User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Setup
- 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 slots
- 2.6.1 Installing an expansion card to the front PCIe riser card bracket (on select models)
- 2.6.2 Installing an ASUS PIKE II card
- 2.6.3 Installing an HBA/RAID card
- 2.6.4 Installing an expansion card to the rear left PCIe expansion card bracket (on select models)
- 2.6.5 Installing an expansion card to the rear right PCIe expansion card bracket (on select models)
- 2.6.6 Installing an OCP 3.0 card to the rear right OCP 3.0 socket board (on select models)
- 2.6.7 (optional) Installing the PFR module
- 2.7 Cable connections
- 2.8 Removable/optional components
- 2.9 Installing GPU cards
- 2.10 Installing Optional Kits
- Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
- 3.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 3.2 BIOS setup program
- 3.3 Main menu
- 3.4 Performance Tuning menu
- 3.5 Advanced menu
- 3.5.1 Trusted Computing
- 3.5.2 PSP Firmware Versions
- 3.5.3 Redfish Host Interface Settings
- 3.5.4 AMD CBS
- 3.5.5 APM Configuration
- 3.5.6 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 3.5.7 CPU Configuration
- 3.5.8 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 3.5.9 USB Configuration
- 3.5.10 Network Stack Configuration
- 3.5.11 CSM Configuration
- 3.5.12 NVMe Configuration
- 3.5.13 SATA Configuration
- 3.5.14 AMD Mem Configuration Status
- 3.5.15 Tls Auth Configuration
- 3.6 Chipset menu
- 3.7 Security menu
- 3.8 Boot menu
- 3.9 Tool menu
- 3.10 Save & Exit menu
- 3.11 Event Logs menu
- 3.12 Server Mgmt menu
- Chapter 4: Driver Installation
- Appendix
ASUS ESC8000A-E11
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1.6 Base Unit SKU Options
In addition to support for eight (8) dual-slot GPU expansion cards, the ESC8000A-E11 server
also comes with expansion slots that are configured in four (4) base unit SKUs to meet
various expansion requirements.
1.6.1 Support for 2 PCIe + 2NVMe
Q Code
Q Code
RESET
1.6.2 Support for 1 PCIe + 1 OCP3.0 + 2NVMe
PCIe x16
(Gen4 x8 link)
FHHL slot
NVMe slots
Q Code
Q Code
RESET
NVMe slots
1.6.3 Support for 3 PCIe
Q Code
Q Code
RESET
PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16 link) FHHL slot
OCP3.0 (Gen4 x16 link)
NIC socket
PCIe x8 (Gen4 x8 link) LPHL slot
PCIe x16
(Gen4 x8 link)
FHHL slot
PCIe x16
(Gen4 x8 link)
FHHL slot
OCP3.0 (Gen4 x16 link)
NIC socket