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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE

 

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NEC Express5800/D120h 

NEC Corporation 

Revision 1.0 

– October, 2017 

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Server Configuration 

1  Maximum Server Module Configuration 

See the table below for the maximum server configuration based on processor configuration. 

The condition for the maximum server configuration is defined when four servers with the same configuration are installed. For other 
server configurations, please consult your sales representative. 

1.1 

Module Enclosure (1U) 

1.1.1 

2200W PSU Configuration 

100VAC Input (with RAID controller, PCI card and LAN mezzanine) 

Processor 

# of processors 

# of DIMMs 

(128GB TSV RDIMM) 

# of drives 

(1.92TB SATA SSD) 

Bronze 3104/3106 

2CPUs 

Up to 5 DIMMs 

Up to 1 drive 

Up to 2 DIMMs 

Up to 3 drives 

Silver 4110/4114/4116 
Gold 5122 

2CPUs 

Up to 4 DIMMs 

Up to 1 drive 

Up to 2 DIMMs 

Up to 2 drives 

Silver 4108 

2CPUs 

Up to 3 DIMMs 

Up to 1 drive 

Up to 2 DIMMs 

Up to 2 drives 

Gold 5118/5120   

2CPUs 

Up to 3 DIMMs 

Up to 1 drive 

Gold 6130/6138   

1CPU 

Up to 6 DIMMs 

Up to 1 drive 

Up to 1 DIMM 

Up to 4 drives   

Gold 6132/6134/6140/6142/6152 
Platinum 8160/8164/8160M 

Not supported 

NOTE: 

 

Supported configuration depends on the kind of DIMMs, drives. 

 

Table above is just one example of configuration. For details, please contact your sales representative. 

 

Configurations which doesn’t listed above table, please contact your sales representative. 

 

When PSU breaks down, processor may slow down in some configurations. For details, please contact your sales representative. 

200VAC Input (with RAID controller, PCI card and LAN mezzanine) 

Processor 

# of processors 

# of DIMMs 

(128GB TSV RDIMM) 

# of drives 

(1.92TB SATA SSD) 

Any processors 

Any configurations 

NOTE: 

 

Up to six 128GB TSV RDIMM per processor except Xeon Platinum 8160M. 

 

When PSU breaks down, processor may slow down in some configurations. For details, please contact your sales representative. 

1.1.2 

1300W PSU Configuration 

100VAC Input (with RAID controller, PCI card and LAN mezzanine) 

Processor 

# of processors 

# of DIMMs 

(128GB TSV RDIMM) 

# of drives 

(1.92TB SATA SSD) 

Bronze 3104/3106, 
Silver 4108/4110/4114/4116, 
Gold 5118/5120/5122 

Up to 3 server module with configuration limitation. 

For details, please contact your sales representative. 

Gold 6130/6132/6134/6138/ 
6140/6142/6152, 
Platinum 8160/8164/8160M 

Not supported 

Summary of Contents for Express5800/D120h

Page 1: ...e 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 2017 Revision 1 0 NEC Corporation ...

Page 2: ... and Options for Module Enclosure 2U 17 6 4 Internal Drives 18 7 Optical Drive 19 8 PCI Card 20 8 1 Network Interface Controller 20 8 2 External Storage Controller 22 8 3 Serial Port Adapter 22 9 Other Add in Components 23 9 1 Trusted Platform Module Kit 23 9 2 VMware ESXi Support Kit 23 9 3 Flash FDD 23 10 Add on Components 24 10 1 17 inch LCD Console Drawer 24 10 2 KVM Switch 24 10 3 Server Mana...

Page 3: ...inum 8160M only 1 5TB 12x 128GB Others Memory protection ECC x4 x8 SDDC DDDC Internal Storage Drive Cage Disk Controller SATA 6Gb s RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 Optional SAS 12 Gb s RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 Optional Expansion Slot Total 3 slots available 1 PCIe 3 0 x16 x16 connector 1 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connector 1 PCIe 3 0 x16 for a LAN mezzanine card Total 4 slots available 1 PCIe 3 0 x16 x16 connector 1 PCIe...

Page 4: ...TB SAS SSD 9 6TB 24x 400GB PSU Bays 2 Redundant Fan Standard Redundant PSU Standard Hot plug PSU 2x 1 300 Watt 80 PLUS Platinum certified hot plug PSU 100 240 VAC 10 50 60 Hz 3Hz 2 x 2 200 Watt 80 PLUS Platinum certified hot plug PSU 100 240 VAC 10 50 60 Hz 3 Hz 2 x 2 200 Watt 80 PLUS Platinum certified hot plug PSU 200 240 VAC 10 50 60 Hz 3 Hz Power Consumption 100VAC 1177VA 1165W 200VAC 1494VA 1...

