Aug. 2, 2011
Express5800/R120b-1
Distribution Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS 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

N8100-1654
N8100-1655
N8100-1656
N8100-1657
N8100-1658
N8100-1659
N8100-1717
N8100-1718
N8100-1719
N8100-1720
N8100-1721
N8100-1722
N8100-1723
Express5800/R120b-1 (2.5-inch drive)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5506 (2.13GHz,4C/4T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5620 (2.40GHz,4C/8T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5640 (2.66GHz,4C/8T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor L5640 (2.26GHz,6C/12T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5670 (2.93GHz,6C/12T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5680 (3.33GHz,6C/12T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5506 (2.13GHz,4C/4T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5620 (2.40GHz,4C/8T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5645 (2.40GHz,6C/12T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor L5640 (2.26GHz,6C/12T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5650 (2.66GHz,6C/12T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5675 (3.06GHz,6C/12T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 (3.46GHz,6C/12T )

N8100-1660
N8100-1661
N8100-1662
N8100-1663
N8100-1724
N8100-1725
N8100-1726
Express5800/R120b-1 (3.5-inch drive)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5503 (2GHz ,2C/2T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5506 (2.13GHz,4C/4T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5620 (2.40GHz,4C/8T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5640 (2.66GHz,4C/8T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5506 (2.13GHz,4C/4T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5620 (2.40GHz,4C/8T )
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5650 (2.66GHz,6C/12T )

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline
1 2.5inch SATA/SAS
LSI RAID 0,1
N8103-129 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/10)
Additional HDD
2 2.5inch SATA/SAS
LSI RAID 5,6
N8103-130 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/5/6/10/50)
Additional HDD
3 3.5inch SATA
LSI RAID 0,1
N8103-129 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/10)
Additional HDD
4 3.5inch SATA
LSI RAID 5,6
N8103-130 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/5/6/10/50)
Additional HDD
5 2.5inch SATA/SAS
PROMISE RAID 0,1
N8103-134 RAID Controller(512MB RAID0/1/5/6/10/50)
Additional HDD
6 2.5inch SATA/SAS
PROMISE RAID 5,6
N8103-134 RAID Controller(512MB RAID0/1/5/6/10/50)
Additional HDD
7 3.5inch SATA
PROMISE RAID 0,1
N8103-134 RAID Controller(512MB RAID0/1/5/6/10/50)
Additional HDD
8 3.5inch SATA
PROMISE RAID 5,6
N8103-134 RAID Controller(512MB RAID0/1/5/6/10/50)
Additional HDD
9 2.5inch SATA Additional HDD
10 3.5inch SATA Additional HDD

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1,2,3,4 Conf5,6,7,8 Conf9,10
OS installation A
(*1,2)
A
(*1,2)
  Boot from distribution's CD/DVD media.
Making partitions 14 14   Using the whole drive
Hard Drives A A   Copy and compare data files.
Availability of Degraded RAID A A D To make offline a HDD while the system is running.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID A A D To rebuild the RAID drive while the system is running.
I/O access running 12h 12h   I/O access running
Reboot 10 10   The number of times.
(*1)
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


(*2)
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 A ssh and ftp
CPU information A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A cat /proc/meminfo
Main memory size 56 Tested 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 (PCIe x8) mptsas

-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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