Asus RS920-E7/RS8 User Manual

6-24 Chapter 6: RAID conguration
6.3 Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology
enterprise SCU/SATA Option ROM
Utility
The Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU / SATA Option ROM utility
allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 1+0), and RAID 5 set(s)
from Serial ATA hard disk drives that are connected to the Serial ATA connectors
supported by the Southbridge.
You can create RAID mode by use of onboard AHCI SATA ports.
To use onboard SATA ports:
1. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives.
2. Turning on the system. During POST, press,Del. to enter BIOS. Go to
Advanced Menu
>
PCHSATAConguration
>
SATA Mode
, then press
<Enter>.
3. Set
SATA Mode
to
RAID Mode
and save, then reboot system.
4. During POST, press <Ctrl+I> to display the utility main menu.
To use SCU SATA ports:
1. Install all the hard disk drives.
2. Turn on the system.
3. Conrm all the SATA hard disk drives you installed are correctly displayed,
then reboot system.
4. During POST, press <Ctrl+I> to display the utility main menu.

Asus RS920-E7/RS8 Specifications

General

Processor family	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 2011 (Socket R)
Intel Xeon series	E5-4600
Motherboard chipset	Intel® C602
Compatible processor series	Intel® Xeon®
Number of processors supported	4
Maximum RDIMM memory	1024 GB
Maximum UDIMM memory	256 GB
Number of DIMM slots	32
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Supported RDIMM clock speeds	800, 1066, 1333, 1600 MHz
Supported UDIMM clock speeds	1066, 1333 MHz
Supported DIMM module capacities	16GB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Hot-swap HDD bays	Yes
Storage drive sizes supported	3.5 \
Number of storage drives supported	8
Supported storage drive interfaces	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III
Graphics card	AST2300
Graphics card family	Aspeed
Maximum graphics card memory	16 MB
LAN controller	Intel® I350-AM4
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
Ethernet interface type	Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Chassis type	Rack (2U)
PS/2 ports quantity	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	5
PCI Express x8 slots	2
Compatible operating systems	CentOS 5.6 32/64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit, RedHat Enterprise Linux AS5.6/6.0 32/64-bit, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.2 32/64-bit, VMWare ESX4.1/ESXi4.1
Safety	CE, EN55022
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 90 %
Power supply	1620 W

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	750 mm
Width	444 mm
Height	88 mm
Weight	20000 g