NEC Express5800 Server Series
Windows Server® 2022
Support Information
Published: April 26, 2022
Updated: March 8, 2023
What's New
- April 26, 2022 The first edition.
- March 8, 2023 Supported Models are renewed. Restrictions are updated.
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2022 is the latest server operating system with enhanced security, enhanced hybrid capabilities with Azure, and enhanced container functionality.
This website provides information about Windows Server 2022 regarding Express5800 Series Servers.
Refer to the following websites for the details of Windows Server 2022.
Support status on Express5800 series servers
Supported OS Editions
- Windows Server 2022 Standard
- Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
Supported Models
Windows Server 2022 is available on the following Express5800 series server models or later.
To install Windows Server 2022, you must need a Starter Pack or EXPRESSBUILDER and System BIOS that supports Windows Server 2022.
= Rack Servers =
| Model name |
Supported version |
Express5800/R120i-2M
Express5800/R120i-1M |
Starter Pack Version S8.10-010.01 or later |
Express5800/R120h-2M
Express5800/R120h-1M |
Starter Pack Version S8.10-010.03 or later |
Express5800/R120E-2M
Express5800/R120E-1M
Express5800/R110j-1M |
Starter Pack Version S8.10-010.04 or later |
= Tower Servers =
| Model name |
Supported version |
| Express5800/T110h |
Starter Pack Version S8.10-010.04 or later |
Express5800/T110k
Express5800/T110k-S |
EXPRESSBUILDER Version 7.10-021.02 or later
System BIOS F09 or later |
Secured-core Server
Refer to the following websites for the details of Secured-core Server.
The following models support Secured-core Server (except when equipped with Pentium processors).
= Rack Servers =
| Model name |
Express5800/R120i-2M
Express5800/R120i-1M
Express5800/R110k-1 |
Refer to the guide below for enable Secured-Core.
Express5800 Secured-core Servers Enabling Guide
Windows Server 2022 Hyper-V®
Support information about Windows Server 2022 Hyper-V is available here.
Technical Information
NIC Teaming (LBFO)
Refer to the guide below for configurations of NIC teaming, and notes and restrictions.
Windows Server 2022 NIC Teaming (LBFO) Setup Guide
Notes
- Nano Server installation option is not supported on Express5800 series servers.
- Wake On LAN is only supported with a factory-installed standard network adapter.
- When offline, help information for some features may not be displayed, with the pop-up saying “a new app is necessary to open this ms-contact-support.” Please use the help function in online environments.
- Microsoft made revisions to the ReFS policy.
ReFS is not supported with hardware virtualized storage such as SANs or RAID controllers in non-passthrough mode.
- Notes on using Server Core
- If you use NEC ESMPRO ServerAgentService on Server Core, read the precautions written in "NEC ESMPRO ServerAgentService Ver.2.1 Installation Guide (Windows)".
- NEC ESMPRO Manager cannot be used on Server Core.
- Notes on using BitLocker
- Without the recovery password, the operating system does not start and partitions encrypted with BitLocker can never be accessed again. Be sure to keep the recovery password in a safe place outside the server where BitLocker is used. For more details, refer to "Installation Guide (Windows)".
- If you reinstall the operation system to a partition encrypted with BitLocker, delete the encrypted partition once before the reinstallation.
- Executing SilentCleanup, a disk cleanup task, may delete a %TEMP% folder .
Refer to "KB4506040".
[Workaround]
- Method 1: Remove the %TEMP% entry from the Folder value
- Method 2: Modify the LastAccess value
- Notes on uninstalling Hyper-V
Uninstalling Hyper-V may remove "ServerManager.exe".
[Workaround]
- This issue has been fixed in the cumulative updates for Windows Server 2022.
Apply the cumulative updates (KB5005104 or later) before uninstalling Hyper-V.
For information on the latest cumulative update, refer to "Windows Server 2022 update history".
If you uninstall Hyper-V and "ServerManager.exe" is removed without applying cumulative updates (KB5005104 or later), you will need to reinstall the operating system.
Restrictions
- Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) will nested resiliency is not supported as of now.
- Storage Spaces is not supported.
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