NEC N8100-2143F manual

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    NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Configuration Guide Introduction This docum ent contains product and conf iguration inform ation that will enable y ou to configure your system. The guide will ensure f ast and proper configur ation of your NEC E xpress 5800 server . July 18 , 201 4 Revision 2.0 NEC Corporation[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 2 Contents TECHNICAL SPECIFICA T ION ........................................................................................ 3 Key Features ............................................................................................................[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 3 T echnical Specifica tion Key Features  High perform ance with the latest Intel® X eon® processor E5 -2400 v 2 product fam ily  Up to 384 GB of memor y capacit y , supporting high speed and energy efficient DDR3-1600 m emory  High energ[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 4 Model R120e- 1E Power Supply 1 to 2 x 450 Watt or 800 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum certified, or 800 Watt 80 PLUS® Titanium certified hot plug PSU 100 -240 VAC ± 10% 50 / 60 Hz ± 3 Hz Power Consumption Max. Config, Idling 1 80 VA / 1 79 Watt 1 82 VA[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 5 Model R120e- 1E Memory (Cont.) Memory protection ECC, x4 SDDC, Memory Mirroring, Memory Lockstep, Memory Sparing Internal Storage Standard Capacit y 0 GB Maximum Capacit y SAS HDD: 9.6 TB (8 x 1.2 TB) SATA HDD: 8 TB (8 x 1 TB) SAS SSD: 3.2 TB (8 x[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 6 Model R120e- 1E Operating Systems and Virt ua lization Software (Cont.) VMware ESXi 5.5 5 VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 5 1 Maximum resolution available via EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 remote console is 1280 x 1024 / 65K colors. 2 Noise emission was measured[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 7 Model R120e- 1E Power Consumption Max. Config, Idling 15 4 VA / 15 3 Watt 15 6 VA / 15 5 Watt 15 2 VA / 15 1 Watt Max. Config, Operating 314 VA / 312 Watt 3 21 VA / 3 19 Watt 415 VA / 412 Watt Acoustic Noise (Sound Pressure Level) 2 Max. Config, I[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 8 Model R120e- 1E Internal Storage Standard Capacit y 0 GB Maximum Capacit y 16 TB (4 x 4 TB) Storage Controller 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s (Integrated) RAID RAID 0/1/10(Standard), RAID 5/6/50/60 (Optional) Hot Plug Supported Optical Disk Drive Optional Optica[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 9 http://www .ne c.com/en/global/prod/express/download/ 4 For Linux support, contact your sales representative or go to the NEC w e bsite at: http://www .ne c.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html 5 At least 5 GB of memory is required for VMware [...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 10 External V iews Front and Rear Views Front Vie w for 2.5-inch Drive Model Front Vie w for 3.5-inch Drive Model Legend A. Drive Bays J. BMC RESET Switch B. Pull-out tab K. DUMP Switch C. USB Connectors L. RESET Switch D. Data LAN 1 Activity LED M.[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 11 Rear Vie w Legend A. PCI Slot (Low Profile) G. LAN Connector B. PCI Slot (Low Profile) H. USB Connector C. Power Supply I. UID LED Button/LED D. AC Inlet J. Management LAN Connector E. AC Power LED K. Serial Port Connector F. Additional PS Slot L[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 12 Configuratio n Diagram 2.5-inch Drive Model Legend: Minim um required com ponents Standard Com ponents 3.5-inch Drive Model Legend: Minim um required com ponents Standard Com ponents Expansion S lot Legend #1A PCIe 3.0 x8, x8 connector , for a de[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 13 Server Configuration 1 Base Models 2.5-inch Drive Model Product Name / Des cription Part Number NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Server no processor , no RAM, no HDD, no ODD Including: 6 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive cage, 1 x 450 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum hot[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 14 2 Processors and Heat Sink A v ailable so ckets: 2 Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number CPU 1 Processor Required Xeon E5-2403 v2 Processor Kit Intel® Xeon ® Processor E5-2403 v2 (1.80 GHz, 4C/4T , 10 MB) N8101-730F Xeon E5-2407 v2 P[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 15 The maximum number of logical processors supported by OS See the table be low for the m aximum number of logical proces sors that you can actual ly use on your system. Number of Logical P rocessors Supported by Op erating Systems Maximum A vail a[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 16 3 Memory 3.1 Memory Configuration Refer to the section i n accordance with your memor y c onfiguration:  Independent Cha nnel Configuration: Refer to 3 .1.1  Mem ory Sparing Configuration: Ref er to 3.1.2  Mem ory Mirroring / Memor y Lo [...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 17 3.1.2 Memory Sparing Configuration A v ailable s lots: 6 per processo r Product Name / Des cription Part Number 32GB DDR3-1600 REG Memory Kit 2 x 16GB Registered ECC DIMM, DDR3L-1600(PC3L-12800) N8102-581 NOTE:  Minim um one memory kit per pro[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 18 Maximum A vailable Memor y See the table be low for the m axi mum memory size that you can actua lly use on your s y st em. The maxim um available mem ory is less than the m aximum physical m emory supported by your system because some c hipsets [...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 19 4 Internal Hard Di sk Drives 4.1 RA ID Configuration Refer to the section i n accordance with your disk form factor and RAID configuration. 4.1.1 2.5-inch Drive Model Up to six 2.5-inch Drives Up to eight 2.5-inch Drives NOTE:  Up to four hard[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 20 4.1.2 3.5-inch Drive Model NOTE:  Em bedded SA T A RAID co ntroller is sup ported onl y on W indows operating system s. An optional RAID controller is required to c onfigure RAID arra y for other operating system s.  Em bedded SA T A RAID C[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 21 4.2 Hot Plug 2.5-inch Drive Configuration 4.2.1 Up to four Drives with Embedded SA T A n on-RAID Controller Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SA T A Controller 2 x 6Gb/s SA T A, 2 x 3Gb/s SA T A (Standar[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 22 4.2.3 Up to six Drives with RA ID 0/1 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272- 8i RAID 0/1/10, 512 MB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, [...