CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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NEC Express5800/R120g-2E
NEC Corporation
Revision 7.0
– August, 2017
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8 PCI Card
Please refer to
Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots
with regard to the position of PCI slot which can mount PCI card
supported.
8.1 Network Interface Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Adapter
1GbE
1000BASE-T Adapter
Broadcom ® BCM5718 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
PCIe 2.0 x1
N8104-150
Dual Port 1000BASE-T Adapter
Broadcom ® BCM5718 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
PCIe 2.0 x1
N8104-151
Dual Port 1000BASE-T Adapter
Intel® 82580 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
PCIe 2.0 x4
NOTE:
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PXE boot is not supported on UEFI environment.
N8104-145
Quad Port 1000BASE-T Adapter
Broadcom ® BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
PCIe 2.0 x4
NOTE:
-
Network cables with RJ-45 plug covers cannot be used.
N8104-152
10GbE
10GBASE SFP+ Adapter (SFP+/2ch)
Qlogic NetXtreme II BCM57810S
PCIe 2.0 x8, Low Profile / Full Height
NOTE:
-
N8104-129 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
N8104-149
10GBASE Adapter (SFP+/2ch)
Intel Ethernet 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:
Supports up to three 10GbE network adapters in a single-processor configuration, and up to five in a dual-processor
configuration.
Network performance may be reduced depending on the applications and memory performance when three or more 10Gb
Network Adapters are installed.
For VMware ESXi, there are some limitations concerning the number of installable PCI cards. Refer to
Supported PCI Cards
and Installable Slots
for details.
NIC Teaming feature
– NIC Teaming and bonding features
See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations.
Windows Server 2008 R2 supports BASP (Broadcom Advanced Server Program) or Intel PROSet teaming while Windows Server
2012 (and later) and Linux support teaming with bonding function supported by OS.
Network Interface
Team
Operating Systems
1GbE NIC
Windows Server 2008 R2
