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NEC Express5800/R120h-2E
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.

January 25, 2019
Revision 6.0
NEC Corporation

Summary of Contents for Express5800/R120h-2E

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 January 25 2019 Revision 6 0 NEC Corporation ...

Page 2: ...16 5 Optical Drive 19 6 PCI Card 20 PCI Riser Card 20 Network Interface Controller 21 External Storage Controller 23 Serial Port Adapter 24 7 Other Add in Components 25 Power Supply 25 Cooling Fan Kit 27 Trusted Platform Module Kit 27 USB Memory Kit 28 8 Factory Server Setting Service 29 Memory RAS Settings 29 RAID Configuration Service 29 9 Add on Components 30 17 inch LCD Console Drawer 30 KVM S...

Page 3: ...pplementary Matters 37 Internal Drive Supplementary Matters 38 Server Management 41 OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers 42 Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots 43 Supported Tape and Removal Disk Backup Drive List 45 Copyright Notice and Liability Disclaimer 46 REVISION HISTORY 47 ...

Page 4: ... Gold 5118 12C 24T 2 30 GHz 16 50MB TDP 105W Gold 5120 14C 28T 2 20 GHz 19 25MB TDP 105W Gold 5122 4C 8T 3 60 GHz 16 50MB TDP 105W Gold 6126 12C 24T 2 60 GHz 19 25MB TDP 125W Gold 6128 6C 12T 3 40 GHz 19 25MB TDP 115W Gold 6130 16C 32T 2 10 GHz 22MB TDP 125W Gold 6132 14C 28T 2 60 GHz 19 25MB TDP 140W Gold 6134 8C 16T 3 20 GHz 24 75MB TDP 130W Gold 6136 12C 24T 3 GHz 24 75MB TDP 150W Gold 6138 20C...

Page 5: ... RJ 45 1x Serial 9 pin mini D sub Optional Internal 1x USB3 0 2x SATA 2 0 Redundant Fan Optional non hot plug Redundant Power Supply Optional hot plug Power Supply 1x 500 Watt 80 PLUS Platinum certified non hot plug PSU 500 Watt 100 120 200 240VAC 10 50 60 Hz 3 Hz 1 2 x 500 Watt 800 Watt 1600 Watt 80 PLUS Platinum certified hot plug PSU 500 Watt 800 Watt 1600 Watt 100 120 200 240VAC 10 50 60 Hz 3 ...

Page 6: ... Express5800 R120h 2E NEC Corporation Revision 6 0 January 2019 6 Configuration Diagram 8x 2 5 inch Drive Model Legend Standard Components Mandatory Components 8x 3 5 inch Drive Model Legend Standard Components Mandatory Components ...

Page 7: ... Card Slot 1 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connector Full height 312mm length Slot 2 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connector Full height 168mm length Slot 3 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connector Full height 168mm length Add N8116 76 2nd Riser Card Slot 4 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connector Low Profile 168mm length 2CPU required Slot 5 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connector Full height 312mm length 2CPU required Slot 6 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connector Full height 168mm len...

Page 8: ...101 1327 1st N8101 1328 2nd Xeon Silver 4114 Processor Kit Intel Xeon Silver 4114 2 20 GHz 10C 20T 13 75MB TDP 85W N8101 1329 1st N8101 1330 2nd Xeon Silver 4116 Processor Kit Intel Xeon Silver 4116 2 10 GHz 12C 24T 16 50MB TDP 85W N8101 1331 1st N8101 1332 2nd Xeon Gold 5100 Series Xeon Gold 5115 Processor Kit Intel Xeon Gold 5115 2 40 GHz 10C 20T 13 75MB TDP 85W N8101 1333 1st N8101 1334 2nd Xeo...

Page 9: ...C 44T 30 25MB TDP 140W NOTE The processor kit is make to order product N8101 1355 1st N8101 1356 2nd NOTE The processor kit for the 1st CPU must be ordered with a base model The processors must be the same to configure dual processor system The processor kit for 1st CPU contains CPU Heatsink the processor kit for 2nd CPU contains CPU Heatsink and CPU fan When using 4 PCIe slots except LOM slot and...

