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 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c Contents TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ........................................................................................ 3 Key Features .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Specification .......................................................................................................................................... 3 EXTERNAL VIEWS ......................................................................................................... 4 Front Views ............................................................................................................................................ 4 CONFIGURATION DIAGRAM ......................................................................................... 5 EXPANSION SLOT .......................................................................................................... 5 SERVER CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................... 6 1 2 3 Storage Blades ............................................................................................................................... 6 Internal Drives ................................................................................................................................ 6 I/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 NEC Corporation Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c 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 Part Number Internal Storage Expansion Slots AD106c Standard Capacity Maximum Capacity Disk Controller RAID Hot Plug Disk Drive Bays Standard Interface Maximum Power Consumption (VDC) Dimensions (W x D x H ) Weight (Maximum) Server Blades Enclosures Temperature, Relative Humidity (non-condensing) Regulatory and Safety Operating Systems 1 N8404-007F 0 GB SAS HDD: 7.2 TB (6x 1.2 TB) SATA HDD: 6 TB (6x 1 TB) SATA SSD: 2.4 TB (6x 400GB) 6Gb/s (Integrated) RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50 (Integrated) Supported 6 Total: 2 slots available 1 Type 1 mezzanine 1 Type 2 mezzanine 2 1000BASE 240 Watt 51.6 x 515.4 x 180.7 mm / 2.0 x 20.3 x 7.1 in 5 kg, 13.23 lbs. 1 1 B120e , B120e-h, B120d , B120d-h Blade Enclosure M, Blade Enclosure-H v2 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% FCC, CE, BSMI, UL, CB, RoHS, WEEE 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 The 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. NEC Corporation Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 3 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c External Views Front Views A B F E C D A Legend A. B. C. Drive Bay Power LED System Status LED NEC Corporation D. E. F. Data LAN 1 Activity LED Data LAN 2 Activity LED UID LED Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 4 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c Configuration Diagram CHASSIS FRONT CHASSIS TOP 2.5-inch Drive Cage Six 2.5-inch Drives Legend: Type II Type I Mandatory components Standard Components Expansion Slot #2 #1 Legend #1 #2 NEC Corporation Type-I mezzanine card slot Type-II mezzanine card slot Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 5 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c 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 2.5-inch Drive Cage 6 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays 300GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 1x 300 GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm 600GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 1x 600 GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm 900GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 1x 900 GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm 1.2TB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 1x 1.2TB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 10,000 rpm 146.5GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 1x 146.5 GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 15,000 rpm 300GB 15K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD 1x 300GB, 2.5-inch, SAS 6Gb/s, 15,000 rpm 160GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD 1x 160 GB, 2.5-inch, SATA2, 7,200 rpm 500GB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD 1x 500 GB, 2.5-inch, SATA2, 7,200 rpm 1TB 7.2K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA HDD 1x 1 TB, 2.5-inch, SATA2, 7,200 rpm 100GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD 1x 100 GB, 2.5-inch, eMLC, SATA2 400GB Hot Plug 2.5-inch SATA SSD 1x 400 GB, 2.5-inch, eMLC, SATA2 (Standard) Drive Cage Drive 6 slots available SAS HDD SATA HDD SATA SSD (Standard) N8450-032 N8450-034 N8450-035 N8450-043 N8450-036 N8450-039 N8450-028 N8450-029 N8450-037 N8450-705 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. NEC Corporation Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 6 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c 3 I/O Expansion Card 3.1 Network Interface Controller Category Adapter Type I GbE Adapter Type II GbE Product Name / Description Part Number 1000BASE (2ch) Adapter Intel® 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Dual Port 1000BASE Adapter Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 1000BASE-T(4ch) Adapter Intel® 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Quad Port 1000BASE Adapter Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 N8403-021 N8403-076F N8403-022 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. NEC Corporation Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 7 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c References OS Support Matrix for PCI Cards and Embedded Controllers ESXi 5.0 ESXi 5.1 ESXi 5.5 RHEL 5 x64 RHEL 6 x64 WS 2008 WS 2008 x64 WS 2008R2 WS 2012 Part Number Product Name N8403-021 N8403-022 N8403-076F N8403-077F N8403-034 Embedded Dual Port 1GbE NIC 1000BASE(2ch) adapter 1000BASE(4ch) adapter 1000BASE(2ch) adapter 1000BASE(4ch) adapter Fibre Channel Controller(8Gbps/2ch) NEC Corporation - - Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 8 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c Support Matrix for Adapters and Network Interconnect Devices Network Adapter 10Gb Intelligent L3 Switch 2 2 2 2 2 N8406-051F 10Gb Pass-Through CardPass-Through 1Gb Card 1 1 N8406-035 N8406-036 N8406-029 1/10Gb Intelligent L3 Switch Embedded Dual Port 1GbE NIC 1000BASE(2ch) adapter 1000BASE(4ch) adapter 1000BASE(2ch) adapter 1000BASE(4ch) adapter N8406-044 N8403-021 N8403-022 N8403-076F N8403-077F 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch Product Name N8460-023 N8460-023A Part Number 1 Existing 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 2 N8406-037 10GBASE-SR SFP+ module is not supported. Fibre Channel Controller N8406-020 N8406-042 N8406-030 2/4G FC Pass-Through 1 Card (12 port) 4G FC Switch 2 (24port) 8G FC switch 2 (24 ports) 2/4G FC Pass-Through 2 Card (24 port) Fibre Channel Controller(8Gbps/2ch) N8406-021 N8403-034 8G FC switch (12 ports) 2 Product Name N8406-040 1 Part number - - - Supported for Blade Enclosure M only Supported for Blade Enclosure H v2 only NEC Corporation Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 9 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c Supporting PCI Cards and Installable Slots Part Number N8403-021 N8403-022 N8403-076F N8403-077F N8403-034 NEC Corporation Product Name Slot # : Slot type: 1000BASE(2ch) adapter 1000BASE(4ch) adapter 1000BASE(2ch) adapter 1000BASE(4ch) adapter Fibre Channel Controller(8Gbps/2ch) Slots #1 Type I #2 Type II Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 10 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c 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. NEC Corporation Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 11 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/AD106c Revision History Revision Date Description 1.3 August 17, 2015 1.2 October 16, 2014 1.1 January 16, 2014 1.0 September 13, 2013 Others: Removed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 from the list of operating system supported Others: Add Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to the list of operating system supported Update OS support matrix Others: Add support information of new server blade Add VMware ESXi 5.5 to the list of operating system supported Update OS support matrix Initial release NEC Corporation Revision 1.3 – August 17, 2014 12