NEC Express5800/R120h-2E System Configuration Manual page 22

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE
Category
SFP
Module
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.
https://configmax.vmware.com/
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/-193
1GbE NIC
N8104-171/-178/-179
10GbE NIC
N8104-173/-182
10GbE NIC
N8104-175/-184/-195
NEC Corporation
–
NEC Express5800/R120h-2E
Product Name / Description
PCIe 2.0(x8)
NOTE:
- N8104-189 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
- Up to 2 SFP+ Modules can be installed.
- Twinax cable can be installed
Dual Port 10GBASE SFP+ Adapter
Intel Ethernet Controller X710
PCIe 3.0(x8)
NOTE:
- N8104-189 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
- Up to 2 SFP+ Modules can be installed.
- Twinax cable can be installed
25GbE Dual Port 25GBASE SFP28 Adapter
Cavium QL41401,
PCIe3.0(x8)
NOTE:
- N8104-190 SFP28 Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
- Up to 2 SFP28 Modules can be installed.
- Twinax cable can be installed
- 6 or more memories per processor are needed for maximum
performance.
10GbE SFP+ Module (10G-SR)
1 x SFP+ Module
25GbE SFP28 Module(25G-SR)
1 x SFP28 Module
SFP28 can be connected to 25G BASE adapter
NOTE:
It is not factory integration option.
Revision 6.0 – January 2019
Team
Up to four ports per one team
NOTE:
- N8104-172/-180/-181 do NOT
support Windows Server 2012 R2
- N8104-193 does NOT support
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Part Number
N8104-186
N8104-187
N8104-189
N8104-190
Operating Systems
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 or later
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1 or later
VMware ESXi 6.7 or later
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 or later
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1 or later
VMware ESXi 6.7 or later
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 or later
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1 or later
VMware ESXi 6.7 or later
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 or later
22