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NEC Express5800/B120f-h 
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.

 

August 17, 2015 
Revision 2.0 
NEC Corporation

 

Summary of Contents for Express5800/B120f-h

Page 1: ...de 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 August 17 2015 Revision 2 0 NEC Corporation ...

Page 2: ...ernal Drives 10 4 1 Drive and RAID Configuration 10 4 2 Internal Drive Configuration 11 5 I O Expansion Card 12 5 1 Network Interface Controller 12 5 2 External Storage Controller 13 6 Other Add in Components 14 6 1 Trusted Platform Module Kit 14 REFERENCES 15 Boot Mode Setting 15 Server Management 16 OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers 17 Support Matrix for Adapters and Netwo...

Page 3: ...Storage Standard Capacity 0 GB Maximum Capacity SATA SSD 800 GB Two 400GB Disk Controller SATA 6Gb s Integrated RAID RAID 0 1 Integrated Hot Plug Not supported Disk Drive Bays 2 2 Expansion Slots Standard Total 3 slots available 1 Type 1 mezzanine 1 Type 2 mezzanine 1 PCIe for a flexible integrated NIC Video Controller VRAM Integrated in Server Management Controller 32MB Resolution Color 640 x 480...

Page 4: ...l 2 2 Model B120f h Part Number N8400 247E N8400 244F N8400 245F N8400 246F Processor Type Intel Xeon processor E5 2667 v3 Intel Xeon processor E5 2697 v3 Intel Xeon processor E5 2698 v3 Intel Xeon processor E5 2699 v3 Clock speed 3 20 GHz 2 60 GHz 2 30 GHz 2 30 GHz Number of Processors 1 to 2 Cache 20 MB 35 MB 40 MB 45 MB Cores and Threads 8C 16T 14C 28T 16C 32T 18C 36T Chipset Intel C612 Chipset...

Page 5: ...soft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 6 or later x86_64 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 1 or later 4 VMware ESXi 5 1 u1 VMware ESXi 5 5 u2 VMware ESXi 6 1 To configure...

Page 6: ...MI Switch F UID LED B System Reset Switch G UID LED Button C System Status LED H SUV Connector D Power LED J SSD Access Lamp 0 E Power Button K SSD Access Lamp 1 Configuration Diagram Legend Mandatory Components Standard Components NOTE Solid State Drive Cage is not available in Xeon E5 2667 v3 Xeon E5 2697 v3 and Xeon E5 2699 v3 systems ...

Page 7: ...NFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800 B120f h NEC Corporation Revision 2 0 August 17 2015 7 Expansion Slot Legend 1 Type I mezzanine card slot 2 Type II mezzanine card slot 3 Flexible integrated NIC card slot 2 1 3 ...

Page 8: ...Xeon processor E5 2698 v3 EXPRESSBUILDER N8400 245F NEC Express5800 B120f 18C E5 2699 v3 no RAM no Drive Cage no Network Controller Including One Intel Xeon processor E5 2699 v3 EXPRESSBUILDER N8400 246F NOTE The base model must be ordered with a memory kit and a network riser card kit The 32 bit operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is supported only on Xeon E5 2640 v3 systems 2 2nd Proc...

Page 9: ...012 R2 320 3 Memory 3 1 Memory Configuration Available slots 9 per processor Category Product Name Description Part Number Registered DIMM RDIMM 4GB DDR4 2133 REG Memory Kit 1x4GB 1 x 4 GB Registered ECC DIMM DDR4 2133 PC4 17000 N8402 164F 8GB DDR4 2133 REG Memory Kit 1x8GB 1 x 8 GB Registered ECC DIMM DDR4 2133 PC4 17000 N8402 165F 16GB DDR4 2133 REG Memory Kit 1x16GB 1 x 16 GB Registered ECC DIM...

Page 10: ...B Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter 1 4 TB 576 GB Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 6 TB 576 GB VMware ESXi 5 1 2 2 TB 576 GB VMware ESXi 5 5 2 4 TB 576 GB VMware ESXi 6 0 3 6 TB 576 GB 1 The maximum available memory size of Hyper V sy...

