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CONFIGURATION GUIDE

 

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NEC Express5800/R120d-2E Storage-Rich 

NEC Corporation 

Revision 7.0 

– October 25, 2013 

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4.2.3 

Up to 24 Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache/Battery 

Category 

Product Name / Description 

Part Number 

Storage Controller 

Required 

RAID Controller (512MB, RAID0/1/5/6) 

LSI MegaRAID SAS 9267-8i

 

RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1 GB, Int. 8, PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 6Gb/s, 
SATA 6Gb/s 

N8103-151 

RAID BBU 

Recommended 

RAID Battery Backup Unit   

for LSI MegaRAID SAS 9267-8i 

N8103-153 

SSD Caching 

Recommended 

MegaRAID CacheCade 

for LSI MegaRAID SAS 9267-8i 

NOTE: 

SSD used for cache is required 

The SSD capacity which can be used as read cache is up to 
512 GB. 

N8103-156 

Cable 

Internal SAS/SATA Cable 

1 x mini-SAS to 1 x mini-SAS, 2 sets 

(Standard) 

Drive Cage 

2.5-inch Drive Cage 

24 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays 

(Standard) 

Drive 

24 slots 
available

 

SAS 
HDD 

300GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 

1 x 300 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm 

N8150-301 

 

450GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 

1 x 450 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm 

N8150-322 

 

600GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 

1 x 600 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm 

N8150-304 

 

900GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 

1x 900 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm 

N8150-332 

 

1.2TB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 

1x 1.2TB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm 

N8150-408 

 

73.2GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 

1x 73.2 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 15,000 rpm 

N8150-302 

 

146.5GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 

1x 146.5 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 15,000 rpm 

N8150-303 

 

300GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 

1x 300 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 15,000 rpm 

N8150-331 

SATA 
HDD 

250GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD 

1 x 250 GB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm 

N8150-356 

 

500GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD 

1 x 500 GB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm 

N8150-357 

 

1TB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD 

1 x 1 TB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm 

N8150-358 

 

SAS 
SSD 

200GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS SSD 

1x 200 GB SAS SSD, eMLC, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s 

N8150-711 

 

 

400GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS SSD 

1x 400 GB SAS SSD, eMLC, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s 

N8150-712 

NOTE: 

 

All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity and rotation speed. 

 

Up to two kinds of drives can be mixed in a Drive Cage. 

 

For VMware ESXi 5.5 installation, to download the CIM provider (LSI SMI-S provider) is required. 

Summary of Contents for R120d-2E

Page 1: ...h model 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 Express5...

Page 2: ...r 3 5 inch Drive Model 27 5 Optical Drive 33 6 PCI Card 34 6 1 Network Interface Controller 34 6 2 InfiniBand 35 6 3 External Storage Controller 36 6 4 Serial Port Adapter 36 7 Other Add in Components...

Page 3: ...Power DIMM Standard Capacity 0 GB Maximum Capacity 384 GB 12 x 32 GB Memory protection ECC x4 SDDC Memory Mirroring Memory Lockstep Memory Sparing Internal Storage Standard Capacity 0 GB Maximum Capa...

Page 4: ...on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008...

Page 5: ...SATA RAID 0 1 10 Standard RAID 5 6 50 60 Optional SAS RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 Optional Hot Plug Supported Optical Disk Drive Optional Optical Drive Bays 0 3 5 inch Media Bays 0 Disk Drive Bays 14 1 Exp...

Page 6: ...x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard 5 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5...

Page 7: ...for 2 5 inch Drive Model Legend A Power LED I Power Button B UID LED J UID Button C Hard Drive Activity LED K BMC Reset Button D System Status LED L Dump NMI Button E Data LAN 1 Activity LED M 2 5 inc...

Page 8: ...A 2 5 inch Drive Cage bay H Additional Power Supply Slot B PCI Slots Low Profile I Data LAN Connectors C PCI Slots Low Profile with Full Height bracket J USB Connectors D PCI Slots Full Height K UID...

