CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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NEC Express5800/A2040c, A2020c, A2010c, A1040c
NEC Corporation
Rev.2.0
–Sep. 2015
69
(2) VMware ESXi5.5
Hyper-Threading = ON, 1x RAID Card
Product Code
Model
CPU
Xeon E7-8890v3
Xeon E7-8880v3
Xeon E7-8870v3
Xeon E7-4850v3
Xeon E7-8891v3
Xeon E7-4820v3
NE3303-178
NE3303-177
NE3303-H004
NE3304-151M
NE3304-152M
NE3304-149
NE3390-157A
NE3390-158A
NE3390-159
NE3390-160
NE3303-142
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
NE3303-184
5
5
7
9
5
12
10
*2 By using PCI card spending less I/O space, the max. number will be increased
Hyper-Threading = OFF, 1x RAID Card
Product Code
Model
CPU
Xeon E7-8890v3
Xeon E7-8880v3
Xeon E7-8870v3
Xeon E7-4850v3
NE3303-178
NE3303-177
NE3303-H004
NE3304-151M
NE3304-152M
NE3304-149
NE3390-157A
NE3390-158A
NE3390-159
NE3390-160
NE3303-142
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
NE3303-184
7
9
11
9
12
10
13
11
*2 By using PCI card spending less I/O space, the max. number will be increased
Hyper-Threading = ON&OFF, 0x RAID Card
Product Code
Model
CPU
NE3303-178
NE3303-177
NE3303-H004
NE3304-151M
NE3304-152M
NE3304-149
NE3390-157A
NE3390-158A
NE3390-159
NE3390-160
NE3303-142
NE3303-184
12
10
8
*2 By using PCI card spending less I/O space, the max. number will be increased
*1 Max. number of slots depends on the number of CPU: Max. slot
（
1CPU: 4slots, 2CPU: 9slots, 3CPU:13slots, 4CPU:16slots)
Max. # of slots *1, *2
SAS Controller
(6Gb/s SAS)
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
Max. 2 cards
-
SAS Controller
(12Gb/s SAS)
Fibre Channel Controller (1port)
(16Gbps/Optical)
Max. 8 cards in
total
Max. 6 cards in
total
not available
・
Max. 8 cards in total
・
Max. 16 ports in total
Fibre Channel Controller (2port)
(16Gbps/Optical)
Fibre Channel Controller (1port)
(8Gbps/Optical)
Fibre Channel Controller (2port)
(8Gbps/Optical)
1000BASE-T Adapter (2port)
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 4 cards in
total
Max. 6 cards in
total
・
1Gb: Max. 16 ports in total
・
10Gb: Max. 8 ports in total
・
1Gb + 10Gb combination: Max. 8 ports
for 10Gb and Max. 4 ports for 1Gb
1000BASE-T Adapter (4port)
10GBASE Adapter (SFP+/2ch)
RAID Controller
(2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
na
na
na
-
RAID Controller
(1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
External RAID Controller
(2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
Max. # of slots *1, *2
*1 Max. number of slots depends on the number of CPU: Max. slot
（
1CPU: 4slots, 2CPU: 9slots, 3CPU:13slots, 4CPU:16slots)
A2040c/A2020c/A2010c/A1040c
Note
All CPUs
Name/Description
3 major examples of possible configuration
not available
-
SAS Controller
(6Gb/s SAS)
-
SAS Controller
(12Gb/s SAS)
not available
not available
not available
not available
not available
not available
not available
Max. 3 cards in
total
Max. 8 cards in
total
Max. 4 cards in
total
・
Max. 8 cards in total
・
Max. 16 ports in total
Fibre Channel Controller (2port)
(16Gbps/Optical)
Fibre Channel Controller (1port)
(8Gbps/Optical)
Fibre Channel Controller (2port)
(8Gbps/Optical)
Fibre Channel Controller (1port)
(16Gbps/Optical)
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 4 cards in
total
Max. 6 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 7 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 4 cards in
total
・
1Gb: Max. 16 ports in total
・
10Gb: Max. 8 ports in total
・
1Gb + 10Gb combination: Max. 8 ports
for 10Gb and Max. 4 ports for 1Gb
1000BASE-T Adapter (4port)
10GBASE Adapter (SFP+/2ch)
-
RAID Controller
(1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
External RAID Controller
(2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
1000BASE-T Adapter (2port)
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 4 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 4 cards in
total
RAID Controller
(2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
Max. 1 card in total Max. 1 card in total
Max. 1 card in total
Max. 1 card in total
Max. 1 card in total
*1 Max. number of slots depends on the number of CPU: Max. slot
（
1CPU: 4slots, 2CPU: 9slots, 3CPU:13slots, 4CPU:16slots)
A2040c/A2020c/A2010c/A1040c
Note
Xeon E7-8891v3
Xeon E7-4820v3
Xeon E7-4809v3
Xeon E7-8893v3
Name/Description
Max. # of slots *1, *2
SAS Controller
(6Gb/s SAS)
not available
not available
not available
-
SAS Controller
(12Gb/s SAS)
not available
not available
not available
not available
not available
Max. 7 cards in
total
Max. 3 cards in
total
・
Max. 8 cards in total
・
Max. 16 ports in total
Fibre Channel Controller (2port)
(16Gbps/Optical)
Fibre Channel Controller (1port)
(8Gbps/Optical)
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
Fibre Channel Controller (2port)
(8Gbps/Optical)
Max. 4 cards in
total
・
1Gb: Max. 16 ports in total
・
10Gb: Max. 8 ports in total
・
1Gb + 10Gb combination: Max. 8 ports
for 10Gb and Max. 4 ports for 1Gb
1000BASE-T Adapter (4port)
10GBASE Adapter (SFP+/2ch)
Fibre Channel Controller (1port)
(16Gbps/Optical)
not available
not available
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 4 cards in
total
-
RAID Controller
(1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
External RAID Controller
(2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
1000BASE-T Adapter (2port)
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
Max. 4 cards in
total
Max. 2 cards in
total
RAID Controller
(2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
Max. 1 card in total Max. 1 card in total Max. 1 card in total
Max. 1 card in total
Max. 1 card in total
A2040c/A2020c/A2010c/A1040c
Note
Xeon E7-4809v3
Xeon E7-8893v3
Name/Description
