RS120-E5 Configuration Guide
E4197 First Edition V1 September 2008 Copyright © 2008 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (“ASUS”).
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 RS120-E5. It includes the product overview and general specifications.
1.1 Key features RS120-E5 Series is a high storage capacity 1U1P server platform based on Intel® 3200 chipset and supports 45nm Intel® Xeon® processor. With optimized placement and thermal technology, it´s able to provide high performance computing with great reliability.
1.2 System overview 3 6 2 7 8 1 9 5 4 Items Items 1. Central processing unit (CPU) 6. Riser card bracket 2. CPU heatsink 7. Riser card (optional) 3. System memory 8. ASUS RAID card (optional) 4. Hard disk drives 9. ASUS Server management board (optional) 5.
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1.4 Rear panel features Power fan AC power socket Power fan VGA port PS/2 mouse port PS/2 keyboard port Expansion slot LAN port for iKVM USB ports Locator switch Locator LED Serial port LAN port2 LAN port1 • The ports for the PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, USB, VGA, and Gigabit LAN do not appear on the rear panel if motherboard is not present. • The LAN port for iKVM functions only when you install ASMB3-iKVM management card. Remove the mylar on the LAN port before using.
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This chapter lists the key components and optional accessories for the server system.
2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink The ASUS RS120-E5 supports Intel® Xeon® Quad-core 3300 / 3200 series and Dual-core 3100 / 3000 series processor. 5 4 1 2 3 2-2 Order P/N Description 90-S000U02E0T Quad Core Intel Xeon X3230, 2.66G, FSB 1066, 8M L2 90-S000U02F0T Quad Core Intel Xeon X3220, 2.40G, FSB 1066, 8M L2 90-S000U02G0T Quad Core Intel Xeon X3210, 2.13G, FSB 1066, 8M L2 90-S000U02H0T Dual Core Intel Xeon 3085 , 3.00G, FSB 1333, 4M L2 90-S000U02I0T Dual Core Intel Xeon 3075 , 2.
2.2 Upgrading system memory The motherboard comes with four (4) Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives The system supports four hot-swap SATAII/SAS* hard disk drives. 1 2 • * Only RS120-E5/S supports SAS hard disk drive. • We recommend that you install identical drives of the same model and capacity for RAID configuration. Order P/N SAS HDD 90-S000H0050 90-S000H0040 90-S000H0030 90-S000H0020 SATAII HDD 90-S000H5500T 90-S000H5400 90-S000H5300 90-S000H5000 90-S000H5200 2-4 Description 450GB, 3.5” SAS HDD / ASUS 300GB, 3.5” SAS HDD / ASUS 146GB, 3.
2.4 Upgrading riser card You may replace the default riser card with the optional riser card (1 x PCIe x8 slot + 1 x PCI-X).
2.5 Installing ASUS RAID card The ASUS RAID card allows users to create RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 from SAS hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard*. 1 2 3 RS120-E5/PA4 RS120-E5/S 4 4 * Only RS120-E5/S supports SAS RAID function.
2.6 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). 30 - 45O ASMB3-SOL PLUS (V3) • • • Monitor the running status of major components via LAN or Serial Port, such as CPU and memory utilization, storage capacity and networking transfer rate.
ASMB3-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-theclock remote monitor and diagnosis through GUI (Web-based Graphical User Interface).
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2-10 Chapter 2: Components
