NEC Express5800 R120B-1 manual

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    NEC EXPRESS5800/R120b- 1 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 conf iguration of your NEC EXPRES S5800 server . February 2012 Revision 6. 3 NEC Corporation[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 2 Contents TECHNICAL SPECIFICA T ION ........................................................................................ 3 Key Features ...............................................................................................................[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 3 T echnical Specification Key Features  High perform ance with the latest Intel® X eon® processor 5600 series  Up to 192 GB of high speed DDR3 -1333 m emory  High energ y ef ficiency with po wer capping feature and 80 PLU S® Gold power s u[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 4 Model R120b-1 Video Controller (VRAM) Integrated in Server Management Controller (32MB) Interfaces 1 x Keyboard (6-pin mini DIN , 1 x rear) 1 x Mouse (6-pin mini DIN , 1 x rear) 2 x VGA (15-pin mini D-sub , 1 x front, 1 x rear) 1 x Serial (9-pin mini[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 5 1 Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779. The actual value may vary by the o perating environment. 2 For Linux support, contact our sales representative or go to the NEC website at: http://www .nec.c om/global/prod/express/linux/inde[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 6 Model R120b-1 Server Management EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 2 Redundant Fan Standard, non-hot plug Redundant Power Supply Optional, hot plug Power Supply 1-2 x 750 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold certified hot p lug PSU 100 -240 VAC ± 10% 50 / 60 Hz ± 3 Hz Power Consu[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 7 3 .5 -inch Drive Model Model R120b-1 Part Number N8100- 17 24F N8100- 17 2 5F N8100- 17 2 6F Processor T y pe Intel® Xeon® processor E5606 Intel® Xeon® processor E5620 Intel® Xeon® processor X5650 Clock speed 2.13 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.66 GHz Number o[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 8 Model R120b-1 Power Consumption (Max. Config, Idling) 240 VA / 238 W att 229 VA / 227 W att 239 VA / 237 W att (Max. Config, Operating) 490 VA / 480 W att 520 VA / 510 W att 620 VA / 610 W att Acoustical Noise (Sound Pressure Level) 2 Max. Config, Id[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 9 External V iew s Front and Rear V iews Front Vie w for 2.5-inch Drive Model Front Vie w for 3.5-inch Drive Model Legend A. VGA Connector I. Hard Drive Activity LED B. USB Connectors J. Data LAN 2 Activity LED C. Power LED K. System Status LED D. Data[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 10 Rear Vie w Legend A. PCI Slots (Full-Height) I. USB Connectors B. PCI Slots (Low-Profile) J. UID Button C. Mouse Connector K. UID LED D. Additional PS Slot L. Dump (NMI) Switch E. Power Supply M. Management LAN Connector F. AC Inlet N. Data LAN Conn[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 11 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 Hot plug Power Supply DIMM # 1 DIMM #2 - #6 Processor #1 Proce[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 12 Server Configuration 1 Base Models 2 .5 -inch Drive Model Product Name / Description Part Number NEC EXPRESS5800/R120b-1 Server (4 C/E5606) no RAM, no 2 .5 -inch HDD , no ODD, no FDD Including: 1 x Intel Xeon processor E5606 , 2.5 -inch HDD Cage, EX[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 13 2 2nd Processor A v ailable sockets: 1 Product Name / Description Part Number CPU Kit (4C/E5606) Intel® Xeon® Processor E5606 (2 .1 3 GHz / 4C-4T / 8 MB) N8101- 48 9 F CPU Kit (4C/E5620) Intel® Xeon® Processor E5620 (2. 40 GHz / 4C-8T / 12 MB) N[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 14 3.1.2 Memory Mirroring / Memory Lockstep Configuration A v ailable slots: 4 per processor Product Name / Description Part Number Additional 4GB Memory Module (2 x 2GB) 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR3 -1333 ECC Registered Low Power DIMM N8102-388 Additional 8GB[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 15 Maximum Memory Speed See the table belo w for the actual m aximum m emory speed on y our s ystem. DDR3 mem ory speed depends on the t ype of DIMMs and the nati ve mem ory bu s speed of the memor y controller . All m emor y buses operate at the cloc [...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 16 Maximum A vailable Memor y See the table belo w for the m axi mum memory size that you can actua lly use on your s y stem. The maxim um available mem ory is less than the m aximum physical m emory supported by your s ystem because some c hipsets req[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 17 4 Internal Hard Di sk Dri v es 4.1 RA ID Configuration Refer to the sectio n in accordance with your disk form factor and RAID configuration . 