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CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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NEC Express5800/R120f-2E
NEC Corporation
Revision 6.0
– July 16, 2015
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order to minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard drives failure during the RAID rebuilding process.
It is recommended to set RAID array configuration drives less than eight in order to minimize the risk
of becoming multiple hard drives failure.
Types and Number of Available RAID Controllers when Running with VMware ESXi
See the table below for the types and number of available RAID Controllers and SAS Controller when
running with VMware ESXi.
The condition depends on interrupt processes managed by the operating system and insufficient interrupt
resources may lead to system failure.
Processor
Type
Controller Type
Number of
available
controllers
Total Number of
available
controllers
E5-2603 v3
E5-2620 v3
E5-2630 v3
E5-2650 v3
E5-2660 v3
N8103-176 RAID Controller (1 GB, RAID 0/1)
N8103-177 RAID Controller (1 GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
N8103-178 RAID Controller (2 GB,RAID 0/1/5/6)
Up to one controller
Up to three controllers
N8103-179 RAID Controller (2 GB,RAID 0/1/5/6)
Up to two controllers
E5-2680 v3
E5-2690 v3
N8103-176 RAID Controller (1 GB, RAID 0/1)
N8103-177 RAID Controller (1 GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
N8103-178 RAID Controller (2 GB,RAID 0/1/5/6)
Up to one controller
Up to two controllers
N8103-179 RAID Controller (2 GB,RAID 0/1/5/6)
Up to two controller
N8103-184 SAS Controller
1
Up to two controllers
1
1
When ESXi 5.1/5.5 is installed.
8.3.2
Fibre Channel / SAS Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel Controller (1ch)
Emulex LightPulse LPe1250-F8 Host Bus Adapter
8Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 2.0 x8
N8190-159
Fibre Channel Controller (2ch)
Emulex LightPulse LPe12002-M8 Host Bus Adapter
8Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 2.0 x8
N8190-160
Fibre Channel Controller (1ch)
Emulex LightPulse LPe16000B-M6 Host Bus Adapter
16Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0 x8
N8190-157A
Fibre Channel Controller (2ch)
Emulex LightPulse LPe16002B-M6 Host Bus Adapter
16Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 3.0 x8
N8190-158A
SAS
SAS Controller
LSI SAS9212-4i4e Host Bus Adapter
6Gb/s SAS, Int. 4 / Ext. 4, 7-pin SATA / SFF-8088, PCIe 2.0 x8
N8103-142
SAS Controller
LSI SAS9300-8e Host Bus Adapter
12Gb/s SAS, ext. 8(SFF-8644 x2), PCIe 3.0 x8
NOTE
:
-
There is a PCI slot limitation when configured with Xeon
E5-2680 v3/-2690 v3 and VMware ESXi 5.1/5.5. Refer to
Types and Number of Available RAID Controllers when
Running with VMware ESXi
in the previous section for
details.
N8103-184
NOTE:
With regard to 16Gb/s Fiber Channel Controllers, up to two ports in a single processor configuration