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NEC Express5800/R120g-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. April 26, 2017 Revision 6.0 NEC Corporation...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M Technical Specification Key Features High performance with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 Product Family Up to 1.5 TB 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 / 4)
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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 / 4)
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M Model R120g-1M Clock speed 3.20GHz 2.40 GHz 2.60 GHz 2.30 GHz Number of Processors 1 or 2 Cache 25 MB 35 MB 45 MB Cores and Threads 8C-16T 14C-28T 18C-36T Chipset Intel® C612 Chipset...
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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 (4 / 4)
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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 – April, 2017...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-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...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M Dimensions (mm) Without Cable Arm 816.0 44.1 32.1 44.1 722.0 43.4 With Cable Arm 947.5 905.3 Revision 6.0 – April, 2017 NEC Corporation...
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 Express5800R120g-1M The maximum number of logical processors supported by OS See the table below for the maximum number of logical processors that you can actually use on your system. Number of Logical Processors Supported by Operating Systems...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M 3 Memory Memory Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your operating system and memory configuration: Independent Channel Configuration: 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 Express5800R120g-1M 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 Express5800R120g-1M Maximum Available Memory See the table below for the maximum memory size that you can actually use on your system. Maximum Memory Size Supported by Operating Systems Maximum Available Memory Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M Required Components for RAID Configuration 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...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M For Supported HDD/SSD, refer to 4.3.2 for Windows Server 2008R2 or VMware. Refet to 4.3.3 for Windows Server 2012/2012R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity and rotation speed.
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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 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. ...
- Windows 7 SP1 or later When you select 4Kn sector HDD, confirm whether your applications support hard drives with 4Kn sector size. For more information, visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/svropt/hdd/collateral/4KHDD_Precautions_EN.pdf The 2.5-inch SAS/SATA SSDs have limited lifetime. Refer to Endurance of SSD for details.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M 6 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 Part Number...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M NOTE N8104-129 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical cable. 10GBASE Adapter (SFP+/2ch) N8104-158 Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapters X710 PCIe 3.0 x8 NOTE: N8104-129 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M Using iSCSI See the table below for supported network interfaces and operating system combinations. Category Network Interface Operating Systems 1GbE N8104-150/-151/-152/-154F/-156F Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Red Hat Enterprise Linux,...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M For VMware ESXi, there are some limitations concerning the number of installable PCI cards. Refer to Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots for details. Fibre Channel / SAS Controller Category Product Name / Description...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M 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 Express5800R120g-1M 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 CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-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 Express5800R120g-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 kit Hardware monitoring...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M 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 Express5800R120g-1M OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers Part number Product Name Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller N8103-176 RAID Controller (1 GB, RAID 0/1) N8103-177 RAID Controller (1 GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) ...
– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots Standard Riser Card Prior Slots Part Number Product Name N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-160F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-156F Dual Port 10G-SFP + Dual Port 1000BASE-T LOM Card...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M - When configured with Xeon E5-2603 v4/E5-2620A v4/E5-2623 v4/E5-2630 v4/E5-2637 v4/ E5-2640 v4/E5-2650 v4/E5-2650L v4/E5-2667 v4/E5-2680 v4/E5-2690 v4, up to two cards among N8103-176/-177/-178/-179 can be installed. For VMware ESXi 6.0, there are some limitations as follows:...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M N8116-33 PCIe x16 Riser Card Kit Prior Slots Part Number Product Name N8104-155F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-160F Dual Port 10GBASE-T LOM Card N8104-156F Dual Port 10G-SFP + Dual Port 1000BASE-T LOM Card...
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– SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800R120g-1M E5-2640 v4/E5-2650 v4/E5-2650L v4/E5-2667 v4/E5-2680 v4/E5-2690 v4, up to two cards among N8103-176/-177/-178/-179 can be installed. For VMware ESXi 6.0, there are some limitations as follows: - With 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 Express5800R120g-1M Revision History Revision Date Description April 26, 2017 New products added: External DVD Dual drive / N8160-101F Discontinued product deleted: External DVD Super Multi Drive / N8160-98F February 24, 2017 New products added: Fibre Channel Controller(1ch) / N8190-161...