Instruction Manual
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Z8PE-D12 Series specications summary
Expansion Slots 
(follow SSI 
Loacation #)
Total PCI/PCI-X/
PCI-E Slots
6 4
Slot Loacation 1
1 * PCI-X 100/133 MHz  -
Slot Loacation 2
1 * PCI-X 100/133 MHz  -
Slot Loacation 3
1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 X8 
Link)
1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 X8 
Link)
Slot Loacation 4
1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 X8 
Link)
1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 X8 
Link)
Slot Loacation 5
1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 X8 
Link)
1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 X8 
Link)
Slot Loacation 6
1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 x16 
Link) 
(Auto switch to x8 Link if 
slot 5 is occupied )
1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 x16 
Link) 
(Auto switch to x8 Link if 
slot 5 is occupied )
Slot Loacation 7
1* MIO Slot for Audio card 1* MIO Slot for Audio card
Additional Slot 
1
1* PIKE Slot for Stroage 
expansion
1* PIKE Slot for Stroage 
expansion
Storage IDE Controller
IT8213F IT8213F
SATA Controller
Intel
®
 ICH10R: 
6 SATA2 300MB/s ports 
Intel Matrix Storage (for 
Windows only) 
(Support software RAID 0, 
1, 10 & 5) 
LSI
®
 MegaRAID (for Linux/
Windows) 
(Support software RAID 0, 
1, 10)
Intel
®
 ICH10R: 
6 SATA2 300MB/s ports 
Intel Matrix Storage (for 
Windows only) 
(Support software RAID 0, 
1, 10 & 5) 
LSI
®
 MegaRAID (for Linux/
Windows) 
(Support software RAID 0, 
1, 10)
SAS Controller
Optional: 
ASUS PIKE 1064E 4-port 
SAS RAID card 
Asus PIKE 1068E 8-port 
SAS RAID card 
Asus PIKE 1078 8-port SAS 
HW RAID card 
Asus PIKE 6480 8-port SAS 
RAID card
Optional: 
ASUS PIKE 1064E 4-port 
SAS RAID card 
Asus PIKE 1068E 8-port 
SAS RAID card 
Asus PIKE 1078 8-port SAS 
HW RAID card 
Asus PIKE 6480 8-port SAS 
RAID card
Networking LAN
2* Intel 82574L PCIE GbE 
LAN
2* Intel 82574L PCIE GbE 
LAN
Graphic VGA
Aspeed AST2050 8MB Aspeed AST2050 8MB










