NEC Express5800 System Configuration Manual page 23

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE
SFP
Module
NOTE:
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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:
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For VMware ESXi 6.5:
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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 Network Loading 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
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NEC Express5800/R120h-1M
Dual Port 10GBASE-T Adapter
Cavium QL41401,
PCIe3.0(x8)
Dual Port 10GBASE-T Adapter
Intel X550-AT2,
PCIe3.0(x4)
Dual Port 10GBASE SFP+ Adapter
QLogic 57810S
PCIe 2.0(x8)
NOTE:
- N8104-189 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
- Up to 2 SFP+ Modules can be installed.
- Twinax cable can be installed
Dual Port 10GBASE SFP+ Adapter
Intel Ethernet Controller X710
PCIe 3.0(x8)
NOTE:
- N8104-189 SFP+ Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
- Up to 2 SFP+ Modules can be installed.
- Twinax cable can be installed
25GbE Dual Port 25GBASE SFP28 Adapter
Cavium QL41401,
PCIe3.0(x8)
NOTE:
- N8104-190 SFP28 Module is required to connect with an optical cable.
- Up to 2 SFP28 Modules can be installed.
10GbE SFP+ Module (10G-SR)
1 x SFP+ Module
25GbE SFP28 Module (25G-SR)
1x SFP28 Module
SFP28 can be connected to 25G BASE adapter
NOTE:
It is not factory installation option.
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
Revision 7.0 – July 2018
N8104-183
N8104-184
N8104-185
N8104-186
N8104-187
N8104-189
N8104-190
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
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