SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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NEC Express5800/T120g
NEC Corporation
Revision 5.0
– February, 2017
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Up to two kinds of drives selected from SAS 10K HDDs, SAS 15K HDDs, SATA HDDs, SAS SSDs, SATA SSDs (ME) and SATA
SSDs (VE) can be mixed.
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
becoming multiple hard drives failure during the RAID rebuilding process.
4.2.5
2.5-inch Drive Cage with RAID 5/6 Controller with 2 GB Cache
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Storage Controller
Required
RAID Controller (2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i
RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 2GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, 12Gb/s
N8103-178
SAS Expander Card
SAS Expander Card
SAS Expander Card
Including 2 sets of 1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD cable
NOTE:
-
Required when more than 1 drive cage
N8103-186
Flash Backup
Recommended
Flash Backup Unit
for LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i
650mm Cable for Flash Backup Unit included
N8103-181
Drive Cage/
Cable
1 to 3 Required
2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit
8 x 2.5-inch hot plug hard drive bays
Including 2 sets of 1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD cable
N8154-77F
NOTE:
For supported HDD/SSD, refer to
4.3.3
for Windows Server 2008R2 or VMware.
Refer to
4.3.4
for Windows Server 2012/2012R2,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity and rotation speed.
Up to two kinds of drives selected from SAS 10K HDDs, SAS 15K HDDs, SATA HDDs, SAS SSDs, SATA SSDs (ME) and SATA
SSDs (VE) can be mixed.
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
becoming multiple hard drives failure during the RAID rebuilding process
4.2.6
3.5-inch Drive Cage with Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Storage Controller
Embedded SATA Controller
4 x 6Gb/s SATA
(Standard)
Drive Cage/
Cable
Required
3.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit
4 x 3.5-inch hot plug hard drive bays
Including 1 sets of 1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD cable
N8154-78F
NOTE:
Up to 4 SATA drives are supported
For supported HDD/SSD, refer to
4.3.5
for Windows Server 2008R2.
Refer to
4.3.6
for Windows Server 2012/2012R2, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or VMware.
Hot plug insertion/removal is not supported with the Embedded SATA non-RAID controller.
4.2.7
3.5-inch Drive Cage with Embedded SATA RAID Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Storage Controller
Embedded SATA Controller
4 x 6Gb/s SATA
(Standard)
Drive Cage/
Cable
Required
3.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit
4 x 3.5-inch hot plug hard drive bays
Including 1 sets of 1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD cable
N8154-78F
NOTE:
Up to 4 SATA drives are supported
For supported HDD/SSD, refer to 4.3.7
