Internal Hard Disk Drives; Raid Configuration; Internal Drive Configuration - NEC Express5800 System Configuration Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE

7 Internal Hard Disk Drives

7.1

RAID Configuration

Refer to the section in accordance with your OS and RAID configuration. For example, when you would like
to configure RAID 0/1/10 1GB cache with Windows Server 2012 R2, refer to the section
required components and then refer to the section
Operating System
Windows Server 2008 Standard
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
KVM in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
(x86_64)
VMware ESXi
Windows Server 2012 Standard
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86_64)
without KVM feature
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
NOTE:

Up to four hard drives can be installed.

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.

To configure a large-capacity RAID array, it is recommended to configure in RAID 6 in order to
minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard drives failure during the RAID rebuilding process.
7.2

Internal Drive Configuration

7.2.1 Embedded SATA Controller
Category
Storage Controller
Cable
Required
Drive Cage
NOTE:

Up to 4 SATA drives are supported.

For supported HDD/SSD, refer to

Hot plug insertion/removal are not supported in the configuration.
NEC Corporation
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NEC Express5800/E120f-M
RAID and Cache
Non-RAID (Embedded SATA)
RAID 0/1/10
RAID 5/6/50/60 1GB Cache
RAID 5/6/50/60 2GB Cache
Non-RAID (Embedde SATA)
RAID 0/1/10
RAID 5/6/50/60 1GB Cache
RAID 5/6/50/60 2GB Cache
Product Name / Description
Embedded SATA Controller
4 x 6Gb/s SATA
Internal SATA Cable
1x Mini SAS - 1x Mini SAS HD, 1 本
2.5-inch Drive Cage
4 x 2.5-inch Hot-plug hard drive bays
7.3.1
Revision 8.0 – July 16, 2015
7.3.3 for the hard drives.
Supported RAID configuration
1GB Cache
1GB Cache
7.2.2 for the
Supported
HDD/SSD
Section
7.2.1 7.3.1
7.2.2 7.3.2
7.2.3
7.2.4
7.2.1 7.3.1
7.2.2 7.3.3
7.2.3
7.2.4
Part Number
(Standard)
K410-325(00)
(Standard)
19