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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. The available models depend on sales regions. For details, please contact your region’s sales representative.
Temperature/Humidity Non-Operating: -10 to 55℃ / 14 to 131℉, 20 to 80% (no condensation either when operating or when stored) EXPRESSBUILDER (NEC ESMPRO Manager (Windows/Linux), NEC ESMPRO Agent, User's Guide (electronic document) included), Accessories Getting Started, SUV Cable, Rack Mount Kit...
Temperature/Humidity Non-Operating: -10 to 55℃ / 14 to 131℉, 20 to 80% (no condensation either when operating or when stored) EXPRESSBUILDER (NEC ESMPRO Manager (Windows/Linux), NEC ESMPRO Agent, User's Guide (electronic document) included), Accessories Getting Started, SUV Cable, Rack Mount Kit...
Temperature/Humidity Non-Operating: -10 to 55℃ / 14 to 131℉, 20 to 80% (no condensation either when operating or when stored) EXPRESSBUILDER (NEC ESMPRO Manager (Windows/Linux), NEC ESMPRO Agent, User's Guide (electronic document) included), Accessories Getting Started, SUV Cable, Rack Mount Kit...
Temperature/Humidity Non-Operating: -10 to 55℃ / 14 to 131℉, 20 to 80% (no condensation either when operating or when stored) EXPRESSBUILDER (NEC ESMPRO Manager (Windows/Linux), NEC ESMPRO Agent, User's Guide (electronic document) included), Accessories Getting Started, SUV Cable, Rack Mount Kit...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b External Views Front and Rear Views Front View J K L M N P Q R Legend Location LED BMC OFF Button PSU/FAN LED NMI Button PCI LED RESET Button MEM LED...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Rear View Legend MGB#1 Status LED MGB#1 Maintenance LAN Connector UID LED MGB#1 Management LAN Connector MGB#2 Status LED *1 MGB#2 Maintenance LAN Connector *1 PCI Slots (Low Profile) MGB#2 Management LAN Connector *1...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Dimensions (mm) A2040b/A2020b/A2010b A1040b In case of using slide rail attachment (cable arm in use) The above illustrations including inner rail. Revision 7.0 – December 2014 NEC Corporation...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Server Configuration 1 Base Models 1.1 A2040b Product Name/Description Part Number NEC Express5800/A2040b NE3400-040F no processor, no RAM, no HDD, no ODD, no Power Supply Unit, no OS NEC Express5800/A2040b (COPT) NE3400-041F...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 1.2 A2020b Product Name/Description Part Number NEC Express5800/A2020b (15C/E7-4890v2) NE3400-021F 2x Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-4890v2 (2.80 GHz, 15C/30T, 37.5 MB) no RAM, no HDD, no ODD, no Power Supply Unit, no OS...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 1.3 A2010b Product Name/Description Part Number NEC Express5800/A2010b (15C/E7-4890v2) NE3400-031F 1x Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-4890v2 (2.80 GHz, 15C/30T, 37.5 MB) no RAM, no HDD, no ODD, no Power Supply Unit, no OS...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 1.4 A1040b Product Name/Description Part Number NEC Express5800/A1040b NE3300-040F no processor, no RAM, no HDD, no ODD, no Power Supply Unit, no OS NOTE: The base model must be ordered with processor kits, memory riser cards, memory kit, power supply units and power cables.
When necessary, CPU core can be enabled additionally on-site. COPT is available only with A2040b COPT supported model (NEC Express5800/A2040b (COPT)). In order to enable CPU core, Core Activation Key should be ordered for the required number of cores.
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b CPU Functions Intel® Xeon® Processors for this server supports the following CPU functions Category Function Name/Summary Xeon E7-4890v2,E7-4870v2 Xeon E7-4860v2,E7-4830v2 E7-4809v2 E7-4820v2 E7-8891v2,E7-8893v2 64 bit Intel® 64 64 bit function Power Saving Enhanced Intel SpeedStep®...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 3 Memory 3.1 Memory Riser Card Memory Riser Card (“MR”) is a module for installing up to 8 DIMM Please refer to “Memory” of “Reference” section for Memory Riser Card installation priority/order.
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 3.2 Memory Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your memory configuration. Memory configuration consists of 2 modes; “Independent Mode” and “Lockstep Mode”. Under each Mode, 2 features are available; “Memory Rank Sparing” and “Memory Mirroring”.
