Asus RS500-E6/PS4 - 0 MB RAM User manual

RS500-E6/PS4

Conguration Guide

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E4332

First Edition V1

February 2009

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Contents

Contents ...................................................................................................... III

Revision history.......................................................................................... III

Safety information ...................................................................................... IV

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.1 Key features.................................................................................. 1-2

1.2 System overview.......................................................................... 1-3

1.3 Front panel features..................................................................... 1-4

1.4 Rear panel features...................................................................... 1-4

1.5 Systemspecications ................................................................. 1-5

Chapter 2: Components

2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink............................................. 2-2

2.2 Upgrading system memory......................................................... 2-4

2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives......................................................... 2-6

2.4 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID module............................................ 2-7

2.5 Installing ASUS Server Management Board.............................. 2-8

2.6 OS support list ............................................................................. 2-9

Revision history

Revision Revision history Date

V1 First release of RS500-E6/PS4 conguration guide February 2009

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 qualied service technician or your dealer. Ensure that the power cables for

the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible,

disconnect all power cables from the existing system before you service.

• If the power supply is broken, do not try to x it by yourself. Contact a qualied

service technician or your dealer.

Operation Safety

• Servicing of this product or units is to be performed by trained service

personnel only.

• Before operating the server, carefully read all the manuals included with the

server package.

• Before using the server, ensure all cables are correctly connected and the

power cables are not damaged. If any damage is detected, contact your dealer

as soon as possible.

• To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from

connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry.

• Avoid dust, humidity, and temperature extremes. Place the server on a stable

surface.

This product is equipped with a three-wire power cable and plug for the user’s

safety. Use the power cable with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid

electrical shock.

Lithium-Ion Battery Warning

CAUTION! Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.

Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the

manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s

instructions.

CD-ROM Drive Safety Warning

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

Heavy System

CAUTION! This server system is heavy. Ask for assistance when moving or

carrying the system.

This chapter describes the key

features of RS500-E6/PS4. It includes

the product overview and general

specications.

Chapter 1

Product introduction

Chapter 1: Product introduction1-2

1.1 Key features

Mass Storage & Memory Capacity

RS500-E6/PS4 has four 3.5” hot-swap HDD bays to support SATA or SAS HDDs,

meeting the demand of mass storage, using 12 DDR3-DIMM slots for enhanced

memory scalability.

Scalable & Flexible RAID solution –ASUS PIKE upgrade kit

ASUS unique PIKE upgrade kit meets the demand of direct SAS RAID upgrade

solution, connected through a unique slot without sacricing system expandability,

and compatible with all ASUS Tylersburg system.

User-friendly Server Remote Management - ASMB4-iKVM upgrade kit

With ASMB4 upgrade kit in remote severs, Local users can remote-manage remote

severs by keyboard, video monitor and mouse (KVM) of local side computer, and

share the date saved in a local side drive to remote target servers. It provides the

most quick and efcient way to recover the system in service and signicantly

improves the system’s availability by the complete remote management tools.

Virtualization Support

With Virtualization, Different application and operation software could share

hardware equipments in one system, It could increase server utilization, and

reduce IT total cost of ownership.RS500-E6/PS4 supports virtualization and is

certied by VMware.

GreenDesignwithhighpowerefciency

With 80+ PFC high efciency power supply, RS500-E6/PS4 is able to reduce the

power loss and power consumption, and save power bill for users.

ASUS EPU technology, which intelligently calibrates the best possible settings

to ensure the best power efciency, and all Japan-made 5000hr ultra durable

conductive polymer capacitors onboard provide durability, improved lifespan.

ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 1-3

1.2 System overview

Items Items

1. Central processing unit (CPU) 6. PIKE 1064E/1078 RAID module (optional)

2. CPU heatsink 7. Riser card bracket

3. System memory 8. Riser card

4. Hard disk drives 9. ASUS Server management board (optional)

5. HDD trays

Chapter 1: Product introduction1-4

1.3 Front panel features

1.4 Rear panel features

Hot-swap HDD bays

Optical drive

Rack screw Rack screw

USB ports

LAN2 LED

HDD Access LED

LAN1 LED

Message LED

Power

button

Power

LED

Location switch

Reset button

Location LED

PS/2 keyboard port

USB ports

LAN port 1

Serial port

VGA port

Expansion slots

LAN port 2

Power cord connector

Power supply fan

PS/2 mouse port

LAN port 3*

• * The port is for ASUS ASMB4-iKVM controller card only.

ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 1-5

1.5 Systemspecications

Model Name RS500-E6/PS4

Processor / System Bus

2 x Socket LGA1366

Intel®Xeon® 5500 series processors (45nm)

Quad-Core / Dual-Core

QPI 4.8 / 5.86 / 6.4 GT/s

Core Logic Intel® 5500 I/O Hub

Intel® ICH10R

ASUS Features Smart Fan √

ASWM 2.0 √

Memory

Total Slots 12 (3-channel per CPU, 6 DIMMs per CPU)

Capacity Maximum up to 96GB (RDIMM)

Maximum up to 48GB (UDIMM)

Memory Type DDR3 1333 / 1066 / 800 Reg DIMM / Unbuffered

DIMM with ECC

Memory Size 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB

Expansion Slots

Total PCI/PCI-X/

PCI-E Slots 3

Slot Type

1 x PCI-E G2 x16 slot (G2 x8 link) (Full-Height/

Half-Length)

1 x PCI-E G2 x8 slot (G2 x8 link) (Full-Height/

Half-Length)

Additional Slot 1 x PIKE slot with PCI-E G1 x4 link

Storage

SATA Controller

Intel® ICH10R:

6 x SATA2 300MB/s ports

Intel®Matrix Storage (for Windows only)

- Supports software RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10

LSI MegaRAID (for Linux / Windows)

- Supports software RAID 0, 1 & 10

SAS Controller

Optional:

ASUS PIKE 1064E 4-port SAS RAID card

- Supports software RAID 0, 1 & 1E

ASUS PIKE 1078 8-port SAS RAID card

- Supports hardware RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 & 6

HDD Bays

I = Internal

A or S will be

hot-swappable

4 x Hot-swap 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD Bays

(continued on the next page)

Chapter 1: Product introduction1-6

*Specicationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

Networking LAN 2 x Intel® 82574L PCI-E GbE LANs

Graphic VGA Aspeed AST2050 / 8MB

Auxiliary Storage CD / DVD 1 x Slim-type Optical Device Bay

Options: No Device / DVD-RW

Onboard I/O

1 x External Serial Port

3 x RJ-45 ports

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

OS Support

Windows® Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 32 / 64-bit

Windows® Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32 / 64-bit

RedHat® Enterprise Linux AS5.0 32 / 64-bit

SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 32 / 64-bit

(Subject to change without any notice)

Anti-virus Software CA® eTrust™ 7.1 anti-virus software (Optional)

Management

Solution

Out of Band

Remote

Hardware

Onboard IPMI Solution

ASMB4-iKVM for KVM-over-IP support (Optional)

Software ASUS ASWM 2.0 and SNMP®

Dimension (HH x WW x DD) 615mm x 444mm x 43.4mm

Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM &

HDD not inclu ded) 14 Kg

Power Supply 600W 80+ Single Power Supply

Environment

Operation temperature: 10°C ~ 35°C / Non operation

temperature: -40°C ~ 70°C

Non operation humidity: 20% ~ 90% ( Non-condensing)

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