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NEC Express5800 Server Series
Support Kit for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012

Published: December 28, 2012
Updated: February 13, 2018

--- This page is for Windows Server 2012 only. If you are using Windows Server 2012 R2, go to this Web site. ---

What's New

2013/05/31 It was indicated on [ Note ] about the corrective action when can't apply a support kit for Windows Server 2012.
2014/09/29 Information of Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) are added.
2015/07/08 Posted "Windows Server 2012 NIC Teaming (LBFO) Setup Guide" in the <Technical Information section>.
2017/08/09 Posted "Windows Server 2012 NIC Teaming (LBFO) Setup Guide" in the <Technical Information section>.
For the latest information, refer to this guide instead of the Installation Guide.
2018/02/13 Added Microsoft Policy Revision on ReFS.

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012, developed by Microsoft, is the operating system that follows Windows Server 2008 R2.
It provides flexible operations and convenient administration for the cloud and other configurations.
Please refer to the following Web site for more information on Windows Server 2012.

Support for the Express5800 series

Windows Server 2012 is available on the following NEC Express5800 series server models.
To install Windows Server 2012, use the appropriate support kit for the model.

Supported Models

The information is as of April 26, 2013. Always check for the latest information regarding Windows Server 2012 support.

Rack Servers
Model name Product code Supported Edition Availability Date
Standard Datacenter
Express5800/R110e-1E N8100-1932F, N8100-1933F
December 28, 2012
Express5800/R120d-1M N8100-1794F
December 28, 2012
Express5800/R120d-2M N8100-1793F
December 28, 2012
Express5800/R120d-1E N8100-1954F, N8100-1955F, N8100-1956F
January 31, 2013
Express5800/R120d-2E N8100-1950F, N8100-1951F, N8100-1952F, N8100-1953F
January 31, 2013
Tower Servers
Model name Product code Supported Edition Availability Date
Standard Datacenter
Express5800/GT110e N8100-1890F
December 28, 2012
Express5800/GT110e-S N8100-1891F, N8100-1891CF,
N8100-1892F, N8100-1892CF, N8100-1893F, N8100-1894F
December 28, 2012
Express5800/T120d N8100-1957F, N8100-1958F, N8100-1959F
January 31, 2013
Blade Servers
Model name Product code Supported Edition Availability Date
Standard Datacenter
Express5800/B120d-h N8400-125F, N8400-126F, N8400-127F, N8400-128F
December 28, 2012
Express5800/B120d N8400-131F, N8400-132F, N8400-133F, N8400-134F, N8400-135F
January 31, 2013
Express5800/B110d N8400-137F
January 31, 2013
ECO CENTER
Model name Product code Supported Edition Availability Date
Standard Datacenter
Express5800/E120d-M N8100-1908F, N8100-1909F
April 26, 2013
Express5800/E120d-1 N8100-1925F
April 26, 2013
Scalable Enterprise Server
Model name Product code Supported Edition Availability Date
Standard Datacenter
Express5800/A1080a-S NE3100-001H/C
June 3, 2013
Express5800/A1080a-D NE3100-002H/C
June 3, 2013
Express5800/A1080a-E NE3100-101H/C
June 3, 2013
Supported Editions
  • Windows Server 2012 Standard
  • Windows Server 2012 Datacenter

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V ®

Support information about Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V is available here.

About Internet Explorer (IE)

Due to the change of Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy, Microsoft has ended support for older IE versions on January 12, 2016.

Microsoft will no longer provide new security updates and patches for older IE versions after the end of support.

Therefore we recommend you to upgrade your IE referring to the following website.

Information Regarding the Use of Internet Explorer on Express5800 Series Servers

Technical Information

Scalable Networking Pack (SNP)

Please refer to Considerations for Using Scalable Networking Pack(SNP).

NIC Teaming (LBFO)

Please refer to the guide below for configurations of NIC teaming, and notes and restrictions.
PDF Windows Server 2012 NIC Teaming (LBFO) Setup Guide

Notes

  • After installing Windows Server 2012, install Starter Pack for Windows Server 2012.
    While installation is in progress, the process may be suspended during "Updating drivers".
    In this case, download and unzip these files, and follow the instructions provided in the text file.
  • In December 2017, Microsoft made revisions to the ReFS policy.
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    ReFS is not supported with hardware virtualized storage
    such as SANs or RAID controllers in non-passthrough mode.
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