Apr. 30, 2009
Express5800/T120a-M
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

Code Model

N8100-1527
N8100-1528
N8100-1529
N8100-1530		 Express5800/T120a-M ( diskless model)
DualCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5502 1.86 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor E5520 2.26 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor X5550 2.66 GHz
QuadCore Intel®Xeon®Processor X5570 2.93 GHz

OS Installation UP

-Hardware configuration

Configuration Drive Outline qty
1 SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID1		 Built-in Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs)
( or N8103-118 )		 1
Additional HDD (RAID1) 2
2 SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID5		 Built-in Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs)
N8103-119 RAID upgrade kit
( or N8103-118 )		 1
Additional HDD (RAID5) 3
3 SATA/SAS-DAC
RAID6		 Built-in Disk Array Controller (for internal SATA/SAS HDDs)
N8103-119 RAID upgrade kit
( or N8103-118 )		 1
Additional HDD (RAID6) 6
* You must choose the same type of HDDs for a RAID drive.

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conf1 Conf2 Conf3
OS installation B
(*1,2,3)		 B
(*1,2,3)		 B
(*1,2,3)		 Boot from distribution's 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 A A A Remove one HDD from the running system on Hotplug type.
Rebuild of Degraded RAID A 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)
If it is x86 system, do the following steps.
Boot from Installation CD-ROM and 'boot:' is displayed, type and enter following strings.
linux apic=bigsmp

(*2)
Install KMP modules for following drivers.
megaraid_sas 00.00.04.01n-RH1
igb 1.3.8.6


  1. Mount EXPRESBUILDER(DVD) on /mnt.
    # cd /mnt/010/lnx/os/RHEL5_x86/driver ( if x86 system )
    # cd /mnt/010/lnx/os/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
    # rpm -ivh --nosignature igb/kmod-igb-1.3.8.6.*.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.
(*3)NECESSARY
Disable EDAC modules.
  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 command.

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 The number of times.
(*1)
Full-virtualization is not recommended.

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, 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 CPUs 2 Number of physical CPUs.
Maximum Memory 96
(*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)
Driver igb has been updated.

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

(*3)
Use PAE kernel in case memory amount exceeds 4GB .
On RHEL5 x86 system, less than 16GB memory is supported.
On RHEL5 x86_64 system, menory amount is not limited.
See Red Hat Linux documents about its hardware support.

Hardware Addition UP

Model/Device Result
Hard drive (HDD) 3.5inch SAS A
3.5inch SATA A
2.5inch SATA A
Backup devices (*1)
LAN Adapters (*1)
(*1)
Backup devices and LAN Adapters /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) -
Conn5 N8103-104A Additional SAS Controller (PCIe x8) mptxxx
Conn6 N8103-116A/117A/118A RAID Controller megaraid_sas

-Evaluation

Checklist Result Comment
Conn1 Conn2 Conn3 Conn4 Conn5 Conn6
Backup, Restore A A A A A A tar command
Reboot 5 5 5 5 5 5 The number of times.

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