Dec. 8, 2009
Express5800/iR120a-1E
Distribution FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE (i386/amd64)
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

N8100-1575Y
N8100-1576Y
N8100-1577Y		 Express5800/iR120a-1E 2.5inch disk model ( diskless model)
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5504 2 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor L5520 2.26 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor L5506 2.13 GHz

N8100-1578Y
N8100-1579Y
N8100-1580Y		 Express5800/iR120a-1E 3.5inch disk model ( diskless model)
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5504 2 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor L5520 2.26 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor L5506 2.13 GHz

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-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 2.5inch disk model
SATA/SSD		 Additional HDD 6
2 3.5inch disk model
SATA		 Additional HDD 4
3 2.5inch disk model
SATA/SSD/SAS-DAC
RAID1		 N8103-116A/N8103-118A Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
4 3.5inch disk model
SATA-DAC
RAID1		 N8103-116A/N8103-118A Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
5 2.5inch disk model
SATA/SSD/SAS-DAC
RAID5		 N8103-117A/N8103-118A Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
6 3.5inch disk model
SATA-DAC
RAID5		 N8103-117A/N8103-118A Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
7 2.5inch disk model
SATA/SSD/SAS-DAC
RAID6		 N8103-117A/N8103-118A Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID6) 4
8 3.5inch disk model
SATA-DAC
RAID6		 N8103-117A/N8103-118A Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID6) 4

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1,2 Conf3,4,5,6,7,8
OS installation A A Boot from distribution's DVD media.
Making partitions 28 28 Using the whole drive
Hard Drives A A Copy and compare data files.
Availability of Degraded RAID D A Remove one HDD from the running system on Hotplug type.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID D A Rebuild automatically on Hotplug type.
I/O access running 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 The number of times.

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Checklist Result Comment
X Window System A
(*1)		 1024x768, thousands colors.
Mouse/keyboard A On text console
Built-in LAN ports A ssh and ftp
CPU information A check dmesg
Memory information A check dmesg
Maximum CPUs 2 Number of physical CPUs.
Maximum Memory 32
(*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)
  1. Install packages, which are gnome2-2.26.0 and xorg-7.4.1.
  2. Exec following commands.
    # Xorg -configure
    # cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  3. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add following line at Section "ServerLayout".
    Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
  4. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add refresh rate at Section "Monitor".
    ex)
    HorizSync 40-50
    VertRefresh 50-70
  5. Edit ~/.xinitrc and add following line.
    exec gnome-session
  6. Edit /etc/rc.conf and add following lines.
    dbus_enable="YES"
    hald_enable="YES"
  7. Restart system.
  8. startx
(*2)
i386 GENERIC kernel can recognize up to 4GB memory.

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

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