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NEC Express5800/R120f-1M
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.
May 29, 2015
Revision 6.0
NEC Corporation

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  • Page 1 NEC Express5800/R120f-1M 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. May 29, 2015 Revision 6.0 NEC Corporation...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Contents TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ..................3 Key Features ............................3 Specification ............................3 EXTERNAL VIEWS ......................8 Front and Rear Views ........................... 8 Dimensions (mm) ..........................9 CONFIGURATION DIAGRAM ..................10 Expansion Slots ..........................10 SERVER CONFIGURATION ..................
  • Page 3: Technical Specification

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Technical Specification Key Features  High performance with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family  Up to 768 GB of high speed DDR4 memory  High energy efficiency with power capping feature and 80 PLUS® Platinum power supply ...
  • Page 4 Noise emission was measured at the bystander positions 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 (2 / 3)
  • Page 5 – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Model R120f-1M Memory Standard Capacity 0 GB (Cont’d) Maximum Capacity 768 GB (24 x 32 GB) Memory protection ECC, x4 SDDC, Memory Mirroring, Memory Lockstep, Memory Sparing Internal Storage Standard Capacity 0 GB Maximum Capacity SAS HDD : 14.4 TB (8 x 1.8 TB)
  • Page 6 Noise emission was measured at the bystander positions 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 (3 / 3)
  • Page 7 Noise emission was measured at the bystander positions 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 6.0 – May 29, 2015...
  • Page 8: External Views

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M External Views Front and Rear Views Front View I J K Legend 2.5-inch Drive Bays Power Capping LED Optical Drive Bay Data LAN 1 Activity LED Power Button / Power LED Data LAN 2 Activity LED...
  • Page 9: Dimensions (Mm)

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Dimensions (mm) Without Cable Arm With Cable Arm Revision 6.0 – May 29, 2015 NEC Corporation...
  • Page 10: Configuration Diagram

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Configuration Diagram Legend: Standard Components Minimum required components Expansion Slots Slot #1C Slot #1D Slot #1A Slot #1B Legend Remarks Common PCIe 3.0 x8, x8 connector, for a dedicated RAID controller PCIe 3.0 x8, x8 connector, for a dedicated LOM Card PCIe 3.0 x8, x8 connector, Full-height, up to 220 mm length...
  • Page 11: Server Configuration

    The base model must be ordered with a processor kit, a memory kit, and a LOM card.  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...
  • Page 12 – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Processor Heat Sink N8101-780F For 2 Processor, including cooling fan kit NOTE:  Minimum one processor kit from above must be installed.  The processors must be the same to configure dual processor system.
  • Page 13: Memory

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 3 Memory Memory Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your operating system and memory configuration: Other than Windows server 2008 Standard  Independent Channel Configuration: Refer to 3.2.1  Memory Sparing Configuration: Refer to 3.2.2...
  • Page 14: Windows Server 2008 Standard

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 3.2.3 Memory Mirroring / Memory Lockstep Configuration Available slots: 12 per processor Product Name / Description Part Number 16GB DDR4-2133 REG Memory Kit (2x8GB) N8102-618 2 x 8GB Registered ECC DIMM, DDR4-2133(PC4-2133) 32GB DDR4-2133 REG Memory Kit (2x16GB)
  • Page 15: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard (X86)

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M # of DIMMs per DIMM Speed Processor Type Populated DIMMs processor E5-2603 v3 RDIMM: 4, 8, 16 GB 1600 MHz E5-2609 v3 LRDIMM: 32GB 1600 MHz E5-2620 v3 RDIMM: 4, 8, 16 GB Up to 8 DIMMs -...
  • Page 16: Internal Hard Disk Drives

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 4 Internal Hard Disk Drives 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 4.2.2 for the required components and then refer to the section 4.3.2 for the hard drives.
  • Page 17 – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 4.2.2 RAID 0/1 Controller with 1 GB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1) N8103-176 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i RAID 0/1/10, 1GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s, SATA...
  • Page 18: Supported Hdd/Sdd

