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NEC Express5800/R120g-2E

Configuration Guide

Storage-Rich 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.
April 26, 2017
Revision 6.0
NEC Corporation

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  • Page 1: Configuration Guide

    Configuration Guide Storage-Rich 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. April 26, 2017 Revision 6.0 NEC Corporation...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Contents TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ..................3 Key Features ............................3 Specification ............................3 EXTERNAL VIEWS ......................7 Front and Rear Views ........................... 7 Dimensions (mm) ..........................11 CONFIGURATION DIAGRAM ..................12 EXPANSION SLOT ......................13 SERVER CONFIGURATION ..................

  • Page 3: Technical Specification

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich REVISION HISTORY ..................... 41 Technical Specification Key Features  High performance with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family  Up to 512 GB of memory capacity, supporting high speed and energy efficient DDR4-2 ...
  • Page 4 Operable up to 35°C (95°F) when N8181-126 Redundant Fan Kit is installed and any of N8150-541/-483/-486/-518 SAS HDD is installed in the rear HDD cage. For Linux support, contact our sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html Revision 6.0 –...
  • Page 5 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 3.5-inch Drive Model Model R120g-2E Part Number N8100-2470F Processor Type Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2603 v4 processor processor E5-2620 v4 E5-2630 v4 Clock speed 1.70 GHz 2.10 GHz 2.20 GHz Number of Processors...
  • Page 6 Operable up to 35°C (95°F) when N8181-126 Redundant Fan Kit is installed and any of N8150-541/-483/-486/-518 SAS HDD is installed in the rear HDD cage. For Linux support, contact our sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html Revision 6.0 –...

  • Page 7: External Views

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich External Views Front and Rear Views Front View for 2.5-inch Drive Model Legend 2.5-inch Drive Bays BMC RESET Switch 2.5-inch Additional HDD Cage Bay POWER LED Pull-out Tab UID LED USB Connectors Power Capping LED...
  • Page 8 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Rear View for 2.5-inch Drive Model 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 2.5-inch Additional HDD Cage bay...
  • Page 9 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Front View for 3.5-inch Drive Model Legend 3.5-inch Drive Bays BMC RESET Switch Pull-out Tab POWER LED USB Connectors UID LED POWER Switch Power Capping LED STATUS LED 1 LINK/ACT LED(LAN1) STATUS LED 2...
  • Page 10 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Rear View for 3.5-inch Drive Model 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 2.5-inch Additional HDD Cage bay...

  • Page 11: Dimensions (Mm)

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Dimensions (mm) Without Cable Arm 829.0 88.1 87.1 32.7 683.8 87.2 With Cable Arm 948.4 867.0 Revision 6.0 – April, 2017 NEC Corporation...

  • Page 12: Configuration Diagram

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Configuration Diagram 2.5-inch Drive Model CHASSIS CHASSIS CHASSIS FRONT INSIDE REAR 2.5-inch Hot Plug 2xHDD Drive Cage Slot5 RAID Controller Slot4 PCIe Slot3 Slot 2.5-inch Slot2 Hot Plug Slot1 Drive Cage 4x DIMM Slots...

  • Page 13: Expansion Slot

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Expansion Slot Legend Remarks PCIe 3.0 x8, x8 connector, Low-profile, up to 168 mm length 2 CPUs required PCIe 3.0 x16, x16 connector, Low-profile, up to 200 mm length PCIe 3.0 x8, x8 connector, Low-profile, up to 200 mm length PCIe 3.0 x16, x16 connector, Low-profile, up to 200 mm length...

  • Page 14: Server Configuration

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Server Configuration 1 Base Models 2.5-inch Drive Model Product Name / Description Part Number NEC Express5800/R120g-2E N8100-2468F no processor, no RAM, no HDD, no ODD Including : 1 x 800 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum Power Supply Unit, Front Bezel, 16 x 2.5-inch Drive...

  • Page 15: For 3.5-Inch Drive Model

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich For 3.5-inch Drive Model Available sockets: 2 Category Product Name / Description Part Number Processors Xeon E5-2603 v4 Processor Kit N8101-1068F 1 Processor Required Intel® Xeon ® Processor E5-2603 v4 (1.70 GHz, 6C/6T, 15 MB)

  • Page 16: Memory

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 3 Memory Memory Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your memory configuration:  Independent Channel: Refer to 3.1.1  Memory Sparing Configuration: Refer to 3.1.2  Memory Mirroring / Memory Lockstep Configuration: Refer to 3.1.3...
  • Page 17 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 3.1.2 Memory Sparing Configuration Available slots: 8 per processor Product Name / Description Part Number 16GB DDR4-2400 REG Memory Kit (2x8GB) N8102-693 2 x 8GB Registered ECC DIMM, DDR4-2400(PC4-2400) 32GB DDR4-2400 REG Memory Kit (2x16GB)

  • Page 18: Maximum Available Memory

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Maximum Available Memory See the table below for the maximum memory size that you can actually use on your system. The maximum available memory is less than the maximum physical memory supported by your system because some chipsets require PCI resource space of about 750MB.