Page 5: ...sure All you have to do is purchase two nodes Server Modules which is the selectable components In addition the rest you can install more two nodes server modules as you need Module Enclosure 1U Legend Standard Components Minimum required components Optional components 1U Server Module Legend Standard Components Minimum required components Optional components 24x 2 5 inch Drive Cage PSU 1 2 FAN No...

Page 6: ... components 2U Server Module Legend Standard Components Minimum required components Optional components 24x 2 5 inch Drive Cage PSU 1 2 FAN Node 2 Rail Rail Node 4 Node 2 Node 4 PSU 2 PSU 1 LAN Mezz Slot 2 Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 for GPU Card CPU H S CPU H S 4x DIMM Slot 4x DIMM Slot 4x DIMM Slot 4x DIMM Slot 1x DIMM PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 LAN Mezz PCI Slot 3 CPU1 CPU0 SATA DOM TPM ...

Page 7: ... 6134 6140 6142 6152 Platinum 8160 8164 8160M Not supported NOTE Supported configuration depends on the kind of DIMMs drives Table above is just one example of configuration For details please contact your sales representative Configurations which doesn t listed above table please contact your sales representative When PSU breaks down processor may slow down in some configurations For details plea...

Page 8: ...presentative 2 Server Module Enclosure 2 1 Module Enclosure Category Product Name Description Part Number Module Enclosure For Embedded SATA Controller Configuration NEC Module Enclosure 1U 1300W PSU Model no Server Module no Drive no Power Cord Including 2x 1300W Power Supply Unit Slide Rail EXPRESS BUILDER DVD N8141 83F NEC Module Enclosure 1U 2200W PSU Model no Server Module no Drive no Power C...

Page 9: ...nstalled When installing to 2U server module enclosure up to two server modules can be installed Please connect CMC management LAN on module enclosure to management server or PC for monitoring cooling fan and PSU Blank modules N8141 85 must be installed into vacant module enclosure slots Predecessor ex Express5800 E120f M E120g M server module can t install into server module enclosure 2 2 Options...

Page 10: ...processor no RAM no RAID Controller no LAN mezzanine Including 1st processor CPU 0 heat sink SAS Expander Internal SATA Cable Power Cord for GPU Card 8Pin N8100 2554F NOTE VMware ESXi 6 5 will be supported after end of Oct 2017 The base model must be ordered with a processor kit and a memory kit At least two server modules must be installed in module enclosure to configure D120h Note for N8100 255...

Page 11: ...ntel Xeon Gold 6132 2 60 GHz 14C 28T 19 25MB TDP 140W NOTE Not supported with 2200W PSU configuration when the voltage of inlet is 100VAC Not supported with 1300W PSU configuration N8101 1370F Xeon Gold 6134 Processor Kit Intel Xeon Gold 6134 3 20 GHz 8C 16T 24 75MB TDP 130W NOTE Not supported with 2200W PSU configuration when the voltage of inlet is 100VAC Not supported with 1300W PSU configurati...

Page 12: ...at Sink For 1st Processor Standard Processor Heat Sink For 2nd Processor N8101 1379F NOTE One processor kit from above must be installed The processors must be the same to configure dual processor system 2nd CPU is required when GPU was installed in 2U Server Module The maximum number of logical processors supported by OS See the table below for the maximum number of logical processors that you ca...

Page 13: ...nd TSV RDIMM are not supported The type of TSV RDIMM installed must be identical Estimated production lead time for the make to order processor kits will be approximately 3 months Maximum Memory Capacity See the table below for the maximum memory capacity in accordance with the type of processor installed Processor Type Maximum Memory Capacity per CPU Xeon Platinum 8160M 1TB All other processors 7...

Page 14: ...y to each Hyper V 4 TB Maximum memory that apply to each virtual machine 1 TB 2 Hyper V in Windows Server 2016 Maximum memory that apply to each Hyper V 24 TB Maximum memory that apply to each virtual machine 12 TB 3 Up to 4 TB of the main memory is available to each virtual machine 4 Up to 6128 GB of the main memory is available to each virtual machine ...

Page 15: ...N8103 199 will be able to order after end of Oct 2017 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 512n SAS 10K HDDs 512e SAS 15K HDDs SAS 15K HDDs 512e SATA HDDs SAS SSDs SATA SSDs ME and SATA SSDs VE can be mixed in the drive cage of server modules except the combination of SATA HDDs and SAS HDDs To con...

