External Storage Controller - NEC Express5800 System Configuration Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE

The NIC cards must be installed under the maximum configuration limits for networking when running with VMware systems. For
more detail, see the Networking Maximum in the Configuration Maximums document for VMware.
-
For VMware ESXi 6.0:
-
For VMware ESXi 6.5:
NIC Teaming feature - NIC Teaming and bonding features
The Express5800 server supports NIC teaming which is the ability to configure multiple NICs to a virtual single network interface for
dual path and load balancing to fault tolerance and load balancing Network Load Balancing.
See the table below for supported network interfaces and OS combinations.
Network Interface
1GbE NIC
On-board LAN Interface
N8104-171/-178/-179
1GbE NIC
N8104-172/-180/-181
10GbE NIC
N8104-173/-182
10GbE NIC
N8104-175/-184
10GbE NIC
N8104-183
10GbE NIC
N8104-185
10GbE NIC
N8104-176/-186
25GbE NIC
N8104-177/-187
NOTE:

The Bonding function of 10GBASE is available for mode 1 (active-backup) and mode 4 (802.3 ad).

Mixing 1000 BASE teaming, 10 GBASE teaming, and 25 GBASE teaming in one system is supported. For Windows Server 2012
R2, Windows Server 2016, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, up to 5 teams per system can be installed

External Storage Controller

External RAID Controller
Category
Controller
Battery Backup
NOTE:
NEC Corporation
–
NEC Express5800/R120h-2M
https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r60/vsphere-60-configuration-maximums.pdf
https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r65/vsphere-65-configuration-maximums.pdf
Team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Up to four ports per one team
Product Name / Description
RAID Controller (4GB, RAID0/1/5/6)
RAID0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 4GB, 8 External port PCIe 3.0 x8,
SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s
Battery Backup Unit
Lithium-ion Battery for RAID controller.
Revision 5.0 – January 2018
Operating Systems
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update1
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
Part Number
N8103-196
N8103-198
29