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 4.2.4 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, 12Gb/s...
  • Page 19 – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 1.2TB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD N8150-483 1 x 1.2TB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 512B sector 300GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD N8150-485 1x 300 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 512B sector 450GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD...
  • Page 20 – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD N8150-473 1x 900 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 4KB sector 1.2TB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD N8150-474 1 x 1.2TB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 4KB sector 1.8TB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD...
  • Page 21 – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 400GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS SSD N8150-722 1 x 400 GB SAS SSD, eMLC, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 512B sector SATA 100GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD N8150-724 1 x 100 GB SATA SSD, MLC, 2.5-inch, 6b/s, 512B sector 200GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD...
  • Page 22: Optical Drive

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 1TB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-489 1 x 1 TB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm 512B sector 200GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS SSD N8150-721 1 x 200 GB SAS SSD, eMLC, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s 512B sector 400GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS SSD...
  • Page 23: Network Interface Controller

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Network Interface Controller Category Product Name / Description Part Number 1GbE Quad Port 1000BASE-T LOM Card N8104-154F Card Broadcom® BCM5719 PCIe 2.0 x4 10GbE Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-155F Intel Ethernet Controller X540 PCIe 2.0(x8)
  • Page 24: Using Iscsi

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M (1) When N8104-154F is selected, mix configuration of N8104-194/153 and N8104-150/151/152/145 is not supported. (2) When N8104-155F is selected, mix configuration of N8104-150/151/145 and N8104-152 is not supported, up to two adapters can be selected from N8104-150/151/145, and up to one adapter of N8104-152.
  • Page 25: Infiniband

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 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) Cable...
  • Page 26 – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M order to minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard drives failure during the RAID rebuilding process.  It is recommended to set RAID array configuration drives less than eight in order to minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard drives failure.
  • Page 27: Serial Port Adapter

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Controllers when Running with VMware ESXi systems in the previous section for details. NOTE:  Up to two ports of 16Gb/s Fibre Channel Controller are supported in a single processor configuration with Xeon E5-2603v3/-2609v3.
  • Page 28: Flash Fdd

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Flash FDD Choose the Flash FDD if you need to prepare an alternative device for a floppy drive. Category Product Name / Description Part Number External Flash FDD N8160-96 USB flash emulating USB floppy disk, Native capacity 1.44 MB NOTE: ...
  • Page 29: Cable Management Arm

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Switch Unit Connection Cable Set (USB,3m) K410-118(05) 5 m, 1 x 15-pin mini D-sub to 1 x 15-pin mini D-sub / 1 x 4-pin USB A Cascading Switch Unit Connection Cable 1.8 m K410-119(1A) 1.8 m, 1 x 15-pin mini D-sub - 1x 15-pin mini D-Sub / 2x PS/2...
  • Page 30: References

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 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 31: Server Management

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M 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   Hardware Temperature/voltage/power/RAID/...
  • Page 32: Os Support Matrix For Pci Cards And Embedded Controllers

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers Part number Product Name          Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller         ...
  • Page 33: Supported Pci Cards And Installable Slots

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots Standard Riser Card Prio Slots rity Part Number Product Name N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-156F Dual Port 10G-SFP + Dual Port 1000BASE-T LOM Card N8104-154F Quad Port 1000BASE-T LOM Card...
  • Page 34 – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M N8116-33 PCIe x16 Riser Card Kit Prio Slots rity Part Number Product Name N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-156F Dual Port 10G-SFP + Dual Port 1000BASE-T LOM Card N8104-154F Quad Port 1000BASE-T LOM Card...
  • Page 35: 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 36: Revision History

    – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M Revision History Revision Date Description May 29, 2015 Others: Added BIS in the Regulatory and Safety list SAS Controller N8103-184 supports ESXi 5.5 Added PCI slot limitation for VMware ESXi 5.1/5.5 Corrected description of N8104-156F/N8104-149...

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