NEC Express5800/120Eh RHEL 5.1 (x86/x86

Jan 24, 2008

Express5800/120Eh
Distribution	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.18-53.el5 )

Meanings of letters

A ---Function without third party drivers
B ---Function with third party drivers
C ---Not function
D ---Not Supported

OS Installation / Xen Virtualization / Basic operation / Hardware addition / LAN Adapters / Backup Devices

Model UP

Code	Model
N8100-1287 N8100-1288 N8100-1352 N8100-1290 N8100-1291 N8100-1293	Express5800/120Eh ( diskless model) DualCore Intel® Xeon® Processor 5110 (1.60 GHz) DualCore Intel® Xeon® Processor 5130 (2 GHz) DualCore Intel® Xeon® Processor 5160 (3 GHz) DualCore Intel® Xeon® Processor 5110 (1.60 GHz) DualCore Intel® Xeon® Processor 5130 (2 GHz) DualCore Intel® Xeon® Processor 5160 (3 GHz)

* You must update BIOS if the version is less than 1.0.5G49. See HERE.
* You must update BMC firmware if the version is less than 00.55. See HERE No. .

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration	Drive	Outline	qty
1	(SATA model) SATA	Additional HDD	3
2	(SATA model) SATA-DAC	N8103-103 Disk Array Controller (SATA2)	1
2	(SATA model) SATA-DAC	Additional HDD (RAID5)	3
3	(SAS model) SAS	Additional HDD	3
4	(SAS model) SAS-DAC (megaraid_sas)	N8103-91 Disk Array Controller (for internal SAS HDDs)	1
4	(SAS model) SAS-DAC (megaraid_sas)	Additional HDD (RAID5)	3
5	(SAS model) SAS-ZCR	N8103-99 Disk Array Controller (for SAS HDDs 0ch)	1
5	(SAS model) SAS-ZCR	Additional HDD (RAID5)	3
6	(SAS model) SAS-DAC (stex)	N8103-105 Disk Array Controller (for SAS HDDs)	1
6	(SAS model) SAS-DAC (stex)	Additional HDD (RAID5)	3

* Conf5: In case the firmware version of N8103-99 Disk Array Controller is 2.02.00-0095 or 1.03.01-0178, you must get new one from here to update.
* 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
Checklist	Conf1	Conf2	Conf3	Conf4	Conf5	Conf6	Comment
OS installation	A	A	A	A	A	A	Boot from CD-ROM.
Making partitions	14	14	14	14	14	14	Using the whole drive
Hard Drives	A	A	A	A	A	A	Copy and compare data files.
Availability of Degraded RAID ( Hotplug.)	-	A	-	A	A	A	Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID ( Hotplug.)	-	A	-	A	A	A	Rebuilding automatically.
I/O access running	12h	12h	12h	12h	12h	12h	I/O access running
Reboot	10	10	10	10	10	10	Number of repeated system rebooting.

Xen Virtualization UP

Checklist	Result	Comment
Creating Virtual Machines (full-virtualized)	- (*1)	the number of created Virtual Machines.
Creating Virtual Machines (para-virtualized)	4	the number of created Virtual Machines.
Drives on Virtual Machines	A	Copy and compare data files.
Networking on Virtual Machines	A	ssh,ftp
I/O access running(full-virtualization)	- (*1)	I/O access running
I/O access running(para-virtualization)	12h	I/O access running
Reboot (dom0)	10	Number of repeated system rebooting.
Reboot (domU)	10 (*2)	Number of repeated system rebooting.

(*1)
Full-virtualization is not recommended.

(*2)
Booting of Guest domain is sometimes canceled for unknown reasons.

Basic operation UP

Checklist	Result	Comment
X Window System	A	1024x768, thousands colors.
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard	A (*1)	Test on X Window System.
Built-in LAN ports	B (*2)	ssh, ftp
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding)	A (*3)	Use bonding driver. See the kernel document for information about bonding.
CPU information	A	cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information	A	cat /proc/meminfo
Maximum CPUs	2	Number of physical CPUs.
Maximum Memory	24 (*4)	Size of Main Memory. (GB)
DVD-ROM Drive	A	Copy and compare data files.
Floppy Drive	A	Copy and compare data files.
Serial port	A	Configure to login.

(*1)
To fix Keyboard problem, BMC firmware must be updated.

(*2)
Is is recommended to update ethernet driver to fix some problems. See Intel® website and get newest e1000 driver.

(*3)
Bonding does not function on Xen kernel.

(*4)
On RHEL5 x86 system, less than 16GB memory is supported. PAE kernel is available in case memory amount is from 4GB to 16GB. On RHEL5 x86_64 system, memory amount is not limited.

Hardware Addition UP

Code	Model/Device	Result	Comment
N8101-348	Additional CPU (Xeon(1.60G))	A	cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-359	Additional CPU (Xeon(2G))	A
N8101-349	Additional CPU (Xeon(3G))	A
N8102-273	1GB Additional Memory board(512MB x2)	A	cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-274	2GB Additional Memory board(1GB x2)	A
N8102-275	4GB Additional Memory board(2GB x2)	A
N8102-276	8GB Additional Memory board(4GB x2)	A
N8150-204A	Additional 80GB HDD (SATA)	A	Copy and compare data files.
N8150-205A	Additional 160GB HDD (SATA)	A
N8150-206A	Additional 250GB HDD (SATA)	A
N8150-230	Additional 500GB HDD (SATA)	A
N8150-207A	Additional 80GB HDD (SATA)	A	Copy and compare data files.
N8150-208A	Additional 160GB HDD (SATA)	A
N8150-209A	Additional 250GB HDD (SATA)	A
N8150-229	Additional 500GB HDD (SATA)	A
N8150-199	Additional 36.3GB HDD (SAS)	A	Copy and compare data files.
N8150-200	Additional 73.2GB HDD (SAS)	A
N8150-201	Additional 146.5GB HDD (SAS)	A
N8150-226	Additional 300GB HDD (SAS)	A
N8151-71A	Built-in FDD (USB)	A	Copy and compare data files.
N8160-74	External FDD (USB)	A	Connected after OS boot, Copy and compare data files.

LAN Adapters UP

See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.

Backup Devices UP

See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.

-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	-	USB controller (USB2.0)	-	-

-Evaluation

Checklist	Result			Comment
Checklist	Conn1	Conn2	Conn3	Comment
Backup, Restore	A	A	A	tar command
Reboot	5	5	5	Number of repeated system rebooting.

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