Jul 18, 2008
Express5800/110Ri-1
Distribution SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (x86/x86_64)
( KERNEL 2.6.16.60-0.21 )
Meanings of letters
A ---Function without third party drivers
B ---Function with third party drivers
C ---Not function
D ---Not Supported
OS Installation / Basic operation / Hardware addition / Backup Devices

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Code Model

N8100-1429
N8100-1430
N8100-1450
N8100-1431
Express5800/110Ri-1 ( diskless model)
Intel®Pentium®DualCore Processor E2160 1.80GHz
Intel®Xeon® DualCore Processor 3065 2.33GHz
Intel®Xeon® DualCore Processor E3110 3GHz
Intel®Xeon® QuadCore Processor X3350 2.66GHz

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-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID1
N8103-116/N8103-118 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
built-in /External FDD(USB) 1
2 SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID5
N8103-117/N8103-118 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
built-in /External FDD(USB) 1
3 SATA Additional HDD 3
built-in /External FDD(USB) 1
* SATA and SAS HDDs cannot be mixed
* You must choose the same type of HDDs for a RAID drive.
* LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID is not available on this Linux.

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1 Conf2 Conf3
OS installation A A A Boot from distribution's CD-ROM.
Making partitions 14 14 14 Using the whole drive
Hard Drives A A A Copy and compare data files.
Availability of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)
A A - Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)
A A - Rebuild automatically.
I/O access running 12h 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 10 The number of times.

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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, ftp
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) A Use bonding driver. See the kernel document for information about bonding.
CPU information A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A cat /proc/meminfo
Maximum Memory 8
(*1)
Size of Main Memory. (GB)
Optical disk drive A Copy and compare data files.
Floppy drive A
Serial port A Configure to login.
(*1)
* Use bigsmp kernel in case memory amount is over 4GB .

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Model/Device Result
Hard drive (HDD) 3.5inch SATA A
3.5inch SAS A
Backup devices (*1)
LAN Adapters (*1)
SCSI/RAID Controller for Disk/Diskarray Expansion Unit D
(*1)
See HERE for backup devices and LAN adapters.

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-Hardware configuration

Connection Code Model/Device Driver Version
Conn1 N8103-95 Additional SCSI Controller (U160) aic7xxx 7.0
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx 3.0
Conn3 N8103-107 Additional SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx 3.0
Conn4 - USB controller (USB2.0) - -

-Evaluation

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

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