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NEC Express5800/R120g-2E 
Configuration Guide

 

Standard 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 Express5800 server.

 

August 24, 2017 

Revision 7.0 

NEC Corporation

 

Summary of Contents for Express5800/R120g-2E

Page 1: ...d 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 Express5800 server August 24 2017 Revision 7 0 NEC Corporation ...

Page 2: ...IeSSD Installation Kit 21 5 2 PCIe SSD 22 6 Optical Drive 22 7 Internal RDX Drives 22 7 1 RDX Configuration 22 8 PCI Card 23 8 1 Network Interface Controller 23 8 2 InfiniBand 24 8 3 External Storage Controller 25 8 4 Serial Port Adapter 26 9 Other Add in Components 26 9 1 Redundant Power Supply Module 26 9 2 Redundant Fan Kit 26 9 3 Trusted Platform Module Kit 26 9 4 Internal Flash Memory 26 9 5 ...

Page 3: ...CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800 R120g 2E NEC Corporation Revision 7 0 August 2017 3 Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots 33 Copyright Notice and Liability Disclaimer 34 REVISION HISTORY 35 ...

Page 4: ... 4 8 16 32GB Standard Capacity 0 GB Maximum Capacity 1 TB 16 x 64 GB Memory protection ECC x4 SDDC Memory Mirroring Memory Lockstep Memory Sparing Internal Storage Standard Capacity 0 GB Maximum Capacity SAS HDD 28 8 TB 16 x 1 8 TB SATA HDD 32 TB 16 x 2 TB SAS SSD 6 4 TB 16 x 400 GB SATA SSD 25 6 TB 16 x 1 6 TB Disk Controller SATA 6Gb s Integrated SAS 12Gb s Optional RAID SATA RAID 0 1 10 Standar...

Page 5: ... kg 39 68 lbs 59 52 lbs Temperature Relative Humidity non condensing Operating 5 to 40 C 41 to 104 F Standard or 5 to 45 C 41 to 113 F Optional 20 to 80 Non Operating 10 to 55 C 14 to 131 F 20 to 80 Regulatory and Safety FCC UL CB CE BSMI UL Mexico CCC RCM RoHS WEEE Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Microsoft Windows Server 2012...

Page 6: ... Plug Supported Optical Disk Drive Optional Optical Drive Bays 1 3 5 inch Media Bays 1 Disk Drive Bays 16 Expansion Slots Standard Total 5 slots available 2 PCIe 3 0 x16 x16 connector 1 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connector 1 PCIe 3 0 x8 x8 connector Dual processor configuration only 1 PCIe 2 0 x4 x8 connector Video Controller VRAM Integrated in Server Management Controller 32MB Resolution Color 1600 x 1200 16...

Page 7: ...rosoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 7 or later x86_64 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

Page 8: ...inch Drive Bays J STATUS LED 2 B 2 5 inch Additional HDD Cage Bay K Power Capping LED C POWER Switch LED L Display Connector D UID Switch LED M LINK ACT LED LAN1 E RESET Switch N LINK ACT LED LAN2 F DUMP NMI Switch O Expansion Bay G USB Connectors P Optical Drive Bay H BMC RESET Switch Q Pull out Tab I STATUS LED 1 A B O P Q E G L C D F H J K M N I ...

Page 9: ... 0 August 2017 9 Rear View Legend A PCI Slots Low Profile G Serial Port Connector B Power Supply H UID Switch LED C AC Inlet I Management LAN Connector D AC POWER LED J LAN Connector E Additional Power Supply Slot K USB Connectors F Display Connector A E C D G I K F B H J ...

Page 10: ...CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800 R120g 2E NEC Corporation Revision 7 0 August 2017 10 Dimensions mm Without Cable Arm With Cable Arm 829 0 683 8 32 7 87 4 87 2 88 3 482 6 448 0 482 0 867 0 948 4 ...

Page 11: ... connector Low profile up to 200 mm length 5 PCIe 2 0 x4 x8 connector Low profile up to 168 mm length NOTE Slot 1 is only available in a dual processor configuration 4x DIMM Slots CPU 2 4x DIMM Slots PCIe Slot PSU 2 1x DIMM Slot1 CPU 1 4x DIMM Slots 4x DIMM Slots Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 Slot5 2 5 inch Hot Plug Drive Cage 8x 2 5 inch Drives 8x 2 5 inch Drives Optical Drive Bay Media Bay Optical Driver Ba...

