RS700-E6/RS4 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 RS700-E6/RS4. It includes the product overview and general specifications.
1.1 Key features As one of the Taiwan Excellence Winners in 2006, ASUS Server RS700-E6/RS4 is based on two Dual-Core or Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Sequence and QPI 4.8 / 5.86 / 6.4 GT/s. Running on the Intel® Tylersburg-36D MCH and Intel® ICH10R I/O Controller Hub chipset, it supports 64-bit computing to deliver outstanding performance upgrade. The RS700-E6/RS4 also supports 4 hot-swap SAS (ASUS PIKE card required)or SATA2 HDDs within the limited 1U server space.
1.2 System overview 2 6 11 8 12 10 9 16 13 14 7 15 17 1 3 5 4 Items Items 1. Front cover 2. Top cover 3. Hard disk drive bays 4. Hard disk drive 5. Optical disc drive 6. Airduct 7. PCI-E 2.0 x16 riser card 8. PCI-E 2.0 x16 / x8 riser card 9. CPU heatsink 10. System fans 11. ASUS PIKE SAS controller card 12. SATA bridge card 13. SAS bridge card 14. 770W Redundant Power Supply 15. CPU 16. DDR3 DIMM 17.
1.3 Front panel features Rack screw Rack screw Hot-swap HDD bays 2 USB ports HDD Access LED LAN2 LED LAN1 LED Message LED Reset button Location LED Location switch Optical drive 1.
1.5 System specifications Model Name Processor / System Bus Core Logic ASUS Features Memory Smart Fan ASWM2.0 Total Slots Capacity Memory Type Memory Size Total PCI/PCI-X/ PCI-E Slots Expansion Slots Slot Type Additional Slot SATA Controller Storage SAS Controller HDD Bays Networking Graphic I = internal A or S will be hot-swappable LAN VGA Auxiliary Storage FDD / CD / DVD RS700-E6/RS4 2 x Socket LGA1366 Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors (45nm) Quad-Core/Dual-Core QPI 4.8 / 5.86 / 6.
Onboard I/O Anti-virus Software Out of Band Remote Management Hardware Solution Software Dimension (HH x WW x DD) Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM & HDD not includeed) Power Supply Environment 1 x External Serial Port 3 x RJ-45 ports (1 for ASMB4-iKVM) 4 x USB 2.0 ports (Front x 2, Rear x 2) 1 x VGA port 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port Optional anti-virus software Optional ASMB4-iKVM for KVM-over-IP support ASUS ASWM 2.0 687.8mm x 444mm x 43.
This chapter lists the key components and optional accessories for the server system.
2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink ASUS RS700-E6/RS4 supports two Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core / Dual-Core 5500 series processors. 5 4 1 2 3 We recommend to install CPUs with the same frequency.
Order P/N 90-S000U0590T 90-S000U0600T 90-S000U0610T 90-S000U0620T 90-S000U0630T 90-S000U0640T 90-S000U0650T 90-S000U0660T 90-S000U0670T 90-S000U0680T 90-S000U0690T 90-S000U0700T Description Dual-Core Intel Xeon E5502, 1.86G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5504, 2.00G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5506, 2.13G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5520, 2.26G, QPI 5.
2.2 Upgrading system memory The motherboard comes with twelve (12) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) slots.
Order P/N Description 90-S000I0310T DDR3 1333 ECC REG 2G SINGLE PACK 90-S000I0300T 90-S000I0320T 90-S000I0330T 90-S000I0340T 90-S000I0350T 90-S000I0360T 90-S000I0370T 90-S000I0380T 90-S000I0390T 90-S000I0400T 90-S000I0410T 90-S000I0420T 90-S000I0430T 90-S000I0440T 90-S000I0450T ASUS RS700-E6/RS4 DDR3 1333 ECC REG 1G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1066 ECC REG 1G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1066 ECC REG 2G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 1G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 2G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1066 ECC UNB 1G SINGLE PACK DDR3 1066 E
2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives The system supports eight hot-swap SATAII/SAS hard disk drives. We recommend that you install identical drives of the same model and capacity for RAID configuration. 2-6 Order P/N Description 90-S000H6210T HDD SAS 450G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack) 90-S000H6220T HDD SAS 300G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack) 90-S000H6230T HDD SAS 146G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack) 90-S000H6240T HDD SATA2 1T 3.5” with tray (Single Pack) 90-S000H6250T HDD SATA2 750G 3.
2.4 Installing ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card The ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card allows users to create RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and 50 from SAS hard disk drives connected to the SAS 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).
2.6 Upgrading power supply unit 750W 1+1 hot-swap redundant power supply eliminate system and application downtime by redundancy power backup Order P/N 90-S00PW0100T Description RPSU, 770W Redundant Power Supply Module Remove the dummy power supply module before installing the second redundant power supply.
2.7 OS support list OS support list Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit Windows® Server 2003 Enterprise 32/64-bit RedHat® Enterprise Linux AS5.
