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NEC Express5800/R120h-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. July 12, 2018 Revision 7.0 NEC Corporation...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Model Lineup 8x 2.5-inch Drive Model 4x 3.5-inch Drive Model Revision 7.0 – July 2018 NEC Corporation...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Configuration Diagram 8x 2.5-inch Drive Model Legend: Standard Components Mandatory Components 4x 3.5-inch Drive Model Legend: Standard Components Mandatory Components Revision 7.0 – July 2018 NEC Corporation...
Server Configuration 1 Base Models Product Name / Description Part Number NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 8x 2.5-inch Drive Model N8100-2557F No processor, no RAM, no HDD, no ODD, no Rail, no Power Supply Unit. Including : Front Bezel, 2.5-inch Drive Cage NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 4x 3.5-inch Drive Model N8100-2561F No processor, no RAM, no HDD, no ODD, no Rail, no Power Supply Unit.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Xeon Platinum 8180M Processor Kit N8101-1189 (1st) Intel® Xeon ® Platinum 8180M (2.50 GHz, 28C/56T, 38.50MB, TDP 205W) N8101-1190 (2nd) NOTE: The processor kit is make-to-order product. NOTE: The processor kit for the 1st CPU must be ordered with a base model.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 3 Memory Memory Configuration Feature Comparison See the table below for feature comparisons of memory configurations supported. Independent Channel Memory Sparing Memory Mirroring Performance Best Better Good Data Protection Multiple single bit error Multiple single bit and multi bit...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Maximum Memory Speed See the table below for the actual maximum memory transfer speed. DDR4 memory speed depends on CPU series. Processor Type DIMM Speed Xeon ® Platinum 8100 Series 2666 MHz Xeon ® Gold 6100 Series Xeon ®...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 4 Internal Storage Drive Configuration Choose appropriate drive model and optional drive cages in accordance with the type and number of the drive you want to install. List of the number that Internal Drives can be mounted...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Drive Models 4.2.1 8x 2.5-inch Drive model Category Product Name / Description Part Number Front 2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit (SAS/SATA) (standard) Including internal cable, for 8x 2.5-inch Drive Model 2x2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit(SAS/SATA) N8154-89 Including internal cable, for 8x 2.5-inch Drive Model...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Storage Controllers and Options 4.4.1 Embedded SATA Controller Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SATA Controller (Standard) 10 x 6Gb/s SATA drive, 2x M.2 drive(available soon) Cable Internal SATA Cable...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 4.4.4 RAID Controller for Standard PCI Slot Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (RAID 0/1) N8103-195 RAID 0/1/5/10 and SAS HBA mode, 0MB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M NOTE: All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity. To configure a large-capacity RAID array, it is recommended to configure in RAID 6 or RAID 60 in order to minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard drives failure during the RAID rebuilding process.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 4.5.5 3.5-inch SATA Hard Disk Drives Category Product Name / Description Part Number 512n Sector 1TB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-554 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...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 5 Optical Drive Up to one drive can be installed Category Product Name / Description Part Number Internal Installation Internal DVD Drive Installation Kit N8117-03 Installation kit for 8x2.5-inch Drive Model NOTE: The Installation Kit cannot be installed if N8154-89 2x2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit (SAS/SATA) is installed.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 7 PCI Riser Card / PCI Card Up to three PCI riser cards can be installed in the system and 1st riser card is installed as standard. Up to two PCI cards can be mounted on the 1st riser card.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 3rd Riser Card Kit(1xPCI + 1xGPU Installation Kit) N8116-54 Riser card for slot 3 (physically occupied from slot 2 to slot 3) with one PCIe 3.0 x16 slot and one GPU power connector, Including two power...
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NIC Teaming feature - NIC Teaming and bonding features The Express5800 server supports NIC teaming which is the ability to configure multiple NICs to a virtual single network interface for dual path and load balancing to fault tolerance and Network Loading Balancing.
N8190-165 Cavium QLogic, QLE2690 16Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0 x8 NOTE: The controller is qualified with NEC Storage M series, OS support WS2012R2 and WS2016 The controller is qualified with NEC Storage T series, OS support WS2012R2, WS2016 and RHEL7.3 Fibre Channel Controller (2ch)
LSI SAS9300-8e Host Bus Adapter 12Gb/s SAS, ext. 8(SFF-8644 x2), PCIe 3.0(x8) NOTE: Support for connection to NEC Storage T series and M series and LTO. The controller is not qualified with Tape drive connection via Device Expansion Unit. Please download the driver kit from Express5800 web site This controller is an factory installation option.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Serial Port Adapter Product Name / Description Part Number Additional Serial Port Kit N8117-09 Serial port Connector NOTE: Up to one Serial Port Adapter can be installed. ExpEther Board It is connected to ExpEther I/O Expasion Unit(40G)
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 8 Other Add-in Components Power Supply Category Product Name / Description Part Number 1 PSU 500W Hot Plug Power Supply N8181-159 Required 1 x 500 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum Up to 2 PSU 800W Platinum Hot Plug Power Supply N8181-160 1 x 800 Watt 80 PLUS®...
