Jun. 30, 2009
Express5800/GT110a
Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 (x86/x86_64)
( KERNEL 2.6.18-128.el5 )
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 / Xen Virtualization / 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

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1,2 Conf3 Conf4,5
OS installation B
(*1,2)		 A
(*2)		 A
(*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)
Install KMP modules for following drivers.
megaraid_sas 00.00.04.01n-RH1


  1. Extract this file and change to following directory.
    # cd RHEL5_x86/driver ( if x86 system )
    # cd RHEL5_EM64T/driver ( if x86_64 system )

  2. Install KMP package.
    In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-128.el5
    # rpm -ivh --nosignature megaraid_sas/kmod-megaraid_sas-00.00.04.01n-RH1.*.rpm

    In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-128.el5PAE
    # rpm -ivh --nosignature */*-PAE-*.rpm

    In case Kernel version is 2.6.18-128.el5xen
    # rpm -ivh --nosignature */*-xen-*.rpm

  3. Install KMP common packages.
    # rpm -ivh --nosignature */*noarch.rpm

  4. Restart the Operation System.
(*2)NECESSARY
Disable EDAC modules. EDAC module will prevent hardware from collecting IPMI logs which is necessary for hardware support.
  1. Add following sentences to /etc/modprobe.conf.
    install *_edac /bin/true
    install edac_* /bin/true
  2. Restart the Operation System.
  3. Check that string "edac" is not shown in the result of lsmod.

Xen Virtualization UP

Checklist Result Comment
Creating Virtual Machines (full-virtualized) -
(*1)		 Number of created Virtual Machines.
Creating Virtual Machines (para-virtualized) 2 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.

(*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 A ssh and ftp
Built-in LAN ports Teaming (bonding) A
(*2)		 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
(*3)		 Size of Main Memory. (GB)
Optical disk drive A Copy and compare data files.
Floppy drive A
Serial port A Configure to login.
(*1)
Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and remove the string 'rhgb' from kernel options to fix the display problem that occurs from time to time during boot into run-revel 5.

(*2)
Bonding does not function on Xen kernel.

(*3)
PAE kernel is available in case memory amount is from 4GB to 16GB.

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) -

-Evaluation

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