Configuration Guide

CONFIGRATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/GT110e-S / Liquid cooling model
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3 Internal Hard Disk Drives
3.1 RAID Configuration
Refer to the section in accordance with your disk form factor and RAID configuration
3.1.1 3.5-inch Drive
NOTE:
 Embedded SATA RAID controller is supported only on Windows operating systems. An optional RAID
controller is required to configure RAID array for other operating systems.
 All hard drives within a RAID array should be of the same capacity and rotation speed.
 Hot plug insertion/removal is not supported with the embedded SATA non-RAID controller.
3.1.2 2.5-inch Drive
NOTE:
 Embedded SATA RAID controller is supported only on Windows operating systems. An optional RAID
controller is required to configure RAID array for other operating systems.
 All hard drives within a RAID array should be of the same capacity and rotation speed.
 All hard drives within a system should be of the same rotation speed.
 Mixing SAS and SATA hard drives in the same system is not supported.
 Hot plug insertion/removal is not supported with the embedded SATA non-RAID controller.
Non-RAID
128 MB Cache
Refer to 3.2.1
Refer to 3.2.3
RAID 0/1
SATA
SATA
Available Interface
Embedded SATA
RAID Controller
Optional RAID
Controller
Refer to 3.2.2
SATA
512 MB Cache
Refer to 3.2.4
SATA
Non-RAID
RAID 5
128 MB Cache
1GB Cache
/ Battery
512 MB Cache
Refer to 3.3.1
Refer to 3.3.3
Refer to 3.3.5
Refer to 3.3.6
RAID 0/1
SATA
SAS, SATA
SAS, SATA
SAS, SATA
Available Interface
Embedded SATA
RAID Controller
Optional RAID
Controller
Refer to 3.3.2
SATA
512 MB Cache
Refer to 3.3.4
SAS, SATA
SAS, SATA
1GB Cache
/ CacheVault
Refer to 3.3.7