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 23 4.2.4 Up to six Drives with RA ID 5/6 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272- 8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 512 MB, Int. 8, [...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 24 4.2.5 Up to six Drives with RA ID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cac he/Battery Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272- 8i RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1 GB, Int.[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 25 4.2.6 Up to six Drives with RA ID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cac he/CacheV ault Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9270CV-8i (w ith CV) RAID0/ 1/5/6/10/5[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 26 4.2.7 Up to eight Drives w ith RA ID 0/1 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272- 8i RAID 0/1/10, 512MB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 27 4.2.8 Up to eight Drives w ith RA ID 5/6 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272- 8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 512MB, Int. 8[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 28 4.2.9 Up to eight Drives w ith RA ID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache /Battery Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272- 8i RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1 GB, I[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 29 4.2.10 Up t o eight Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache /CacheV ault Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9270CV-8i (w ith CV) RAID0/ 1/5/6/1[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 30 4.3 Hot Plug 3.5-inch Drive Configuration 4.3.1 Up to four Drives with Embedded SA T A non -RAID Controller Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SA T A Controller 2 x 6Gb/s SA T A, 2 x 3Gb/s SA T A (Standar[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 31 4.3.3 Up to four Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272- 8i RAID 0/1/10, 512 MB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, [...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 32 4.3.5 Up to four Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache /Battery Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272- 8i RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1 GB, Int.[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 33 5 Optical Dri v e Category Product Name / Description Part Number Internal 1 slot available Internal Slim DVD-ROM drive Slim DVD-ROM drive N8151-122 Internal DVD Super Multi Drive Slim DVD Super Multi drive, not including writing software N8151-1[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 34 NIC T eaming feature – NIC T eaming and bonding features See the table belo w for supported network interfaces and OS com binations. W indows Server 2008 support BASP (Broadcom Adva nced Server Program ) or Intel PROSet t eaming while W indow s[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 35 6.2 InfiniBand Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Controller Single Port InfiniBand Adapter Mellanox ConnectX-3 VPI, MCX353A-FCBT , FDR, PCIe 3.0(x8) NOTE : - For using this product in W ind o ws Server 2012 R2 environment, download[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 36 6.3.2 Fibre Channel / SAS Controller Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Controller (1ch) Emulex LightPulse LPe1250-F8 Host Bus Adapter 8Gb/s, Optical, PCIe 2.0 x8 N8190-153 Fibre Channel Controller (2ch) [...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 37 7.2 T rusted Platform Module Kit Product Name / Des cription Part Number T rusted Platform Module Kit TPM 1.2 module N8115- 20 NOTE:  The kit is not a vailable in China.  The kit is not rem ovable aft er attachment.  "TPM Support&qu[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 38 8 Add-on Compo nents 8.1 17 -inch LCD Co nsole Drawer Category Product Name / Des cription Part Number Drawer w/ KVM Drawer 17 -inch LCD Console Drawer (8port) 17 -inch LCD, US 83-keys Keyboard, Optical mouse, 8 port KVM switch, 1U height N8143-7[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 39 8.3 Cable Manageme nt A r m Product Name / Des cription Part Number Cable Management A rm 1U Kit for R120e- 1E N8143- 96 8.4 Server Manageme nt License The server integrates the EXPRESSSCOP E Engine 3 as standard. Ref er to Server Manag ement for[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 40 References Server Manage ment The EXPRESSSCO PE Engine 3, integrated into the server , provides super ior rem ote control and system managem ent features listed in the table be low . Standard With Remote KVM and Media License kit Hardware monitor[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 41 OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards Part number Product Name WS 2012 R2 WS 2012 WS 2008R2 WS 2008 WS 2008 x64 RHEL 6 RHEL 6 x64 RHEL 5 RHEL 5 x64 ESXi 5.5 ESXi 5.1 ESXi 5.0 - Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller      [...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 42 Support ed PCI Cards and Insta llable Slots Slots Part Number Product Name #1A #1B #1C N8103-172 RAID Controller (512 MB, RAID 0/1)  - - N8103-173 RAID Controller (512 MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)  - - N8103-174 RAID Controller (1 GB,RAID 0/1/5/[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 43 Maximum pow er consumption See the table belo w for the m axi m um power consum ption based on t ype of power supplies installed. The power consum ption was measured in 40 degree Celsius (104 d egree Fahrenheit) environment. 2.5-inch Drive Model [...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 44 Copyright Notice and Liability Disclaimer The information co ntained herein is subj ect to change without notice. Microsoft and W indows Server are either registere d trademark s or trademarks of Microsof t Corporation in the United States an d/o[...]

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    CONFIGURA T ION GUIDE – NEC Express58 00/R120e- 1E NEC Corporation Revision 2.0 – Jul y 18, 2014 45 Revisi on History Revision Date Description 2.0 July 18, 2014 New products added: 450GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD / N8150-442 600GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD / N8150-443 Dual Port 10GBASE-T Adapter / N8104- 153 Part number changed: 300GB [...]