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NEC Express5800/R110i-1 System Configuration Guide Introduction This document contains product and configuration information that will enable you to configure your system. The guide will ensure fast and proper configuration of your NEC Express5800 server. June 6, 2017 Revision 2.0 NEC Corporation...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Technical Specification Specification 2.5-inch Drive Model (1/2) Model R110i-1 Part Number N8100-2537F Processor Type Intel® Pentium® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Processor Processor Processor Processor G4560 E3-1220 v6 E3-1225 v6 E3-1230 v6 Clock Speed 3.50 GHz...
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Maximum resolution available via EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 remote console is 1280 x 1024 / 65K colors. Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779, at 25°C. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact your sales representative or visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/linux/index.html Supported on Xeon processor systems only.
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Maximum resolution available via EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 remote console is 1280 x 1024 / 65K colors. Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779, at 25°C. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact your sales representative or visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/linux/index.html 3.5-inch Drive Model...
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Maximum resolution available via EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 remote console is 1280 x 1024 / 65K colors. Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779, at 25°C. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact your sales representative or visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/linux/index.html Supported on Xeon processor systems only.
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Maximum resolution available via EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 remote console is 1280 x 1024 / 65K colors. Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779, at 25°C. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact your sales representative or visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/linux/index.html Revision 2.0 –...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 External Views Front and Rear Views Front View for 2.5-inch Drive Model J K L M N Front View for 3.5-inch Drive Model J K L M N Legend Drive Bays Dump (NMI) Switch...
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SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Rear View for Non-redundant PSU Configuration Rear View for Redundant PSU Configuration Legend PCI Slot 1B Power LED PCI Slot 1C Data LAN 1 Connector AC Inlet Data LAN 2 Connector Power Unit USB 3.0 Connectors...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Dimensions (mm) Non-Hot plug PSU Configuration 43.6 mm Hot plug PSU Configuration Revision 2.0 – June, 2017 NEC Corporation...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Configuration Diagram 2.5-inch Drive Model Legend: Standard Components Mandatory components 3.5-inch Drive Model (Non-redundant PSU) Legend: Standard Components Mandatory components Revision 2.0 – June, 2017 NEC Corporation...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Server Configuration 1 Base Models Product Name / Description Part Number NEC Express5800/R110i-1 N8100-2359F No CPU, no RAM, no 3.5-inch HDD, no Cooling FAN, no ODD Including: 3.5-inch Drive Cage, 1x 400 Watt non-hot plug power supply, Front bezel...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 4 Internal Hard Disk Drives RAID Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your disk form factor and RAID configuration. 4.1.1 2.5-inch Drive Slot 2 Slot 4 Slot 6 Slot 0 Slot 1...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Required Components for RAID Configuration 4.2.1 Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller for 2.5-inch Drives Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SATA Controller (Standard) 4 x 6Gb/s SATA Cable Internal SAS/SATA Cable...
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SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 4.2.4 RAID 0/1 Controller with 1 GB Cache for 2.5-inch Drives Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1) N8103-176 Required Broadcom MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i RAID 0/1/10, 1GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s...
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SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity and rotation speed. To configure a large-capacity RAID array, it is recommended to configure in RAID 6 or RAID 60 in order to minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard drives failure during the RAID rebuilding process.
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SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 4.2.11 RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache for 3.5-inch Drives Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-177 Required Broadcom MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s, SATA...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 4.2.15 RAID 0/1 Controller with 1 GB Cache for M.2 SATA SSD Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1) N8103-176 Required Broadcom MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i RAID 0/1/10, 1GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s...
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SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Max : 1 x 600 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 512n sector 8 slots 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD N8150-482 available 1 x 900 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 512n sector For 3.5-inch...
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SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 1.8TB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD N8150-541 1x 1.8TB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 512e sector (512e) SATA 500GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-488 1 x 500 GB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n sector (512n) 1TB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD...
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SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 4.3.5 3.5-inch Drives (1) Category Product Name / Description Part Number Drive SATA 500GB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-524 4slots 1 x 500 GB SATA HDD, 3.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n sector available 1TB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 6 PCI Card Please refer to Supported PCI cards and Installable Slots with regard to the position of PCI slot which can mount PCI card supported. Network Interface Controller Category Product Name / Description...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Using iSCSI See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations. Category Network Interface Operating Systems 1GbE Embedded 1GbE NIC/ Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, N8104-150/-151/-152 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, VMware...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Serial Port Adapter Product Name / Description Part Number Serial port adapter N8117-01A Serial port fixed to PCI bracket NOTE: Up to one Serial Port Adapter can be installed. 7 Other Add-in Components...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 ROM drive) or N8151-135F (Internal DVD Super Multi Drive) must not be installed. Flash FDD Choose the Flash FDD if you need to prepare an alternative device for a floppy drive. Product Name / Description...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Server Management License The server integrates the EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 as standard. Refer to Server Management for the standard management features. For more extensive remote KVM and remote media features, choose the following kit.
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 References Boot Mode Setting The server supports Legacy mode and UEFI mode (default) as an OS Boot Mode. See the table below for the Boot Mode and X2APIC setting for each Operating System. As the default settings at the factory, UEFI mode is set as OS Boot mode and X2APIC is enabled.
CLP (Command Line Protocol) (DMTF compliant) Remote control via Web browser (multi user login at the same time) Scheduling (without UPS, require NEC ESMPRO Manager) BIOS setting by using XML file Maintenance EXPRESSSCOPE®...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Endurance of SSD The 2.5-inch SAS/SATA SSDs have limited lifetime, which can only be written a limited number of times before it fails. The warranty period of SSD is the stated period of warranty or until the total bytes of written value (PBW) exceeds the limit value, whichever occurs first.
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers Part Number Product Name Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller - Embedded SATA RAID Controller ...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Supported PCI cards and Installable Slots Slots Part Number Product Name N8103-188 RAID controller (RAID0/1) N8103-176 RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1) N8103-177 RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-178 RAID Controller (2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8105-48...
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SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 PCI slot limitations for VMware Do not install N8104-152 Quad Port 1000BASE-T Adapter when any of the following cards is installed. - N8104-157 Dual Port 10GBASE-T Adapter - N8104-149 10GBASE SFP+ Adapter (SFP+/2ch) ...
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Secure Boot Mode This server supports Secure Boot. It is supported with UEFI Boot mode and protects the security by only allowing software programs with digital signature to run. The supported operating systems, software, and boot devices are below. The default setting of Secure Boot is disabled.
All other products, brands, or trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. NEC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. For hard drive capacity measurements, 1 GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less.
SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R110i-1 Revision History Revision Date Description New products added: June 6, 2017 120GB M.2 SATA SSD / N8150-736 Dual M.2 SATA Drive Installation Kit / N8118-307 Graphics Accelerator / N8105-48 Others: Removed support information related to Windows Server 2008 R2...
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