Page 10: ... below for feature comparisons of memory configurations supported Independent Channel Memory Sparing Memory Mirroring Performance Best Better Good Data Protection No Multiple single bit error protection Multiple single bit and multi bit error protection Redundancy No Partly Fully Data Correction ECC x4 SDDC ECC x4 SDDC ECC x4 SDDC Available Memory Full physical memory Two ranks of memory per chann...

Page 11: ...R2 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter 4 TB 1 TB 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter 24 TB 1 TB 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 12TB 1 TB VMware ESXi 6 0 6 TB 1 TB 2 VMware ESXi 6 5 12TB 1 TB 3 VMware ESXi 6 7 16TB 1 TB 3 1 The maximum available memory size of Hyper V systems is below Windows Server 2012 R2 4 TB Windows Server 2016 24 TB ...

Page 12: ... inch SAS SATA Drive 1 Up to 26 SAS SATA Drives can be mounted 2 Up to 8 SAS SATA Drives can be mounted In addition if 2x 2 5 inch Drive Cage selected up to 2 SAS SATA Drives can be mounted 3 If 2x2 5 inch SAS SATA Drive Cage is selected 2nd Riser kit cannot be mounted Front Drive Bay Front Drive Bay for 8x 2 5 inch Drive Model Eight 2 5 inch drive bays are standard With optional 2 5 inch drive ca...

Page 13: ...is installed in 2 5 inch Drive Model if Internal RAID controller and SAS Expander card are selected SAS and or SATA drives can be installed as factory integration otherwise field upgrade installation is required N8154 107 NOTE For default factory configuration If it is necessary to install optional cages in the field select drive cages for Field Upgrade The drive cage kits do NOT include Internal ...

Page 14: ...nder is installed VMware vSAN is unavailable Embedded SATA Controller Category Product Name Description Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SATA Controller 8x 6Gb s SATA Standard Cable 2 5 inch Drive Model Internal SAS SATA Cable For Drive Cage 3 K410 421 00 Internal SAS SATA Cable For Drive Cage 2 K410 410 00 Internal SAS SATA Cable For Drive Cage 1 K410 412 00 Internal SAS SATA Cable For Rea...

Page 15: ...s of a RAID controller N8116 84 Cable 2 5 inch Drive Model Internal SAS SATA Cable For Drive Cage 3 K410 422 00 Internal SAS SATA Cable For Drive Cage 2 K410 411 00 Internal SAS SATA Cable For Drive Cage 1 K410 413 00 Internal SAS SATA Cable For Rear Drive Cage Cable for RAID Controller K410 417 00 Internal SAS SATA Cable For Rear Drive Cage Cable for SAS Expander Card K410 416 00 3 5 inch Drive M...

Page 16: ...ID controllers are available for 2 5 inch Drive Model only The RAID controllers must be installed after shipment One battery backup unit must be installed per system N8103 195 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 M 2 SATA SSD Installation kit Category Product Name Description Par...

Page 17: ... inch SAS Hard Disk Drives Category Product Name Description Part Number 512n Sector 10 000 rpm 300GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 300 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 12Gb s 10 000 rpm 512n sector N8150 546 600GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 600 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 12Gb s 10 000 rpm 512n sector N8150 547 1 2TB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 1 2TB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 12Gb s 10 000 rpm 512n sector N8150 549 512e ...

Page 18: ...N8150 570 12TB 7 2K Hot Plug 3 5 inch SATA HDD 1 x 12 TB SATA HDD 3 5 inch 6Gb s 7 200 rpm 512e sector N8150 588 NOTE 512e sector drives are not available for VMware ESXi 6 0 system All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type capacity and rotation speed To configure a large capacity RAID array it is recommended to configure in RAID 6 or RAID 60 in order to minimize the risk of becomi...