Page 9: ...F Data LAN 2 Activity LED N Pull out Tab G Data LAN 3 Activity LED O USB Connectors H Data LAN 4 Activity LED Rear View for 3 5 inch Drive Model Legend A 2 5 inch Drive Cage bay H Additional Power Su...

Page 10: ...EC Express5800 R120d 2E Storage Rich NEC Corporation Revision 7 0 October 25 2013 10 Dimensions mm Without back side parts of slide rail cable arm cannot be attached 696 3 869 9 448 4 482 0 88 0 87 4...

Page 11: ...FRONT CHASSIS REAR CHASSIS TOP 2 5 inch HDD Cage 24x HDD Power supply 2 PCIe 3 0 RAID PCIe 3 0 PCIe 2 0 3B 2B 1B 2C 1C 2xHDD 2 5 inch HDD Cage Cooling Fan Cooling Fan CPU 2 4 x BBU area 6x DIMM Slots...

Page 12: ...oller 1B PCIe 3 0 x4 x8 connector Low profile with full height bracket up to 197 mm length 2B PCIe 3 0 x4 x8 connector Low profile with full height bracket up to 197 mm length 3B PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connec...

Page 13: ...sor kit and a memory kit 2 Processors and Heat Sink Available sockets 2 Category Product Name Description Part Number Processors 1 Processor Required Xeon E5 2403 Processor Kit Intel Xeon Processor E5...

Page 14: ...d DIMMs must be identical Paired DIMMs must be identical 3 1 1 Independent Channel Configuration Available slots 6 per processor Category Product Name Description Part Number Unbuffered DIMM UDIMM 4GB...

Page 15: ...GB Registered ECC DIMM DDR3L 1600 PC3L 12800 N8102 495 32GB DDR3 1600 REG Memory Kit 2x 16GB Registered ECC DIMM DDR3L 1600 PC3L 12800 N8102 496 NOTE Minimum one memory kit per processor must be insta...

Page 16: ...B Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 64 GB 64 GB Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterpr...

Page 17: ...t be used as Hot Spare drives of a RAID array of hard drives in the back side Up to two kinds of drives can be mixed in a Drive Cage To configure a large capacity RAID array it is recommended to confi...

Page 18: ...as Hot Spare drives of a RAID array of hard drives in the back side 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: ...N8150 304 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 900 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 332 1 2TB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 1 2TB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 408 73 2GB 15K...

Page 20: ...Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 900 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 332 1 2TB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 1 2TB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 408 73 2GB 15K Hot Plug 2 5 inch S...

Page 21: ...Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 600 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 304 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 900 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 332 1 2TB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch...

Page 22: ...0GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 600 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 304 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 900 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 332 1 2TB 10K Hot Plug 2...

Page 23: ...600 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 304 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 900 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 332 1 2TB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 1 2TB SAS HDD 2 5 in...

Page 24: ...S HDD 1 x 600 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 304 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 900 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 332 1 2TB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 1 2TB SAS...

Page 25: ...D 1 x 450 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 322 600GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 600 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 304 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 900 GB SAS HD...

Page 26: ...GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 322 600GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 600 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 304 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1x 900 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch...

Page 27: ...rd drives within a RAID array should be of the same capacity and rotation speed For VMware ESXi 5 5 installation to download the CIM provider LSI SMI S provider is required 4 3 2 Up to 12 Drives with...

Page 28: ...E All hard drives within a RAID array should be of the same capacity and rotation speed For VMware ESXi 5 5 installation to download the CIM provider LSI SMI S provider is required 4 3 4 Up to 12 Driv...

Page 29: ...200 rpm N8150 395 2 5 inch Drive 2 slots available SAS HDD 300GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 300 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 301 450GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 450 GB SA...

Page 30: ...h 6Gb s 7 200 rpm N8150 395 2 5 inch Drive 2 slots available SAS HDD 300GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x 300 GB SAS HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 10 000 rpm N8150 301 450GB 10K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS HDD 1 x...

