| Express5800/120Ei | |
| 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 / Backup Devices |
| Model | UP |
| 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/N8103-118 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID1) | 2 | ||
| built-in /External FDD(USB) | 1 | ||
| 2 | SATA/SAS-DAC RAID5 |
N8103-117/N8103-118 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID5) | 3 | ||
| built-in /External FDD(USB) | 1 | ||
| 3 | SATA/SAS-DAC RAID6 |
N8103-117/N8103-118 Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID6) | 4 | ||
| built-in /External FDD(USB) | 1 | ||
| 4 | SATA | Additional HDD | 4 |
| built-in /External FDD(USB) | 1 |
* SATA and SAS HDDs cannot be mixed
* You must choose the same type of HDDs for a RAID drive.
* LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID is not available on this Linux.
| Checklist | Result | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf1 | Conf2 | Conf3 | Conf4 | ||
| OS installation | A | A | A | A (*1) |
Boot from distribution's CD-ROM. |
| Making partitions | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | Using the whole drive |
| 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. |
| RAID Utility (URU) | A | A | A | - | Universal RAID Utility in EXPRESSBUILDER DVD is available. |
| I/O access running | 12h | 12h | 12h | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 (*2) |
10 (*2) |
10 (*2) |
10 (*2) |
Number of repeated system rebooting. |
(*1)
Change BIOS configuration before installation as follows.(*2)
- Push F2 key during POST and enter BIOS setup menu.
- In Advanced tab, turn 'SATA AHCI:' Enable to Disable.
- Save configuration and exit.
In certain situations, a kernel hang and a possible panic occurred when disabling the cpufreq daemon. Update kernel 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 fixes this. See Red Hat Suport Advisory RHSA-2008:0275-7.
| Xen Virtualization | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Creating Virtual Machines (full-virtualized) | - (*1) |
the number of created Virtual Machines. |
| Creating Virtual Machines (para-virtualized) | 2 | 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 | Test on X Window System. |
| Built-in LAN ports | B (*1) |
ssh, ftp |
| Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) | A (*2) |
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 (*3) |
Size of Main Memory. (GB) |
| DVD-ROM Drive | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Floppy Drive | A | |
| Serial port | A | Configure to login. |
(*1)
Is is recommended to update ethernet driver to fix some problems. See Intel® website and get newest e1000 driver.
(*2)
Bonding does not function on Xen kernel.
(*3)
On RHEL5 x86 system, less than 16GB memory is supported. On RHEL5 x86_64 system, menory amount is not limited.
See Red Hat Linux documents about its hardware support.
| Hardware Addition | UP |
| Model/Device | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard drive (HDD) | 2.5inch SAS | A |
| 3.5inch SAS | A | |
| 3.5inch SATA | A | |
| Backup Devices | (*1) | |
| LAN Adapters | (*1) | |
(*1) See HERE.
| Backup Devices | UP |
-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 | N8103-107 | Additional SCSI Controller (U320) | aic79xx | 3.0 |
| Conn4 | - | USB controller (USB2.0) | - | - |
| Checklist | Result | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | Conn2 | Conn3 | Conn4 | ||
| Backup, Restore | A | A | A | A | tar command |
| Reboot | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Number of repeated system rebooting. |
| go back | UP |