SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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NEC Express5800R120g-1M
NEC Corporation
Revision 6.0
– April, 2017
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NOTE
:
N8104-129 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical
cable.
10GBASE Adapter (SFP+/2ch)
Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapters X710
PCIe 3.0 x8
NOTE:
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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:
N8104-161 QSFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
Only 40Gb connection is supported for higher level network.
N8104-159
Dual Port 10GBASE-T Adapter
Intel® Ethernet Controller X540
PCIe 2.0(x8) , Low Profile / Full Height
N8104-153
Dual Port 10GBASE-T Adapter
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550
PCIe 3.0 x4, Low Profile / Full Height
N8104-157
SFP+
Module
SFP+ Module (10G-SR)
1 x SFP+ Module
N8104-129
QSFP+ Module
1 x QSFP+ Module
N8104-161
NOTE:
Up to three adapters of 10GbE can be installed.
Network performance may be reduced depending on the applications and memory performance when three 10Gb Network
Adapters are installed.
For VMware ESXi, there are some limitations concerning the number of installable PCI cards. Refer to
Supported PCI Cards and
Installable Slots
for details.
NIC Teaming feature
– NIC Teaming and bonding features
See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations.
Windows Server 2008 R2 supports BASP (Broadcom Advanced Server Program) or Intel PROSet teaming while Windows Server
2012 (and later) and Linux support teaming with bonding function supported by OS.
Network Interface
Team
Operating Systems
1GbE NIC
N8104-150/-151/-152/-154F/-156F
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1GbE NIC
N8104-145
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2008 R2
10GbE NIC
N8104-149/-156F
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10GbE NIC
N8104-148/-158/-159
Up to four ports per one team
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 or later
[Supporting N8104-148 only]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 or later
10GbE NIC
N8104-153/-155F/-157/-160F
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
NOTE:
NIC Teaming feature is not supported on iSCSI interfaces.
The network interfaces for each teaming must be the same.
When 10GbE and 1GbE NIC teams are mixed, the maximum number of teams must be as follows:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 : up to four per one system
- Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 : up to five per one system
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux : up to five per one system