NEC R320A-E4 manual

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    1 Expr ess5800 series Sy stem C onfiguration Guide Express5800/R320 a-E4 ,R320 b-M4 ( Wi ndows2008 R2 model ) [ 2010.10][...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 2 Fault T olerant t ec hnology Gemi niA r chit ecture ™ • 4U R a ckm ount f orm factor • W i ndows Server ® 2008 R2 Enterpr ise and Hy per-V supporte d • Intel ® X eon ® Proce ssor E5504(R3 20a-E4)/ X 5670(R320b -M4) R 320a-E4/R320b-M4 ( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) M ode l NE C Ex p[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 3 N 8800-155 Expr ess5800/R320a-E4(4C/E5504-W28 EX64) no-M emory , no- HDD Intel® X e on® Pro cessor E5504 (2.0GHz) x 1, 4MB 3r d cache, QP I s peed 4.8GT/s no-Mem ory , no- HDD, DVD-RAM drive x1, 1000 BASE-T 2ch, PCI slo t x2 W i ndows Ser ver 2008 R2 Enterprise suppor ted. NEC EXPR ESSB[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 4 450 689 736 483 178 T ow e r c onversi on ki t R 320a-E4, R320b-M4 External Design 220 804 592 327[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 5 R 320a-E4 Quick c onfiguration sh eet Intel® Xe on® Pro cessor E5504 Em pty Empty Empty DI MM sl ot s x12 CPU socket × 2 PSU Empty CPU /IO m odul e#0 Empty Empty Emp ty LA N 1000BA SE-T x1 1000BA SE-T x1 #1 Empty 2.5-inch disk bays x8 Low-prof ile PCI-Expr ess x4 x2 (x8 socket) Empty E[...]

  • Page 6

    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 6 Intel® Xe on® Pro cessor X5670 Em pty Empty Empty DI MM sl ot s x12 CPU socket x 2 PSU Empty CPU /IO m odul e#0 Empty Empty Emp ty LA N 1000BA SE-T x1 1000BA SE-T x1 DVD-RAM #4 Empty #3 Empty #1 Empty R 320b-M4 Quick c onfigura tion sh eet 2.5-inch di sk bays × 8 Low-prof ile PCI-Expr [...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 7 DI MM sl ot s CP U Me mo ry In te l® Xe on® Pro cessor E5504 / X5670 Empty Intel® Xe on® Pro cessor E5504 / X 5670 x1 Sta ndard CPU /IO m odul e#0 Empty CPU /IO m odul e#1 Set of CPU x2 CPU so cket A pair of pro cessors Set of 2 or 6 DI MMs For R 320a-E4 ( DDR3- 1333 Reg istered DI MM[...]

