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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8.2 LAN Controller
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
GbE
PCIe
1000BASE-T Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter
PCIe x1, LP / FH, Max. three adapters
N8104-126
1000BASE-T Adapter (2ch)
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
PCIe x4, FH
N8104-121
1000BASE-T Adapter (2ch)
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
PCIe x4, LP, Max. two adapters
N8104-122
1000BASE-T Adapter (4ch)
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter
PCIe x4, LP / FH, Max. two adapters
NOTE:
Network cables with RJ-45 plug covers cannot be used.
N8104-125A
PCI-X
1000BASE-T Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter
64bit / 133 MHz PCI-X, FH
N8104-119
1000BASE-T Adapter (2ch)
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter
64bit / 133 MHz PCI-X, FH
N8104-120
1000BASE-SX Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter
64bit / 133 MHz PCI-X, FH
N8104-112
10GbE
Ctrlr
10GBASE-SR Adapter
Chelsio S310E-SR 10GbE Storage Accelerator
PCIe x8, LP / FH, Max. two adapters
N8104-123A
10GBASE Adapter (SFP+/2ch)
Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM957711 10G SFP+ Dual Port
Network Interface Card
PCIe 2.0 x8, LP / FH
NOTE:
- N8104-129 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an
optical cable.
- Up to 2 SFP+ Modules can be installed.
- On Windows Server 2003R2 /2008 / 2008R2 and Red Hat
Linux 5.x(EM64T) and 6.x(x86_64) operating systems,
teaming and bonding features across one or two identical
adapters are supported. A team can include up to two ports
and up to two teams per system are allowed.
- On Red Hat Linux 5.x(x86) and 6.x(x86) operating systems,
bonding features within one adapter with up to two ports are
supported. One team per system is allowed.
N8104-128
Module
SFP+ Module (10G-SR)
1 x SFP+ Module for N8104-128
N8104-129
Converged Network
Dual Port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter
BROCADE 1020 Dual Port 10Gbps Converged Network Adapter
PCIe 2.0 x8, LP / FH, 2 x SFP module, Max. two adapters
N8104-131
NOTE:
Teaming and bonding features across the standard LAN and optional PCIe based GbE LAN controller
(excluding N8104-126) are supported on Windows Server 2003R2 /2008 / 2008R2 and Red Hat Linux
5.x and 6.x operating systems.
When installing a 10GBASE-SR Adapter, no other additional 10GbE LAN controllers is allowed.
When installing a 1000BASE-SX Adapter, no other additional GbE LAN controllers is allowed.
Teaming feature is not supported on iSCSI interfaces.