Page 11: ...ve bays one internal SATA cable N8403 080F Drive 2 slots available SATA SSD 200GB Non hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD One 200 GB 2 5 inch eMLC SATA N8450 712 400GB Non hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD One 400 GB 2 5 inch eMLC SATA N8450 713 4 2 3 Embedded SATA RAID Controller Category Product Name Description Part Number Drive Cage Required SSD Drive Cage Kit Two 2 5 inch non hot plug hard drive bays one int...

Page 12: ... 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems NIC Teaming feature The Server blade supports NIC teaming which is the ability to configure multiple NICs to a single network interface for fault tolerance and load balancing Windows Server 2008 support BASP Broadcom Advanced Server Program or Intel PROSet teaming while Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 and Linux support teaming with bond...

Page 13: ...085F Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Available N8403 084F Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux VMware Not available N8403 049F Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux VMware Not available N8403 05...

Page 14: ...Platform Module Kit TPM 1 2 module N8415 008F NOTE The kit is not available in China The kit is not removable after attachment TPM Support in BIOS setup menu must be activated prior to use of this product To use Windows BitLocker drive encryption be sure to keep the recovery password of BitLocker function The recovery password is required to restore data for hardware replacement during a system er...

Page 15: ... mode and X2APIC is enabled Refer to the User s Guide and change the settings before installing an Operating System requiring Legacy Mode Operating System Supported Boot Mode Supported X2APIC Setting Windows Server 2008 x86 Legacy Disabled Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Legacy Disabled Windows Server 2012 UEFI Enabled Windows Server 2012 R2 UEFI Enabled Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86_64 UEFI Enabled R...

Page 16: ...Remote KVM POST BIOS setup DOS utility via LAN Panic screen Boot screen Text based screen OS console GUI based screen OS console Remote control Remote reset power on off dump via LAN Power control BIOS and BMC Firmware update BIOS setting 2 OS shutdown 1 Remote media CD DVD FD USB Key CLP Command Line Protocol DMTF compliant Remote control via Web browser multi user login at the same time Scheduli...

Page 17: ...EL 7 ESXi 5 5 ESXi 5 1 ESXi 6 0 N8403 081F Dual Port 1GbE Riser Card Kit N8403 082F Dual Port 10GbE Riser Card Kit N8403 083F Dual Port 10GbE Riser Card Kit iSCSI N8403 084F Dual Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 085F Dual Port 10GbE Adapter iSCSI N8403 049F Quad Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 051F Quad Port 10GbE Adapter iSCSI N8403 076F Dual Port 1000BASE Adapter N8403 077F Quad Port 1000BASE Adapter N8403 034...

Page 18: ...rd Kit N8403 083F Dual Port 10GbE Riser Card Kit N8403 084F Dual Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 085F Dual Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 049F Quad Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 051F Quad Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 076F Dual Port 1000BASE Adapter 1 2 N8403 077F Quad Port 1000BASE Adapter 2 1 Existing 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch installed for embedded NIC can be shared with embedded NIC and the optional NIC if N8406 013...

Page 19: ... Type II NIC N8403 081F Dual Port 1GbE Riser Card Kit N8403 082F Dual Port 10GbE Riser Card Kit N8403 083F Dual Port 10GbE Riser Card Kit N8403 084F Dual Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 085F Dual Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 049F Quad Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 051F Quad Port 10GbE Adapter N8403 076F Dual Port 1000BASE Adapter N8403 077F Quad Port 1000BASE Adapter N8403 034F Fibre Channel Controller 8Gbps 2ch ...

Page 20: ...ries Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Inc in the U S 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 ...

Page 21: ...story Revision Date Description 2 0 August 17 2015 New products added NEC Express5800 B120f 8C E5 2667 v3 N8400 247E Xeon E5 2667 v3 Processor Kit N8401 098E Others Added RHEL 7 to the list of operating system supported 1 1 July 13 2015 Others Add a note to Drive less Blade Kit 1 0 June 19 2015 Initial release ...

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