SYSTEM CONFIGRATION GUIDE –
NEC Express5800/T110j-S
NEC Corporation
Revision 1.0
– December 2018
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PCI Card
8.1
Network Interface Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Adapter
GbE
1000BASE-T Adapter
Broadcom ® BCM5718 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
PCIe 2.0 x1
NOTE:
-
It can be installed up to four.
N8104-150
Dual Port 1000BASE-T Adapter
Broadcom ® BCM5718 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
PCIe 2.0 x1
NOTE:
-
It can be installed up to four.
N8104-151
10GbE
10GBASE SFP+ Adapter (SFP+/2ch)
Qlogic® NetXtreme II BCM57810 10G SFP+ Dual Port Network
Interface Card
PCIe 2.0 x8
NOTE:
-
N8104-129 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
-
Up to two SFP+ Modules can be installed.
-
Up to two adapters can be installed from below: N8104-149
10GBASE SFP+ Adapter (SFP+/2ch) and N8104-157 Dual Port
10GBASE-T Adapter.
N8104-149
Dual Port 10GBASE-T Adapter
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550
PCIe 3.0 x4
NOTE:
-
Up to two adapters can be installed from below: N8104-149
10GBASE SFP+ Adapter (SFP+/2ch) and N8104-157 Dual Port
10GBASE-T Adapter
N8104-157
SFP+
Module
SFP+ Module (10G-SR)
1 x SFP+ Module
N8104-129
NOTE:
The system includes 2x 1000BASE-T LAN ports by default.
NIC Teaming feature – NIC Teaming and bonding features
The Express5800 server supports NIC teaming which is the ability to configure multiple NICs to virtual single network interface for
dual path and load balancing to fault tolerance and load balancing Network Load Balanding.
See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations.
Windows Server 2016 support teaming with bonding function supported by OS.
Network Interface
Team
Operating Systems
1GbE NIC
Embedded 1GbE NIC and
N8104-150/-151
Up to four teams per one system
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2016
10GbE NIC
N8104-149
Up to two teams per one system
Up to two ports per one team
Windows Server 2016
10GbE NIC
N8104-157
Up to one teams per one system
Up to two ports per one team
Windows Server 2016
NOTE:
The Bonding function of 10GBASE is available got mode 1 (active-backup) and mode 4(802.3 ad)
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 teams must be up to four per one system.