Configuration Guide
Table Of Contents
- Technical Specification
- External Views
- Configuration Diagram
- Server Configuration
- 1 Base Models
- 2 2nd Processor
- 3 Memory
- 4 Internal Hard Disk Drives
- 4.1 RAID Configuration
- 4.2 Internal Drive Configuration
- 4.2.1 2.5-inch Drives with On-board SATA Controller
- 4.2.2 Up to eight 2.5-inch Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 256 MB Cache
- 4.2.3 Up to eight 2.5-inch Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 256 MB Cache
- 4.2.4 Up to eight 2.5-inch Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 512 MB Cache
- 4.2.5 Up to twelve 2.5-inch Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 256 MB Cache
- 4.2.6 Up to twelve 2.5-inch Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 256 MB Cache
- 4.2.7 Up to twelve 2.5-inch Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 512 MB Cache
- 4.2.8 3.5-inch Drives with On-board SATA Controller
- 4.2.9 3.5-inch Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 256 MB Cache
- 4.2.10 3.5-inch Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 256 MB Cache
- 4.2.11 3.5-inch Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 512 MB Cache
- 5 Optical Drive
- 6 Floppy Drive / Flash FDD
- 7 Internal Tape / RDX Drives
- 8 PCI Riser Card / PCI Card
- 9 Other Add-in Components
- 10 Add-on Components
- 11 Support Service
- References
- Revision History

CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC EXPRESS5800/R120b-2
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Configuration Diagram
2.5-inch Drive Model
Legend: Minimum required components Standard components
3.5-inch Drive Model
Legend: Minimum required components Standard components
Hot plug
Power Supply
DIMM #1
DIMM #2 - #6
Processor
#1
Processor
#2
PCIe 2.0
LP/MD2
DIMM #7 - #12
Cooing Fan #1 - #4
Cooing Fan #5 - #8
PCIe 2.0 RAID
PCI Riser
PCIe 2.0
FH/Half
2.5-inch
HDD Cage
2.5-inch
HDD Cage
Bay
Hot plug
Power Supply
Media
Bay
Optical Drive Bay
HDD
Cage
Bay
HDD
Bay
HDD
Bay
Optical Drive
Bay /
Media Bay
BBU slot #1
BBU slot #2
BBU slot #3
BBU slot #4
CHASSIS
FRONT
CHASSIS
REAR
HDD Bay
Media
Bay
Optical Drive Bay
HDD Bay
HDD Bay
HDD Bay
HDD Bay
HDD Bay
Hot plug
Power Supply
DIMM #1
DIMM #2 - #6
Processor
#1
Processor
#2
PCIe 2.0
LP/MD2
DIMM #7 - #12
Cooing Fan #1 - #4
Cooing Fan #5 - #8
PCIe 2.0 RAID
PCI Riser
PCIe 2.0
FH/Half
3.5-inch
HDD Cage
Optical Drive
Bay /
Media Bay
Hot plug
Power Supply
BBU slot #1
BBU slot #2
BBU slot #3
BBU slot #4
CHASSIS
FRONT
CHASSIS
REAR