Page 12: ...s collateral tools PowerSelector_G01 xls 2 Processors and Heat Sink Available sockets 2 Category Product Name Description Part Number Processors 1 Processor Required Xeon E5 2603 v4 Processor Kit Intel Xeon Processor E5 2603 v4 1 70 GHz 6C 6T 15 MB N8101 1068F Xeon E5 2609 v4 Processor Kit Intel Xeon Processor E5 2609 v4 1 70 GHz 8C 8T 20 MB N8101 1069F Xeon E5 2620 v4 Processor Kit Intel Xeon Pro...

Page 13: ...bers of logical processors when using Hyper V are below Windows Server 2008 R2 64 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 320 Windows Server 2016 512 3 Memory 3 1 Memory Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your memory configuration Independent Channel Refer to 3 1 1 Memory Sparing Configuration Refer to 3 1 2 Memory Mirroring Memory Lockstep Configuration Refer to 3 1 3 Memory...

Page 14: ...emory transfer speed When two processors are installed balance the DIMMs across the two processors Mix configurations of RDIMM and TSV RDIMM are not supported At least 5 GB of memory is required for VMware ESXi 3 1 2 Memory Sparing Configuration Available slots 8 per processor Product Name Description Part Number 16GB DDR4 2400 REG Memory Kit 2x8GB 2 x 8GB Registered ECC DIMM DDR4 2400 PC4 2400 N8...

Page 15: ...mory Size Supported by Operating Systems Maximum Available Memory Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 1 32 GB 32 GB Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 1 2 TB 1 TB Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter 1 4 TB 1 TB Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard...

Page 16: ...er 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VMware ESXi 6 5 Non RAID Embedde SATA 4 2 1 4 3 1 RAID 0 1 Embedded SATA RAID Windows only 4 2 2 4 3 2 RAID 0 1 10 1GB Cache 4 2 3 4 3 4 RAID 5 6 50 60 1GB Cache 4 2 4 RAID 5 6 50 60 2GB Cache 4 2 5 NOTE Up to four hard drives can be installed in the Embedded SATA configuration All drives within a RAID array shoul...

Page 17: ...supported For supported HDD SSD refer to 4 3 2 4 2 3 Up to sixteen Drives with RAID 0 1 Controller with 1GB Cache Category Product Name Description Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller 1GB RAID 0 1 LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362 8i RAID 0 1 10 1GB Int 8 PCIe 3 0 x8 SAS 12Gb s SATA 6Gb s N8103 176 Flash Backup Recommended Flash Backup Unit for LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362 8i 650mm Cable for Flas...

Page 18: ... 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 in each drive cage 4 2 5 Up to sixteen Drives with RAID 5 6 Controller with 2GB 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 SAS 12Gb s...

Page 19: ...00 rpm 512n sector N8150 489 2TB 7 2K Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA HDD 1 x 2 TB SATA HDD 2 5 inch 6Gb s 7 200 rpm 512n sector N8150 527 NOTE For RAID 10 on Windows Server 2008 R2 choose 1TB or less capacity HDDs 4 3 3 For RAID Controller Configuration 1 For Windows Server 2008R2 or VMware Category Product Name Description Part Number Drive Standard 8 slots available Max 16 slots available SAS HDD 512n 3...

Page 20: ...2 5 inch 6b s 512n sector VE N8150 784 1 6TB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD 1 x 1 6 TB SATA SSD 2 5 inch 6b s 512n sector VE N8150 785 NOTE 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 in each drive cage For monitoring SATA SSD life on...

Page 21: ...x 800 GB SATA SSD MLC 2 5 inch 6b s 512n sector ME N8150 781 SATA SSD 200GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD 1 x 200 GB SATA SSD 2 5 inch 6b s 512n sector VE N8150 782 VE 400GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD 1 x 400 GB SATA SSD 2 5 inch 6b s 512n sector VE N8150 783 800GB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD 1 x 800 GB SATA SSD 2 5 inch 6b s 512n sector VE N8150 784 1 6TB Hot Plug 2 5 inch SATA SSD 1 x 1 6 TB SATA SS...

Page 22: ...cannot be installed on any PCIe SSD 6 Optical Drive Category Product Name Description Part Number Internal 1 slot available Internal Slim DVD ROM drive Slim DVD ROM drive N8151 134 Internal DVD Super Multi Drive Slim DVD Super Multi drive not including writing software NOTE Not supported for Linux or VMware N8151 135F External External DVD Dual drive DVD Dual drive Bus powered 1 5A required not in...

Page 23: ...hernet Converged Network Adapters X710 PCIe 3 0 x8 NOTE N8104 129 SFP Module is required to connect with an optical cable N8104 158 Dual Port 10GBASE T Adapter Intel Ethernet Controller X540 PCIe 2 0 x8 Low Profile Full Height N8104 153 Dual Port 10GBASE T Adapter Intel Ethernet Controller X550 PCIe 3 0 x4 Low Profile Full Height N8104 157 SFP Module SFP Module 10G SR 1 x SFP Module N8104 129 NOTE...

