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
NEC Corporation Revision 5.2, September 2011 5
Model
R120b-2
Operating Systems (Cont.)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4.8 or later (EM64T)
4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 or later (x86)
4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 or later (EM64T)
4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform5.4 or later (x86)
4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform5.4 or later (EM64T)
4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 or later (x86)
4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 or later (x86_64)
4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (EM64T)
4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 or later (EM64T)
4
VMware ESXi 4.1
1
Online Spare is supported on Xeon 5600 series.
2
An optional HDD Cage is required to install more than 8 hard drives.
3
Noise emission was measured in accordance with ISO 7779. The actual value may vary by the operating
environment.
4
For Linux support, contact our sales representative or go to the NEC website at:
http://www.nec.com/global/prod/express/linux/index.html
2.5-inch Drive Model (2 / 2)
Model
R120b-2
Part Number
N8100-1709F
N8100-1711F
N8100-1712F
N8100-1713F
Processor
Type
Intel® Xeon®
processor
E5645
Intel® Xeon®
processor
X5650
Intel® Xeon®
processor
X5675
Intel® Xeon®
processor
X5690
Clock speed
2.40 GHz
2.66 GHz
3.06 GHz
3.46 GHz
Number of Processors
1 or 2
Cache
12 MB
Cores and Threads
6C-12T
Chipset
Intel® 5520 Chipset
Memory
Type
DDR3-1333 and DDR3-1066 ECC Registered Low Power DIMM
Standard Capacity
0 GB
Maximum Capacity
192 GB (12 x 16 GB)
Memory protection
ECC, x4 SDDC, Memory Mirroring, Memory Lockstep, Memory
Sparing
Internal Storage
Standard Capacity
0 GB
Maximum Capacity
SAS : 10.8 TB (12 x 900 GB)
SATA : 12 TB (12 x 1 TB)
SSD : 1.2 TB ( 12 x 100 GB)
Disk Controller
SATA : 3Gb/s (Integrated)
SAS: 6Gb/s (Optional)
RAID
SATA : RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50 (Optional)
SAS : RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50 (Optional)
Hot Plug
Supported
Optical Disk Drive
Optional
Floppy Disk Drive
Optional
Optical Drive Bays
[free]
1 [1]
Floppy Drive Bays
[free]
1 [1]
3.5-inch Media Bays
[free]
1 [1]