| Express5800/140Hf | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.18-8.el5 ) |
| Meanings of letters |
| A ---Function without third party drivers B ---Function with third party drivers C ---Not function D ---Not Supported |
| Model / OS Installation / Xen Virtualization / General Action / Hardware addition / LAN Adapters / Backup Devices |
| Model | UP |
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
N8100-1223 N8100-1277 N8100-1278 |
Express5800/140Hf ( diskless Model) Intel®Xeon®Processor MP 3.16GHz DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor 7110M 2.60GHz DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor 7140M 3.40GHz |
| OS Installation | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Drive | Outline | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onboard RAID | N8154-13 HDD Cage | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID1) | 2 | ||
| Additional HDD (RAID5) | 3 | ||
| Additional HDD (Hot Spare) | 1 |
* You must choose the same type of HDDs for a RAID drive.
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Conf1 | ||
| OS installation | A | Boot from CD-ROM. |
| Making partitions | 14 | Using till the last cylinder of drives. |
| Hard Drives | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| 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 | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 | The number of times. |
| Xen Virtualization | UP |
| Checklist | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Creating Virtual Machines (full-virtualized) | - (*1) |
the number of created Virtual Machines. |
| Creating Virtual Machines (para-virtualized) | 5 | 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 | The number of times. |
| Reboot (domU) | 10 (*2) |
The number of times. |
(*1)
Full-virtualization is not recommended because occasional system freezing has been observed.
(*2)
Booting of Guest domain is sometimes canceled for unknown reasons.
| 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 | B (*1) |
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 | 4 | The capable number of physical CPUs. |
| Maximum Memory | 64 (*2) |
The capable 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)
On RHEL5 x86 system, main memory amount is supported up to 16GB. And use PAE kernel in case memory amount is from 4GB to 16GB. On RHEL5 x86_64 system, there is no memory size limitation.
| Hardware Addition | UP |
| Code | Model/Device | Result | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| N8101-304A | Additional CPU XMP/3.16G | A | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
| N8101-356 | Additional CPU XMPD/2.60G | A | |
| N8101-357 | Additional CPU XMPD/3.40G | A | |
| N8102-216 | 1GB Additional Memory board | A | cat /proc/meminfo |
| N8102-217 | 2GB Additional Memory board | A | |
| N8102-218 | 4GB Additional Memory board | A | |
| N8102-219 | 8GB Additional Memory board | A | |
| N8150-199 | Additional 36.3GB HDD (SAS) | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| N8150-200 | Additional 73.2GB HDD (SAS) | A | |
| N8150-201 | Additional 146.5GB HDD (SAS) | A | |
| N8150-226 | Additional 300GB HDD (SAS) | A |
| 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 |
| Checklist | Result | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | Conn2 | ||
| Backup, Restore | A | A | tar command |
| Reboot | 5 | 5 | The number of times. |
| go back | UP |