SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE –
NEC Express5800/R110j-1
NEC Corporation
Revision 1.0
– January 2019
12
NOTE:
Embedded SATA RAID controller is supported only on limited OS. For more details, please see
OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards
and Embedded Controllers
.
Hot plug insertion/removal is not supported with the embedded SATA non-RAID controller.
Embedded SATA Controller configuration supports SATA HDD and SATA SSD only. SAS HDD and SAS SSD does not
supported in Embedded SATA Controller configuration.
M.2 SATA SSD Installation Kit (N8118-312) and 2x 2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit(SAS/SATA) (N8154-135) can’t be mixed in
Embedded SATA Controller configuration. Please order RAID Controller for those configurations.
4.3.2
2.5-inch-Drive Model / Embedded SATA RAID Controller (RAID 0/1/10)
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Storage Controller
Embedded SATA Controller
6x 6Gb/s SATA
(Standard)
Cable
Internal SAS/SATA Cable
For 4x 2.5-inch Drive Model, up to four drives are supported
1x [1 x mini-SAS to 1 x mini-SAS]
(Standard)
HDD Cage Kit
4x 2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage
For 4x 2.5-inch Drive Model, up to four drives are supported
(Standard)
2x 2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit(SAS/SATA)
For 4x 2.5-inch Drive Model, up to two drives are supported
Including SAS/SATA Cable
N8154-135
NOTE
Embedded SATA RAID controller is supported only on limited OS. For more details, please see
OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards
and Embedded Controllers
.
All hard drives within a RAID array should be of the same capacity.
Embedded SATA RAID Controller configuration supports SATA HDD and SATA SSD only. SAS HDD and SAS SSD does not
supported in Embedded SATA Controller configuration.
M.2 SATA SSD Installation Kit (N8118-312) and 2x 2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit(SAS/SATA) (N8154-135) can’t be mixed in
Embedded SATA Controller configuration. Please chose RAID Controller for those configurations.
4.3.3
2.5-inch-Drive Model / RAID Controller for Dedicated PCI Slot
Choose RAID controller for suitable feature and performance. RAID Controller for Dedicated PCI Slot does not consume PCI card
slot.
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Storage Controller
Up to 1
RAID Controller (RAID 0/1)
RAID 0/1/5/10 and SAS HBA mode, 0MB, Int. 8 port, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS
12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s, Low Profile Heat Sink
N8103-192
RAID Controller (2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 2GB, Int. 8 port, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s, SATA
6Gb/s, Low Profile Heat Sink
N8103-193
Battery Backup
Required when N8103-
193 or N8103-196 are
selected
Battery Backup Unit
Lithium-ion Battery for N8103-193 / -196 RAID controller
N8103-215
Cable
Internal SAS/SATA Cable
For 2.5-inch Drive Model, up to four drives are supported
1x [1 x mini-SAS to 1 x mini-SAS]
(Standard)
HDD Cage Kit
4x 2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage
For 4x 2.5-inch Drive Model, up to four drives are supported
(Standard)
2x 2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit(SAS/SATA)
Including internal cables, for 4x 2.5-inch Drive Model
N8154-135
NOTE:
RAID Controller for Dedicated PCI Slot is supported only on limited OS. For more details, please see
OS Support Matrix for
PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers
.
All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity and rotation speed.
N8103-192 supports RAID5 in addition to RAID 0/1 although the product name does not contain “5”. If higher performance is
needed, choose RAID controller with cache memory.
Up to two RAID Controller with cache (N8103-193/-196) can be installed.
