Dec. 14, 2009
Express5800/R120a-1
Distribution CentOS 5.4 (x86/x86_64)
( KERNEL 2.6.18-164.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

N8100-1511
N8100-1512
N8100-1513
N8100-1514
N8100-1515
R120a-1 2.5inch disk model ( diskless model)
DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5502 1.86 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5504 2 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5520 2.26 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor X5550 2.66 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor X5570 2.93 GHz

N8100-1516
N8100-1517
N8100-1518
N8100-1519
N8100-1520
R120a-1 3.5inch disk model ( diskless model)
DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5502 1.86 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5504 2 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5520 2.26 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor X5550 2.66 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor X5570 2.93 GHz

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-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 2.5inch disk model
SAS-DAC
RAID1
Built-in Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs)
( or N8103-118 )
1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
2 3.5inch disk model
SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID1
N8103-116A/N8103-118A Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
3 2.5inch disk model
SAS-DAC
RAID5
Built-in Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs)
N8103-119 RAID upgrade kit
( or N8103-118 )
1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
4 3.5inch disk model
SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID5
N8103-117A/N8103-118A Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
5 2.5inch disk model
SAS-DAC
RAID6
Built-in Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs)
N8103-119 RAID upgrade kit
( or N8103-118 )
1
Additional HDD (RAID6) 4
6 3.5inch disk model
SATA
Additional HDD 3

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1,2 Conf3,4 Conf5 Conf6
OS installation A
(*1,2)
A
(*1,2)
A
(*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 A D Remove one HDD from the running system on Hotplug type.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID A A A D 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)
On x86 system, when 'boot:' is displayed at the beginning of installation, type and enter following strings.
linux apic=bigsmp

(*2)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.

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 The number of times.
(*1)
Please note that the Full-virtualization is high load.

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 about bonding.
CPU information A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A cat /proc/meminfo
Maximum CPUs 2 Number of physical CPUs.
Maximum Memory 96
(*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)
On x86 system, PAE kernel is available in case memory amount is from 4GB to 16GB.
On x86 system, less than 16GB memory is supported.

Hardware Addition UP

Model/Device Result
Hard drive (HDD) 2.5inch SAS A
3.5inch SAS A
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 N8103-95 Additional SCSI Controller (U160) aic7xxx
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx
Conn3 N8103-107 Additional SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx
Conn4 - USB controller (USB2.0) -
Conn5 N8103-104A Additional SAS Controller (PCIe x8) mptxxx

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2 Conn3 Conn4 Conn5
Backup, Restore A A A A A tar command
Reboot 5 5 5 5 5 The number of times.

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