| Configuration 1(RAID1) OS is installed into RAID1 drive. |
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| Express5800 /120Ef |
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Disk Array Controller (N8103-73A) |
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HDD Cage (N8150-166) |
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80GB HDD (N8150-182) |
RAID1 |  |
80GB HDD (N8150-182) |
| Express5800/120Ef |
| Distribution |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES Ver2.1 (KERNEL 2.4.9-e.12smp) |
| The following letters given to evaluation results stand for: |
| 'A'---operational on the distributed OS 'B'---operational with update driver applied to the distributed OS 'C'---not operational 'D'---not supported |
| Evaluation of Installation
/ CPU addition
/ LAN board addition
/ HDD addition
/ Backup device / Confirmation of Disk Array Operation |
| Evaluation of Installation | Top |
| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Express5800/120Ef(Diskless/Xeon 2.40B GHz/MEM 256MB) | N8100-889 | 1 | A |
CD-ROM boot installation complete Keyboard confirmed recognizable/operational Mouse confirmed recognizable/operational Enabling Hyper-Threading confirmed |
| 2 | Additional 40GB HDD | N8150-180 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 109 type Keyboard(W) | N8170-12 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Mouse (two buttons) | N8170-05 | 1 |
| CPU addition |
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| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
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| 1 | Additional CPU kit(Xeon 2.40B GHz) | N8101-269 | 1 | A |
Confirmed smp operational |
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LAN Board addition |
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| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
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| 1 | 100BASE-TX Board | N8104-86 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet /FTP (*1) |
| 2 | 100BASE-TX Board | N8104-111 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet /FTP (*1) |
| 3 | 1000BASE-SX Board | N8104-84 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet /FTP |
| 4 | 1000BASE-T Board | N8104-103 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet /FTP |
| 5 | 1000BASE-T Board | N8104-103 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet /FTP |
| 6 | 1000BASE-T Board (2ch) | N8104-113 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet /FTP |
(*1)
Default-configured "eepro100" occasionaly malfunction. For this reason, the driver "e100" needs to be manually applied after installation is complete. The procedure to switch to the driver "e100", as conducted by NEC, is shown below:
(Procedure to switch from "eepro100" to "e100")
- Boot the system after installation.
- Alter "/etc/modules.conf" in the same quantity as NIC as below:
- (Before altering) alias eth0 eepro100
- (After altering) alias eth0 e100
- Reboot the system.
- Confirm by the command "lsmod" that the driver "e100" has been loaded.
| HDD addition |
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| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
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| 1 | Additional 40GB HDD | N8150-180 | 1 | A | Connected with built-in IDE controller Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 2 | Additional 80GB HDD | N8150-182 | 2 | A |
Connected with disk array controller [N8103-73] (*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 3 | SCSI Controller | N8103-56 | 1 | A | Connected with HDDs below. Confirmed operational. |
| 4 | Additional 36.3GB HDD | N8150-157 | 1 | A |
Connected with SCSI controller [N8103-56] Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 3 | B |
Connected with disk array controller [N8103-80] (*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
(*1)
See the "Confirmation of Disk Array Operation".
| Backup Devices | Top |
| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
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| 1 | SCSI Controller | N8103-65 | 1 | A | Connected with Backup Devices below. Confirmed operational. (*1) |
| 2 | Device Expansion Unit | N8141-28A | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI Controller [N8103-65]. Confirmed operational. |
| 3 | Built-in DAT | N8151-12BC | 1 | A | Connected with Device Expansion Unit [N8141-28A]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 4 | Built-in LTO | N8151-40 | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI Controller [N8103-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
(*1)
The driver software may not be loaded automatically, if the SCSI controller [N8103-65] is adopted after installing an operating system. In this case, please load the driver software as the procedure below:- How to load the driver software
- Execute the following commands after booting the system:
#modprobe a100u2w- Execute the following command to confirm the driver "a100u2w" has been loaded.
#lsmod- How to load the driver software automatically after reboot
- Add "modprobe a100u2w" in the end of the file "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit".
| Confirmation of Disk Array Operation | Top |
- Hardware Configuration
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| * | F/W Rev. of Disk Array Controller Board is evaluated in the factory configuration. | |
| MegaRAID i4 (N8103-73A) | : P661 | |
| MegaRAID U320 2ch (N8103-80) | : 1L23 | |
- Basic Installation of Operating System
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | |||
| 1 | Operating system installation | B |
B |
Completed the installation by booting from CD-ROM drive (*1) |
(*1)- Confirm operational HDD connected with DAC Board
Procedure to create the driver diskette for Configuration 1 and 2 [N8103-73A] [N8103-80] and install the driver- Creating the driver disk
- Download the diskette image. ( filename: es21_driver.img ) [ via HTTP ]
- Rename the file as follows:
dd.img
- Insert a DOS-formatted floppy diskette into a floppy disk drive and execute 'rawrite.exe' as follows out of the command prompt on a Windows machine. The rawrite.exe file is located in /dosutils directory of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES Ver2.1 Installation CD1.
D:¥>rawrite
The following message appears. Input "dd.img" as the file name.
Enter disk image source file name: dd.img [ENTER]
The following message appears. Input "a" as the floppy disk drive name.
Enter target diskette drive: a [ENTER]
The following message appears. Press [ENTER] to create a driver diskette.
Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press -ENTER-:
- Installing the driver software
- Insert an Installation CD to boot.
- Input "linux dd" following "boot: " in the initial display to install in driver update mode.
boot: linux dd [ENTER]- Following the instraction, you will get the driver installed with your diskette.
- Regular installation procedure follows.
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | |
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| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | |||
| 1 | Create partitions | B |
B | Successfully created partition of 4GB capacity. Confirmed operational. |
| 2 | Create a file system, mount it and unmount it | B | B | Confirmed operational. |
| 3 | Use of disk with DAC board | B | B | Data copied/verified. Confirmed operational. |
| 4 | Confirm saving data into over 2GB partition on HDD connected with DAC and reading the data |
B | B | Data copied/verified. Confirmed operational. |
- Confirm operational at Disk Failure
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | |
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| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | |||
| 1 | Auto Rebuild at disk failure, HDD dead | B | B | Confirmed to work the Auto Rebuild function correctly by changing HDD while system running. |
- The Maximum Number of Partitions
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | |
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| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | |||
| 1 | Operational partitions in max. | 14 | 14 | Simultaneously mountable partitions |
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