NEC Express5800/AD106c User manual

NEC Express5800/AD106c
System 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.
August 17, 2015
Revision 1.3
NEC Corporation

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Contents
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION........................................................................................3
Key Features..........................................................................................................................................3
Specification..........................................................................................................................................3
EXTERNAL VIEWS .........................................................................................................4
Front Views............................................................................................................................................4
CONFIGURATION DIAGRAM.........................................................................................5
EXPANSION SLOT..........................................................................................................5
SERVER CONFIGURATION ...........................................................................................6
1Storage Blades...............................................................................................................................6
2Internal Drives................................................................................................................................6
3I/O Expansion Card........................................................................................................................7
3.1 Network Interface Controller................................................................................................7
3.2 External Storage Controller .................................................................................................7
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................8
OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers .........................................................8
Support Matrix for Adapters and Network Interconnect Devices ....................................................9
Supporting PCI Cards and Installable Slots.....................................................................................10
Copyright Notice and Liability Disclaimer........................................................................................11
REVISION HISTORY .....................................................................................................12

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Technical Specification
Key Features
Affordable direct attached storage system with 2.5-inch drive cage and RAID controller
Integrated the latest LSI MegaRAID SAS 9267-8i RAID controller
Specification
Model
AD106c
Part Number
N8404-007F
Internal Storage
Standard Capacity
0 GB
Maximum Capacity
SAS HDD: 7.2 TB (6x 1.2 TB)
SATA HDD: 6 TB (6x 1 TB)
SATA SSD: 2.4 TB (6x 400GB)
Disk Controller
6Gb/s (Integrated)
RAID
RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50 (Integrated)
Hot Plug
Supported
Disk Drive Bays
6
Expansion Slots
Standard
Total: 2 slots available
1 Type 1 mezzanine
1 Type 2 mezzanine
Interface
2 1000BASE
Maximum Power Consumption (VDC)
240 Watt
Dimensions (W x D x H )
51.6 x 515.4 x 180.7 mm / 2.0 x 20.3 x 7.1 in
Weight (Maximum)
5 kg, 13.23 lbs.
Server Blades
B120e 1, B120e-h, B120d 1, B120d-h
Enclosures
Blade Enclosure M, Blade Enclosure-H v2
Temperature, Relative Humidity
(non-condensing)
Operating: 10° to 35° C / 50° to 95° F, 20 to 80%
Non-Operating: -10° to 55° C / 14° to 131° F, 20 to 80%
Regulatory and Safety
FCC, CE, BSMI, UL, CB, RoHS, WEEE
Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Standard
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Standard (x64)
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise (x64)
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Standard
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Datacenter
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 or later (EM64T)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 or later (x86_64)
VMware ESXi 5.0u1
VMware ESXi 5.0u2
VMware ESXi 5.1
VMware ESXi 5.1u1
VMware ESXi 5.5
1The storage blade does not supported with the B120e and B120d server blade if N8403-062F Dual Port 10GBASE
Riser Card Kit or N8403-064F Dual Port 10GBASE Riser Card Kit is installed.

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External Views
Front Views
Legend
A.
Drive Bay
D.
Data LAN 1 Activity LED
B.
Power LED
E.
Data LAN 2 Activity LED
C.
System Status LED
F.
UID LED
E
F
A
B
C
D
A

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Configuration Diagram
Legend: Mandatory components Standard Components
Expansion Slot
Legend
#1
Type-I mezzanine card slot
#2
Type-II mezzanine card slot
Type II
Type I
CHASSIS
FRONT CHASSIS TOP
Six 2.5-inch Drives 2.5-inch Drive Cage
#2
#1

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Server Configuration
1 Storage Blade
Product Name / Description
Part Number
NEC Express5800/AD106c
2.5-inch Drive Cage, RAID Controller, Two mezzanine PCI Slots, Two 1000BASE
N8404-007F
2 Internal Drives
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Storage Controller
RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9267-8i
RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 1 GB, Int. 8, PCIe 2.0 x8, 6Gb/s, RAID
BBU installed
(Standard)
Drive Cage
2.5-inch Drive Cage
6 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays
(Standard)
Drive
6 slots
available
SAS
HDD
300GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1x 300 GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm
N8450-032
600GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1x 600 GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm
N8450-034
900GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1x 900 GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm
N8450-035
1.2TB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1x 1.2TB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm
N8450-043
146.5GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1x 146.5 GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 15,000 rpm
N8450-036
300GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD
1x 300GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 15,000 rpm
N8450-039
SATA
HDD
160GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD
1x 160 GB, 2.5-inch, SATA2, 7,200 rpm
N8450-028
500GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD
1x 500 GB, 2.5-inch, SATA2, 7,200 rpm
N8450-029
1TB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD
1x 1 TB, 2.5-inch, SATA2, 7,200 rpm
N8450-037
SATA
SSD
100GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD
1x 100 GB, 2.5-inch, eMLC, SATA2
N8450-705
400GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD
1x 400 GB, 2.5-inch, eMLC, SATA2
N8450-707
NOTE:
All drives in the system should be of the same type of drive.
All drives within a RAID array should be of the same capacity and rotation speed.
All SAS drives in the system should be of the same rotation speed.