Page 16: ... RAID RAID Controller 0GB RAID 0 1 RAID 0 1 10 No cache memory Internal 8 port PCIe 3 0 SAS 12Gb s SATA 6Gb s N8103 188 RAID Controller 1GB RAID 0 1 RAID 0 1 10 1GB cache memory Internal 8 port PCIe 3 0 SAS 12Gb s SATA 6Gb s N8103 176 RAID Controller 1GB RAID 0 1 5 6 RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 1GB cache memory Internal 8 port PCIe 3 0 SAS 12Gb s SATA 6Gb s N8103 177 RAID Controller 2GB RAID 0 1 5 6 RAI...

Page 17: ...re not redundant in this configuration 6 3 2 RAID SAS Controller in Module Enclosure 2U Category Product Name Description Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID RAID Controller 0GB RAID 0 1 RAID 0 1 10 No cache memory Internal 8 port PCIe 3 0 SAS 12Gb s SATA 6Gb s N8103 188 RAID Controller 1GB RAID 0 1 RAID 0 1 10 1GB cache memory Internal 8 port PCIe 3 0 SAS 12Gb s SATA 6Gb s N8103 176 RAID...

Page 18: ...ATA SSD 1 x 960GB SATA SSD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 512n sector Value Endurance N8150 772 1 92TB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD 1 x 1 92TB SATA SSD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 512n sector Value Endurance N8150 773 Middle Endurance 200GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD 1 x 200GB SATA SSD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 512n sector Middle Endurance N8150 767 400GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD 1 x 400GB SATA SSD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 512n sector Middle Endu...

Page 19: ...ing process 6 4 4 2 5 inch SAS Solid State Drives Category Product Name Description Part Number Middle Endurance 400GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD 1 x 400GB SAS SSD 2 5 inch 12Gb s 512n sector Middle Endurance N8150 766 NOTE Up to two kinds of drives selected from SAS 10K HDDs SAS 15K HDDs SATA HDDs SATA SSDs can be mixed 7 Optical Drive Category Product Name Description Part Number External Externa...

Page 20: ...thernet Converged Network Adapters X710 PCIe 3 0 x8 NOTE N8104 129 SFP Module is required to connect with an optical cable N8104 158 10GBASE Adapter QSFP 4ch Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapters XL710 PCIe 3 0 x8 NOTE Only 10Gb connection is supported for higher level network N8104 161 QSFP Module is required to connect Use optical breakout cable for N8104 161 N8104 159 LAN Mezzanine 1GbE Qua...

Page 21: ...iguration limits for networking when running with VMware systems For more detail see the Networking Maximum in the Configuration Maximums document for VMware For VMware ESXi 6 0 https www vmware com pdf vsphere6 r60 vsphere 60 configuration maximums pdf For VMware ESXi 6 5 https www vmware com pdf vsphere6 r65 vsphere 65 configuration maximums pdf ...

Page 22: ...SCSI interfaces The network interfaces for each NIC teaming must be the same When 10GbE and 1GbE NIC teams are mixed the maximum number of teams is up to five per one system Using iSCSI See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations Category Network Interface Operating Systems 1GbE N8104 150 151 152 168 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 VMware ESXi 6 0 Update3 VM...

Page 23: ...ction The recovery password is required to restore data for hardware replacement during a system error 9 2 VMware ESXi Support Kit Product Name Description Part Number VMware ESXi support kit 16GB SATA DOM SLC Support for VMware ESXi 6 0 6 5 N8106 012 NOTE VMware ESXi support kit doesn t support with Embedded SATA configuration If you install VMware ESXi support kit you should configure with RAID ...

Page 24: ... 1 8 m 15 pin mini D sub VGA cable 1 8 m N8143 108F 17 3inch LCD Console Drawer 1port 17 3 inch wide Full HD LCD US 103 keys Keyboard with 10 key Touch pad with 2 button 1U height 4 pin USB B to 4 pin USB A cable 1 8 m 15 pin mini D sub VGA cable 1 8 m DVI D cable 1 8m N8143 122F Keypad Keyboard Unit JP JP 108 keys Keyboard with 10 key for N8143 108F 17inch LCD Console Drawer 1port N8143 109 Keybo...

Page 25: ...kit Product Name Description Part Number Remote KVM and Media License Kit License for one server Remote KVM and remote media are enabled regardless of OS status Remote KVM Displays a graphics console on the web browser of the remote terminal PC server Controls keyboard and mouse via the remote terminals web browser Remote media Enables the user to use the CD DVD FD Flash memory of the remote termi...

