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
ASUS RS520A-E11-RS12U
1-5
Model Name RS520A-E11-RS12U
Storage
Bays
Storage Bay
Front bays:
12 x 3.5” hot-swap drive bays
- 12 x NVMe/SATA/SAS* or
- 8 NVMe* + 12 SATA/SAS*
* SAS support only from optional HBA/RAID card.
** An optional slot 5 may be expanded, this will limit NVMe support
on the front bay to 8 NVMe devices.
Rear bays (optional):
2 x 2.5” hot-swap drive bays
- 2 x NVMe
Motherboard on-
board connectors
2 x M.2 connectors
8 x Slimline SAS connectors
Default cable
-
NVMe upgrade
option
-
Networking
1 x Dual Port Intel
®
I350-AM2 Gigabit LAN controller
1 x Management Port
Optional OCP Adapter:
Up to 100Gb/s Ethernet / InfiniBand Adapter
VGA
Aspeed AST2600 64MB
Graphic
Up to 2 x Single slot GPU cards supported
Front I/O Ports
2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports
Rear I/O Ports
2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports
1 x VGA port
1 x RJ-45 Mgmt LAN port
2 x RJ-45 1GbE LAN ports
Switch/LED
Front Switch/LED:
1 x Power Switch (w/ LED)
1 x Reset Switch
1 x Location Switch (w/ LED)
1 x Storage Device Access LED
1 x Message LED
LAN 1-2 LED
Rear Switch/LED:
1 x Port80 LED (Q-Code)
1 x Power Switch with LED
1 x Location Switch with LED
1 x Message LED
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