  • Page 19: Internal Hard Disk Drives

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 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 Model 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 4.2.1...
  • Page 20 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 4.1.2 3.5-inch Drive Model 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 4.2.4...

  • Page 21: Internal Drive Configuration For 2.5-Inch Drive Model

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Internal Drive Configuration for 2.5-inch Drive Model 4.2.1 Up to 26 Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 1GB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1) N8103-176...
  • Page 22 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 4.2.3 Up to 26 Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 2 GB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-178 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 2GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s, SATA...
  • Page 23 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 4.2.5 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch 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 6Gb/s...

  • Page 24: Supported Hdd/Sdd

    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. ...
  • Page 25 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 4.3.2 2.5-inch drives for RAID Controller Configuration (2) Category Product Name / Description Part Number Drive 300GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD N8150-479 For 2.5-inch 1 x 300 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 512n sector...
  • Page 26 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich available 1TB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-504 1 x 1 TB SATA HDD, 3.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n Sector 2TB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-505 1 x 2 TB SATA HDD, 3.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n Sector 3TB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD...

  • Page 27: 2.5-Inch Pcie Ssd

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 5 2.5-inch PCIe SSD 2.5-inch PCIeSSD Installation Kit Product Name / Description Part Number 2.5-inch PCIeSSD Installation Kit N8118-304 2.5-inch Drive Cage for 4 x SDDs, PCIe SSD switch card, and PCIe cable NOTE: This option is for 2.5-inch Drive Model only...

  • Page 28: Optical Drive

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 6 Optical Drive Category Product Name / Description Part Number External External DVD Dual drive N8160-101F DVD Dual drive, Bus powered, 1.5A required, not including writing software NOTE:  Up to 1 optical drive can be connected.

  • Page 29: Using Iscsi

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich NIC Teaming feature – NIC Teaming and bonding features See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations. Windows Server 2008 R2 supports BASP (Broadcom Advanced Server Program) or Intel PROSet teaming while Windows Server 2012 (and later) and Linux support teaming with bonding function supported by OS.

  • Page 30: Infiniband

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich InfiniBand Category Product Name / Description Part Number Controller Single Port InfiniBand Adapter N8104-146 Mellanox ConnectX-3 VPI, MCX353A-FCBT, FDR, PCIe 3.0(x8) Dual Port InfiniBand Adapter N8104-147 Mellanox ConnectX-3 VPI, MCX354A-FCBT, FDR, PCIe 3.0(x8) K410-304(02)

  • Page 31: Serial Port Adapter

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Fibre Channel Controller (2ch) N8190-162 QLogic, QLE2692 Host Bus Adapter 16Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0(x8) SAS Controller N8103-142 LSI SAS9212-4i4e Host Bus Adapter 6Gb/s SAS, Int. 4 / Ext. 4, 7-pin SATA / SFF-8088, PCIe 2.0 x8...

  • Page 32: Other Add-In Components

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 8 Other Add-in Components Redundant Power Supply Module Product Name / Description Part Number 800W Hot Plug Power Supply N8181-122F 1 x 800 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum Redundant Fan Kit Product Name / Description...

  • Page 33: Add-On Components

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 9 Add-on Components 17-inch LCD Console Drawer Category Product Name / Description Part Number Drawer Drawer 17-inch LCD Console Drawer (8port) N8143-106F w/ KVM 17-inch LCD, US 83-keys Keyboard, Optical mouse, 8 port KVM switch,...

  • Page 34: Cable Management Arm

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Cable Management Arm Product Name / Description Part Number Cable Management Arm 2U Kit N8143-95 for R120g-2E Server Management License The server integrates the EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 as standard. Refer to Server Management for the standard management features.

  • Page 35: References

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 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.

  • Page 36: Server Management

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 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...

  • Page 37: Endurance Of Ssd

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich 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.

  • Page 38: Os Support Matrix For Pci Cards And Embedded Controller

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controller Part number Product Name          Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller     Embedded SATA RAID Controller ...

  • Page 39: Supported Pci Cards And Installable Slots

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots Slots Prio Part Number Product Name rity  N8103-176 RAID Controller (1 GB, RAID 0/1)  N8103-177 RAID Controller (1 GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)  N8103-178 RAID Controller (2 GB,RAID 0/1/5/6) ...

  • Page 40: Copyright Notice And Liability Disclaimer

    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.
  • Page 41 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2E Storage-Rich Revision History Revision Date Description New products added: April 26, 2017 External DVD Dual drive / N8160-101F Discontinued product deleted: External DVD Super Multi Drive / N8160-98F New products added: February 24, 2017 Fibre Channel Controller(1ch) / N8190-161...

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