Page 19: ...bay For 8x 2 5 inch Drive Model SATA NOTE The kit must be installed in the Drive Cage 1 If the optional drive cage N8154 105 124 are installed in the Drive Cage 1 the Internal DVD Drive Installation Kit cannot be installed N8154 112 Drive Internal DVD ROM drive Slim DVD ROM drive N8151 137 Internal DVD Super Multi Drive Slim DVD Super Multi drive SATA including writing software NOTE Not supported ...

Page 20: ...iser card for slot 1 and 2 with one PCIe 3 0 x16 slot and one PCIe 3 0 x8 slot N8116 73 Riser Card Kit 2xPCI 1xFLOM Riser card for slot 1 to 3 with two PCIe 3 0 x8 slot and one dedicated LOM controller N8116 74 2nd Riser Riser Card Kit 3xPCI Riser card for slot 4 to 6 with three PCIe 3 0 x8 slot NOTE If the Rear Drive Cage Kit is installed 2nd Riser Card Kit cannot be installed N8116 76 Riser Card...

Page 21: ... be installed N8104 176 25GbE Dual Port 25GBASE SFP LOM Card Cavium 45604 PCIe 3 0 x16 NOTE N8104 190 SFP28 Module is required to connect with an optical cable Up to 2 SFP28 Modules can be installed Twinax cable can be installed 6 or more memories per processor are needed for maximum performance N8104 177 Adapter 1GbE Dual Port 1000BASE T Adapter Broadcom BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet Controller PCIe 2...

Page 22: ... com NIC Teaming feature NIC Teaming and bonding features The Express 5800 server supports NIC teaming which enables you to configure multiple NICs as a virtual single network interface for dual path load balancing for fault tolerance and network load balancing respectively See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations Network Interface Team Operating Systems 1GbE NIC On...

Page 23: ...r of teams must be five per one system External Storage Controller RAID Controller Category Product Name Description Part Number Controller RAID Controller 4GB RAID0 1 5 6 RAID0 1 5 6 10 50 60 4GB 8 External port PCIe 3 0 x8 SAS 12Gb s SATA 6Gb s N8103 196 Battery Backup Battery Backup Unit Lithium ion Battery for RAID controller N8103 198 NOTE Only one SAS JBOD Enclosure can be connected to one R...

Page 24: ...cal PCIe 3 0 x8 NOTE The controller is qualified with NEC Storage M series The controller is not qualified with NEC Storage T series N8190 172 SAS SAS Controller LSI SAS9300 8e Host Bus Adapter 12Gb s SAS ext 8 SFF 8644 x2 PCIe 3 0 x8 NOTE Support for connection to NEC Storage T series and M series and LTO The controller is not qualified with tape drive connection via Device Expansion Unit Please ...

Page 25: ...pply kit must be installed Up to two redundant power supply units are available per system they must be the same unit to configure redundancy Available Power Supplies See the table below for the power supplies available based on the number of drives the number and type of processors the type and number of DIMMs the number of drives and the number of PCI cards 8x 2 5 inch Drive Model Number of Proc...

Page 26: ...ight Up to four 800W 1600W Five or more 1600W Nine or more 1600W Seven or more 1600W NOTE Number of PCI Cards do NOT include a dedicated RAID card or a dedicated LOM controller 8x 3 5 inch Drive Model Number of Processors Type of Processor Type of DIMMs Number of DIMMs Number of Drives Number of PCI Cards Available Power Supply 1CPU Processor with 85 Watt RDIMM 500W 800W 1600W LRDIMM Up to six Up ...

Page 27: ...P of processor is the same 200VAC Input CPU TDP 8x 2 5 inch 8x 3 5 inch 85 Watt 939W 942VA 826W 829VA 105 Watt 990W 993VA 877W 880VA 115 Watt 1003W 1006VA 889W 892VA 125 Watt 1051W 1053VA 936W 939VA 130 Watt 1051W 1053VA 936W 939VA 140 Watt 1110W 1112VA 994W 997VA 150 Watt 1119W 1121VA 1003W 1005VA Cooling Fan Kit Product Name Description Part Number Non Redundant Fan Kit Non redundant cooling fan...

