User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Information
- 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 slot
- 2.6.1 Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 1
- 2.6.2 Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 2
- 2.6.3 Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 3
- 2.6.4 Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 4
- 2.6.5 Installing an OCP 3.0 slot baseboard and OCP 3.0 card to the riser card bracket
- 2.6.6 Installing an ethernet expansion card to the riser card bracket
- 2.6.7 Installing GPU cards (on selected models)
- 2.6.8 Installing an ASUS PIKE II card
- 2.6.9 Installing M.2 (NGFF) cards
- 2.6.10 Configuring an expansion card
- 2.7 Cable connections
- 2.8 SATA/SAS backplane cabling
- 2.9 Removable/optional components
- Chapter 3: Installation Options
- Chapter 4: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 5: BIOS Setup
- 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 5.2 BIOS setup program
- 5.3 Main menu
- 5.4 Performance Tuning menu
- 5.5 Advanced menu
- 5.5.1 Trusted Computing
- 5.5.2 PSP Firmware Versions
- 5.5.3 APM Configuration
- 5.5.4 Onboard LAN Configuration
- 5.5.5 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 5.5.6 CPU Configuration
- 5.5.7 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 5.5.8 USB Configuration
- 5.5.9 Network Stack Configuration
- 5.5.10 CSM Configuration
- 5.5.11 NVMe Configuration
- 5.5.12 SATA Configuration
- 5.5.13 AMD Mem Configuration Status
- 5.5.14 iSCSI Configuration
- 5.6 Chipset menu
- 5.7 Security menu
- 5.8 Boot menu
- 5.9 Tool menu
- 5.10 Save & Exit menu
- 5.11 AMD CBS menu
- 5.12 Event Logs menu
- 5.13 Server Mgmt menu
- Chapter 6: Driver Installation
- Appendix
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
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Model Name RS720A-E11-RS12E
Storage
Bays
Storage Bay
12 x 2.5”/3.5” Hot-Swap Drive Bays
(up to 8 x NVMe/SATA*/SAS* + 4 x SATA*/SAS*)
* SATA/SAS support only from optional PIKE/RAID card
** Support tri-mode card
Rear bays (Optional):
Up to 2 x 2.5” Hot-Swap Drive Bays (NVMe)
Motherboard on-
board connectors
2 x M.2 connectors
2 x miniSAS HD connector
Default Cable
2 x MINI SAS HD to MINI SAS HD Cable
2 x SLIMELINE SAS to SLIMELINE SAS Cable
(Default support 4x NVMe)
NVMe upgrade
option
Support 4x NVMe via 2 x NVMe Cable
Support 8x NVMe via 4 x NVMe Cable
* Please refer to ASUS server Upgrade Part List for the latest update
Networking
1 x Quad port Intel
®
I350-AM4 1G LAN controller or
1 x Dual port Intel
®
X710-AT2 Gigabit 10G LAN controller
1 x Management Port
Optional OCP Adapter:
Up to 100Gb/s Ethernet / InfiniBand Adapter
VGA
Aspeed AST2600 64MB
Graphic
4 double-wide GPUs or 8 single-wide GPUs
Front I/O Ports
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
Rear I/O Ports
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
1 x VGA port
1 x RJ-45 Mgmt LAN port
2 x 10G or 4 x 1G RJ-45 GbE LAN ports (Optional)
1 x OCP 3.0 port
Switch/LED
Front Switch/LED:
1 x Power Switch (w/ LED)
1 x Reset Switch
1 x Location Switch (w/ LED)
1 x Storage Device Access LED
1 x Message LED
LAN 1-4 LED (on NIC module)
Rear Switch/LED:
1 x Q-Code/Port 80 LED
1 x Power Switch (w/ LED)
1 x Location Switch (w/ LED)
1 x Message LED
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