SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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NEC Express5800R120f-1E
NEC Corporation
Revision 6.0
– July 16, 2015
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Drive Cage
2.5-inch Drive Cage
8 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays
(Standard)
NOTE:
For Supported HDD/SSD, refer to
4.3.3
for Windows Server 2008/2008R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6(x86_64) with KVM feature, or VMware.
Refer to
4.3.4
for Windows
Server 2012/2012R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6(x86_64) without KVM feature, 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, SATA SSD and
SAS SSDs 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 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
Flash Backup
Recommended
Flash Backup Unit
for LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i
650mm Cable for Flash Backup Unit included
N8103-181
Cable
Internal SAS/SATA Cable
1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD, 1 set
(Standard)
Optional Cable
Internal SAS/SATA Cable
1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD, 1 set
NOTE: To install five drives or more, optional cable is
required.
K410-324(00)
Drive Cage
2.5-inch Drive Cage
8 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays
(Standard)
NOTE:
For Supported HDD/SSD, refer to
4.3.3
for Windows Server 2008/2008R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6(x86_64) with KVM feature, or VMware.
Refer to
4.3.4
for Windows
Server 2012/2012R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6(x86_64) without KVM feature, 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, SATA SSD and
SAS SSDs 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.
4.3 Supported Drives
4.3.1
For Embedded SATA Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Drive
4 slots
available
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,
512B sector
N8150-487
500GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD
1 x 500 GB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm,
512B sector
N8150-488
1TB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD
1 x 1 TB SATA HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s, 7,200 rpm,
512B sector
N8150-489
NOTE:
Hot plug insertion/removal are not supported in the configuration.