| Express5800/GT110a | |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 (x86/x86_64) ( KERNEL 2.6.9-78.EL ) |
| Meanings of letters |
| A ---Function without third party drivers B ---Function with third party drivers C ---Not function D ---Not supported blank---Not tested |
| OS Installation / Basic operation / Hardware addition / Backup Devices |
| Model | UP |
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
N8100-1493Y N8100-1494Y N8100-1495Y |
Express5800/GT110a ( diskless model) Intel®Celeron®Processor 430 1.80GHz DualCore Intel®Pentium®Processor E2160 1.80GHz DualCore Intel®Xeon® Processor E3110 3 GHz |
| OS Installation | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Configuration | Drive | Outline | qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SATA/SAS-DAC(LSI) RAID1 |
N8103-116A RAID Controller | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID1) | 2 | ||
| 2 | SATA/SAS-DAC(LSI) RAID5 |
N8103-117A RAID Controller | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID5) | 3 | ||
| 3 | SATA | Additional HDD | 2 |
| 4 | SATA/SAS-DAC(PROMISE) RAID1 |
N8103-109 RAID Controller | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID1) | 2 | ||
| 5 | SATA/SAS-DAC(PROMISE) RAID1 |
N8103-109 RAID Controller | 1 |
| Additional HDD (RAID1 + HotSpare) | 3 |
| Checklist | Result | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf1,2 | Conf3 | Conf4,5 | ||
| OS installation | B (*1,2) |
A (*1,2) |
B (*1,2) |
Boot from distribution's CD/DVD media. |
| Making partitions | 14 | 14 | 14 | Using the whole drive |
| Hard Drives | A | A | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Availability of Degraded RAID | A | - | A | Remove one HDD from the running system on Hotplug type. |
| Rebuild of Degraded RAID | A | - | A | Rebuild automatically on Hotplug type. |
| I/O access running | 12h | 12h | 12h | I/O access running |
| Reboot | 10 | 10 | 10 | The number of times. |
(*1)
Update following dirivers with a driver disk.
megaraid_sas 00.00.03.23n stex 3.6.0101.2n e1000 7.6.15.5-NAPI e1000e 0.4.1.7-NAPI
[How to Update](*2)NECESSARY
- Extract this file and change to following directory.
# cd RHEL4_x86/driver/driverdisk ( if x86 system )
# cd RHEL4_EM64T/driver/driverdisk ( if x86_64 system )
- Make a driver diskette from appropriate 'dd.img'.
ex.) # dd if=dd.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k- Boot from Installation CD/DVD media and 'boot:' is displayed, type and enter following strings.
linux dd usb-handoff
Disable EDAC modules. EDAC module will prevent hardware from collecting IPMI logs which is necessary for hardware support.
- Add following sentences to /etc/modprobe.conf.
install *_edac /bin/true
install edac_* /bin/true
- Restart the Operation System.
- Check that string "edac" is not shown in the result of lsmod.
| 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 and 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 Memory | 8 | Size of Main Memory. (GB) |
| Optical disk drive | A | Copy and compare data files. |
| Floppy drive | A | |
| Serial port | A | Configure to login. |
(*1)
Driver e1000, e100e has been updated.
| Hardware Addition | UP |
| Model/Device | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard drive (HDD) | 3.5inch SATA | A |
| 3.5inch SAS | A | |
| Backup devices | (*1) | |
| LAN Adapters | (*1) | |
(*1)
See ( HERE ), Option Devices page.
| Backup Devices | UP |
-Hardware configuration
| Connection | Code | Model/Device | Driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conn1 | N8103-95 | Additional SCSI Controller (U160) | aic7xxx |
| Conn2 | N8103-75 | Additional SCSI Controller (U320) | aic79xx |
| Conn3 | N8103-107 | Additional SCSI Controller (U320) | aic79xx |
| 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 | The number of times. |
| go back | UP |