Configuration Guide

CONFIGURATION GUIDE NEC Express5800/R120f-2E Storage-Rich
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and SATA SSDs can be mixed in each drive cage.
4.2.3 Up to 26 Drives with RAID 5/6 Controller with 2 GB Cache
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Storage Controller
Required
RAID Controller (2GB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i
RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 2GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s,
SATA 6Gb/s
N8103-178
Flash Backup
Recommended
Flash Backup Unit
for LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i
650mm Cable for Flash Backup Unit included
N8103-181
Cable
Internal SAS/SATA Cable
1 x mini-SAS to 1 x mini-SAS, 2 sets
(Standard)
Drive Cage
2.5-inch Drive Cage
16 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays
(Standard)
Optional Drive Cage
(For more than 16
Drives on the front)
2.5-inch Hot Plug Drive Cage Kit
8 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays
Including 2 sets of 1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD cable
N8154-75
Optional Drive Cage
(Rear side)
2.5-Inch Drive Cage
2 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays
Including 1 set of 1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD cable and
non-hot plug Fan.
N8154-76
NOTE:
For Supported HDD/SSD, refer to 4.3.1 for Windows Server 2008/2008R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6(x86_64) with KVM feature. Refet to 4.3.2 for Windows Server
2012/2012R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6(x86_64) without KVM feature. Refer to 4.3.3 for VMware.
All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity and rotation speed.
Up to two kinds of drives selected from SAS 10K HDDs, SAS 15K HDDs, SATA HDDs, SAS SSDs
and SATA SSDs can be mixed in each drive cage.
4.2.4 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch Drives with RAID 0/1 Controller with 1GB Cache
Category
Product Name / Description
Part Number
Storage Controller
Required
RAID Controller (1GB, RAID 0/1)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i
RAID 0/1/10, 1GB, Int. 8, PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s
N8103-176
Flash Backup
Recommended
Flash Backup Unit
for LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i
650mm Cable for Flash Backup Unit included
N8103-181
Cable
Internal SAS/SATA Cable
1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD, 2 sets
(Standard)
Drive Cage
3.5-inch Drive Cage
12 x 3.5-inch hot plug drive bays
(Standard)
Optional Drive
Cage
(Rear side)
2.5-Inch Drive Cage
2 x 2.5-inch hot plug drive bays
Including 1 set of 1 x Mini SAS HD to 1 x Mini SAS HD cable and
non-hot plug Fan.
N8154-76
NOTE:
For Supported HDD/SSD, refer to 4.3.4 (3.5-inch) and 4.3.1 (2.5-inch) for Windows Server
2008/2008R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6(x86_64) with KVM feature.
Refet to 4.3.5 (3.5-inch) and 4.3.2 (2.5-inch) for Windows Server 2012/2012R2, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6(x86_64) without KVM feature. Refer to 4.3.4 (3.5-inch) and 4.3.3 for VMware.
All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity and rotation speed.