RS700D-E6/PS8 Configuration Guide
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Contents Contents....................................................................................................... III Revision history........................................................................................... III Safety information....................................................................................... IV Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Key features................................................................................... 1-2 1.
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 RS700D-E6/PS8. It includes the product overview and general specifications.
1.1 Key features The ASUS RS700D-E6 is a flexible expandability and high capacity storage server. Double Computing Density • • Two dual-processor systems provide 4-way, 16-core computing power in 1U Support 24-DIMM in total and up to 96GB x 2 memory capacity Truly Duo Nodes in 1U with Two Independent Power Supply • • Eliminate the risk from dual systems sharing a single power supply Easy to maintain individually and enhance the system availability System Power Efficiency • Support 2.
1.2 System overview 11 10 5 7 6 8 4 12 9 12 1 2 3 Items Items 1. Front cover 2. Hard disk drive 3. Hard disk drive bays 4. System fans 5. CPU heatsink 6. CPU 7. DDR3 DIMM 8. ASMB4-iKVM controller card 9. 2 x 770W Single Power Supply 10. PCI-E 2.0 x16 riser card 11. Top cover 12.
1.3 Front panel features Power LED Message LED Location LED Hot-swap HDD LAN1 LED bays 1 and 2 LAN2 LED HDD Access LED Hot-swap HDD bays 1 and 2 Rack screw Rack screw Power button Reset button Hot-swap HDD bays 3 and 4 Location switch Hot-swap HDD bays 3 and 4 USB port 1.
1.5 System specifications Model Name Processor / System Bus Core Logic ASUS Features Smart Fan ASWM2.
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 inclu ded) Power Supply Environment Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise 32 / 64-bit Windows® Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32 / 64-bit RedHat® Enterprise Linux AS5.0 32 / 64-bit SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10 32 / 64-bit (Subject to change without any notice) Optional anti-virus CD Pack Optional ASMB4-iKVM for KVM-over-IP support ASUS ASWM 2.0® 686mm x 444mm x 43.
This chapter lists the key components and optional accessories for the server system.
2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink ASUS RS700D-E6/PS8 supports two Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core / Dual-Core 5500 series processors per Node. 6 5 1 3 2 4 We recommend to install CPUs with the same frequency.
Order P/N 90-S000U0590T 90-S000U0600T 90-S000U0610T 90-S000U0620T 90-S000U0630T 90-S000U0640T 90-S000U0650T 90-S000U0660T 90-S000U0670T 90-S000U0690T 90-S000U0700T Description Dual-Core Intel Xeon E5502, 1.86G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5504, 2.00G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5506, 2.13G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5520, 2.26G, QPI 5.
2.2 Upgrading system memory The motherboard comes with twelve (12) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) slots.
Order P/N Description 90-S000I0310T DDR3 1333 ECC REG 2G SINGLE PACK 90-S000I0300T 90-S000I0320T 90-S000I0330T 90-S000I0340T 90-S000I0350T 90-S000I0360T 90-S000I0370T 90-S000I0380T 90-S000I0390T 90-S000I0400T 90-S000I0410T 90-S000I0420T 90-S000I0430T 90-S000I0440T 90-S000I0450T ASUS RS700D-E6/PS8 DDR3 1333 ECC REG 1G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1066 ECC REG 1G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1066 ECC REG 2G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 1G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 2G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1066 ECC UNB 1G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1066
2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives The system supports eight hot-swap SATAII/SAS hard disk drives. We recommend that you install identical drives of the same model and capacity for RAID configuration. 2-6 Order P/N Description 90-S000H6330T HDD SATA2 150G 10K 2.5” with tray (Single Pack) 90-S000H6340T HDD SATA2 300G 10K 2.
2.4 Installing PCI express cards The system supports PCIe x16 cards installation on the PCIe riser card brackets.
2.5 Installing ASUS Server Management Board ASUS Server Management Board is an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0-compliant board that allows users to monitor, control and manage a remote server from the local or central server in local area network (LAN).
2.6 Replacing power supply unit Order P/N 90-S00PW0100T Description RPSU, 770W Redundant Power Supply Module Remove the dummy power supply module before installing the second redundant power supply.
2.7 OS support list OS support list Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit Windows® Server 2003 Enterprise 32/64-bit RedHat® Enterprise Linux AS5.
