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NEC Express5800/R320a

The NEC Express5800/R320a is an innovative two-socket FT server on a high performance design using the Intel Xeon 5500 series. The R320a-E4 server is one of the first servers to enjoy the utmost in reliability and availability on diverse operating systems.

The exceptional availability provided by fully redundant components makes the ft series servers a secure and ideal virtualization platform.

 
 R320a-E4R320a-M4
Form factor / height 4U rack
Processor type Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series
Processor number E5504 (2 GHz, 4C / 4T, 4 MB L3 cache) X5570 (2.93 GHz, 4C / 8T, 8 MB L3 cache)
Number of logical processors 1 - 2
Chipset Intel® 5500 with GeminiEngine™
Logical memoryMemory type DDR3 Registered ECC DIMM
Transfer rate 800 MHz 1066 MHz
Maximum 96 GB (12 x 8 GB)
Logical internal storageMaximum 4.8 TB (8 x 600 GB)
Storage controller SAS
RAID RAID 1
Hot Plug Supported
Optical drive DVD-RAM drive 1
Floppy disk drive Optional 2
Logical network 2 x 1000BASE-T, 1 x 100BASE-TX for Management
Logical expansion slots

Total: 2 slots

2 x PCIe 2.0 x4 (x8 connector)

Total: 4 slots

4 x PCIe 2.0 x4 (x8 connector)

Video Integrated in the Server Management Controller (32MB)
Interface 1 x VGA, 4 x USB 2.0 3, 2 x Logical LAN, 2 x Logical Management LAN
Dimensions (W x D x H) 483 x 736 x 178 mm / 19.0 x 29.0 x 7.0 in., 4U Rack height
Maximum weight 52 kg / 114.64 lb
Maximum power consumption 1,400 VA / 1,390 Watt
Temperature and humidity condition (non-condensing)

Operating: 10 to 35 °C / , 50 to 95 °F, 20 to 80%

Non-operating: -10 to 55 °C / 14 to 131 °F, 20% to 80%

Software for availability 4 Active Upgrade™, Rapid Disk Resync (RDR)
Operating systems and virtualization software

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise (32bit) SP2 5

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise 6

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.5 (EM64T) 7

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.6 (EM64T) 7

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.1 (EM64T) 7

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.2 (EM64T) 7

VMware vSphere™ 5

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise (32bit) SP2 5

  1. DVD: max. X8, CD: max. X24, Writing software is not provided for this drive
  2. Required for maintenance
  3. Supports only NEC-authorized options
  4. Supports only Windows operating systems
  5. R320a WS2008 32bit models were discontinued on March 13, 2013
  6. R320a WS2008R2 model was discontinued in February, 2013
  7. Not support Xen/KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)

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