External Storage Controller - NEC Express5800/R110j-1 System Configuration Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE –
NOTE:

The NIC cards must be installed under the maximum configuration limits for networking when running with VMware systems. For
more detail, see the Networking Maximum in the Configuration Maximums document for VMware.
- For VMware ESXi 6.5:
- For VMware ESXi 6.7:
NIC Teaming feature - NIC Teaming and bonding features
The Express 5800 server supports NIC teaming, which enables you to configure multiple NICs as a virtual single network interface
for dual path, load balancing, for fault tolerance and network load balancing respectively.
See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations.
Network Interface
1GbE NIC
On-board LAN Interface
N8104-172/-180/-181
1GbE NIC
N8104-178
10GbE NIC
N8104-173/-182
10GbE NIC
N8104-183
10GbE NIC
N8104-185
NOTE:

NIC Teaming feature is not supported on iSCSI interfaces.

The network interfaces for each teaming must be the same.

When 1GbE, 10GbE NIC teaming are mixed, the maximum number of team must be as follows:
- Windows Server 2016: up to five per one system
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux: up to five per one system
Using iSCSI
See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations.
Category
1GbE
NOTE:

Teaming feature is not supported on iSCSI interfaces.

External Storage Controller

7.1
RAID Controller
7.1.1
Category
Controller
Battery Backup
Required
NOTE:

Only one SAS JBOD Enclosure can be connected to one RAID controller.

4Kn sector drives are not supported with the RAID controller.
NEC Corporation
NEC Express5800/R110j-1
https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r65/vsphere-65-configuration-maximums.pdf
https://configmax.vmware.com/home
Team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Network Interface
N8104-178
Product Name / Description
RAID Controller (4GB, RAID0/1/5/6)
RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 4GB, 8 External port PCIe 3.0 x8
SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s
Battery Backup Unit
Lithium-ion Battery for RAID controller
Revision 1.0 – January 2019
Operating Systems
Windows Server 2016,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, VMware 6.5 / 6.7
Operating Systems
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 later
VMware ESXi 6.5
VMware ESXi 6.7
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 later
VMware ESXi 6.5
VMware ESXi 6.7
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 later
VMware ESXi 6.5
VMware ESXi 6.7
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 later
VMware ESXi 6.5
VMware ESXi 6.7
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 later
VMware ESXi 6.5
VMware ESXi 6.7
Part Number
N8103-196
N8103-215
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