Feb 4, 2008
Express5800/120Ei
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 (x86/x86_64)
( KERNEL 2.6.9-55.EL )
Meanings of letters
A ---Function without third party drivers
B ---Function with third party drivers
C ---Not function
D ---Not Supported
OS Installation / General Action / Hardware addition / LAN Adapters / Backup Devices

Code Model

N8100-1426
N8100-1427
N8100-1444		 Express5800/120Ei 3.5inch disk model
DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5205 1.86 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5420 2.50 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor X5450 3 GHz

N8100-1422
N8100-1423
N8100-1443		 Express5800/120Ei 2.5inch disk model
DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5205 1.86 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5420 2.50 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor X5450 3 GHz

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID1		 N8103-116 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
2 SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID5		 N8103-117 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
3 SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID6		 N8103-117 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) 1
Additional HDD (RAID6) 4
4 SATA Additional HDD 4
* 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 Conf4
OS installation B
(*1,3,4)		 B
(*1,3,4)		 B
(*1,3,4)		 A
(*1,2,3,4)		 Boot from distribution's CD-ROM.
Making partitions 14 14 14 14 Using till the last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives A A A A Copy and compare data files.
Availability of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)		 A A A - Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)		 A A A - Rebuilding automatically.
I/O access running 12h 12h 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)
Make a driver disk with EXPRESSBUILDER (DVD-ROM) and use it.
Following drivers are installed from this driver disk.
aic79xx 1.3.11n
  1. Select the Operation system from the EXPRESSBUILDER menu to make appropriate driver disk.
  2. Boot from Installation CD-ROM and 'boot:' is displayed, type and enter following strings.
    inux dd usb-handoff
(*2)
You should do following BIOS setting befor installation.
Push F2 key during POST and enter BIOS setup menu. In 'Advanced', switch 'Serial ATA Native Mode Option' to compatible.

(*3)
RHEL4.5(x86_64) system needs update to kernel 2.6.9-55.0.12.EL. See, FAQ ID:11695/11696.
  1. Red Hat Network Login to Red Hat Network, and get kernel update.
  2. And see NEC site and get aic79xx driver of N8103-107 SCSI board on 2.6.9-55.0.12.EL kernel.
(*4)
On RHEL4.5(x86_64), system clock may advance awfully. This problem can be evaded if the following setting is done.

Push F2 key during POST and enter BIOS setup menu, 'Advanced', 'Advanced Chipset Control', switch 'Multimedia Timer' be disabled.

General Action UP

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 CPUs 2 Number of physical CPUs.
Maximum Memory 32
(*1)		 Size of Main Memory. (GB)
DVD-ROM Drive A Copy and compare data files.
Floppy Drive A
Serial port A Configure to login.
(*1)
See Red Hat Linux documents about its hardware support.

Hardware Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result
N8101-394 Additional CPU DualCore Xeon E5205(1.86GHz,6MB L2 cache,1066MHz FSB) A
N8101-405 Additional CPU QuadCore Xeon E5420(2.50GHz,2x6MB L2 cache,1333MHz FSB) A
N8101-406 Additional CPU QuadCore Xeon X5450(3GHz,2x6MB L2 cache,1333MHz FSB) A
N8102-317 1GB Additional Memory boardDDR2-667(PC2-5300) FB-DIMM, 512MBx2 A
N8102-318 2GB Additional Memory boardDDR2-667(PC2-5300) FB-DIMM, 1GBx2 A
N8102-319 4GB Additional Memory boardDDR2-667(PC2-5300) FB-DIMM, 2GBx2 A
N8102-320 8GB Additional Memory boardDDR2-667(PC2-5300) FB-DIMM, 4GBx2 A
N8103-95 Additional SCSI Controller64bit/66MHz A
N8103-75 Additional SCSI ControllerPCI-X 64bit/ 133MHz A
N8103-107 Additional SCSI ControllerPCI EXPRESS(x1) A
N8103-116 Disk Array Controller for SAS HDD ,PCI EXPRESS(x8) A
N8103-117 Disk Array Controller for SAS HDD ,PCI EXPRESS(x8) A
N8103-119 RAID upgrade kit A
N8103-120 Additional Battery A
N8150-250 Additional 80GB HDD SATA2, 7200rpm, hotplug A
N8150-251 Additional 160GB HDD SATA2, 7200rpm, hotplug A
N8150-247 Additional 250GB HDD SATA2, 7200rpm, hotplug A
N8150-229 Additional 500GB HDD SATA2, 7200rpm, hotplug A
N8150-237 Additional 750GB HDD SATA2, 7200rpm, hotplug A
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD SAS, 15000rpm A
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD SAS, 15000rpm A
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD SAS, 15000rpm A
N8150-226 Additional 300GB HDD SAS, 15000rpm A
N8150-219 Additional 36.3GB HDD 2.5inch ,SAS, 10000rpm A
N8150-240 Additional 36.3GB HDD 2.5inch ,SAS, 15000rpm A
N8150-220 Additional 73.2GB HDD 2.5inch ,SAS, 10000rpm A
N8150-241 Additional 73.2GB HDD 2.5inch ,SAS, 15000rpm A
N8150-228 Additional 146.5GB HDD 2.5inch ,SAS, 10000rpm A
N8151-83 Built-in 3.5inch FDD(USB) A
N8160-74 External FDD(USB) A

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 6.2.36
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx 1.3.11n
Conn3 N8103-107 Additional SCSI Controller (U320) aic79xx 1.3.11n
Conn4 - USB controller (USB2.0) - -

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2 Conn3 Conn4
Backup, Restore A B
(*1)		 B
(*1)		 A tar command
Reboot 5 5 5 5 The number of times.
(*1)
aic79xx is updated to ver 1.3.11n.

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