Page 28: ... Name Description Part Number 8GB USB Memory N8106 017 Dual 8GB microSD Kit USB Including 2x 8GB microSD USB dual microSD memory card reader RAID1 Support N8106 016 NOTE The USB memory kit is installed in the system when you order it with the base model The kit does not include VMware ESXi installation media and license ...

Page 29: ...ation Service Setup option to change the Memory RAS of BIOS menu to Memory Mirroring Mode NESV16 013 Memory Sparing Mode Configuration Service Setup option to change the Memory RAS of BIOS menu to Memory Sparing Mode NESV16 014 RAID Configuration Service If RAID configuration setup is NOT needed when a RAID controller is installed at the factory select this option service Product Name Description ...

Page 30: ... 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 Keyboard Unit UK UK 104 keys Keyboard with 10 key for N8143 108F 17inch LCD Console Drawer 1port N8143 111 KVM Switch Category Product Name Description Part Number KVM...

Page 31: ... Including the filter attachment kit and 10 sets of dust proof filters Suggested replacement Every three months depending on environment N8147 33 NOTE The Dust Proof filter kit is make to order products Estimated production lead time for the kit will be approximately one month Slide Rail Kit Product Name Description Part Number Tool free Slide Rail Kit for 2U 2 5inch Server N8143 133 NOTE The slid...

Page 32: ...January 2019 32 Flash FDD Choose the Flash FDD if you need to prepare an alternative device for a floppy drive Category Product Name Description Part Number External Flash FDD USB flash emulating USB floppy disk Native capacity 1 44 MB N8160 96 NOTE Up to one drive can be connected ...

Page 33: ...B 3 0 Connector C iLO Service Connector H Network Link Activity LED D Health LED I Pull out tab E Power On standby button LED Front View for 8x 3 5 inch Drive Model Legend A Optional 2 5 inch Drive Bays F Health LED B 3 5 inch Drive Bays G Power On standby button LED C ODD Bay H UID button LED D Service port I USB 3 0 port E LINK ACT LED Legend A 3 5 inch Drive Bays D Health LED B Power On standby...

Page 34: ...EC Corporation Revision 6 0 January 2019 34 Rear View Legend A PCIe slots Option F VGA connector B PCIe slots Option G NIC Connectors 1 2 1Gb C Flexible LOM optional H Serial Port Option D USB 3 0 Connectors I Rear UID LED E Management Port J Power supply ...

Page 35: ...SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800 R120h 2E NEC Corporation Revision 6 0 January 2019 35 Dimensions mm ...

Page 36: ...mal not binary 1GB 1000 3B 1TB 1000 4B PCI expansion slot Transfer speed of PCI Express PCI Express PCIe 2 5Gb s simplex per lane PCI Express 2 0 PCIe 2 0 5Gb s simplex per lane PCI Express 3 0 PCIe 3 0 8Gb s simplex per lane Time display A system clock is affected by temperature conditions in storage If high accuracy of the system clock is required use of NPT servers is recommended ...

Page 37: ...DIMM can be installed up to 8 per 1CPU Mixing of RDIMM and LRDIMM is not allowed to be installed When install DIMMs higher capacity memory must be installed preferentially if this rule is ignored it may cause failures of DIMMs This rule applies to the factory installation For dual CPU system install DIMM to CPU1 firstly and then to CPU2 alternately Memory population varies with number of installed...

Page 38: ...pm 512n sector and 2 5 inch SATA HDD 2TB 7 200rpm 512n sector are regarded as the same type of Internal Drives Common restrictions of mixing Internal Drives in the default factory configuration Internal Drives with a different sector size cannot be mixed even if they are the same type For example a mixing of 2 5 inch SATA HDD 1TB 7 200rpm 512n sector and 2 5 inch SATA HDD 2TB 7 200rpm 512e sector ...