Page 31: ...3 5 inch SATA HDD 1x 2 TB SATA HDD 3 5 inch 6Gb s 7 200 rpm N8150 354 3TB 7 2K Hot Plug 3 5 inch SATA HDD 1x 3 TB SATA HDD 3 5 inch 6Gb s 7 200 rpm N8150 355 4TB 7 2K Hot Plug 3 5 inch SATA HDD 1x 4 T...

Page 32: ...HDD 500GB 7 2K Hot Plug 3 5 inch SATA HDD 1x 500 GB SATA HDD 3 5 inch 6Gb s 7 200 rpm N8150 363 1TB 7 2K Hot Plug 3 5 inch SATA HDD 1x 1 TB SATA HDD 3 5 inch 6Gb s 7 200 rpm N8150 364 2TB 7 2K Hot Plu...

Page 33: ...2 5 inch 6Gb s N8150 711 400GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SAS SSD 1x 400 GB SAS SSD eMLC 2 5 inch 6Gb s N8150 712 NOTE All hard drives within a RAID array should be of the same capacity and rotation speed For...

Page 34: ...CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800 R120d 2E Storage Rich NEC Corporation Revision 7 0 October 25 2013 34 6 PCI Card Please refer to...

Page 35: ...Ie 2 0 x4 NOTE Network cables with RJ 45 plug covers cannot be used Jumbo frames are supported on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Redhat Enterprise Linux operating systems N8104 133 10GbE 10GBASE Adapter S...

Page 36: ...g iSCSI See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations Categor y Network Interface Operating Systems 1GbE Embedded 1GbE NIC Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Red Hat...

Page 37: ...e during the RAID rebuilding process It is recommended to set RAID array configuration drives less than eight in order to minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard drives failure 6 3 2 Fibre Channel...

Page 38: ...menu must be activated prior to use of this kit To use Windows BitLocker drive encryption be sure to keep the recovery password of BitLocker function The recovery password is required to restore data...

Page 39: ...FDD if you need to prepare an alternative device for a floppy drive Product Name Description Part Number Flash FDD USB flash emulating USB floppy disk Native capacity 1 44 MB N8160 86 NOTE Up to one...

Page 40: ...Touch pad with 3 button 1U height 4 pin USB B to 4 pin USB A cable 1 8 m Two PS 2 cable 1 8 m 15 pin mini D sub VGA cable 1 8 m N8143 84F Keypad Keyboard Unit JP JP 108 keys Keyboard with 10 key for...

Page 41: ...kit Product Name Description Part Number Remote KVM and Media License Kit License for one server Remote KVM and remote media are enabled regardless of OS status Remote KVM Displays a graphics console...

Page 42: ...sed screen OS console 2 4 GUI based screen OS console Remote control via LAN Remote reset power on off dump Remote power capping BIOS BMC FW update Remote BIOS setup partial configuration only OS shut...

Page 43: ...RAID Controller 512 MB RAID 0 1 5 6 N8103 151 RAID Controller 1 GB RAID 0 1 5 6 N8103 152 RAID Controller 1 GB RAID 0 1 5 6 N8103 160 RAID Controller 1 GB RAID 0 1 5 6 N8103 142 SAS Controller N8190...

Page 44: ...103 160 RAID Controller 1 GB RAID 0 1 5 6 Max 2 N8103 142 SAS Controller Max 3 N8190 153 Fibre Channel Controller N8190 154 Fibre Channel Controller 2ch N8190 157 Fibre Channel Controller N8190 158 Fi...

Page 45: ...lled The power consumption was measured in 40 degree Celsius 104 degree Fahrenheit environment 2 5 inch Drive Model Processors E5 2403 E5 2430 200 VAC input 781 VA 767 Watt 881 VA 869 Watt 100 VAC inp...

Page 46: ...untries 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 reg...

Page 47: ...s Server 2012 systems 4 0 December 21 2012 Others Add Windows Server 2012 to the list of operating system supported Support N8103 152 RAID Controller on VMware ESXi 5 x systems Support 10GbE NIC teami...

Page 48: ...CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800 R120d 2E Storage Rich NEC Corporation Revision 7 0 October 25 2013 48 1 0 May 18 2012 Initial release...

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