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NEC Express5800/T110h 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. January 26, 2017 Revision 5.0 NEC Corporation...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Copyright Notice and Liability Disclaimer ..................39 REVISION HISTORY ..................... 40 Technical Specification Key Features High performance with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v5 processor family Up to 64 GB of high speed DDR4 memory ...
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Maximum resolution available via EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 remote console is 1280 x 1024 / 65K colors. Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779, at 25°C. 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 VMware ESXi is supported only on Xeon processor systems.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Model T110h Cache 8 MB Cores and Threads 4C / 8T Chipset Intel® C236 Chipset Memory Type DDR4-2133 ECC Unbuffered DIMM Standard Capacity 0 GB Maximum Capacity 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) Internal Storage...
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Maximum resolution available via EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 remote console is 1280 x 1024 / 65K colors. Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779, at 25°C. 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 VMware ESXi is supported only on Xeon processor systems.
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h External Views Front View With Front bezel Hot Plug 2.5-inch Drive Configuration Hot Plug 3.5-inch Drive Configuration Non-hot Plug 3.5-inch Drive Configuration Legend Power Button USB 3.0 Connectors Dump (NMI) Button Drive Bay Cover...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Rear Views Hot Plug Power Supply Configuration Non-hot Plug Power Supply Configuration Legend Serial Port Connector Data LAN Connectors VGA Connector PCI Slots USB Connectors AC Inlet Management LAN Connector Power Supply Unit Revision 5.0 – January, 2017...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Configuration Diagram Legend: Standard components Minimum required components Expansion Slots Slot #1 Slot #2 Slot #3 Slot #4 Legend PCIe 3.0 x2, x8 connector, Full Height, up to 173mm length PCIe 3.0 x1, x8 connector, Full Height, up to 173mm length PCIe 3.0 x16, x16 connector, Full Height, up to 312mm length...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Server Configuration Base Models Product Name / Description Part Number NEC Express5800/T110h N8100-2332F no CPU, no RAM, no Drive Cage, no HDD, no Optical Drive, no Keyboard, no Mouse Including: 400 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold certified non-hot plug power supply...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Internal Hard Disk Drives RAID Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your disk form factor and RAID configuration 1.1.1 2.5-inch Drive Operating System Supported RAID configuration Supported HDD/SSD RAID and Cache Section 1.1.4...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 1.1.2 Hot plug 3.5-inch Drive Operating System Supported RAID configuration Supported HDD/SSD RAID and Cache Section Windows Server 2008 R2 Non-RAID (Embedded SATA) 1.1.10 1.1.26 VMware ESXi 5.5 1.1.11 RAID 0/1 (Embedded SATA RAID)
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 1.1.3 Non-hot plug 3.5-inch Drive Operating System Supported RAID configuration Supported HDD/SSD RAID and Cache Section 1.1.16 1.1.28 Windows Server 2008 R2 Non-RAID (Embedded SATA) VMware ESXi 5.5 1.1.17 RAID 0/1 (Embedded SATA RAID)
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Required Components for RAID Configuration 1.1.4 Embedded SATA Non-RAID Controller for 2.5-inch Drives 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 CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Required 8 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays NOTE: All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity and rotation speed. Up to two kinds of drives selected from SAS 10K HDDs, SAS 15K HDDs, SATA HDDs, SAS SSDs, SATA SSDs (ME), and SATA SSDs (VE) can be mixed in a system.
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 1.1.11 Embedded SATA RAID Controller for 3.5-inch Drives Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SATA Controller (Standard) 4 x 6Gb/s SATA, RAID0/1/10 capable Cable Internal SAS/SATA Cable (Included in the Drive...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 1.1.15 RAID 5/6 Controller with 2 GB Cache for 3.5-inch Drives Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-178 Required Avago(LSI) MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 2 GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0(x8), SAS 12Gb/s, SATA...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 1.1.19 RAID 0/1 Controller with 1 GB Cache for Non-hot plug 3.5-inch Drives Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1) N8103-176 Required Avago(LSI) MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i RAID0/1/10, 1GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0(x8), SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Supported Drives 1.1.22 2.5-inch Drives (1) Category Product Name / Description Part Number Drive SATA 250GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-487 4 slots 1 x 250 GB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n sector...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 1 x 450 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 512n sector 600GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD N8150-518 1 x 600 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 12Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 512n sector SATA 250GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-487 1 x 250 GB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n sector...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h (512n) 500GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-488 1 x 500 GB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n sector 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...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 3TB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-506 1 x 3 TB SATA HDD, 3.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n sector 4TB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD N8150-507 1 x 4 TB SATA HDD, 3.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm, 512n sector SATA 6TB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Internal RDX / LTO Drives RDX/LTO Drive Selection Refer to the section in accordance with your type of tape drives: RDX: Refer to 2.1.1 LTO: Refer to 2.1.2 NOTE: Tape devices cannot be directly connected to VMware ESXi servers. For an ESXi environment, it is recommended to connect and configure an additional backup server via network.
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 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. Network Interface Controller Category Product Name / Description Part Number...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Category Network Interface Operating Systems 1GbE Embedded 1GbE NIC/ Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, N8104-150/-151/-152 Windows Server 2012 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, VMware 10GbE N8104-149...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Other Add-in Components Fan Kit Product Name / Description Part Number Non-redundant Fan Kit (Standard) Non-hot plug cooling fan for T110h Non-redundant Power Supply Fan N8181-132F Non-hot plug cooling fan for T110h NOTE: - This optional fan kit is required to install a RAID controller in a non-redundant power supply model and/or to operate the non-redundant power supply model at temperatures over 40°C.
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Product Name / Description Part Number Flash FDD N8160-96 USB flash emulating USB floppy disk, Native capacity 1.44 MB NOTE: Up to one derive can be connected Not supported when VMware is running on the server.
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Add-on Components Server Management License The server integrates the EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 as standard. Refer to Server Management for the standard management features. For more extensive remote KVM and remote media features, choose the following kit.
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 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.
CLP (Command Line Protocol) (DMTF compliant) Remote control via Web browser (multi user login at the same time) Scheduling (without UPS, require NEC ESMPRO Manager) BIOS setting by using XML file Maintenance EXPRESSSCOPE®...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h 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 CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers Part Number Product Name Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller Embedded SATA RAID Controller Embedded 1GbE NIC N8103-188 RAID Controller (RAID 0/1) ...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h the system) depending on the installed processor. Processor RAID controller required PCI slot limitations ● Do not install the following PCI cards. Celeron G3900 N8103-184 SAS Controller Pentium G4400 N8104-152 Quad Port 1000BASE-T Adapter ●...
– SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Secure Boot Mode This server supports Secure Boot. It is supported with UEFI Boot mode and protects the security by only allowing software programs with digital signature to run. The supported operating systems, software, and boot devices are below.
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 CONFIGRATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/T110h Revision History Revision Date Description New products added: January 26, 2017 10TB 7.2K non-Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD / N8150-542 10TB 7.2K Hot Plug 3.5-inch SATA HDD / N8150-543 RDX Cartridge (4TB) / N8153-11...