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Lockstep Mode (only) Memory Rank Sparing Memory Mirroring under Lockstep Mode under Lockstep Mode Summary DRAM failure In case of correctable Redundant memory detected/corrected by errors, switching memory parallel spare memory rank...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 3.2.1 Independent Mode (only) No. of Available Slot: Max. 4 sets (8x DIMMs) per Memory Riser Card Category Product Name/Description Part Number Registered 1600 16GB MEM (2 x 8GB RDIMM) NE3302-H010F DIMM...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 3.2.2 Lockstep Mode (only) No. of Available Slot: Max. 4 sets (8x DIMMs) per Memory Riser Card Category Product Name/Description Part Number Registered 1600 16GB MEM (2 x 8GB RDIMM) NE3302-H010F DIMM...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 3.2.3 Memory Rank Sparing No. of Available Slot: Max. 2 sets (8x DIMMs) per Memory Riser Card Product Name/Description Part Number 32GB MEM for Memory Rank Sparing (4 x 8GB RDIMM) NE3302-H020F...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 3.2.4 Memory Mirroring No. of Available Slot: Max. 2 sets (8x DIMMs) per Memory Riser Card Product Name/Description Part Number 32GB MEM for Memory Mirroring (4 x 8GB RDIMM) NE3302-H030F 4x 8GB Registered DIMM, DDR3L-1600(PC3L-12800), ECC...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Memory Clock DDR3 Memory clock depends on CPU, Memory Configuration, System BIOS settings. Please refer below for the maximum clock. Please refer to “Memory” of “Reference” section for the details. Clock No. of...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Maximum Memory Capacity Due to x86 architecture and the specifications of supported OS, the available memory capacity changes, as the following list shows: Maximum Memory Capacity supported by each OS Max. Memory Capacity...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 4 Internal Disk Drives 4.1 RAID Configuration RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60 is supported. 2 kinds of RAID Controller are supported; with 1GB or 512MB cache. With 1 RAID Controller configuration, max. 8 internal drives can be connected per one RAID Controller.
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 1x RAID Controller Configuration 1GB Cache/Flash 4.2.1 SAS HDD/SSD SAS HDD/SSD 512MB Cache/Battery 4.2.2 2x RAID Controller Configuration 5 年目 1GB Cache/Flash 4.2.4 SAS HDD/SSD 512MB Cache/Battery 4.2.5 SAS HDD/SSD Revision 7.0 – December 2014...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 4.2 Internal Drive Configuration For RAID Configuration, same type of internal drives need to be ordered within one RAID group (pack) With 1 RAID Controller configuration, different HDDs, SDDs or HDD and SSD cannot be configured in the BTO.
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 4.2.2 1x RAID Controller (512MB Cache) Configuration Category Product Name/Description Part Number Controller RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60) NE3303-173 (Need to order 1) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 512MB Cache, Internal 8 port (4x2 connector), PCIe 3.0(x8),...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 4.2.3 2x RAID Controller (1GB Cache/Flash) Configuration Category Product Name/Description Part Number Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60) NE3303-168 (Need to order 2) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9270CV-8i (with CV) RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1GB Cache, Internal 8 port (4x2 connector), PCIe 3.0(x8), SAS 6Gb/s,...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 4.2.4 2x RAID Controller (512MB Cache) Configuration Category Product Name/Description Part Number Controller RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60) NE3303-173 (Need to order 2) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 512MB Cache, Internal 8 port (4x2 connector), PCIe 3.0(x8),...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 5 Optical Drive Up to 1 Optical Drive internal) can be connected Category Product Name/Description Part Number Internal Internal DVD-ROM Drive NE3351-100 Slim DVD-ROM Drive, SATA Internal DVD Super Multi Drive NE3351-107...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 6 PCI Card Please refer to “Available Slots” of “References” section regarding PCI Slots; Available Slots and Installation Limitations PCI Card Customized Configuration Service Product Name/Description Part Number Customized Service: PCI Cards...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b NIC Teaming feature – NIC Teaming and bonding features NIC Teaming and bonding features are available with this server to provide network redundancy and load balancing for higher network reliability and optimized network loads.
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b ◆Linux Bonding Network Interface Operation Mode Configuration Number of Bonding 2 ports in one card Up to 2 ports per one NE3304-138/-132/-133 Recommend: 2 ports among bonding (1000BASE-T) active-backup ...
NE3303-H002 Flash Backup Unit (for NE3303-H001) NOTE: This External RAID Controller [NE3303-H001] can connect to NEC’s Disk Expansion Unit (2U [N8192-101][N8192-102]). ・SAS Cable (2m): [K410-191(02)] ・Disk Expansion Unit can be placed just above or just below the server. ...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 6.3.2 Fibre Channel / SAS Controller Category Product Name/Description Part Number Fibre Fibre Channel Controller (8G/1 port) NE3390-153 Channel Emulex LightPulse LPe1250-F8 Host Bus Adapter 8Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 2.0(x8), Low Profile Fibre Channel Controller(8G/2 port)
3GB main memory is required per one 1.1TB PCIe SSD This PCIe SSD is for NEC’s solution set product “Database Solution with Microsoft SQL Server (including “PSAM”, NEC PCIe SSD Appliance for Microsoft® SQL Server®)” with the following condition for use: ...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 7 Other Add-in Components 7.1 Power Supply Unit 7.1.1 Number of Power Supply Unit See the table below for the required number of Power Supply Unit per voltage/configuration/redundancy. Number of Power Supply Unit...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 7.1.2 Power Supply Unit AC Power Supply Unit Product Name/Description Part Number Power Supply Unit (800W) NE3381-87 Hot-plug, 80 PLUS Platinum certified Power Supply Unit (1000W) NE3381-88 Hot-plug, 80 PLUS Platinum certified NOTE: ...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 7.4 Internal Flash Memory Product Name/Description Part Number Internal Flash Memory NE3315-07 With this kit, EXPRESSBUILDER can be started from POST. NOTE: When this flash memory is ordered and shipped with the server, the data in the EXPRESSBUILDER is copied into this kit.
