NEC Express5800 System Configuration Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GUIDE – NEC Express5800/R120h-2MNEC Corporation Revision 5.0 – January 2018 29 The NIC cards must be installed under the maximum configuration limits for networking when running with VMware systems. Formore detail, see the Networking Maximum in the Configuration Maximums document for VMware.- For VMware ESXi 6.0: https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r60/vsphere-60-configuration-maximums.pdf- For VMware ESXi 6.5: https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r65/vsphere-65-configuration-maximums.pdfNIC Teaming feature - NIC Teaming and bonding featuresThe Express5800 server supports NIC teaming which is the ability to configure multiple NICs to a virtual single network interface fordual 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 Team Operating Systems1GbE NICOn-board LAN InterfaceN8104-171/-178/-179Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3VMware ESXi 6.5 Update11GbE NICN8104-172/-180/-181Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2016Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3VMware ESXi 6.5 Update110GbE NICN8104-173/-182Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3VMware ESXi 6.5 Update110GbE NICN8104-175/-184Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3VMware ESXi 6.5 Update110GbE NICN8104-183Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3VMware ESXi 6.5 Update110GbE NICN8104-185Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3VMware ESXi 6.5 Update110GbE NICN8104-176/-186Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3VMware ESXi 6.5 Update125GbE NICN8104-177/-187Up to four ports per one team Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3NOTE: 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 2012R2, Windows Server 2016, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, up to 5 teams per system can be installedExternal Storage ControllerExternal RAID ControllerCategory Product Name / Description Part NumberController 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/sN8103-196Battery Backup Battery Backup UnitLithium-ion Battery for RAID controller.N8103-198NOTE: