Jul. 21, 2010
Express5800/R120b-2
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
Model / OS Installation / Xen Virtualization / Basic operation / Hardware addition / Backup Devices

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Code Model

N8100-1644
N8100-1645
N8100-1646
N8100-1647
N8100-1648
N8100-1649
Express5800/R120b-2 (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)

N8100-1650
N8100-1651
N8100-1652
N8100-1653
Express5800/R120b-2 (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 )

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 2.5inch SATA/SAS
RAID1
N8103-129 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/10) 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
2 2.5inch SATA/SAS
RAID5
N8103-130 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/5/6/10/50) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
3 2.5inch SATA/SAS
RAID6
N8103-130 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/5/6/10/50) 1
Additional HDD (RAID6) 4
4 3.5inch SATA
RAID1
N8103-129 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/10) 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
5 3.5inch SATA
RAID5
N8103-130 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/5/6/10/50) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
6 3.5inch SATA
RAID6
N8103-130 RAID Controller(256MB, RAID0/1/5/6/10/50) 4
Additional HDD (RAID6) 3
7 2.5/3.5inch SATA Additional HDD 4

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1,2,3 Conf4,5,6 Conf7
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 Remove one HDD from the running system on Hotplug type.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID A A D Rebuild automatically on Hotplug type.
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.

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 192
(*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
2.5inch SATA A
2.5inch SSD 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) mptsas

-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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