Page 39: ...r hot spare 4 6 8 4 6 8 in RAID10 5 7 4 6 in RAID10 1 for a hot spare RAID controller configuration RAID 0 1 10 1 RAID0 Single drive 2 RAID1 3 2 in RAID1 1 for a hot spare 4 6 8 4 6 8 in RAID10 5 7 9 4 6 8 in RAID10 1 for a hot spare 10 8 in RAID10 2 in RAID1 11 8 in RAID10 2 in RAID1 1 for a hot spare 12 14 16 8 in RAID10 4 6 8 in RAID10 13 15 17 8 in RAID10 4 6 8 in RAID10 1 for a hot spare 18 2...

Page 40: ...es assign Dedicated Hot Spare to each RAID arrays with the same type of drive to prevent from mixing different type of drives in a RAID array Global Hot Spare cannot be used Mixing of different type of drives Two types of drive can be installed in standard drive cage 8slots and optional drive cage 8slots in total up to four types of drive using both cages There is nine type such as SAS HDD 10 000r...

Page 41: ...al media access Integrated Remote Console IRC Pre OS Only Pre OS Only Global team collaboration for up to six consoles Integrated Remote Console IRC recording and playback Virtual Serial Port recording and playback Text based remote console via SSH Email alert Remote Syslog feature Advanced power management power history graph power capping BMC federation management BMC detection for BMC federatio...

Page 42: ...ntroller N8104 171 Quad Port 1000BASE T LOM Card N8104 172 Quad Port 1000BASE T LOM Card N8104 173 Quad Port 10GBASE T LOM Card N8104 176 Quad Port 10BASE SFP LOM Card N8104 177 Dual Port 25GBASE SFP28 LOM Card N8104 178 Dual Port 1000BASE T Adapter N8104 179 Quad Port 1000BASE T Adapter N8104 180 Dual Port 1000BASE T Adapter N8104 181 Quad Port 1000BASE T Adapter N8104 182 Dual Port 10GBASE T Ada...

Page 43: ... LOM Card 1 N8104 177 Dual Port 25GBASE SFP LOM Card 1 N8104 178 Dual Port 1000BASE T Adapter 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 N8104 179 Quad Port 1000BASE T Adapter 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 N8104 180 Dual Port 1000BASE T Adapter 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 N8104 181 Quad Port 1000BASE T Adapter 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 N8104 182 Dual Port 10GBASE T Adapter 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 N8104 183 Dual Port 10GBASE T Adapter 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 N8104 184 Dual Po...

Page 44: ...8 CPU1 Slot 3 PCI PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 CPU1 1st Riser Card Optional Slot 1 PCIe 3 0 x16 x16 CPU1 Slot 2 CPU1 Slot 3 PCI PCIe 3 0 x16 x16 CPU1 1st Riser Card Optional Slot 1 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 CPU1 Slot 2 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 CPU1 Slot 3 ALOM PCIe 3 0 x8 CPU1 2nd Riser Card Optional Slot 4 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 CPU2 Slot 5 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 CPU2 Slot 6 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 CPU2 2nd Riser Card Optional Slot 4 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 CPU2 S...

Page 45: ...d removal disk backup drives An optional tape drive enclosure is needed to connect the backup drives to the server Category Product Name Description Part Number LTO Internal LTO SAS LTO5 Half height Native capacity 1 5 TB N8151 141 Internal LTO SAS LTO6 Half height Native capacity 2 5 TB N8151 142 Internal LTO SAS LTO7 Half height Native capacity 6 TB N8151 143 RDX Internal RDX USB N8151 139 ...

Page 46: ...ies 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 t...

Page 47: ...705 960GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD N8150 1706 1 92TB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD N8150 1707 3 84TB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD N8150 1708 900GB 15K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD N8150 553 10TB 7 2K Hot Plug 3 5 inch SATA HDD N8150 571 10TB 7 2K Hot Plug 3 5 inch SAS HDD N8150 574 4TB 7 2K Hot Plug 3 5 inch SAS HDD N8150 572 400GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD N8150 748 800GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD N815...

Page 48: ... Updated the table of the Available Power Supplies License for Remote Management Essentials added Correction of errors 2 0 December 22 2017 New products added 400GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD N8150 748 800GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD N8150 749 400GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD N8150 750 800GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD N8150 751 480GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD N8150 752 960GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD...

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