Overview
NEC Express5800 Storage Blades is designed with flexible scalability then the traditional servers into compact blade system. Storage blades are completely optimized integrated with the blade management systems that is easy to mount on the enclosure.
Lineup
NEC Express5800/ AD106c Storage Blades lineup is equipped with I/O blade which is direct attached to storage blade designed to operate either as a storage extension to the server blades or as primary storage for NEC’s blades. The application compatibility and high availability in a choice of configurations is set to be the priority in IO blade and NEC storage.

Overview
Key hardware features
Supports a high performance 6Gb/s SAS interface. Up to six 2.5-inch SAS and SATA hard drives. Storage blade doubles the server blades I/O capacity for gigabit ports or fiber channel ports. Expanded I/O gigabit & fiber channel bandwidth mezzanine slots.
Specifications
Model name | AD106c | |
Internal storage | 6 x 2.5-inch drive bay | |
Max. | SAS HDD (6.0Gb/s): 5.4TB (6 x 1.2 TB)
SATA HDD : 6TB (6 x 1TB) SSD: 2.4 TB (6 x 400GB) |
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Hot plug | Supported | |
PCI-e mezzanine slot | 1 x Type-1
1 x Type-2 |
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Network interface | 2 x 1000BASE-X | |
Weight | 5 Kg | |
Dimensions (W x D x H) | 52 x 516 x 180 mm | |
Enclosure | Blade Enclosure M, Blade Enclosure H v2 | |
Power consumption | 240 Watt (VDC) | |
Operating temperature | 10 – 35°C |
NEC Express5800/ AD106b Storage Blades lineup is equipped with I/O blade which is direct attached to storage blade designed to operate either as a storage extension to the server blades or as primary storage for NEC’s blades. The application compatibility and high availability in a choice of configurations is set to be the priority in IO blade and NEC storage.

Overview
Key hardware features
Supports a high performance 6Gb/s SAS interface. Up to six 2.5-inch SAS and SATA hard drives. Storage blade doubles the server blades I/O capacity for gigabit ports or fiber channel ports. Expanded I/O gigabit & fiber channel bandwidth mezzanine slots
Specifications
Model name | AD106b | |
Internal storage | 6 x 2.5-inch drive bay | |
Max. | SAS HDD (6.0Gb/s): 5.4TB (6 x 900GB)
SATA HDD : 6TB (6 x 1TB) SSD: 600GB (6 x 100GB) |
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Hot plug | Supported | |
PCI-e mezzanine slot | 1 x Type-1
1 x Type-2 |
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Network interface | 2 x 1000BASE-X | |
Weight | 5 Kg | |
Dimensions (W x D x H) | 52 x 516 x 180 mm | |
Enclosure | Blade Enclosure M, Blade Enclosure H v2 | |
Power consumption | 240 Watt (VDC) | |
Operating temperature | 10 – 35°C |
NEC Express5800/ AT101b Tape Blades is direct attached to tape blade LT05 designed to deliver direct data protection to adjacent server and network data protection for server installation directly into the NEC’s enclosure blades. The application compatibility and high availability in a choice of configurations is set to be the priority Tape blade and NEC storage.

Overview
Key hardware features:
High-speed backup at data transfer rates of 140MB/s. Large-capacity of up to 1.5 TB uncompressed data. Compact design with one-bay size. Integrated management by the Enclosure Management (EM) Card.
Specifications
AT101b | |
Recording technology | LTO5 |
Capacity | 1.5 TB, uncompressed, with a LTO5 cartridge |
Tape slot | 1 |
Mezzanine slot | Type-1 x 1
Type-2 x 1 (Type-1 supported) |
Network interface | 1000BASE x 2 (midplane connection) |
Weight | 5Kg |
Dimensions (W x D x H) | 52 x 516 x 180 mm |
Enclosure | Blade Enclosure M, Blade Enclosure H, Blade Enclosure H v2 |
Power consumption | 120W (DC) |
Temperature | 10-35°C |