NEC Express5800 User Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R120h-2M
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 The NIC cards must be installed under the maximum configuration limits for networking when running with VMware systems. For
more detail, see the Networking Maximum in the Configuration Maximums document for VMware.
- For VMware ESXi 6.0: https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r60/vsphere-60-configuration-maximums.pdf
- For VMware ESXi 6.5: https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r65/vsphere-65-configuration-maximums.pdf
NIC Teaming feature - NIC Teaming and bonding features
The Express5800 server supports NIC teaming which is the ability to configure multiple NICs to a virtual single network interface for
dual path and load balancing to fault tolerance and load balancing Network Load Balancing.
See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations.
Network Interface
Team
Operating Systems
1GbE NIC
On-board LAN Interface
N8104-171/-178/-179
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
1GbE NIC
N8104-172/-180/-181
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
10GbE NIC
N8104-173/-182
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
10GbE NIC
N8104-175/-184
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
10GbE NIC
N8104-183
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
10GbE NIC
N8104-185
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
10GbE NIC
N8104-176/-186
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
25GbE NIC
N8104-177/-187
Up to four ports per one team
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
NOTE:
 The Bonding function of 10GBASE is available for mode 1 (active-backup) and mode 4 (802.3 ad).
 Mixing 1000 BASE teaming, 10 GBASE teaming, and 25 GBASE teaming in one system is supported. For Windows Server 2012
R2, Windows Server 2016, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, up to 5 teams per system can be installed
External Storage Controller
External RAID Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Controller
RAID Controller (4GB, RAID0/1/5/6)
RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 4GB, 8 External port PCIe 3.0 x8,
SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s
N8103-196
Battery Backup
Battery Backup Unit
Lithium-ion Battery for RAID controller.
N8103-198
NOTE:

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