User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Information
- 2.1 Chassis cover
- 2.2 Air ducts
- 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 2.4 System memory
- 2.5 Storage devices
- 2.6 Expansion slot
- 2.6.1 Installing an expansion card to the left PCIe riser card bracket
- 2.6.2 Installing an expansion card to the right PCIe riser card bracket
- 2.6.3 Installing a ASUS PIKE II card to the right PCIe riser card bracket
- 2.6.4 Installing an OCP 3.0 card to the OCP 3.0 slot
- 2.6.5 Installing an M.2 (NGFF) card
- 2.6.6 (optional) Installing the PFR module
- 2.6.7 Configuring an expansion card
- 2.7 Cable connections
- 2.8 Backplane cabling
- 2.9 Storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.10 Removable/optional components
- Chapter 3: Installation Options
- Chapter 4: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 5: BIOS Setup
- 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 5.2 BIOS setup program
- 5.3 Main menu
- 5.4 Performance Tuning menu
- 5.5 Advanced menu
- 5.5.1 Trusted Computing
- 5.5.2 PSP Firmware Versions
- 5.5.3 Redfish Host Interface Settings
- 5.5.4 APM Configuration
- 5.5.5 Onboard LAN Configuration
- 5.5.6 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 5.5.7 CPU Configuration
- 5.5.8 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 5.5.9 USB Configuration
- 5.5.10 Network Stack Configuration
- 5.5.11 CSM Configuration
- 5.5.12 NVMe Configuration
- 5.5.13 SATA Configuration
- 5.5.14 AMD Mem Configuration Status
- 5.6 Chipset menu
- 5.7 Security menu
- 5.8 Boot menu
- 5.9 Tool menu
- 5.10 Save & Exit menu
- 5.11 AMD CBS menu
- 5.12 Event Logs menu
- 5.13 Server Mgmt menu
- Chapter 6: Driver Installation
- Appendix
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
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1.3 System specifications
The ASUS RS520A-E11 Series features the ASUS KMPA-U16 server board. The server
supports AMD EPYC™ 7002/7003 Series processors plus other latest technologies through
the chipsets onboard.
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Model Name RS520A-E11-RS12U
Motherboard
KMPA-U16
Processor Support
1 x Socket SP3 (LGA 4094)
AMD EPYC™ 7002/7003 Series
xGMI (External Global Memory Interface Link)
Core Logic
System on Chip (SoC)
Memory
Total Slots
16 (8-channel per CPU, 16 DIMM per CPU)
Capacity
Maximum up to 4096GB
Memory Type
DDR4 3200/2933 RDIMM/LRDIMM/3DS LRDIMM
* Please refer to www.asus.com for latest momory AVL update
Memory Size
64GB, 32GB, 16GB RDIMM
64GB, 128GB LRDIMM
64GB, 128GB, 256GB (LRDIMM 3DS/ 3DS RDIMM)
* Refer to www.asus.com/support for more information
Expansion
Slots
Total PCI/PCIe/
PIKE Slots
Up to 6
Slot Type
Up to 6 PCIe slots + 1 x OCP3.0
- 2 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen4 x16 link, FHFL)or dual-slot GPU cards or
4 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen4 x8 link, FHFL)
- 2 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen4 x8 link, LP)*
- 1 x OCP 3.0 Mezzanine slot
* An optional slot 5 may be expanded, this will limit NVMe support on
the front bay to 8 NVMe devices
M.2
2 x M.2 (Up to 22110) (CPU1)
(Support 2 x SATA/PCIe Gen4 x2 or 1 x PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2)
Micro SD Card slot
1
Proprietary Slot 1
1 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen4 x8 link, for pike card only)
Proprietary Slot 2
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Storage
SATA Controller
Integrated in CPU
2 x M.2 connectors (Supports 2 x SATA and PCIe Gen4 x2, or
1 x PCIe Gen4 x4)
SAS Controller
Optional kits:
ASUS PIKE II 3008 8-port SAS 12Gb/s HBA card
ASUS PIKE II 3108 8-port SAS HW 12Gb/s RAID card