NEC Express5800 User Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R120h-2M
NEC Corporation Revision 5.0 – January 2018 19
Storage Controllers and Options
Configuration selection of RAID
Please select according to function and performance. The following is an example of the configuration
Configuration
Maximum mountable
number
RAID function
Support OS
Single connection
10(3.5-inch Drive Model)
8(2.5-inch Drive Model)
Non
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
On-board RAID
10(3.5-inch Drive Model)
8(2.5-inch Drive Model)
RAID 0/1/10
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Internal RAID Controller(8 port)
8
RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6.9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
Internal RAID Controller (8 port)
+ SAS Expander Card
26
Internal RAID Controller (16 port)
16
Internal RAID Controller (16 port)
+ SAS Expander Card
30
List of the configuration for Internal Drive and RAID
Category
Front Cage
Rear Cage
Middle Cage
(Inside the
server )
Inside the server
(Mounted on
Standard Riser
Card)
8x 2.5-inch
Drive
Cage
1
Standard :
8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA Drive
Expansion:
8x2.5-inch SAS/SATA Drive
(Up to 1)
Internal DVD Drive Kit (Up to 1)
Standard: -
Expansion:
2x2.5-inch SAS/SATA
Drive (Up to 3)
2 3
Standard: -
Expansion: -
Standard:
2x M.2 SATA SSD
6
24x
2.5-inch
Drive
Cage
2,4
Standard:
24x2.5-inch Drive
Expansion: -
8x 3.5-inch
Drive
Cage
3
Standard :
8x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA Drive
Expansion:
2x2.5-inch SAS/SATA Drive
(Up to 1)
Standard: -
Expansion:
2x2.5-inch SAS/SATA
Drive (Up to 3)
3x3.5-inch SAS/SATA
Drive (Up to 1)
2
Standard: -
Expansion:
4x3.5-inch
SAS/SATA Drive
(Up to 1)
2
12x
3.5-inch
Drive
Cage
5
Standard:
12x x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA Drive
Expansion: -
1
Up to 8 SATA Drive can be connected in the single connection and On-board RAID configurations.
2
In factory installation, if Rear Cage or Middle Cage is selected, Internal RAID Controller and SAS Expander Card is necessary.
3
In factory installation, if 24 Drives in Front Cage and 2 or more drives in Rear Cage is selected, Internal RAID Controller with 16
ports and SAS Expander Card are needed.
4
In factory installation for 24x 2.5-inch Drive Model, Internal RAID Controller and SAS Expander Card are needed. However, it is
unnecessary in the case under the following conditions,
* No OS pre-installation
* No Rear Cage installed
* N8103-191 RAID Controller (4GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) selected.
* 16 or fewer Drives
5
In factory installation, if 12x3.5-inch Drive Model is selected, Internal RAID Controller with 16 ports is needed.
6
M.2 SATA SSD slot is single connection or On-board RAID configurations regardless of the presence or absence of RAID
Controller. M.2 SATA SSD cannot be connected to RAID Controller.

NEC Express5800 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Xeon
Storage	HDD/SSD
RAID Support	Yes (varies by model)
Power Supply	Redundant PSU options (varies by model)
Form Factor	Rackmount, Tower
Network	Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Linux