ESC4000 Series Configuration Guide
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Contents Revision history........................................................................................... iii Safety information....................................................................................... iv Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Key features................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Front panel features...................................................................... 1-5 1.2 1.4 1.5 System overview............
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 ESC4000 Series. It includes the product overview and general specifications.
1.1 Key features The ASUS ESC4000 is a high density GPU server presented in a compact 2U rack mount with support for dual Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processors, 18 DIMM slots with up to 48GB/144GB memory and 4 double-wide NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPU computing processors. It enables high-end professional applications such as life/medical sciences, engineering and sciences, financial modeling, EDA and visualization.
High reliability • • 1400W 80+ Gold power supply delivers reliable and highly efficient power Hot-swap hard drive design allows downtime-free drive replacement Remote control and management • Bundled ASMB4-iKVM module offers advanced server management • Ideal for remote office applications • KVM-over internet provides OS-independent manageability ASUS ESC4000 Series 1-3
1.2 System overview 11 3 4 10 5 7 6 12 9 8 12 2 1 Items 1-4 Items 1. Hard disk drive bay 2. Hard disk drive 3. Computing module bracket 4. Computing module 5. Computing module airduct 6. CPU 7. CPU heatsink 8. ASMB4-iKVM controller card 9. DDR3 DIMM 10. PCI-E x16 riser card 11. Top cover 12.
1.3 Front panel features Reset button Message LED LAN1 LED LAN2 LED HDD Access LED USB ports ODD Location LED Location switch Power LED Power button 2 HDD 1 HDD 5 1.
1.5 System specifications Model Name ESC4000 Series 2 x Socket LGA1366 Six/Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® X5600 Series (130W/95W) Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® X5500 Series (95W) Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® E5500 Series (80W) Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® L5500 Series (60W/38W) QPI 4.8 / 5.86 / 6.4 GT/s Intel® 5520 IOH Intel® ICH10R I/O Controller NVIDIA® nForce® 200 x 2 Processor / System Bus Core Logic ASUS Features Fan Speed Control ASWM 2.
I = Internal A or S will be hot-swappable Networking LAN Graphic VGA Auxiliary Storage Device Bay (Floppy / Optical Device) HDD Bays Onboard I/O OS Support Anti-virus Software Out of Band Remote Management Hardware Solution Software Dimension (HH x WW x DD) Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM & HDD not inclu ded) Power Supply Power Rating Environment 8 x Hot-swap 3.
1-8 Chapter 1: Product introduction
This chapter lists the key components and optional accessories for the server system.
2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink ASUS ESC4000 Series supports two Intel® LGA1366 Xeon® processors per Node. 6 5 2 1 4 3 We recommend to install CPUs with the same frequency.
Order P/N 90-S000U0BS0T Description Six Core Intel Xeon X5690, 3.46GHz, QPI 6.4GT/s, 12MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink 90-S000U08Z0T Six Core Intel Xeon X5680, 3.33GHz, QPI 6.4GT/s, 12MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink 90-S000U0BT0T Six Core Intel Xeon X5675, 3.06GHz, QPI 6.4GT/s, 12MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink 90-S000U08Y0T Six Core Intel Xeon X5670, 2.93GHz, QPI 6.4GT/s, 12MB L2, Single Pack with 1U Heatsink 90-S000U08X0T Six Core Intel Xeon X5660, 2.80GHz, QPI 6.
2.2 Upgrading system memory The motherboard comes with eighteen (18) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
Memory population table For UDIMM and Quad Ranks RDIMM: CPU 1 Configuration 1 DIMM 2 DIMMs 3 DIMMs DIMM_A3 DIMM_A2 DIMM_A1 DIMM_B3 DIMM_B2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_C3 DIMM_C2 DIMM_C1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 DIMMs -- 5 DIMMs 6 DIMMs -- -- 2 DIMMs 3 DIMMs 4 DIMMs 5 DIMMs 6 DIMMs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- -CPU 2 Configuration 1 DIMM -- -- -- -- -- --- --- DIMM_D3 DIMM_D2 DIMM_D1 DIMM_E3 DIMM_E2 DIMM_E1 DIMM_F3 DIMM_F2 DIMM_F1 ----------- -- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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.
2.4 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).
2.5 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID module The ASUS PIKE RAID module allows users to create RAID function from SAS hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard. 1 2 6 3 4 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 2-8 5 Firmly hold the riser card bracket, and then pull it up to detach it from the PCI Express x16 slot on the motherboard. Align and insert the golden fingers of the PIKE SAS RAID card into the card slot on the PIKE raiser card. Ensure the card is completely seated on the slot.
2.6 NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPU computing modules Follow the steps below to install the optional NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPU computing modules to the system.
2.7 OS support list OS support list Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 x86 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 x64 Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 x64 Windows 7 x86 Windows 7 x64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.5 x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.5 x64 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 x86 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 x64 Cent OS 5.5 x86 Cent OS 5.