Page 26: ...D Button UID LED E Front Panel Node 4 2U Embedded SATA Configuration Legend A 2 5 inch Drive Bays E System Status LED B Front Panel Node 2 F Power Button Power LED C Front Panel Node 4 G UID Button UID LED D CMC Module Enclosure Status LED 2U RAID Controller Configuration Legend A 2 5 inch Drive Bays E System Status LED B Front Panel Node 2 F Power Button Power LED C Front Panel Node 4 G UID Butto...

Page 27: ...K AC Inlet F Server Module Management LAN Connector L CMC Module Enclosure Management LAN Connector 2U Legend A PCI Slot 1 H Server Module Management LAN Connector B PCI Slot 2 I 2x Data LAN Connector C LAN Mezzanine PCI Slot 3 J Power Supply 1 D PCI Slot 4 Dedicated for GPU Card K Power Supply 2 E 2x USB 3 0 Connectors L AC Inlet F UID LED M CMC Module Enclosure Management LAN Connector G VGA Con...

Page 28: ...TION GUIDE NEC Express5800 D120h NEC Corporation Revision 1 0 October 2017 28 Dimensions mm Module Enclosure 1U Server Module 2U Server Module 820 0 853 2 485 8 87 5 440 0 547 5 578 0 171 6 40 6 547 5 578 0 171 6 81 5 ...

Page 29: ...GUI based screen OS console Plugin less GUI based screen HTML5 Remote control via LAN Remote reset power on off dump Remote power capping BIOS BMC FW update OS shutdown 1 1 Remote media CD DVD FD USB CLP Command Line Protocol DMTF compliant Remote control via Web browser multi user login at the same time Others Set automatic IP address via DNS DHCP LDAP Active Directory verification user control C...

Page 30: ...Controller 1GB RAID 0 1 N8103 177 RAID Controller 1GB RAID 0 1 5 6 N8103 178 RAID Controller 2GB RAID 0 1 5 6 N8103 184 SAS Controller N8190 161 Fibre Channel Controller 1ch N8190 162 Fibre Channel Controller 2ch N8104 150 1000BASE T Adapter N8104 151 Dual Port 1000BASE T Adapter N8104 152 Quad Port 1000BASE T Adapter N8104 149 10GBASE SFP Adapter SFP 2ch N8104 158 10GBASE Adapter SFP 2ch N8104 15...

Page 31: ...h N8104 157 Dual Port 10GBASE T Adapter N8104 168 Quad Port 1000BASE T Adapter N8104 170 Dual Port 10GBASE SFP Adapter N8117 01A Serial Port Adapter NVIDIA Tesla K80 2U Server Module Part Number Product Name Slots PCI 1 PCI 2 LAN Mezz PCI 4 N8103 199 SAS Controller N8103 188 RAID Controller 0GB RAID 0 1 N8103 176 RAID Controller 1GB RAID 0 1 N8103 177 RAID Controller 1GB RAID 0 1 5 6 N8103 178 RAI...

Page 32: ...6 Low Profile Up to 220 mm CPU1 Slot 2 PCIe 3 0 X8 x8 Low Profile Up to 220 mm CPU1 LAN Mezz PCIe 3 0 x16 x16 CPU1 2U Server Module Slot Name Standard Bus Width Connector Width Height Length Processor Slot 1 PCIe 3 0 x16 x16 Low Profile Up to 220 mm CPU1 Slot 2 PCIe 3 0 X8 x8 Low Profile Up to 220 mm CPU1 LAN Mezz PCIe 3 0 x16 x16 CPU1 Slot 4 PCIe 3 0 x16 x16 CPU2 Slot 1 Slot 2 LAN Mezz Slot 1 Slo...

Page 33: ...talling an Operating System requiring Legacy Mode Operating System Supported Boot Mode Supported X2APIC Setting Windows Server 2012 R2 UEFI Enabled Windows Server 2016 UEFI Enabled Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 UEFI Enabled VMware ESXi 6 0 Update3 UEFI Enabled VMware ESXi 6 5 Update1 UEFI Enabled Secure Boot Mode This server supports Secure Boot It is supported with UEFI Boot mode and protects the se...

Page 34: ...es 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 te...

Page 35: ...SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800 D120h NEC Corporation Revision 1 0 October 2017 35 Revision History Revision Date Description 1 0 October 12 2017 Initial release ...

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