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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...
– 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 ...
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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)
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– 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)
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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)
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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...
– 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...
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...
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– 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.
– 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...
– 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.
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– 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...
– 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...
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– 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...
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– 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...
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– 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...
– 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...
– 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.
– 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...
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– 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.
– 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.
– 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: ...
– 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...
– 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.
– 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/...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120f-1M OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers Part number Product Name Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller ...
– 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...
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– 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...
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 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...