Oct 29, 2007
Express5800/120Li
Distribution SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for EM64T
( KERNEL 2.6.16.21-0.8 )
Meanings of letters
A ---Function without third party drivers
B ---Function with third party drivers
C ---Not function
D ---Not Supported
OS Installation / HDDs addition / CPUs addition / Memories addition /
LAN Adapters / Backup Devices /

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Code Model/Device qty
Conf1
(SAS)
N8100-1240 Express5800/120Li
( diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5160(3G)/memory 2GB)
1
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm) 1
Conf2
(SAS-DAC)
N8100-1239 Express5800/120Li
( diskless Model/DualCore Intel(R)Xeon 5110(1.60G)/memory 2GB)
1
N8103-91 Disk Array Controller(for internal SAS HDDs) 1
N8103-94 Additional Battery(SAS) 1
N8154-11 Additional HDD Cage 1
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(SAS-DAC,RAID5) 3
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(SAS-DAC,RAID0) 2
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)(SAS-DAC,RAID1) 2
* LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID is not available on this Linux.

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1 Conf2
OS installation A B
(*1)
Boot from CD-ROM.
X Window System A A 1024x768, thousands colors.
PS/2 Mouse/keyboard A
(*2)
A
(*2)
 
Built-in LAN ports A A ssh, ftp
Built-in LAN ports Teaming(Bonding) A
(*3)
A
(*3)
ssh, ftp
CPU information A A cat /proc/cpuinfo
Memory information A A cat /proc/meminfo
Making partitions 14 14 Using till the last cylinder of drives.
Hard Drives A A Copy and compare data files.
CD-ROM Drive A A
Floppy Drive A A
Availability of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)
- A Remove one HDD from the running system.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID
( Hotplug.)
- A Rebuilding automatically.
I/O access running 12h 12h I/O access running
Reboot 10 10 The number of times.
(*1)
You need a driver update diskette. Get it from LSI(R) site, "SLES10 3.13-1 02-OCT-07" ( SLES10-ga-al3.13-1.zip ). See readme file for the usage.

(*2)
When Serial console is connected, keyboard sometimes dose not work.

(*3)
Use bonding driver. You must test performance on each environment.

HDDs Addition UP

Code Model/Device Result Comment
N8150-199 Additional 36.3GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm) A Copy and compare data files.
N8150-200 Additional 73.2GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)
N8150-201 Additional 146.5GB HDD(SAS,15000rpm)

CPUs Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8101-346 Additional CPU
(XD2/1.60G(4))
1 A cat /proc/cpuinfo
N8101-347 Additional CPU
(XD2/3G(4))
1 A

Memories Addition UP

Code Model/Device qty Result Comment
N8102-246 1GB Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM, 512MB x2) 5 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-247 2GB Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM, 1GB x2) 5 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-248 4GB Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM, 2GB x2) 6 A cat /proc/meminfo
N8102-249 8GB Additional Memory board(DDR2-533, FB-DIMM, 4GB x2) 6 A cat /proc/meminfo

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 (PCI,U160) aic7xxx 7.0
Conn2 N8103-75 Additional SCSI Controller (PCI-X,U320) aic79xx 3.0

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2
Backup, Restore A A tar command
Reboot 10 10 The number of times.

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