A

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