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NEC Express5800/R120e-1E

Configuration Guide

Introduction
This document contains product and configuration information that will enable you to configure your system. The
guide will ensure fast and proper configuration of your NEC Express5800 server.
December 1, 2015
Revision 4.1
NEC Corporation

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  • Page 1: Configuration Guide

    NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Configuration Guide Introduction This document contains product and configuration information that will enable you to configure your system. The guide will ensure fast and proper configuration of your NEC Express5800 server. December 1, 2015 Revision 4.1 NEC Corporation...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Contents TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ..................3 Key Features ............................3 Specification ............................3 EXTERNAL VIEWS ....................... 10 Front and Rear Views ......................... 10 Dimensions (mm) ..........................11 CONFIGURATION DIAGRAM ..................12 EXPANSION SLOT ......................12 SERVER CONFIGURATION ..................13 Base Models ..........................
  • Page 3: Technical Specification

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Technical Specification Key Features  High performance with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 v2 product family  Up to 384 GB of memory capacity, supporting high speed and energy efficient DDR3-1600 memory  High energy efficiency with power capping feature and 80 PLUS® Titanium power supply ...
  • Page 4 For Windows Server 2012 R2 installation, download the driver kit from the following website and install it after OS installation http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/download/ For Linux support, contact your sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html At least 5 GB of memory is required for VMware ESXi™ 5.5 2.5-inch Drive Model (2 / 2)
  • Page 5 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Model R120e-1E Memory Standard Capacity 0 GB (Cont.) Maximum Capacity 384 GB (12 x 32 GB) Memory protection ECC, x4 SDDC, Memory Mirroring, Memory Lockstep, Memory Sparing Internal Storage Standard Capacity 0 GB Maximum Capacity SAS HDD: 9.6 TB (8 x 1.2 TB)
  • Page 6 For Windows Server 2012 R2 installation, download the driver kit from the following website and install it after OS installation http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/download/ For Linux support, contact your sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html At least 5 GB of memory is required for VMware ESXi™ 5.5 3.5-inch Drive Model (1 / 2)
  • Page 7 For Windows Server 2012 R2 installation, download the driver kit from the following website and install it after OS installation http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/download/ For Linux support, contact your sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html At least 5 GB of memory is required for VMware ESXi™ 5.5 3.5-inch Drive Model (2 / 2)
  • Page 8 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Model R120e-1E Memory Type DDR3-1600 ECC Unbuffered Low Power DIMM, DDR3-1600 and DDR3-1333 ECC Registered Low Power DIMM Standard Capacity 0 GB Maximum Capacity 384 GB (12 x 32 GB) Memory protection ECC, x4 SDDC, Memory Mirroring, Memory Lockstep, Memory...
  • Page 9 For Windows Server 2012 R2 installation, download the driver kit from the following website and install it after OS installation http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/download/ For Linux support, contact your sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html At least 5 GB of memory is required for VMware ESXi™ 5.5 Revision 4.1 –...
  • Page 10: External Views

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E External Views Front and Rear Views Front View for 2.5-inch Drive Model D F H J K L M E G I Front View for 3.5-inch Drive Model D F H J K L M...
  • Page 11: Dimensions (Mm)

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Rear View Legend PCI Slot (Low Profile) LAN Connector PCI Slot (Low Profile) USB Connector Power Supply UID LED Button/LED AC Inlet Management LAN Connector AC Power LED Serial Port Connector Additional PS Slot VGA Connector Dimensions (mm) 908.2...
  • Page 12: Configuration Diagram

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Configuration Diagram 2.5-inch Drive Model CHASSIS CHASSIS CHASSIS FRONT REAR 1 DIMM Slots 6 DIMM Slots RAID Slot Processor #1 2.5-inch PCIe 3.0 Drive Cage Processor #2 PCIe 2.0 6 DIMM Hot plug Slots Power Supply #2...
  • Page 13: Server Configuration

    1 Base Models 2.5-inch Drive Model Product Name / Description Part Number NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Server N8100-2142F 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 plug power supply,...
  • Page 14: Processors And Heat Sink

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 2 Processors and Heat Sink Available sockets: 2 Category Product Name / Description Part Number Xeon E5-2403 v2 Processor Kit N8101-730F 1 Processor Intel® Xeon ® Processor E5-2403 v2 (1.80 GHz, 4C/4T, 10 MB) Required...
  • Page 15 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E The maximum number of logical processors supported by OS See the table below for the maximum number of logical processors that you can actually use on your system. Maximum Available Number of Logical Processors Supported by Operating Systems...
  • Page 16: Memory

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 3 Memory Memory Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your memory configuration:  Independent Channel Configuration: Refer to 3.1.1  Memory Sparing Configuration: Refer to 3.1.2  Memory Mirroring / Memory Lockstep Configuration: Refer to 3.1.3...
  • Page 17 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 3.1.2 Memory Sparing Configuration Available slots: 6 per processor Product Name / Description Part Number 32GB DDR3-1600 REG Memory Kit N8102-581 2 x 16GB Registered ECC DIMM, DDR3L-1600(PC3L-12800) NOTE:  Minimum one memory kit per processor must be installed.
  • Page 18: Maximum Available Memory

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Maximum Available Memory See the table below for the maximum memory size that you can actually use on your system. The maximum available memory is less than the maximum physical memory supported by your system because some chipsets require PCI resource space of about 750MB.
  • Page 19: Internal Hard Disk Drives

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4 Internal Hard Disk Drives RAID Configuration Refer to the section in accordance with your disk form factor and RAID configuration. 4.1.1 2.5-inch Drive Model Up to six 2.5-inch Drives Available Interface Non-RAID Refer to 4.2.1...
  • Page 20 Hot plug insertion/removal is not supported with the Embedded SATA non-RAID controller.  All hard drives within a RAID array should be of the same capacity.  For optional RAID controller driver to install Windows Server 2003 R2, download from the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/download/index.html Revision 4.1 – December 1, 2015...
  • Page 21: Hot Plug 2.5-Inch Drive Configuration

