| Configuration 1 OS is installed into RAID drive. | |||||
| Express5800 /120Lg |
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Disk Array Controller (N8103-81) |
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73.2GB HDD (N8150-163) |
RAID1 |
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73.2GB HDD (N8150-163) | ||||
| Express5800/120Lg |
| 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 | Express5800/120Lg(Diskless/Xeon 2.80B GHz/MEM 512MB) | N8100-899 | 1 | B |
CD-ROM boot installation complete (*1)(*2) Keyboard confirmed recognizable/operational Mouse confirmed recognizable/operational Hyper-Threading confirmed |
| 2 | 146.5GB HDD | N8150-171 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 109 type Keyboard(W) | N8170-12 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Mouse (PS2, two buttons) | N8170-05 | 1 |
(*1)
Procedure to create a driver diskette for built-in SCSI controller "aic79xx" and to install OS using it.- Creation of a driver diskette
- Download a diskette image ( filename: aic79xx_1.3.5_rh90.img ) from [ Local ]
- 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 file name "dd.img" and floppy disk drive name "a".
- Installation of OS using the driver diskette
(*2)
- Insert an Installation CD to boot.
- When displayed as "boot: ", input "linux dd" and enter.
Then, insert the driver diskette according to directions.- Regular installation follows after this.
CD-ROM Drive should not be used in DMA mode. Please add /etc/rc.sysinit following description 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 2.80B GHz) | N8101-245 | 1 | A |
Confirmed Hyper-Threding, 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 | 18.1GB HDD | N8150-164 | 3 | B | Connected with built-in SCSI controller (*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 2 | 36.3GB HDD | N8150-162 | 2 | B | Connected with built-in SCSI controller (*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 3 | B | Connected with disk array controller (*2) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
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| 2 | B | Connected with disk array controller (*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
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| 3 | 73.2GB HDD | N8150-163 | 1 | B | Connected with built-in SCSI controller (*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
| 3 | B | Connected with disk array controller (*2) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
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| 2 | B | Connected with disk array controller (*2) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
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| 4 | 146.5GB HDD | N8150-171 | 2 | B |
Connected with built-in SCSI controller (*1) Confirmed by reading and writing. |
(*1)
See the "Evaluation of Installation".
(*2)
See the "Disk Array Operation".
| Backup Devices | Top |
| No. | Model/Device | Code | qty | Result | Evaluation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCSI Controller | built-in [AIC7902] | 1 | A | Connected with Backup Devices below. Confirmed operational. (*1) |
| 2 | Built-in AIT | N8151-34B | 1 | A | Connected with built-in SCSI controller. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 3 | Built-in AIT |
N8151-41A ( FW version: 01np ) |
1 | A | Connected with built-in SCSI controller. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 4 | Built-in DAT | N8151-45 | 1 | A | Connected with built-in SCSI controller. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 5 | Built-in DAT | N8151-51 | 1 | A | Connected with built-in SCSI controller. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 6 | SCSI Controller | N8103-56 | 1 | A | Connected with Backup Devices below. Confirmed operational. (*1) |
| 7 | Built-in LTO | N8151-37 | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI Controller [N8103-56]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 8 | SCSI Controller | N8103-65 | 1 | A | Connected with Backup Devices below. Confirmed operational. (*1) |
| 9 | Built-in AIT | N8151-34B | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI Controller [N8103-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 10 | Built-in AIT |
N8151-41A ( FW version: 01np ) |
1 | A | Connected with SCSI Controller [N8103-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 11 | Built-in DAT | N8151-45 | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI Controller [N8103-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
| 12 | Built-in DAT | N8151-51 | 1 | A | Connected with SCSI Controller [N8103-65]. Confirmed by backup/restore. |
(*1)
The driver software may not be loaded automatically, if the additional SCSI controllers are installed after OS installation. In this case, please load driver softwares according to the following procedure.- How to load the driver software
- Execute the following commands after booting the system:
N8103-56,
#modprobe aic7xxx
N8103-65,
#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" or "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. is factory configuration. | ||
| MegaRAID U320 CH1(N8103-81) | : 1L23 | ||
| MegaRAID U320 CH2(N8103-80) | : 1L23 | ||
- Installation of Operating System
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | |||
| 1 | Operating system installation | B |
B |
Completed the installation by booting from CD-ROM drive (*1) |
(*1)- Confirm operational HDD connected with Disk array controller
Procedure to create the driver diskette for Configuration 1 and 2 [N8103-81] [N8103-80] and install the driver- Creation of a driver diskette
- Download the 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 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 enter.
Then, insert the driver diskette according to directions.- Regular installation follows after this.
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | |||
| 1 | Create partitions | B |
B | Successfully created partition of 4GB capacity. Confirmed operational. |
| 2 | Create a file system, mount it and unmount it | B | B | Confirmed operational. |
| 3 | Read/Write | B | B | Data copied/verified. Confirmed operational. |
| 4 | Over 2GB partition |
B | B | Data copied/verified. Confirmed operational. |
- Confirm operational at Disk Failure
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | |||
| 1 | Auto Rebuild at disk failure, HDD dead | B | B | Confirmed Auto Rebuild function after replacing dead HDD. |
- The Maximum Number of Partitions
| No. | Evaluation | Result | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confg.1 | Confg.2 | |||
| 1 | Operational partitions in max. | 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 (2ch) | N8104-86 | 1 | B | B | AFT/ALB confirmed operational (*1) |
| 2 | 100BASE-TX adapter | N8104-111 | 2 | 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 versionpackage 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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