| Configuration 1 OS is installed into RAID drive. | |||||
| Express5800 /120Ef |
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Disk Array Controller (N8103-80) |
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18.1GB HDD (N8150-159) |
RAID1 |
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18.1GB HDD (N8150-159) |
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| Express5800/120Ef |
| Distribution |
Red Hat Linux 7.3 (KERNEL 2.4.18-3smp) |
| 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 |
| Installation in standard composition / Disk Array composition / HDD addition / CPU addition / LAN adapter addition / Backup device |
| Installation in standard composition | Top |
| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
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| 1 | Express5800/120Ef(Diskless/Xeon 1.80GHz/MEM 256MB) | N8100-857 | 1 | A |
CD-ROM boot installation complete(*1) Keyboard confirmed recognizable/operational Mouse confirmed recognizable/operational Builtin LAN recognizable/operational Hyper-Threading confirmed |
| 2 | 40GB HDD | N8150-180 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 109 type Keyboard(W) | N8570-09 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Mouse (PS2, two buttons) | N8170-05 | 1 |
(*1)
CD-ROM Drive should not be used in DMA mode. Add the following description to /etc/rc.sysinit and reboot the system in order to turn DMA off.# disable ide-cd DMA for i in /proc/ide/hd[a-z] do MEDIA=`cat ${i}/media` if [ ${MEDIA} = "cdrom" ] then /sbin/hdparm -d0 /dev/`basename ${i}` fi done
| Disk Array composition | Top |
- Hardware Configurations
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| * | F/W Revs are factory configuration. | |
| MegaRAID U320 2ch (N8103-80) | : 1L19 | |
| MegaRAID i4 (N8103-73A) | : P661 | |
| Fasttrak100LP (N8103-74) | : 2.00.0070.06 | |
| Leopard (N8103-53A) | : 6.00.42 | |
- OS installation
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | ||
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| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | Confg.3 | |||
| 1 | Operating system installation | B(*1) | A(*2) | B(*3) | Completed the installation by booting from CD-ROM drive |
(*1)
A driver diskette is needed for OS installation with [N8103-80].
- Driver diskette- OS installation using a driver diskette
- Download a archive ( filename: RH118h.tgz ) from [ here ] or [ LSI Logic Corporation(R) ]
- Extract it and get a diskette image file ( filename: dud-rh73-118h ).
- Rename it to 'dd.img' .
- Open a DOS command prompt and execute 'rawrite.exe'. The utility rawrite.exe is in /dosutils directory in the Red Hat Linux Installation CD1.
According to directions, insert a DOS-formatted floppy diskette, type the path of the image file as 'c:¥dd.img' and the floppy disk drive name as 'a'.
(*2)
- Insert an Installation CD to boot.
- When displayed as 'boot: ', type 'linux dd' and push enter-key to get into driver-diskette mode.
Then, insert the driver diskette according to directions.- After this step continue with install as normal.
The 'Write Policy' of this disk array controller [N8103-73A] must be set as 'Write Through' that is default setting. Otherwise, the installation fails.
You can set it as 'Write Back' after installation.
(*3)
A driver diskette is needed for OS installation with [N8103-74].
- Driver diskette- OS Installation using a driver diskette
- Download a archive ( filename: T-FTS-02-RHD73.zip ) from [ here ] or [ Promise Technology(R) ]
- First, extract it and get a archive 'rhsmp-ftb22.zip'. Farther, extract it, and copy all the contents of it into a DOS-formatted floppy diskette.
- Insert an Installation CD to boot.
- Following "boot: "in the initial display, input "linux dd" and some kernel parameters as follows.
boot: linux dd ide0=0 ide1=0 ide2=0 ide3=0 ide4=0 ide5=0 ide6=0 ide7=0 ide8=0 ide9=0x1e8,03ee,11
Then, insert the driver diskette according to directions.- At the phase of boot loader configuration, you must set following kernel parameters.
ide0=0 ide1=0 ide2=0 ide3=0 ide4=0 ide5=0 ide6=0 ide7=0 ide8=0 ide9=0x1e8,03ee,11- Regular installation procedure follows.
- When you see "Congratuations" on screen, push Ctrl-Alt-F2 keys to enter onother console. Do as follows.
# chroot /mnt/sysimage
# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
# cd /mnt
# sh /mnt
# sh setup-ft
# cd /
# umount /mnt
# exit- Push Ctrl-Alt-F7 keys and finish installation.
- RAID drive operations
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | ||
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| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | Confg.3 | |||
| 1 | Create partitions | B | A | B | Successfully created partition of 4GB capacity. Confirmed operational. |
| 2 | Create a file system, mount it and unmount it | B | A | B | Confirmed operational. |
| 3 | Read/Write | B | A | B | Data copied/verified. Confirmed operational. |
| 4 | Over 2GB partition |
B | A | B | Data copied/verified. Confirmed operational. |
- Disk Failure
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | ||
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| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | Confg.3 | |||
| 1 | Auto Rebuild at disk failure, HDD dead | B | A | B | Confirmed Auto Rebuild function after replacing dead HDD. |
- Maximum Number of Partitions
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | ||
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| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | Confg.3 | |||
| 1 | Operational partitions in max. | 14 | 14 | 14 | Simultaneously available partitions |
| HDD addition |
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| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
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| 1 | 120GB HDD | N8150-168 | 1 | A | Connected with built-in IDE controller. Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 2 | B | Connected with disk mirroring controller[N8103-74](*1). Confirmed by reading and writing. |
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| 2 | 120GB HDD | N8150-170 | 2 | B |
Connected with disk array controller [N8103-73A](*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 3 | 40GB HDD | N8150-180 | 2 | A | Connected with built-in IDE controller Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 4 | 80GB HDD | N8150-181 | 1 | A |
Connected with built-in IDE controller Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 5 | 18.1GB HDD | N8150-159 | 2 | B |
Connected with disk array controller [N8103-80](*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 6 | SCSI Controller | N8103-56 | 1 | A | Connected with HDDs below. Confirmed operational. |
| 7 | 36.3GB HDD | N8150-157 | 1 | A |
Connected with SCSI controller [N8103-56] Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 8 | 73.2GB HDD | N8150-158 | 1 | A |
Connected with SCSI controller [N8103-56] Confirmed by reading and writing. |
(*1)
See the "Disk Array composition".
| CPU addition |
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| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
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| 1 | Additional CPU kit(Xeon 1.80 GHz) | N8101-242 | 1 | A |
Confirmed Hyper-Threading/smp operational |
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LAN adapter addition |
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| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
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| 1 | 100BASE-TX adapter (2ch) | N8104-86 | 1 | C | Only 1ch links.(*1) |
| 2 | 1000BASE-SX adapter | N8104-84 | 2 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet/FTP |
| 3 | 1000BASE-T adapter | N8104-103 | 2 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet/FTP |
(*1)
Latest BIOS and latest LAN driver may fix this ploblem, but it has not been confirmed yet.
| Backup Devices | Top |
| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
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| 1 | SCSI Controller | N8103-65 | 1 | A | Connected with following devices. (*1) |
| 2 | Built-in DAT | N8151-12BC | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI controller [N8141-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
(*1)
If the driver software for SCSI controller [N8103-65] is not loaded automatically, do as follows.
- How to load the driver software- How to load the driver software automatically after reboot
- Execute the following commands after booting the system:
#modprobe a100u2w
- Add "modprobe a100u2w" in the end of the file "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit".
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