Acer AC100 User manual

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Product Overview
The AC100 is a micro server in the true sense of the word. Sporting server-class specs including ECC
memory, Intel Xeon processor support, and an 80 PLUS
®
high-efficiency power supply, this tiny wonder
brings the datacenter to the desk.
Rear view Front View
Front View – Door Open
Features
1 4 x hot-pluggable hard drives
2 Intel
®
Xeon
®
E3 or Core
™
i3 or Pentium
®
series processor
3 2 x DDR3 ECC unbuffered DIMMs
4 6 x USB ports
5 eSATA port
6 Gigabit LAN port (RJ-45)
7 Video port
8 Recovery button
9 Pad lock and Kensington lock slots
What’s New
•All new micro form factor that fits anywhere
•Intel
®
Xeon
®
E3-1200 series processors
•Standard 200 W 80 PLUS
®
bronze-level fixed power supply

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Product Specifications
Processors and Chipset
•Intel
®
Xeon
®
E3-1200 series processors
•Intel
®
Core
™
i3 series processors
•Intel
®
Pentium
®
series processors
•Chipset: Intel
®
C206
Memory
•Memory capacity:
 Unbufferred DIMM: 2, 4, 8 GB
•Maximum capacity: up to 16 GB unbuffered DIMMs when fully populated with 1 DIMM per channel in 2
slots
Note: 8 GB DIMM availability may vary by region.
Network Controllers
•Integrated single-port Intel
®
82579LM Gigabit Ethernet
Storage
•Hard disk form factor: 3.5”
•Type: SATA
•3.5” Maximum capacity:
Up to 8 TB SATA HDD (2 TB 3.5" x 4 HDDs)
Storage Controllers
•Intel
®
C206 onboard storage controller
Expansion slots
•1 x PCIe x8
Management
•System LAN LEDs, System Health LED
•System Health Monitoring
Note: available in AC100S SKU only
•Intel Active Management Technology (Intel vPro)
Note: available in AC100S SKU with Intel Xeon processor only
Security
•Front panel key lock
•Rear Kensington lock hole
•Chassis intrusion
Deployment/Serviceability
•Acer Smart Setup
•BIOS Update Tool

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Operating Systems
•Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
•Microsoft Windows Server 2008
•Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
•SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
Input/output interface
Front
•2 x USB ports
•Power/off button
•LED indicators: power, system status, HDD activity, LAN
Rear
•4 x USB 2.0 ports
•eSATA port
•Video port
•Gigabit LAN port
Chassis/Form Factor
•Micro tower
Power Supply
•200 W 80 PLUS
®
bronze-level efficient fixed power supply
Regulatory Compliant Standards
•Energy Star
®
compliant
EMC
•FCC (Class B)
•CE (Class B)
•BSMI (Class B)
Safety
•UL/cUL
•CB
•Nemko/GS

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Environmental Specifications
Dimensions 200 (W) x 205 (D) x 205 (H) mm (7.87 (W) x 8.07 (D) x 8.07 (H) inch)
Weight Maximum 7.35 kg (16.1 lbs)
Minimum (includes a single HDD, CPU and
RAM, and PSU)
4.7 kg (10.34 lbs)
System inlet
temperature
Operating
5°
-
40°C (41°
-
104°F)
Non-operating -20°- 60°C (-4°to 140°F)
Relative
humidity
Operating 30 ~ 80%
Non-operating 5 ~ 95%
Acoustics Idle
LWAd 5.2 BA
LpAm 34 dBA
Operating
LWAd 5.7 BA
LpAm
40
dBA
Power Range line voltage 90~135 VAC
180~264 VAC
Rated input current 3.5 A (at 100 ~ 127 VAC)
2 A (at 200 ~ 240 VAC)
Rated input frequency 50 ~ 60 Hz
Rated input power 200 W
Supplier to propose power budget for PSU spec setting
Fixed 200W 80 PLUS bronze-level high-efficiency power supply.
BTU rating
682.4
BTU/hr

