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
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
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1.3 System specifications
The ASUS ESC8000A-E11 server features the ASUS KMPG-D32 server board. The server
supports AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series processors plus other latest technologies through the
chipsets onboard.
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Model Name ESC8000A-E11
Motherboard
KMPG-D32
Processor Support
2 x Socket SP3 (LGA 4094)
AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series
Core Logic
System on Chip (SoC)
Memory
Total Slots
32 (8-channel per CPU, 16 DIMM per CPU)
Capacity
Maximum up to 4096GB
Memory Type
DDR4 3200/2933 RDIMM / LRDIMM / 3DS LRDIMM
* Please refer to www.asus.com for latest memory AVL update
Memory Size
64GB, 32GB, 16GB (RDIMM)
64GB, 128GB (LRDIMM)
64GB, 128GB, 256GB (LRDIMM 3DS / 3DS RDIMM)
* Refer to www.asus.com/support for more information
Expansion
Slots
Total PCI/PCIe
Slots
11
Slot Type
Rear:
8 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16 link), FHFL for dual-slot GPU cards
1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16/x8 link), FHFL or 1 x OCP3.0 (Gen4
x16 link)*
1 x PCIe x8 (Gen4 x8 link), LPHL (optional)
Front:
1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x8 link), FHHL
* For the configuration with an OCP3.0 socket, the front PCIe x8
slot will be limited to support PIKE cards only.
Storage
SATA Controller
Optional kit(s):
ASUS PIKE II 3008 8-port SAS HBA card
ASUS PIKE II 3108 8-port SAS HW RAID card
6Gbps SATA support
SAS Controller
Optional kit(s):
ASUS PIKE II 3008 8-port SAS HBA card
ASUS PIKE II 3108 8-port SAS HW RAID card
12Gbps SAS support
NVMe Controller
CPU integrated to support 2 NVMe devices