For 4x3.5-inch model NOTE: You can monitor the status of each part from BMC management console or NEC ESMPRO. Ordering the Status LED Panel Kit, you can check the detailed status of devices directly. Trusted Platform Module Kit Product Name / Description...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 9 Factory Server Setting Service Memory RAS Settings If you need to change the BIOS settings for the memory RAS feature in the factory, select the appropriate configuration service. Product Name / Description Part Number...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 10.2 KVM Switch Category Product Name / Description Part Number KVM Switch Server Switch Unit (8 server) N8191-14F 1U USB 8 port KVM switch Cable Switch Unit Connection Cable Set (USB, 1.8m) K410-118(1A) 1.8 m, 1 x 15-pin mini D-sub to 1 x 15-pin mini D-sub / 1 x 4-pin USB A...
The starter pack DVD includes the software and driver qualified by NEC. In order to obtain technical support from NEC, please be sure to install the software and drivers provided with the starter pack. The latest DVD image can be downloaded for free from NEC website during the warranty or maintenance contract period.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M References External Views Front and Rear Views Front View for 8x 2.5-inch Drive Model Legend 2.5-inch Drive Bays Health LED Optional Drive Bay LINK/ACT LED Pull-out Tab USB 3.0 Connector Power On/standby button/LED iLO Service Connector UID button LED Front View for 4x 3.5-inch Drive Model...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Rear View Legend PCI Slots (Full-Height) NIC ports 1-4(1Gb) PCI Slots (Low-Profile) Management Port Power Supply Serial Port Connector (optional) AC Inlet USB 3.0 Connectors AC Power LED UID LED Power Supply (optional) Flexible LOM (optional) VGA Connector (optional) Revision 7.0 –...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Dimensions (mm) 8x 2.5-inch Drive Model 4x 3.5-inch Drive Model Revision 7.0 – July 2018 NEC Corporation...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M General Supplementary Matters The Capacity of Hard disk drive is indicated in decimal not binary. 1GB=1000^3B、1TB=1000^4B. PCI expansion slot Transfer speed of PCI Express PCI Express (PCIe): 2.5Gb/s (simplex) per lane ...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Memory Supplementary Matters Installation rule The number of memory which can be installed varies depending on number of installed CPUs. This installation rule is defined to maximize performance efficiently in multiple cores and tasks operation.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M 9x DIMMs 10x DIMMs 11-12x DIMMs Revision 7.0 – July 2018 NEC Corporation...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Internal Drive Supplementary Matters Conditions of internal drives in the default factory configuration In the default factory configuration, there are some conditions of drive types and RAID levels that can be installed as below.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M RAID controller configuration RAID level 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 can be installed for the default factory configuration. Selectable RAID levels are depending on the RAID controller. Capacity of Logical drive can be within 2TB with legacy boot mode, capacity of logical drive can be within the total capacity of logical disks with UEFI boot mode.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Conditions for mixing of Internal Drives after shipment RAID controller is required for mixing of Internal Drives Mixed Internal Drives cannot be installed in the same RAID array. When using hot spare disk for different RAID arrays which consist of various type of drives, assign “Dedicated Hot Spare” to each RAID arrays with the same type of drive, to prevent from mixing different type of drives in a RAID array.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M Server Management The integrated server management controller provides superior remote control and system management features listed in the table below. Standard Remote Remote Management Management License License (Scale-out) (Advanced) Authentication with Active Directory and LDAP ...
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Can’t mix with N8190-165/-166 N8190-163 Fibre Channel Controller (1ch) Can’t mix with N8190-165/-166 N8190-164 Fibre Channel Controller (2ch) N8103-184 Up to 3. Up to 2 for NEC Storage M SAS Controller series Two PCI Slot Configuration Part Number Product Name RAID...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers Part number Product Name Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller Embedded SATA RAID Controller N8103-189 RAID Controller (RAID 0/1) ...
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.
● Enable to use Internal DVD-ROM drive when the Embedded SATA Controller is used Correction of errors March 26, 2018 Others: ● N8103-184 connects to NEC Storage M series ● Some improvements in description Correction of errors January 25, 2018 Discontinued products deleted: ●...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120h-1M ● Updated the table of the Available Power Supplies ● SAS Expander supported SATA drives ● Information in References is updated November 22, 2017 New products added: ● Xeon Gold 6144 Processor Kit / N8101-1147, N8101-1148 ●...