NEC Express5800/R120f-1E User Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800R120f-1E
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Up to 4TB of main memory is available to each virtual machine.
4 Internal Hard Disk Drives
4.1 RAID Configuration
Refer to the section in accordance with your OS and RAID configuration. For example, when you would like
to configure RAID 0/1/10 1GB cache with Windows Server 2012 R2, refer to the section 4.2.3 for the
required components and then refer to the section 4.3.4 for the hard drives.
Operating System
Supported RAID configuration
Supported
HDD/SSD
RAID and Cache
Section
Windows Server 2008 Standard
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
KVM in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
(x86_64)
Non-RAID (Embedded SATA)
4.2.1
4.3.1
RAID 0/1 (Embedded SATA RAID)
4.2.2
4.3.2
RAID 0/1/10 1GB Cache
4.2.3
4.3.3
RAID 5/6/50/60 1GB Cache
4.2.4
RAID 5/6/50/60 2GB Cache
4.2.5
Windows Server 2012 Standard
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86_64)
without KVM feature
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Non-RAID (Embedde SATA)
4.2.1
4.3.1
RAID 0/1 (Embedded SATA RAID)
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
VMware ESXi
Non-RAID (Embedded SATA)
4.2.1
4.3.1
RAID 0/1/10 1GB Cache
4.2.3
4.3.3
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 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
and SATA SSDs can be mixed in each drive cage.
 It is recommended to set RAID array configuration drives less than eight per disk group in order to
minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard drives failure.
 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 Required Components for RAID Configuration
4.2.1 Up to four Drives with embedded SATA Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Storage Controller
Embedded SATA Controller
4 x 6Gb/s SATA
(Standard)
Cable
Internal SATA Cable
1 x mini-SAS HD to 1 x mini-SAS HD, 1 set
(Standard)
Drive Cage
2.5-inch Drive Cage
8 x 2.5-inch Hot-plug hard drive bays
(Standard)
NOTE:
 Up to 4 SATA drives are supported.
 For supported HDD, refer to 4.3.1
 Hot plug insertion/removal are not supported in the configuration.

NEC Express5800/R120f-1E Specifications

General

Brand	NEC
Model	Express5800/R120f-1E
Category	Server
Language	English