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Hot Plug 2.5-inch Drive Configuration 4.2.1 Up to four Drives with Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SATA Controller (Standard) 2 x 6Gb/s SATA, 2 x 3Gb/s SATA...
  • Page 22 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.2.3 Up to six Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1) N8103-172 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID 0/1/10, 512 MB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, 6Gb/s...
  • Page 23 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.2.4 Up to six Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-173 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 512 MB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, 6Gb/s...
  • Page 24 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.2.5 Up to six Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache/Battery Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-174 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1 GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, 6Gb/s...
  • Page 25 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.2.6 Up to six Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache/CacheVault Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-168 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9270CV-8i (with CV) RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1GB Cache, Int.
  • Page 26 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.2.7 Up to eight Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1) N8103-172 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID 0/1/10, 512MB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, 6Gb/s...
  • Page 27 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.2.8 Up to eight Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-173 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 512MB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, 6Gb/s...
  • Page 28 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.2.9 Up to eight Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache/Battery Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-174 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1 GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, 6Gb/s...
  • Page 29 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.2.10 Up to eight Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache/CacheVault Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-168 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9270CV-8i (with CV) RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1GB Cache, Int.
  • Page 30: Hot Plug 3.5-Inch Drive Configuration

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Hot Plug 3.5-inch Drive Configuration 4.3.1 Up to four Drives with Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Embedded SATA Controller (Standard) 2 x 6Gb/s SATA, 2 x 3Gb/s SATA...
  • Page 31 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.3.3 Up to four Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1) N8103-172 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID 0/1/10, 512 MB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, 6Gb/s...
  • Page 32 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 4.3.5 Up to four Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 1 GB Cache/Battery Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6) N8103-174 Required LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272-8i RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1 GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, 6Gb/s...
  • Page 33: Optical Drive

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 5 Optical Drive Category Product Name / Description Part Number Internal Internal Slim DVD-ROM drive N8151-122 1 slot available Slim DVD-ROM drive Internal DVD Super Multi Drive N8151-107F Slim DVD Super Multi drive, not including writing software...
  • Page 34 – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E The latest driver is required for Window Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Supports up to two adapters of 10Gb Network Adapter on any supported operating systems, excluding Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6(x86). Up to one 10Gb Network Adapter on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6(x86).
  • Page 35: Infiniband

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Using iSCSI See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations. Category Network Interface Operating Systems 1GbE Embedded 1GbE Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, VMware...
  • Page 36: External Storage Controller

    6Gb/s SAS, Int. 4(7-pin SATA ) / ext. 4(SFF-8088), PCIe 2.0(x8), Low Profile / Full Height NOTE: - For using this product in Windows Server 2012 R2 environment, download the driver from the NEC website. SAS Controller N8103-184 LSI SAS9300-8e Host Bus Adapter 12Gb/s SAS, ext.
  • Page 37: Other Add-In Components

    NOTE:  The power units must be the same to configure redundancy.  Use the NEC Power Supply Selector to select appropriate size for power units. For details, please visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/collateral/tools/PowerSelector_G01.xls Trusted Platform Module Kit Product Name / Description...
  • Page 38: Front Bezel

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E USB flash emulating USB floppy disk, Native capacity 1.44 MB NOTE:  Up to one drive can be connected. Front Bezel Product Name / Description Part Number Front Bezel N8146-50F Front bezel for R120e-1E Revision 4.1 – December 1, 2015...
  • Page 39: Add-On Components

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E 8 Add-on Components 17-inch LCD Console Drawer Category Product Name / Description Part Number Drawer Drawer 17-inch LCD Console Drawer (8port) N8143-77F w/ KVM 17-inch LCD, US 83-keys Keyboard, Optical mouse, 8 port KVM switch, 1U height Cable Switch Unit Connection Cable Set (USB, 1.8m)
  • Page 40: Cable Management Arm

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Cable Management Arm Product Name / Description Part Number Cable Management Arm 1U Kit N8143-96 for R120e-1E NOTE:  The extension bracket of inner rail must be attached when installing the Cable Management Arm. Server Management License The server integrates the EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 as standard.
  • Page 41: References

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E References Server Management The EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3, integrated into the server, provides superior remote control and system management features listed in the table below. Standard With Remote KVM and Media License   Hardware Temperature/voltage/power/standard LAN...
  • Page 42: Os Support Matrix For Pci Cards

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards Part number Product Name  Embedded SATA non-RAID Controller - Embedded SATA RAID Controller  Embedded 1GbE NIC  N8103-172 RAID Controller (512 MB, RAID 0/1)  N8103-173 RAID Controller (512 MB, RAID 0/1/5/6) ...
  • Page 43: Supported Pci Cards And Installable Slots

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Supported PCI Cards and Installable Slots Slots Part Number Product Name  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 0/1/5/6) ...
  • Page 44: Maximum Power Consumption

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Maximum power consumption See the table below for the maximum power consumption based on type of power supplies installed. The power consumption was measured in 40 degree Celsius (104 degree Fahrenheit) environment. 2.5-inch Drive Model...
  • Page 45: Copyright Notice And Liability Disclaimer

    All other products, brands, or trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. NEC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. For hard drive capacity measurements, 1 GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less.
  • Page 46: Revision History

    – CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120e-1E Revision History Revision Date Description December 1, 2015 Others: Added Windows Server 2012 R2 in the specification table Corrected the note for Windows Server 2012 installation (added R2) January 28, 2015 New products added: SAS Controller / N8103-184...

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