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 8.2 KVM Switch Category Product Name/Description Part Number Server Switch Unit (8Server) N8191-12F Switch 1U USB 8 port KVM Switch ト Cable Switch Unit Connection Cable Set (USB,1.8m) K410-118(1A) 1.8 m, 1 x 15-pin mini D-sub - 1 x 15-pin mini D-sub / 1 x...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 8.3 Front Bezel A2040b,A2020b, A2010b Product Name/Description Part Number Front Bezel (A2040b/A2020b/A2010b) NE3446-H001 A1040b Product Name/Description Part Number Front Bezel (A1040b) NE3346-H001 Revision 7.0 – December 2014 NEC Corporation...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 8.4 Cable Arm With this component at rear side of the server, various cables are compactly combined. Product Name/Description Part Number Cable Arm (70mm) NE3343-H001 Including slide rail attachment Able to combine around 18 cables (except AC Power Cable, such as LAN, FC and USB) Cable Arm (110mm)...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 8.5 Management Console Specifications Need to prepare a PC for a management console meeting the following requirements: Specifications More than Pentium4 1.3GHz Memory More than 2GB (Memory for OS and browser + memory for Java + more than 1GB)
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b References ■CPU CPU: BTO Configuration Rule CPUs are to be installed in the priority order of CPU1 => CPU2 => CPU3 => CPU4. ■Memory 1. Memory Riser Card: Priority/Order of Installation 1-1.A2040b...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b (3) COPT Supported Model: With “Customized Service: Distribution Mode for COPT (NE3300-SV101)” is ordered (Decentralized Mode) Depending on the number of the installed CPU and the ordered Memory Riser Card, Memory Riser Cards will be installed in the following priority/order.
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 2. Memory on the Memory Riser Card (DIMM): Priority/Order of Installation The priority/order to install DIMM on a Memory Riser Card depends on memory configuration. Memory Configuration Mode consists of 2; “Independent Mode” for high performance and “Lockstep Mode”...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 2-3. Memory Mirroring “Memory Mirroring” provide redundancy by writing the same data into 2x memory among different memory buffers on a Memory Riser Card. To use this feature, need to order memory set including 4 DIMMs per set...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 2.4 Memory Rank Sparing “Memory Rank Sparing” is the feature to keep operation; with having one of two memory ranks in one memory channel as a spare, when detecting errors at memory rank in operation, automatically switching to spare rank.
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b 3. Memory in the Server: Priority/Order of Installation Basic Rule: When mixing different capacity of memory, will install larger capacity memory first. In a Memory Riser Card, memory installed according to the rule shown in the previous section.
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b ■Internal Drive Internal Drive: Priority/Order of Installation At the initial server delivery, internal drives are installed with the following priority/order. If the ordered configuration is not in the scope of the rule, the drive will be delivered as not configured.
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Revision 7.0 – December 2014 NEC Corporation...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Standard RAID Configuration at the Initial Server Delivery Standard RAID configuration for the same type of internal drives at the initial server delivery is as follows RAID 50 and RAID 60 are not supported for BTO configuration...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b ■Server Management The EXPRESSSCOPE Engine SP3, integrated into the server (service processor (BMC)), provides superior remote control and system management features listed in the table below. Standard Hardware Monitoring Temperature/HDD/fan/voltage/power/ Degradation (memory/HDD etc.) ...
– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b ■PCI Card: Priority/Order of Installation Standard BTO Configuration: Starting from the PCI cards with higher priority (see the table below), PCI cards are installed to the PCI slots with higher priority among the available slots per CPU configuration (see the table below). The following basic rules are applied to BTO configuration.
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Priority of PCI Slots: Number of Available Slots (per CPU configuration) PCI Slot High NOTE: The 2nd RAID Controller will not be installed (out of BTO Configuration) Revision 7.0 – December 2014...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b With PCI Card Customized Configuration Service (NE3300-SV401) Starting from the PCI cards with higher priority (see the table below), PCI cards are installed to the PCI slots with higher priority among the available slots per CPU configuration (see the table below). The following basic rules are applied to BTO configuration.
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Priority of PCI Slots: Number of Available Slots (per CPU configuration) PCI Slot High NOTE: The 2nd RAID Controller will not be installed (out of BTO Configuration) Revision 7.0 – December 2014...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Legend for OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5(x86_64) EL6.5x64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4(x86_64) EL6.4x64 Oracle Linux6.4/UEK R2(x86_64) OL6.4x64 Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2 2012/R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 2008R2 VMware ESXi 5.1 update2 ESXi5.1u2...
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– CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/A2040b, A2020b, A2010b, A1040b Revision History Revision Date Description February 2014 Initial Release April 2014 Updates June 2014 Updates (RAS Feature Matrix) July 2014 Updates (Windows Server 2012 R2 supported) September 2014 Updates (4TB support) October 2014...