| Express5800/120Li | |
| 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 |
|---|---|
N8100-1294 N8100-1295 N8100-1297 N8100-1298 | Express5800/120Li ( diskless model) DualCore Intel® Xeon®Processor 5110 (1.60 GHz) DualCore Intel® Xeon®Processor 5130 (2 GHz) DualCore Intel® Xeon®Processor 5160 (3 GHz) QuadCore Intel® Xeon®Processor E5345 (2.33 GHz) |
* You must update BIOS if the version is less than 1.0.5M49. See HERE.
* You must update BMC firmware if the version is less than 00.51. See HERE No. .
| OS Installation | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Drive | Outline | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAS | Additional HDD | 3 |
| 2 | SAS-DAC | N8103-91 Disk Array Controller (for internal SAS HDDs) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID5) | 3 | ||
| 3 | SAS-ZCR | N8103-99 Disk Array Controller (for SAS HDDs 0ch) | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID5) | 3 |
* Conf3: 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.
| Checklist | Result | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf1 | Conf2 | Conf3 | ||
| OS installation | A | A | A | Boot from CD-ROM. |
| Making partitions | 14 | 14 | 14 | Using the whole drive |
| Hard Drives | A | A | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Availability of Degraded RAID ( Hotplug.) |
- | A | A | Remove one HDD from the running system. |
| Rebuild of Degraded RAID ( Hotplug.) |
- | A | A | Rebuilding automatically. |
| I/O access running | 12h | 12h | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 | 10 | 10 | Number of repeated system rebooting. |
| I/O performance | (MB/sec) hdparm -t /dev/sda command | |||
| 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 | 48 (*4) |
Size of Main Memory. (GB) |
| DVD-ROM Drive | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Floppy Drive | A | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N8101-346 | Additional CPU (Xeon(1.60G)) | A | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
| N8101-361 | Additional CPU (Xeon(2G)) | A | |
| N8101-347 | Additional CPU (Xeon(3G)) | A | |
| N8101-363 | Additional CPU (Xeon(2.33G)) | A | |
| N8102-269 | 1GB Additional Memory board(512MB x2) | A | cat /proc/meminfo |
| N8102-270 | 2GB Additional Memory board(1GB x2) | A | |
| N8102-271 | 4GB Additional Memory board(2GB x2) | A | |
| N8102-272 | 8GB Additional Memory board(4GB x2) | A | |
| N8150-199 | Additional 36.3GB HDD (SAS,15000rpm) | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| 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 | |
| N8151-72A | 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 |
| 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 | - | USB controller (USB2.0) | - | - |
| Checklist | Result | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | Conn2 | Conn3 | ||
| Backup, Restore | A | A | A | tar command |
| Reboot | 5 | 5 | 5 | Number of repeated system rebooting. |
| go back | UP |