User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Information
- 2.1 Chassis cover
- 2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 2.3 System memory
- 2.4 Storage devices
- 2.5 Expansion slot
- 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket
- 2.5.2 Installing an expansion card to the butterfly riser card bracket
- 2.5.3 Installing an ASUS PIKE II card
- 2.5.4 Installing an ASUS PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink card to the butterfly riser card bracket (optional for RS700A-E9-RS12V2 only)
- 2.5.5 Installing an ASUS PCIE-NVME4-OCuLink card to the riser card bracket (optional for RS700A-E9-RS12V2 only)
- 2.5.6 Configuring an expansion card
- 2.5.7 Installing Mezzanine cards
- 2.5.8 Installing M.2 (NGFF) cards
- 2.6 Cable connections
- 2.7 Backplane cabling
- 2.8 Storage device configuration and cabling (for RS700A-E9-RS12V2 only)
- 2.8.1 8 x SATA storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.2 12 x SATA storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.3 8 x SATA/SAS and 4 x SATA storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.4 2 x NVMe storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.5 4 x NVMe storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.6 8 x NVMe storage device configuration and 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 CSM Configuration
- 5.5.10 NVMe Configuration
- 5.5.11 SATA Configuration
- 5.5.12 Network Stack 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 2: Hardware Information
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RS700A-E9-RS12V2
The system supports twelve (12) 2.5” hot-swap SATA/SAS/NVMe storage devices (up to 4 x
NVMe/SATA + 4 x NVMe/SAS/SATA + 4 x SAS/SATA). The storage device installed on the
storage device tray connects to the motherboard SATA/SAS/NVMe ports via the SATA/SAS/
NVMe backplane.
Spring lock
Tray lever
• Bay 1 to bay 4 supports SATA by default. SAS support requires optional ASUS PIKE II
card.
• Bay 5 to bay 8 supports SATA by default. SAS support requires optional ASUS PIKE II
card. NVMe support requires optional upgrade kit.
• Bay 9 to bay 12 supports SATA with optional cables. NVMe support requires optional
upgrade kit.
• All bays support 2.5” drives with trays.
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Bay 1 Bay 3 Bay 5 Bay 7 Bay 9 Bay 11
Bay 2 Bay 4 Bay 6 Bay 10Bay 8 Bay 12
To install a 2.5” hot-swap SATA/SAS/NVMe storage device:
1. Push the spring lock to the right (A) then pull the tray lever outward (B) to release the
storage device tray. The storage device tray ejects slightly after you pull out the lever.