Aug. 2, 2011
Express5800/R110d-1E
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (x86_64)
( KERNEL 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6 )
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 / Backup Devices

Model UP

Code Model

N8100-1760
N8100-1761
N8100-1762
Express5800/R110d-1E (3.5inch HDD model)
Intel®Pentium® G620 (2.60GHz, 2C/2T)
Intel®Xeon® E3-1220 (3.10GHz, 4C/4T)
Intel®Xeon® E3-1270 (3.40GHz, 4C/8T)

N8100-1763
N8100-1764
N8100-1765
Express5800/R110d-1E (2.5inch HDD model)
Intel®Pentium® G620 (2.60GHz, 2C/2T)
Intel®Xeon® E3-1220 (3.10GHz, 4C/4T)
Intel®Xeon® E3-1270 (3.40GHz, 4C/8T)

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline
1 3.5inch SATA
2.5inch SATA/SAS
LSI RAID
N8103-129 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/10)
Additional HDD
2 3.5inch SATA
2.5inch SATA/SAS
LSI RAID
N8103-130 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/5/6/10/50)
Additional HDD
3 3.5inch SATA
2.5inch SATA/SAS
PROMISE RAID
N8103-128 RAID Controller(128MB RAID0/1)
Additional HDD
4 3.5inch SATA
2.5inch SATA/SAS
PROMISE RAID
N8103-134 RAID Controller(512MB RAID0/1/5/6/10/50)
Additional HDD
5 3.5inch SATA
2.5inch SATA
Additional HDD

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1,2 Conf3,4 Conf5
OS installation A
(*1,2)
A
(*1,2)
A
(*1,2)
Boot from distribution's CD/DVD media.
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 D RAID 0 is exempt.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID A A D RAID 0 is exempt.
I/O access running 12h 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)NECESSARY
Disable EDAC modules. EDAC module will prevent hardware from collecting IPMI logs which is necessary for hardware support.
  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.
(*2)NECESSARY
Uninstall gnome-disk-utility that incorrectly detects a hard drive failure.
rpm -e gnome-disk-utility

Basic operation UP

Checklist Result Comment
X Window System A 1024x768, thousands colors.
Mouse/keyboard A Test on X Window System.
Built-in LAN ports A ssh and ftp
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) A Use bonding driver. See the kernel document about bonding.
CPU information A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A cat /proc/meminfo
Main memory size 32 Main memory size. (GB)
Optical disk drive A Copy and compare data files.
Floppy drive A
Serial port A Configure to login.

Hardware Addition UP

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

Backup Devices UP

-Hardware configuration

Connection Code Model/Device Driver
Conn1 N8103-107 Additional SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx
Conn2 - USB controller (USB2.0) -
Conn3 N8103-104A Additional SAS Controller mptxxx

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2 Conn3
Backup, Restore A A A tar command
Reboot 5 5 5 The number of times.

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