Oct. 5, 2012
Express5800/T120d
Distribution CentOS 6.3 (x86_64)
( KERNEL 2.6.32-279.el6 )
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

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Code Model

N8100-1874Y
N8100-1875Y
N8100-1876Y
N8100-1877Y
N8100-1878Y
Express5800/T120d
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2403 (1.80,4C/4T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2407 (2.20,4C/4T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2420 (1.90,6C/12T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2430 (2.20,6C/12T)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2470 (2.30,8C/16T)

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-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline
1 LSI RAID
2.5/3.5-inch drive
N8103-149 RAID Controller(512MB, RAID0/1)
Additional HDD
2 LSI RAID
2.5/3.5-inch drive
N8103-150 RAID Controller(512MB, RAID0/1/5/6)
Additional HDD
3 LSI RAID
2.5/3.5-inch drive
N8103-151 RAID Controller(1GB, RAID0/1/5/6)
Additional HDD
4 LSI RAID
2.5/3.5-inch drive
N8103-152 RAID Controller(1GB, RAID0/1/5/6)
Additional HDD
5 SATA SSD/HDD
2.5/3.5-inch drive
Additional HDD

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1,2,3,4 Conf5
OS installation A A
(*1)
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 D I/O access, reboot
Rebuild of Degraded RAID A D I/O access, reboot
I/O access running 12h 12h The running time
Reboot 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)NECESSARY
Uninstall gnome-disk-utility that incorrectly detects a hard drive failure.
rpm -e gnome-disk-utility

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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 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 Tested size. (GB)
Optical disk drive A Copy and compare data files.
Floppy drive A
Serial port A Configure to login.
Remote Management A EXPRESSSCOPE Engine3 (Integrated remote media and KVM over IP)
*You need a license key for these functions.

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Model/Device Result
Hard drive (HDD) 2.5inch SAS/SATA HDD A
2.5inch SAS/SATA SSD A
3.5inch SATA HDD A
Backup devices (*1)
LAN Adapters (*1)
(*1)
See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.

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-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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