TS300-E8-PS4 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 TS300-E8-PS4. It includes the product overview and general specifications.
1.1 Key features The ASUS® TS300-E8-PS4 is a 5U barebone server system featuring the ASUS P9D-E/4L server board. The server supports Intel® LGA1150 Xeon® E3-1200 v3 processors with the latest technologies through the chipsets with support for up to 32GB DDR3 1333MHz unbuffered ECC memory. This provides immediate performance upscaling and higher processing speeds.
Digital power and green design Exclusive ASUS Dr. MOS and Beat Thermal Chokes (BTC) help lower operating a temperatures and promote efficiency for significant power savings and stability increases. The TS300-E8-PS4 also features an 80 PLUS Bronze power supply to reduce power loss and power consumption, helping consumers save on energy bills. ASUS PIKE RAID provides high reliability ASUS PIKE technology allows the TS300-E8-PS4 to support flexible storage options.
1.2 System overview 9 3 6 4 2 1 5 8 7 9 Items Items 1. Central processing unit (CPU) 6. ASUS Server management board (optional) 2. CPU heatsink and fan 7. ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card (optional) 3. System memory 8. Expansion card 4. Hard disk drives 9. Rackmount rail kit (optional) 5.
1.3 Front panel features Message LED HDD access LED Power LED LAN1 LED LAN2 LED Locate LED Optical drive Empty 5.25-inch bays Security lock Power button Reset button 4-bay HDD cage Headphone output jack* Microphone jack* USB 2.0 ports USB 3.0 ports *The function of front panel audio I/O ports is available only when the sound card is installed.
1.4 Rear panel features Power connector PS/2 keyboard/ mouse port USB 2.0 ports USB 3.0 ports VGA port Gigabit LAN port 1 Gigabit LAN port 2 Gigabit LAN port 3 Gigabit LAN port 4 500W(80PLUS) Bronze Single power supply Chassis lock LAN port 5* 120mm x 38mm system fan COM port Expansion slots *The port is for ASUS ASMB7-iKVM controller card only.
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Auxiliary Storage FDD / CD / DVD Onboard I/O Out of Band Management Remote Management Solution Software Dimension (HH x WW x DD) Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM, & HDD not included) Environment Power Supply Power Rating TS300-E8-PS4 3 x 5.25-inch media bays Options: 1. No Device 2. With DVD-RW for North America 5 x RJ-45 ports (One for ASMB7-iKVM) 4 x USB 3.0 ports (Front x 2, Rear x 2) 4 x USB 2.
This chapter lists the key components and optional accessories for the server system.
2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink The ASUS TS300-E8-PS4 supports Intel® LGA1150 Xeon® E3-1200 v3 processors. 2 3 4 5 6 1 2.2 Upgrading system memory The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets. DIMM_B2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_A1 2 1 You may install 2GB, 4GB and 8GB Unbuffered with ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory configurations in this section.
DIMM Slot DIMM Populated Per Channel per Channel UDIMM DIMM Type Speed 2 1 Unbuffered DDR3 ECC 1333/1600 2 2 Unbuffered DDR3 ECC 1333/1600 2.3 Rank per DIMM Single Rank, Dual Rank Single Rank, Dual Rank • Start installing the DIMMs from slot A2 and B2 (blue). • Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility, it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.
2.4 Installing ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card The ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card allows users to create SAS RAID sets from SAS hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard. 4 C D A B 3 D C B A 1 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 2-4 Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard then insert the PIKE SAS RAID card into the PIKE RAID card slot. Ensure that it is securely seated in place. Remove the data cables connected to the SATA connectors on the motherboard.
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).
ASMB7-iKVM • • • Remote real-time access to servers with full control by keyboard, video monitor and mouse (KVM) of a single local computer from anywhere at any time. In addition, KVM function is based on BIOS-level access, therefore, even the server OS is down, the KVM module can still work to provide around-the-clock remote monitor and diagnosis through GUI (Web-based Graphical User Interface).
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2.8 OS support list OS support list Windows Server 2012 64-bit Windows® 8 64-bit Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise SP2 64-bit Windows® Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.8/6.2/6.3 64-bit Cent OS 5.6/6.2/6.3 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit (Subject to change without prior notice.
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