4.1.1 2.5-inch Drives NOTE:  Up to four hard dr ives can be installed in the on -board SA T A configura[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 18 4.2 Internal Drive Con figuration 4.2.1 2 .5 -inch Drives with On-board SA T A C ontroller Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller On -board SA T A Controller 1 x mini- SAS port (Standard) Cable Internal SA T A Cable 1 x m[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 19 4.2.2 2.5-inch Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 256 MB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (256MB, RAID 0/1) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9264- 8i RAID 0/1, 256MB, Int. 8, PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 6Gb/s,[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 20 4.2.3 2.5-inch Drives wi th RAID 5/6 Controller with 256 MB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (256MB, RAID 0/1/5/6) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9264- 8i RAID 0/1/5/6 , 256MB, Int. 8, PCIe 2.0 x8, [...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 21 4.2.4 2 .5 -inch Drives wi th RAID 5/6 Controller with 512 MB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (512MB , RAID0/1/5/6) Promise SuperT rak EX8760T - 512 RAID 0/1/5/6 , 512MB, Int. 8, PCIe[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 22 4.2.5 3.5-inch Drives with On -board SA T A C ontroller Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller On -board SA T A Controller 4 x SA T A ports (Standard) Cable Internal SAS/SA T A Cable 1 x mini- SAS to 3 x single-SA T A (St[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 23 4.2.7 3.5-inch Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 256 MB Cache Category Product Name / Description Part Number Storage Controller Required RAID Controller (256MB, RAID 0/1/5/6) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9264- 8i RAID 0/1, 256MB, Int. 8, PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 6G[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 24 5 Optical Dri v e Category Product Name / Description Part Number Internal 1 slot available Internal Slim DVD-ROM drive Slim DVD-ROM drive N8151-100 Internal DVD Super Multi Drive Slim DVD Super Multi drive, not including writing software N8151-104F[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 25 7.2 LAN Co ntroller Category Product Name / Description Part Number GbE PCIe 1000BASE- T A dapter Intel® PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter PCIe x1 , LP / FH N8104-126 1000BASE- T A dapter (2ch) Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Ada pter PCIe x4, FH N81[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 26 7.3 External RA ID Controlle r Category Product Name / Description Part Number Controller RAID Controller (512MB , RAID0/1/5/6) Promise SuperT rak EX8768 RAID 0/1/5/6 , 512MB, Ext . 8 , PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 6Gb/s, SA T A 3Gb/s , LP / FH N8103-135 RAID B[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 27 8.2 VMware ESX i Pre-install Kit Product Name / Description Part Number VMware ESXi 4.1 Base Kit Including USB flash memory , VMware ESXi 4.1 Recovery CD NOTE: The Base Kit may not be available in some regions. Please contact our sales representativ[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 28 9.2 KVM Switch Category Product Name / Description Part Number KVM Switch Server Switch Unit (8 server) 1U USB 8 port KVM switch N8191- 10 F Cable Switch Unit Connection Cable Set (USB,1.8m) 1.8 m, 1 x 15 -pin mini D-sub to 1 x 15 -pin mini D-sub / [...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 29 10 Support Ser vice 10.1 Software Product Name / Des cription Part Number PP Support Pack (VMware ESXi 4.1 for 1 proc essor)(1year) T echnical Support Service regarding ESXi (for quick solutions to technical issues) NOTE: It is necessary to purchase[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 30 References Server Manage ment The EXPRESSSCO PE Engine 2, integrat ed into the s erver , pro vides superior rem ote control and system managem ent features listed in the table be low . Standard With Remote KVM and Media License kit Hardware monitori[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 31 O S Support Matrix for PCI Cards Part number Product Name WS 2008R2 WS 2008 WS 2008 x64 WS 2003R2 WS 2003R2 x64 WS 2003 RHEL 6 RHEL 6 x64 RHEL 5 RHEL 5 x64 RHEL 4 RHEL 4 x64 SLES 1 1 x64 SLES 10 SLES 10 x64 ESXi 4.1 N8103-129 RAID Controller  [...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 32 Supporting PCI Cards and Installable S lots Standard Riser Card Part Number Product Name Slots Remarks Slot # : #0A #1B #1C PCI Slot: x4 x16 x8 Card height: - FH LP Slot type: x8 x16 x8 Installable card length (mm) : - 175 167 N8103-129 RAID Control[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 33 N81 16- 23 Riser Card (PCI- X) Part Number Product Name Slots Remarks Slot # : #0A #1B #1C PCI Slot: x4 64 - bit x8 Card height: - FH LP Slot type: x8 3.3 V x8 Installable card length (mm) : - 175 167 N8103-129 RAID Controller (256MB, RAID 0/1) [PCI[...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 34 Copyright Notice and Liabilit y 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/or [...]

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    CONFIGUR A T ION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS580 0/R120b-1 NEC Corporation Revision 6. 3, Febru ary 2012 35 Revisi on History Revision Date Description 6.3 February 13, 2012 Discontinued products removed: 250GB 3.5-inch SA T A HDD / N8150-209A Part number changed: 146.5GB 2.5-inch SAS HDD / N8150-374 300GB 2.5-inch SAS HDD / N8150-375 450GB 2.5-inch SAS H[...]