Asus RS920-E7/RS8 User Manual

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Contents
Chapter 3: Installation options
3.1 Installing friction rail kit items .................................................... 3-2
3.1.1 Attaching the xing latches to the server ........................
3-2
3.1.2 Mounting the server to the rack ......................................
3-5
Chapter 4: Motherboard information
4.1 Motherboard layout ...................................................................... 4-2
4.2 Jumpers ........................................................................................
4-4
4.3 Internal connectors ......................................................................
4-8
4.4 Internal LEDs ..............................................................................
4-18
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 5-2
5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ......................................
5-2
5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility ..................................................
5-3
5.1.3 BUPDATER utility
............................................................ 5-4
5.2 BIOS setup program ....................................................................
5-6
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen ..........................................................
5-7
5.2.2 Menu bar .........................................................................
5-7
5.2.3 Menu items .....................................................................
5-8
5.2.4 Submenu items ...............................................................
5-8
5.2.5 Navigation keys ...............................................................
5-8
5.2.6 General help ...................................................................
5-8
5.2.7 Conguration elds .........................................................
5-8
5.2.8 Pop-up window ...............................................................
5-8
5.2.9 Scroll bar .........................................................................
5-8
5.3 Main menu ....................................................................................
5-9
5.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] .........................................
5-9
5.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx] ...................................................
5-9
5.4 Advanced menu .........................................................................
5-10
5.4.1 CPU Conguration ........................................................
5-10
5.4.2 CPU Power Management Conguration .......................
5-13
5.4.3 Chipset Conguration ...................................................
5-15
5.4.4 PCH SATA Conguration ..............................................
5-20
5.4.5 PCH SCU Conguration ...............................................
5-22

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