Page 24: ...ed network interfaces and OS combinations Category Network Interface Operating Systems 1GbE Embedded 1GbE NIC N8104 150 151 152 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Red Hat Enterprise Linux VMware N8104 145 Windows Server 2008 R2 VMware 10GbE 10GBASE SR N8104 149 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 R...

Page 25: ...er of installable PCI cards Refer to Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots for details 8 3 2 Fibre Channel SAS Controller Category Product Name Description Part Number Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Controller 1ch Emulex LightPulse LPe1250 F8 Host Bus Adapter 8Gb s Optical PCIe 2 0 x8 N8190 159 Fibre Channel Controller 2ch Emulex LightPulse LPe12002 M8 Host Bus Adapter 8Gb s Optical PCIe 2 0 x8 N...

Page 26: ...ctor to select appropriate size for power units For details please visit the NEC website at http www nec com en global prod express collateral tools PowerSelector_G01 xls 9 2 Redundant Fan Kit Product Name Description Part Number Redundant Fan Kit hot plug redundant cooling fans for R120g 2E N8181 126 9 3 Trusted Platform Module Kit Product Name Description Part Number Trusted Platform Module Kit ...

Page 27: ...peration over 40 C up to 45 C N8181 147F NOTE To apply this option there are some configuration limitations below Required System Configuration Up to two Flash backup units for RAID controller can be installed Do not install N8151 125 Internal RDX USB 9 6 Flash FDD Choose the Flash FDD if you need to prepare an alternative device for a floppy drive Product Name Description Part Number Flash FDD US...

Page 28: ...8 m N8143 108F 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 NOTE There are two VGA connectors on R120g 2E one on the front side and one on the rear side However the front side only works when both are connected at the same t...

Page 29: ...rdless of OS status Remote KVM Displays a graphics console on the web browser of the remote terminal PC server Controls keyboard and mouse via the remote terminals web browser Remote media Enables the user to use the CD DVD FD Flash memory of the remote terminals PC server as if accessing the local drives N8115 04 NOTE Remote KVM and remote media features are not available for virtual machines 10 ...

Page 30: ...IC is enabled Refer to the User s Guide and change the settings before installing an Operating System requiring Legacy Mode Operating System Supported Boot Mode Supported X2APIC Setting Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Legacy Disabled Windows Server 2012 UEFI Enabled Windows Server 2012 R2 UEFI Enabled Windows Server 2016 UEFI Enabled Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86_64 UEFI Enabled Red Hat Enterprise Lin...

Page 31: ...e recording function Manual Video recording Automatic video recording 1 Remote control via LAN Remote reset power on off dump Remote power capping BIOS BMC FW update Remote BIOS setup partial configuration only OS shutdown 1 1 Remote media CD DVD FD USB CLP Command Line Protocol DMTF compliant Remote control via Web browser multi user login at the same time Scheduling without UPS 1 1 BIOS setting ...

Page 32: ... 1 5 6 N8118 303 2 5 inch PCIeSSD Installation Kit N8190 162 Fibre Channel Controller 2ch N8190 161 Fibre Channel Controller 1ch N8190 158A Fibre Channel Controller 2ch N8190 157A Fibre Channel Controller N8104 147 Dual Port InfiniBand Adapter N8104 146 Single Port InfiniBand Adapter N8104 158 10GBASE Adapter SFP 2ch N8104 157 Dual Port 10GBASE T Adapter N8103 184 SAS Controller N8190 160 Fibre Ch...

Page 33: ...r 1 2 3 1 The slot 1 is not available when a single processor configuration NOTE The number between parentheses shows the population priority recommendation For example install N8103 176 1 in the slot 3 N8190 160 13 in the slot 2 and N8104 153 15 in the slot 4 when you have those cards For VMware ESXi 5 5 there are some limitations as follows When any of N8104 149 153 157 is installed N8104 152 ca...

Page 34: ...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 techn...

Page 35: ...External DVD Dual drive N8160 101F Discontinued product deleted External DVD Super Multi Drive N8160 98F 5 0 February 24 2017 New products added Fibre Channel Controller 1ch N8190 161 Fibre Channel Controller 2ch N8190 162 Others Added VMware ESXi 6 5 to the list of operating system supported Updated OS support matrix 4 0 January 31 2017 New products added RDX Cartridge 4TB N8153 11 Others Added W...

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