SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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NEC Express5800/B120f
NEC Corporation
Revision 2.3
– February 24, 2017
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4 Internal Drives
4.1
Drive and RAID Configuration
See the table below for the drive configuration based on the operating system to be installed.
Operating Systems
Drive Configuration
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
VMware ESXi
Refer to
4.2.1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Refer to
4.2.2
1
1
If you use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86_64) KVM, refer to the section
4.2.1
.
4.2
Internal Drive Configuration
4.2.1
For RAID Controller Configuration (1)
For Windows Server 2008/2008R2/2016, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, KVM in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or
VMware
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Controller
RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 3008, RAID 0/1, 512 MB
(Standard)
Drive
2 slots
available
SAS
HDD
300GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1 x 300 GB SAS HDD, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 512B sector
N8450-051
600GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1 x 600 GB SAS HDD, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 512B sector
N8450-052
900GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1x 900 GB SAS HDD, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 512B sector
N8450-053
1.2TB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1 x 1.2TB SAS HDD, 12Gb/s, 10,000 rpm, 512B sector
N8450-054
300GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1x 300 GB SAS HDD, 12Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 512B sector
N8450-046
600GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1x 600 GB SAS HDD, 12Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 512B sector
N8450-047
SAS
SSD
200GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS SSD
1 x 200 GB SAS SSD, eMLC, 12Gb/s, 512B sector
N8450-709
400GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS SSD
1 x 400 GB SAS SSD, eMLC, 12Gb/s, 512B sector
N8450-710
NOTE:
Mix configuration of SAS 10K HDDs, SAS 15K HDDs, and SAS SSDs are not supported.
All drives within a RAID array should be of the same capacity and rotation speed.
The drives are configured in RAID 1 when you order two identical drives. Contact your sales
representative to configure drives in RAID 0.