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3 I/O Expansion Card
3.1 Network Interface Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Adapter
Type I
GbE
1000BASE (2ch) Adapter
Intel® 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
N8403-021
Dual Port 1000BASE Adapter
Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM2
N8403-076F
Adapter
Type II
GbE
1000BASE-T(4ch) Adapter
Intel® 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
N8403-022
Quad Port 1000BASE Adapter
Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4
N8403-077F
NIC Teaming feature
When using NIC teaming, please note the following:
Any of the network teaming must be processed in a single LAN controller.
Teaming feature is not supported on iSCSI interfaces.
To configure NIC bonding, please contact your sales representatives.
3.2 External Storage Controller
3.2.1 Fibre Channel Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Adapter
Type I
Fibre Channel Controller(8Gbps/2ch)
Emulex LightPulse LPe1205-N Host Bus Adapter
N8403-034
NOTE:
Link speed of two ports in one cards should be used with the same link speed.

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References
OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers
Part Number
Product Name
WS 2012
WS 2008R2
WS 2008 x64
WS 2008
RHEL 6 x64
RHEL 5 x64
ESXi 5.5
ESXi 5.1
ESXi 5.0
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Embedded Dual Port 1GbE NIC
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N8403-021
1000BASE(2ch) adapter
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N8403-022
1000BASE(4ch) adapter
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N8403-076F
1000BASE(2ch) adapter
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N8403-077F
1000BASE(4ch) adapter
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N8403-034
Fibre Channel Controller(8Gbps/2ch)
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Support Matrix for Adapters and Network Interconnect Devices
Network Adapter
Part Number
Product Name
N8460-023 N8460-023A
N8406-044
N8406-029
N8406-035 N8406-036
N8406-051F
1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch
1/10Gb Intelligent L3 Switch
1Gb Pass-Through Card
10Gb Pass-Through Card
10Gb Intelligent L3 Switch
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Embedded Dual Port 1GbE NIC
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N8403-021
1000BASE(2ch) adapter
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N8403-022
1000BASE(4ch) adapter
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N8403-076F
1000BASE(2ch) adapter
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N8403-077F
1000BASE(4ch) adapter
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1Existing 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch installed for embedded NIC can be shared with embedded NIC and the optional
NIC if N8406-013 1Gb Inter-link Expansion Card is installed in Blade Enclosure M system
2N8406-037 10GBASE-SR SFP+ module is not supported.
Fibre Channel Controller
Part number
Product Name
N8406-040
N8406-021
N8406-020
N8406-042
N8406-030
8G FC switch (12 ports)
2/4G FC Pass-Through Card (12 port) 1
4G FC Switch (24port) 2
8G FC switch (24 ports) 2
2/4G FC Pass-Through Card (24 port) 2
N8403-034
Fibre Channel Controller(8Gbps/2ch)
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1Supported for Blade Enclosure M only
2Supported for Blade Enclosure H v2 only

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Supporting PCI Cards and Installable Slots
Part Number
Product Name
Slots
Slot # :
#1
#2
Slot type:
Type I
Type II
N8403-021
1000BASE(2ch) adapter
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N8403-022
1000BASE(4ch) adapter
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N8403-076F
1000BASE(2ch) adapter
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N8403-077F
1000BASE(4ch) adapter
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N8403-034
Fibre Channel Controller(8Gbps/2ch)
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Copyright Notice and Liability Disclaimer
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
Microsoft and Windows Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
the United States and/or other countries
Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United
States and other countries.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S.
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.

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Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
1.3
August 17, 2015
Others:
Removed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 from the list of operating system
supported
1.2
October 16, 2014
Others:
Add Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to the list of operating system supported
Update OS support matrix
1.1
January 16, 2014
Others:
Add support information of new server blade
Add VMware ESXi 5.5 to the list of operating system supported
Update OS support matrix
1.0
September 13, 2013
Initial release