| Express5800/T120b-E | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.18-238.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 / Basic operation / Hardware addition / Backup Devices |
| Model | UP |
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
N8100-1668 N8100-1669 N8100-1670 N8100-1671 N8100-1672 N8100-1731 N8100-1732 |
Express5800/T120b-E 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 L5640 (2.26GHz,6C/12T) Intel® Xeon® Processor E5606 (2.13GHz,6C/12T) Intel® Xeon® Processor L5620 (2.4GHz,6C/12T) |
| 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) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID6) | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2.5/3.5inch SATA | Additional HDD | 4 |
| Checklist | Result | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf1,2,3 | Conf4,5,6 | Conf7 | ||
| OS installation | A (*1,2) |
A (*1,2) |
A (*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)
Install KMP modules for following drivers.
Driver Current Updated megaraid_sas 00.00.04.31-RH1 00.00.04.031n-RH1
(*2)NECESSARY
- Extract this file and change to following directory.
# cd RHEL5_x86/driver ( if x86 system )
# cd RHEL5_EM64T/driver ( if x86_64 system )
- Install KMP package.
In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-238.el5
# rpm -ivh --nodeps --nosignature megaraid_sas/kmod-megaraid_sas-00.00.04.31n-*.rpm
In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-238.el5PAE
# rpm -ivh --nodeps --nosignature */*-PAE-*.rpm
- Install KMP common packages.
# rpm -ivh ---nodeps --nosignature */*noarch.rpm
- Restart the Operation System.
Disable EDAC modules. EDAC module will prevent hardware from collecting IPMI logs which is necessary for hardware support.
- Add following sentences to /etc/modprobe.conf.
install *_edac /bin/true
install edac_* /bin/true
- Restart the Operation System.
- Check that string "edac" is not shown in the result of lsmod.
| 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 |
| Physical CPUs. | 2 | Physical CPUs. |
| Main memory size | 192 (*2) |
Main memory size. (GB) |
| Optical disk drive | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Floppy drive | A | |
| Serial port | A | Configure to login. |
(*1)
Updating the kernel newer than kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.x86_64.rpm is needed to fix bug about bonding. See
Advisory:RHSA-2011:0429-1.
(*2)
On x86 system, PAE kernel is available in case memory amount is from 4GB to 16GB.
On x86 system, up to 16GB of 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 |
| 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. |
| go back | UP |