| 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) |
RAID5 |
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18.1GB HDD (N8150-159) |
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18.1GB HDD (N8150-159) |
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| Express5800/120Ef |
| Distribution |
Red Hat Linux 9 (KERNEL 2.4.20-8smp) |
| 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 adapter addition
/ HDD addition
/ Backup device / Disk Array Operation / AFT/ALB Operations |
| 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(*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) | N8170-12 | 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
| 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 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 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet/FTP |
| 2 | 100BASE-TX adapter | N8104-111 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet/FTP |
| 3 | 1000BASE-SX adapter | N8104-84 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet/FTP |
| 4 | 1000BASE-T adapter | N8104-103 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet/FTP |
| 5 | 1000BASE-T adapter (2ch) | N8104-113 | 1 | A | Confirmed operational via Telnet/FTP |
| 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 | 40GB HDD | N8150-180 | 3 | A |
Connected with built-in IDE controller Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 3 | 80GB HDD | N8150-181 | 1 | A |
Connected with built-in IDE controller Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 4 | 80GB HDD | N8150-182 | 3 | B |
Connected with disk array controller [N8103-73A](*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 5 | 18.1GB HDD | N8150-159 | 3 | 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 "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 | Built-in DAT | N8151-45 | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI controller [N8141-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 3 | Built-in DAT | N8151-51 | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI controller [N8141-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 4 | Built-in AIT | N8151-34B | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI controller [N8141-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 5 | Built-in AIT | N8151-46A | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI controller [N8141-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 6 | Built-in AIT | N8151-41A ( FW version: 01np ) |
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
- Execute the following commands after booting the system:
#modprobe a100u2w- Execute the following command to confirm the driver 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".
| Disk Array Operation | Top |
- Hardware Configuration
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| * | F/W Rev. of Disk Array Controller is evaluated in the factory configuration. | |
| MegaRAID U320 2ch (N8103-80) | : 1L23 | |
| MegaRAID i4 (N8103-73A) | : P661 | |
| Fasttrak100LP (N8103-74) | : 2.00.0070.06 | |
- Installation of Operating System
| 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)- Confirm operational HDD connected with Disk array controller
Procedure to create a driver diskette for Configuration 1 [N8103-80] and to install OS using it.- Creation of a driver diskette
- Download a diskette image ( filename: dud-rh90-118j ) from [ here ] or [ LSI Logic Corporation(R) ]
- Rename the file as follows:
dd.img
- Open a DOS command prompt and execute 'rawrite.exe'. The rawrite.exe file is located in /dosutils directory in the Red Hat Linux 9 Installation CD1.
According to directions, insert a DOS-formatted floppy diskette into a floppy disk drive, enter the image file name "dd.img" and floppy disk drive name "a".
- Installation of OS using the driver diskette
- Insert an Installation CD to boot.
- When displayed as "boot: ", input "linux dd" and push enter-key to get into driver-diskette mode.
Then, insert the driver diskette according to directions.- Regular installation procedure follows.
(*2)
The 'Write Policy' of this disk array controller [N8103-73A] must be set as 'Write Through' that is default setting. Otherwise, installation fails.
You can set it as 'Write Back' after installation.(*3)
Procedure to create a driver diskette for Configuration 3 [N8103-74] and to install OS using it.- Creating the driver disk
- Installing with the driver diskette
- Download a zip archive ( filename: 3_ft2xrhb1.zip ) from [ here ] or [ Promise Technology(R) ]
- Extract it, and copy all 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.
| 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. |
- Confirm operational at 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. |
- The 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 |
| AFT (Adapter Fault tolerance) / ALB (Adaptive Load Balancing) Operation | Top |
| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation | |
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| AFT | ALB | |||||
| 1 | 100BASE-TX adapter | N8104-111 | 2 | B | B | AFT/ALB confirmed operational (*1) |
| 2 | 100BASE-TX adapter (2ch) | N8104-86 | 1 | B | B | AFT/ALB confirmed operational (*1) |
| 3 | 1000BASE-SX adapter | N8100-84 | 2 | B | D | AFT confirmed operational (*1) |
| 4 | 1000BASE-T adapter | N8104-103 | 2 | B | D | AFT confirmed operational (*1) |
| 5 | 1000BASE-T adapter(2ch) | N8100-113 | 1 | B | D | AFT confirmed operational (*1) |
*Please refer How to configure AFT and How to configure ALB.
(*1)
Confirmed operational the functions by applying the following drivers after OS installation. The drivers are necessary to enable AFT functionality. They were downloaded from the Intel(R) website.Search them by driver name, etc. and download from Intel(R) download site .
driver version package ians 2.3.61 iANS-2.3.61.tar.gz e100 2.3.27 e100-2.3.27.tar.gz e1000 5.2.16 e1000-5.2.16.tar.gz
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