  • Page 8

    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 8 Di skbays Internal HDD Be sur e to insta ll by double of hard di sk d rives in order to hav e the RA ID-1 c onfiguration. Also, both of the hard di sk dri ves must have same capacity a nd rotational sp eed. N8850-042 146.5GB HDD ( 10,000rpm) N8850-043 300GB HDD ( 10,000rpm) N8850-044 600G[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 9 Display D-sub 15 pin Inte rface Lo cal procuremen t. Key board N 8870-002A F Key boa rd (USB) (Cable lengt h 1.8m) Not included in t he main unit. USB M ouse N 8870-010A M ou se (USB) (Cable le ngt h 1.8m) Not included in t he main unit. Conn ect via key board Display is NOT provided with[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 10 KVM sw i tch unit N 8191-10F KVM sw itch uni t(8Ser ver/US B) Re quired when conn ecti ng two or more servers. * ft Server must be c onn ected to the master KVM switch when cascade c onn ection. *When Key board/M ouse do not w ork a fter fa il over of CPU/IO m odule, di sc onn ect a nd r[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 11 17 inch L CD c onsole unit Server Sw itch Unit - Server Switch Unit (8 ports) [N 8191-10F] • Th e 17 -inch L CD C onsole Unit [N 8143-69F] a llows the c onn ecti on of up to 64 servers by cascadi ng e ight S erver Switch Units [N 8191-10F]. • Th e 17-inch L CD C onsole Unit [N 8143-6[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 12 N 8804-009 2-cha nnel 1000BASE-T c ontro ller set LA N Network Be sure to c onnec t f our physical LAN int erfaces to t he network HUB. Each o f two pairs o f 1000 BASE-T on t he CPU /IO m odule is redundant conf iguration. PCI-Ex s lot PCI-Ex s lot CPU /IO m odul e#0 CPU /IO m odul e#1 [...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 13 PCI-Ex slo t PCI-Ex slo t Storage D3- 10/D4-30/D8-10/D8-20/D8-30/E1-10 CPU /IO m odul e#0 CPU /IO m odul e#1 NEC Storage: -D3- 10/D4-30/D8-10/ D8-20/D8-30/E1- 10 Fibre C ha nne l cable set 5m [NF9320-SJ01] 10m[NF9320-SJ02] 20m[NF9320-SJ03] 50m[NF9320-SJ04] Dir ect c onn ecti on - Be su r[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 14 T ape b ackup D evice Expan si on Unit [N 8141-41F] D ouble b ack up configur ation D evice Expansi on Unit [ N 8141-41F ] Si ngle b ack up confi guration FT server FT server W hen tw o servers share a Device E xpansi on Unit [N 8141-41F] CPU/IO m odule #0 CPU/ IO Modu le #1 CPU/ IO [...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 15 D evice Exp ansi on Unit [N 8141-41F] D ouble b ack up configur ation D evice Expansi on Unit [N 8141-41F] Si ngle b ack up confi guration FT server FT server CPU/IO m odule #0 CPU/ IO modul e #1 CPU/ IO modul e #0 CPU/ IO modul e #1 [Not es for si ngle b ack up] Configure 1 set o f SA S[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 16 S upported s o ftware for tape b ackup Th e fo llow i ng table shows the suppor t matrix of b ack up so ftware a nd b ack up de vi ces. Notes < A RCServe > * a1: Do not disable the tape driv er on the device manager. < Ba ck up Exec > *b1: Do not insta ll t he Symantec driver. Ap[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 17 S upported PC I car ds a nd insta llable slots R 320b- M 4 O: S upp or t ed S lot #1 S lot #2 Sl ot #3 S lot #4 N ote s N 8 80 4- 007 - - - - F o r p rev i ous R 320a onl y N8 804 - 009 O O O O * 1 N880 3-036 O O O O * 2 N880 3-037 O O O O * 2 N880 3-035 - - - - F o r p rev i ous R 320a [...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 18 UPS [Note] - Be sure to manage the U PS via netw ork w ith Network s hutdown so ftw are. The U PS can not be managed v ia serial port and USB por t with Power C hute Plus so ftw are. E xample c onfigurati on (U PS Non- Re dundant ): A PC U PS ( 3000VA ) (3,000VA/2,700W ) Network manageme[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 19 E xample c onfigurati on (U PS Re dundant ): A PC U PS ( 1500VA ) Netw ork management Card LAN C ontrol D evice Expansi on Unit [N 8141-41F] 450VA/400W 700VA/695W 700VA/695W A PC U PS ( 750VA ) NEC Express5800/R320a-E 4, R320b-M4 [N8800-155F/154F] Note) Th e U PS can not be manage d via [...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 20 N 8843-003 Tower c on versi on kit 23 inch h ei ght ped est al rack w ith Fr ont be zel for R 320a/R320b 327(W)x 804(D)x 592(H) mm , 27kg (incl uding stab ilizer) T ow er c onv ersion kit Operating Sy stem - Microso ft Wi ndows Server® 2008 R2 Enter prise (1-2 Pr ocessor, 25CA L Versi o[...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 21 Not es for usi ng Hy per-V Sy stem halt Time whe n Dupl exi ng CPU Module In t he s ynchr onizati on proce ss of CPU m odules, a memory copy is per formed to duplex memory on both CPU modul es. Some part of m em ory area can be copied without stoppi ng the sy stem wh ile t he other part [...]

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    Express5 800/R320a-E4, R 320b-M4( Wi ndow s2008 R2 m odel) 22 Not es for usi ng Hy per-V B ack up W hen us ing Hy per-V on FT serv er , pr epare a separate serv er for ba ck up. For ba ck up pa tterns, r efer to each ba ck up softwar e company 's w eb site. NEC ESMPRO A ge nt For m onitoring gues t OS , NEC ESMPRO Agent for Gues t O S is req u[...]