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NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 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. October 12, 2016 Revision 3.0 NEC Corporation...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Server Management ..........................37 Endurance of SSD ..........................38 OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers ............39 Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots ..................40 Copyright Notice and Liability Disclaimer ..................48 REVISION HISTORY .....................
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Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact our sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html Revision 3.0 – October, 2016...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M (2 / 4) Model R120g-2M Part Number N8100-2420F, N8100-2421F, N8100-2422F, N8100-2423F Processor Type Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® processor processor processor processor E5-2637 V4 E5-2640 V4 E5-2643 v4 E5-2650 v4 Clock speed 3.50 GHz...
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Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact our sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html (3 / 4)
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Model R120g-2M Internal Storage Disk Controller SATA : 6Gb/s (Integrated) (cont’d) SAS: 12 Gb/s (Optional) RAID SATA : RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 (Optional) SAS : RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 (Optional) Hot Plug Supported Optical Disk Drive Optional Optical Drive Bays 3.5-inch Media Bays...
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Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact our sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html (4 / 4)
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Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779. The actual value may vary by the operating environment. For Linux support, contact our sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html Revision 3.0 – October, 2016...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M External Views Front and Rear Views Front View J K M Legend 2.5-inch Drive Bays Power Capping LED 2.5-inch Drive Cage Bay VGA Connector Power Button / Power LED Data LAN 1 Activity LED...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Rear View Legend PCI Slots (Full-Height) UID Button/LED PCI Slots (Low-Profile) Serial Port Connector Power Supply VGA Connector AC Inlet Management LAN Connector AC Power LED LOM Card Slot USB Connectors Additional Power Supply Slot Revision 3.0 –...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Dimensions (mm) Without Cable Arm 829.0 88.3 87.4 32.7 735.8 87.2 With Cable Arm 948.4 867.0 Revision 3.0 – October, 2016 NEC Corporation...
The base model must be ordered with a processor kit, a memory kit, and 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...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 3 Memory Memory Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your operating system and memory configuration: Independent Channel: Refer to 3.1.1 Memory Sparing Configuration: Refer to 3.1.2 Memory Mirroring / Memory Lockstep Configuration: Refer to 3.1.3...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 3.1.2 Memory Sparing Configuration Available slots: 12 per processor Product Name / Description Part Number 24GB DDR4-2400 REG Memory Kit (3x8GB) N8102-672 3 x 8GB Registered ECC DIMM, DDR4-2400(PC4-2400) 48GB DDR4-2400 REG Memory Kit (3x16GB)
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Maximum Memory Speed See the table below for the actual maximum memory transfer speed in Independent Channel / Memory Sparing Configuration. DDR4 memory speed depends on the type of DIMMs, the native memory bus speed of the memory controller and memory configuration.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 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.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Required Components for RAID Configuration 4.2.1 Up to four Drives with Embedded SATA Controller Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SATA Controller (Standard) 4 x 6Gb/s SATA Cable Internal SATA Cable...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 4.2.3 RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-177 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s,...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Supported HDD/SDD 4.3.1 For Embedded SATA Controller Category Product Name / Description Part Number Drive SATA 500GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-488 4 slots 1 x 500 GB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm,...
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SATA SSDs (ME) and SATA SSDs (VE) can be mixed in each drive cage. For monitoring SATA SSD life on VMware, NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.6.05 or later is required. Please download the latest version on the NEC web site.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 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, 512n sector 2TB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-527 1 x 2 TB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n sector 200GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS SSD...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M PCIe SSD Category Product Name / Description Part Number PCIe SSD 800GB Non-Hot Plug 2.5-inch PCIe SSD N8118-500 4 slots available 1x 800 GB PCIe SSD, 2.5-inch NOTE: 2.5-inch PCIeSSD Installation Kit is required to install this product.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 8 PCI Riser Card / PCI Card Please refer to Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots with regard to the position of PCI slot which can mount PCI card supported. PCI Riser Card Product Name / Description...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Graphics Card Installation Kit N8116-38A Power cables for video card (6+2pin, 6pin) , two retainers to secure the graphics board NOTE: - This option is applicable to N8100-2423F (1000W power supply model) only. - N8116-34A, N8116-37, and two processors are required to use this option.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Dual Port 1000BASE-T Adapter N8104-145 Intel® 82580 Gigabit Ethernet Controller PCIe 2.0 x4 NOTE: PXE boot is not supported on UEFI environment. Quad Port 1000BASE-T Adapter N8104-152 Broadcom ® BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet Controller PCIe 2.0 x4 NOTE: Network cables with RJ-45 plug covers cannot be used.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M NIC Teaming feature – NIC Teaming and bonding features See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations. Windows Server 2008 R2 supports BASP (Broadcom Advanced Server Program) or Intel PROSet teaming while Windows Server 2012 (and later) and Linux support teaming with bonding function supported by OS.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Trusted Platform Module Kit Product Name / Description Part Number Trusted Platform Module Kit N8115-26 TPM 2.0 module NOTE: - Supported for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 only. NOTE: The kit is not available in China.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 10.3 Cable Management Arm Product Name / Description Part Number Cable Management Arm 2U Kit N8143-95 For R120g-2M 10.4 Server Management License The server integrates the EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 as standard. Refer to Server Management for the standard management features.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 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.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M 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/...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Endurance of SSD The 2.5-inch SAS/SATA SSDs have limited lifetime, which can only be written a limited number of times before it fails. The warranty period of SSD is the stated period of warranty or until the total bytes of written value (PBW) exceeds the limit value, whichever occurs first.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers Part number Product Name Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller N8103-176 RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1) ...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots Standard Riser Card Slots Prio rity Part Number Product Name #1A #1B #1C #2C #3C #1D #2D #3D N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-160F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M d) Up to six cards among N8104-150/N8104-151/N8190-160/N8190-158A/N8103-184 can be installed * When the above c) and d) are mixed, up to four cards can be installed. <With N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card> - N8104-150/-151 and N8104-152 cannot be mixed.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M N8116-34/34A PCIe x16 Riser Card Kit Slots Prio rity Part Number Product Name #1A #1B #1C #2C #1D #2D #3D N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-160F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-156F Dual Port 10G-SFP + Dual Port...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M * When the above c) and d) are mixed, up to four cards can be installed. <With N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card> - N8104-150/-151 and N8104-152 cannot be mixed. - Up to two cards of N8104-150/-151 can be installed.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M N8116-45 PCIe x4/x16 FH Riser Card Kit Slots Prio rity Part Number Product Name #1A #1B #1C #2C #3C #1D #2D #3D N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-160F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M * When the above c) and d) are mixed, up to four cards can be installed. <With N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card> - N8104-150/-151 and N8104-152 cannot be mixed. - Up to two cards of N8104-150/-151 can be installed.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M N8116-49 PCIe x4/x16 FH/LP Riser Card Kit or N8116-45 PCIe x4/x16 FH Riser Card Kit plus N8116-46 PCIe x4/x16 LP Riser Card Slots Prio rity Part Number Product Name #1A #1B #1C #2C #3C #1D #2D #3D...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120g-2M d) Up to six cards among N8104-150/N8104-151/N8190-160/N8190-158A/N8103-184 can be installed * When the above c) and d) are mixed, up to four cards can be installed. <With N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card> - N8104-150/-151 and N8104-152 cannot be mixed.
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.