ESC4000 G2 Configuration Guide
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Contents Revision history........................................................................................... iii Safety information....................................................................................... iv Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Key features................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Front panel features...................................................................... 1-5 1.2 1.4 1.5 System overview......
Safety information Electrical Safety • • • • Before installing or removing signal cables, ensure that the power cables for the system unit and all attached devices are unplugged. To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system. When adding or removing any additional devices to or from the system, contact a qualified service technician or your dealer.
This chapter describes the key features of ESC4000 G2. It includes the product overview and general specifications.
1.1 Key features ASUS ESC4000 G2 is the latest high-density GPU server based on dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 processor platform, featuring eight hot-swap 3.5” SATA HDD cages, 1+1 80+ Platinum 1620W redundant power supply and nine PCI-E Gen3 x16 expansion slots.
Cutting-edge Architecture The ESC4000 G2 supports dual CPUs from the Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processor family and with 16 DIMM sockets onboard, up to 512GBof four-channel DDR3 1600/1333 memory is supported. Combined, they provide for a high computing capability that can tackle the most difficult of tasks. Additionally, there are more PCI-E lanes with PCI-E Gen 3 support, which is suitable for systems that require high I/O connectivity and bandwidth and supports more PCI-E devices.
1.2 System overview 10 3 4 9 5 7 8 6 11 11 2 1 Items Items 1. Hard disk drive bay 2. Hard disk drive 3. Computing module bracket 4. Computing module 5. Computing module airduct 6. CPU 7. CPU heatsink 8. DDR3 DIMM 9. PCI-E 2.0/3.0 x16 riser card 10. Top cover 11.
1.3 Front panel features Reset button Message LED LAN1 LED LAN2 LED HDD Access LED USB ports Optical disk drive (optional) Location LED Location switch Power LED Power button 2 HDD 1 1.
1.5 System specifications Model Name ESC4000/FDR G2 ESC4000 G2 2 x Socket-R LGA2011 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 product family QPI 6.4 / 7.2 / 8.
Model Name Storage HDD Bays Networking Graphic SAS Controller I = Internal A or S will be hot-swappable LAN VGA Auxiliary Storage Device Bay (Floppy / Optical Device) Onboard I/O OS Support Anti-virus Software Out of Band Remote Management Hardware Solution Software Dimension (HH x WW x DD) Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM & HDD not included) Power Supply Power Rating Environment ESC4000/FDR G2 ESC4000 G2 Optional: ASUS PIKE 2008 8-port SAS 6G RAID card ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR 8-port SAS 6G RAID card ASUS PIKE
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This chapter lists the key components and optional accessories for the server system.
2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink The motherboard comes with two surface mount LGA 2011 Socket R designed for the Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 series processor family. 8 HD Db 1 2 ay s ide 3 7 5 4 Rea 6 r sid e Order P/N • To prevent damage to the socket pins, do not remove the PnP cap unless you are installing a CPU. • The CPU fits in only one correct orientation.
2.2 Upgrading system memory The motherboard comes with sixteen (16) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives The system supports eight hot-swap SATAII/SAS hard disk drives. The hard disk drive installed on the drive tray connects to the motherboard SATAII/SAS ports via the SATAII/SAS backplane. We recommend that you install identical drives of the same model and capacity for RAID configuration.
2.4 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID module Follow the steps below to install the optional ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card to the ASUS PIKE riser card.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Remove the screws that secure the riser card bracket. Hold the riser card firmly then pull it upward to detach it from the PCI Express x16 slot on the motherboard. Remove the SATA/SAS cables from the onboard SATA connectors then connect them to the SAS1-8 connectors on the PIKE riser card. Connect the SGPIO1 cable from the SGPIO1 connector into the SGPIO2 connector on the riser card.
2.5 NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPU computing modules Follow the steps below to install the optional NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPU computing modules to the system.
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2.7 Friction rail kit Front end Rack rails Rear end 1 2 3 Order P/N 90-S00SP1360T ASUS ESC4000 G2 Description FRICTION RAIL KIT V2.
2.8 OS support list OS support list Windows® Server 2008 R2 Windows® Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit Redhat® Enterprise Linux AS 5.7/6.2 32/64-bit SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11.1 32/64-bit CentOS 5.7/6.2 32/64-bit VMWare ESX4.1/ESXi4.
