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: Integrated 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: 9GB
2
7200rpm or 10Krpm,
18GB
2
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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Certain restrictions apply.To obtain a free copy of our limited warranty, call 1-800-632-4525; or write to
NEC Computers Inc., ATTN:Warranty Department, 2371 S. Presidents Drive, Suite A,West Valley City,
Utah 84120; or see your nearest reseller. Next business day response does not apply to service calls missed for
reasons clearly outside of NEC Computers Inc’s control, such as interrupted telephone service, the closure of
airports required for parts delivery or parts shortages. Next-business-day response applies to the Continental
U.S. and Canada only. It may not be available in some remote locations where next-business-day shipping is
not available or in locations greater than 60 miles from an NEC Computers Inc. authorized 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 hot-
swap 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 warranty
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and 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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