Configuration Guide Standard model 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. August 24, 2017 Revision 7.0 NEC Corporation...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Technical Specification Key Features High performance with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family Up to 512 GB of high speed DDR4 memory Up to sixteen 2.5-inch hard drives ...
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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. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact your sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html Revision 7.0 –...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E (2/2) Model R120g-2E Part Number N8100-2464F, N8100-2465F, N8100-2466F Processor Type Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® processor processor processor processor E5-2630 v4 E5-2650 v4 E5-2660 v4 E5-2690 v4 Clock speed 2.20 GHz 2.20 GHz 2.00 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. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact your sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html Revision 7.0 –...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E External Views Front and Rear Views Front View J K M N Legend 2.5-inch Drive Bays STATUS LED 2 2.5-inch Additional HDD Cage Bay Power Capping LED POWER Switch/ LED Display Connector UID Switch/LED LINK/ACT LED(LAN1)
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Rear View Legend PCI Slots (Low-Profile) Serial Port Connector Power Supply UID Switch/LED AC Inlet Management LAN Connector AC POWER LED LAN Connector Additional Power Supply Slot USB Connectors Display Connector Revision 7.0 – August, 2017...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Dimensions (mm) Without Cable Arm 829.0 88.3 87.4 32.7 683.8 87.2 With Cable Arm 948.4 867.0 Revision 7.0 – August, 2017 NEC Corporation...
The base model must be ordered with a processor kit and a memory kit. Use the NEC Power Supply Selector to select appropriate size for power units. For details, please visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/collateral/tools/PowerSelector_G01.xls 2 Processors and Heat Sink...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E The maximum number of logical processors supported by OS See the table below for the maximum number of logical processors that you can actually use on your system. Number of Logical Processors Supported by Operating Systems...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E 3.1.1 Independent Channel Configuration Available slots: 8 per processor Category Product Name / Description Part Number Registered DIMM 4GB DDR4-2400 REG Memory Kit (1x4GB) N8102-686F (RDIMM) 1 x 4GB Registered ECC DIMM, DDR4-2400(PC4-2400) 8GB DDR4-2400 REG Memory Kit (1x8GB)
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Maximum Memory Speed See the table below for the actual maximum memory transfer speed in Independent Channel / Memory Sparing Configuration. DDR4 memory speed depends on the type of DIMMs, the native memory bus speed of the memory controller and memory configuration.
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E 4 Internal Hard Disk Drives 4.1 RAID Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your OS and RAID configuration. For example, when you would like to configure RAID 0/1/10 1GB cache with Windows Server 2012 R2, refer to the section 4.2.3...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E 4.2 Required Components for RAID Configuration 4.2.1 Up to four Drives with Embedded SATA Controller Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SATA Controller (Standard) 4 x 6Gb/s SATA Cable Internal SATA Cable...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E 4.2.4 Up to sixteen Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 1GB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-177 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s, SATA...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E 4.3 Supported HDD/SDD 4.3.1 For Embedded SATA Controller Category Product Name / Description Part Number Drive 2.5-inchS 500GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-488 4 slots 1 x 500 GB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm,...
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Up to two kinds of drives selected from SAS 10K HDDs, SAS 15K HDDs, SATA HDDs, SAS SSDs, SATA SSDs (ME) and SATA SSDs (VE) can be mixed in each drive cage. For monitoring SATA SSD life on VMware, NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.6.05 or later is required. Please download the latest version on the NEC web site. ...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Four PCIe SSDs can be installed The PCIe SSD slots do not support hot-plug. Operating system cannot be installed on any PCIe SSD. PCIe SSD Category Product Name / Description Part Number PCIe SSD 800GB Non-Hot Plug 2.5-inch PCIe SSD...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E 8 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. 8.1 Network Interface Controller Category Product Name / Description...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Embedded/N8104-150/-151/-152 Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Red Hat Enterprise Linux N8104-145 Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2008 R2 10GbE NIC (10GBASE-SR)
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Mellanox MSX6036F-1SFR 36 ports, FDR, One power supply module included, no power cord NE3707-063 Redundant Power Supply Unit Power Supply Power supply module for 36 ports InfiniBand switch, no power cord NOTE: Up to two InfiniBand adapters can be installed into the system and two adapters should be of the same type.
The power units must be the same to configure redundancy. Use the NEC Power Supply Selector to select appropriate size for power units. For details, please visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/collateral/tools/PowerSelector_G01.xls Redundant Fan Kit Product Name / Description...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Internal USB flash memory to install VMware ESXi system NOTE: The kit does not include VMware ESXi installation media and license. 9.5 High Temperature Support Option Product Name / Description Part Number High temperature resistant Kit N8181-147F Required for high temperature operation over 40°C (up to 45°C)
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E 10.4 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.
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E 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.
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Server Management The EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3, integrated into the server, provides superior remote control and system management features listed in the table below. Standard With Remote KVM and Media License kit Hardware monitoring...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controller Part number Product Name Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller Embedded SATA RAID Controller ...
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.
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Revision History Revision Date Description August 24, 2017 New products added: 200GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD / N8150-779 400GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD/ N8150-780 800GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD/ N8150-781 200GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD / N8150-782 400GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD / N8150-783...
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