NEC Express5800-MH4500 Basic manual

NEC EXPRESS

5800 MH4500 S

ERIES

The Affordable & Powerful Fault-Tolerant Server for Business-Critical Applications

only 7U, the MH4500 server fits nicely in any

standard rack, leaving plenty of room for a cluster-

ing second server and external storage for your

24 x 7 business-critical e-mail or Web applications.

And, with expansion room for additional CPUs

and memory, the Express5800 MH4500 server is

designed to help keep up with your company’s

growing demands.

T

his cost-effective, space-saving, 4-way

Intel

®

Pentium III Xeon™-based server pro-

vides power at an affordable price.With such fault-

tolerant features as ECC memory, ECC cache,

redundant cooling fans, hot-swap hard disks, and

hot-swap/redundant power supplies, the NEC

Express5800 MH4500 server is designed to help

perform when you need it.With a low-profile of

CPU/MEMORY SUBSYSTEM

CPU: Up to 4 Pentium III Xeon processors –500MHz/512KB ECC or

500MHz/1MB ECC

Call for latest list of supported processors

RAM: 256MB – 4GB (using 256MB DIMMs)

16 DIMM slots total (inserted in fours)

32MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB DIMMs supported

ECC data protection with error logging

GRAPHICS

Standard: Integrated CIRRUS Logic GD5480

PCI w/2MB SGRAM

Colors @ 16M @ 640 x 480 and @ 800 x 600; 64K @ 1024 x 768; and
Resolution Supported: 256 @ 1280 x 1024

EXPANSION AND CONNECTIVITY

I/O Slots: 7 Total: 6 32-bit PCI (2 sep. buses) + 1 shared ISA/PCI

Disk I/O: Integ rated dual PCI Ultra2 (LVD) SCSI

Integrated fast/narrow SCSI-2

Integrated Ultra2 (LVD) hot-swap backplane

I/O Connectors: 25-Pin bi-directional “Enhanced Capabilities Port” (ECP)

parallel port

1 x USB

2 x 9-pin asynchronous serial ports

PS/2-style keyboard port

PS/2-style mouse port

15-pin SVGA port

Hot-Swap Disk Bays: 6 x 1" hot-swap: 9GB27200rpm or 10Krpm,

18GB

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7200rpm or 10Krpm

External Disk Bays: 3 x 5.25" (1 contains standard CD-ROM)

1 x 3.5" (contains standard. 1.44 FDD)

Network Interface: 10/100 ethernet option

STANDARD COMPONENTS

Peripherals: 1.44MB diskette standard

40X max. variable-speed CD-ROM

Dimensions: 21.00" H x 11.50" W x 24.00" D – 7U when rack-mounted

Temperature: 50° to 90° F (10° to 30° C)

Humidity: 80% @ 36° C (non-condensing)

Power : Optional N+1 hot-swap redundancy

Up to three 400W 100-120VAC/200-240VAC hot-swap
power supplies with separate A/C inputs

Weight: 75lb average

SOFTWARE – OS CERTIFICATIONS & SERVER MANAGEMENT

Operating System: Windows NT 4.0 server certified

Windows NT server enterprise edition 4.0 certified

Novell NetWare 4.11, 5.0 certified

Red Hat Linux 6.1 certified

SCO Open Server 5.04 certified

SCO Unixware 7.1 certified

Microsoft Cluster certified

SunSoft Solaris 7.0 certified

Management: ESMPRO Management Suite

Onboard temperature, voltage, fan and chassis intrusion

Setup: ExpressBuilder Installation Software

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

FCC Class A, EN 55022 A,EN50082-1 (IEC 801-2,3,4), UL 950,
CSA 22.2 No. 950, EIC950, EN60950, CE Mark

SERVICE AND SUPPORT

3-Year limited on-site, next business day response

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SETUP

System configuration utility and ISA configuration utility,
SecuRAID drivers for NT, NetWare, SCO and Solaris

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not available or in locations greater than 60 miles from an NEC Computers Inc.author ized service center or
an independent third-party service provider. In those areas in which it is provided, a technician will be
dispatched, if necessary, following efforts to resolve the problem by telephone support..

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When referring to hard drive capacity, GB stands for one billion bytes. Some utilities may indicate varying

hard drive capacities.Total user-accessibile capacity may vary depending on operating environments.

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NEC EXPRESS5800 MH4500 TECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS

EXPRESS5800 MH4500

The use of Microsoft

®

Windows NT®in the
enterprise is rapidly increasing, and so is the
demand for powerful, cost-effective, low-profile
high reliability servers for use in those clustered
environments using e-mail or business-critical
applications over the Web.

To answer this need, the powerful 4-way Intel

®

Pentium®III Xeon™-based NEC Express5800
MH4500 server is compact enough to fit into a
7U high rack drawer without sacrificing hot­swap redundant power supplies and redundant
cooling fans.

Built for the demands of servicing business-critical
applications, the MH4500 is ideal for such
department collaboration, database, transaction
processing, and Internet/Intranet.

KEY FEATURES

• Up to four 450MHz Pentium II Xeon or
500MHz Pentium III Xeon Processors

• Scales to 4GB system memory

• Single-channel Ultra2 (LVD) hot-swap
backplane

• Up to six high-speed hot-swap LVDS hard disks

• Redundant fans, hot-swap disk drives, and
redundant/hot-swap power ensure the
necessary high availability for running
business-critical applications

• ESMPRO Management Suite for monitoring
and control

SERVICE AND SUPPORT

To help ensure your complete satisfaction, each
NEC Express5800 server comes with NEC
UltraCare

®

limited warranty2and support service.
These services are designed to meet the demands
of your business-critical computing environment.

Each Express5800 MH4500 server comes standard
with a 3-year on-site limited warranty

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for parts
and labor at no additional cost.This includes
toll-free technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week.

For an additional cost, the standard service and
support package on each Express5800 server may
be upgraded by adding a 24 x 7 on-site support
option and/or a 4-hour response service option.

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