Aug. 3, 2011
Express5800/R110d-1E
Distribution Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS (i386/amd64)
( KERNEL 2.6.32-28 )
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 / Backup Devices

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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)		 A
(*1)		 A
(*1)		 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
(*2)		 10
(*2)		 10
(*2,3)		 The number of times.
(*1)
Update LAN drivers

LAN on the Motherboard ( tg3: → 3.116j )
  1. Download driver for BCM5718 linux-3.116j.zip from BROADCOM.
  2. cp linux-3.116j.zip to /tmp.
  3. Execute followings.
    # cd /tmp
    # unzip linux-3.116j.zip
    # cd Server/Linux/Driver
    # tar zxvf tg3-3.116j.tar.gz
    # cd tg3-3.116j/
    # make
    # make install
    # modprobe -r tg3
    # modprobe tg3
  4. update initrd image
    ex. # mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic
  5. Reboot the system, and configure the network interfaces.
Additional LAN board N8104-134 ( bnx2: 2.0.2 → 2.0.23b )
  1. Download driver for BCM5709 linux-6.2.23.zip from BROADCOM.
  2. cp linux-6.2.23.zip to /tmp.
  3. Execute followings.
    # cd /tmp
    # unzip linux-6.2.23.zip
    # cd Server/Linux/Driver
    # tar zxvf netxream2-6.2.23.tar.gz
    # cd netxream2-6.2.23
    # make
    # make install
    # modprobe -r bnx2
    # modprobe bnx2
  4. update initrd image
    ex. # mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic
  5. Reboot the system, and configure the network interfaces.
(*2)
These are known syslogs.
ACPI Error: No handler for Region [OEM2] (f74172d0) [IPMI] (20090903/evregion-319)
ACPI Error: Region IPMI(7) has no handler (20090903/exfldio-295)
ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PMI0._PMM] (Node f7416ba0), AE_NOT_EXIST

(*3)
In rare cases, the system hangs during boot.The following will be displayed at that time.
run-init: nuking initarmfs contents: Directory not empty
[ X.XXXXXX ] kernel panic -not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

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 B 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.

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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