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Technical specifications
PCIe
®
specifications
The primary I/O bus for the main board is PCIe Gen2. The following table lists the characteristics of the
PCI-E bus segments. Details about each bus segment follow the table.
NOTE: The signaling bit rate of PCI Express is 2.5Gbit/s one direction per lane for Gen 1 and 5.0Gbit/s one
direction per lane for Gen 2.
Expansion
slot
Number Type Bus width
1
Voltage Connector Location Length
PCIe x8 1 PCIe Gen2 x8 3.3V x8 Onboard low-profile
NOTE:
1. Indicates the number of physical electrical lanes running to a PCIe
®
connector.
2. Default bus assignment (in decimal). Inserting cards with PCI™ bridges may alter the actual bus
assignment number.
3. Slots are enumerated differently based on the operating system. Microsoft® operating systems
enumerate Device ID by bus starting from the lowest bus to the highest.
Onboard storage specifications
Item
Description
Controller Intel C206 onboard controller
Simultaneous drive transfer
channels
4 x onboard SATA ports
1 x eSATA port
Max throughput per channel 3 Gb/s
Data transfer method •Non-RAID mode
•RAID mode
Drive type supported Serial ATA
RAID levels support •RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 (Intel software RAID)
NOTE: Intel software RAID only supports Windows OS
RAID function support
 Supports multiple logical volumes
 Setup through ROM based Array Configuration Utility Installation
scripting support
NOTE: This controller does not support hot plug or LED functions
RAID OS support
•
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
•Windows Server
®
2008
•Windows Server 2008 R2
•Windows Server 2003
Additional features •NCQ (Native Command Queuing)
AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface)
Onboard LAN specifications
Item Description
Controller
Intel PHY 82579LM

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Port number Single port
Network interface 10Base-T / 100Base-TX / 1000Base-T
Compatibility standards •IEEE 802.3 Ethernet interface for 10BASE-T
•IEEE 802.3ab Ethernet interface for 1000BASE-T
•IEEE 802.3u Ethernet interface for 100BASE-TX
Remote boot functionality Support PXE, iSCSI boot
Connector RJ-45
Supported cable type CAT 5e wire
Memory specifications and population
Supported memory types •Unbuffered DDR3 1066 / 1333 MHz
NOTE: Acer does not qualify mixed memory configurations of memory
type, capacity or make.
Population Acer’s validated memory populations are listed below.
Capacity DIMM1A DIMM2A
2 GB 2 GB
4 GB 2 GB 2 GB
4 GB 4 GB
8 GB 4 GB 4 GB

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Power specifications
200 W Power Supply
Operational Input Voltage
Range (Vrms)
100 to 240
Frequency Range (Nominal)
(Hz)
50 / 60
Nominal Input Voltage (Vrms) 100 120 200 208 220 230 240
Max. Rated Output Wattage 200.83 200.85 200.87 200.83 200.65 200.65 200.643
Nominal Input Current (A
rms)
2.46 2.03 1.21 1.17 1.11 1.06 1.022
Max. Rated Input Wattage
Rating
245.37 242.45 237.64 237.34 236.99 236.65 236.389
Max. Rated VA (Volt-Amp) 246.35 244.16 242.98 242.93 243.82 244.72 245.472
Efficiency (%) at Max. Rated
Output Wattage
81.85 82.84 84.53 84.62 84.67 84.79 84.880
Power Factor 1.00 0.99 0.98 0.98 0.97 0.97 0.963
Leakage Current (mA) 0.26 0.30 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.61 0.620
Max. Inrush Current (A peak) 58.80 73.60 116.80 127.20 128.80 129.60 132.800
Max. Inrush Current Duration
(ms)
0.90 0.90 0.75 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.768
Max. British Thermal Unit
Rating (BTU/hr)
1912 1876 1836 1831 1832 1828 1835

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Acer server software utilities
Smart Setup 2.0 Easy deployment via the latest version of Acer’s Smart Setup. Smart Setup is
available both in box as a driver packed installation DVD or a downloadable file to be
put into a USB 2.0 device, and eases the deployment of Acer servers for any certified
OS. Through its unique interface, users may select to have all the correct drivers be
pre-deployed for the OS of their choosing, as well as setup hardware RAID devices,
BMC settings (where available), and even clone the pre-settings to a bootable USB
device to ease mass server deployments.
IT Smart Acer IT Smart is an integrated environment available in the AC100 when preloaded
with the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. The software enables
quick network management, system health updates, the ability to set office power
saving times, and more. Seamlessly integrated with the Windows SBS 2011
Essentials dashboard, IT Smart is a powerful tool for small business.
Acer IT Smart contains:
•Acer Intel
®
vPro
™
Management*
•Acer Fax Notification
•Acer Printer Management
•Acer Health Monitoring
•Acer Power Scheduler
*Note: Acer Intel vPro Management functionality only available on SKUs with Intel Xeon processors
AC100 model options
AC100 AC100 standard comes in a wide range of specs to fit any customer need
AC100s AC100s is preloaded with pre-built RAID and Windows Small Business Server 2011
Essentials. The preload package is the simplest way to deliver strong server
functionality in an easy-to-use package, and is perfect for the small office and SOHO
environments.

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Available options
Processors
Intel
®
Xeon
®
E3-1260L (4-core, 2.4 GHz, 45W)
Intel
®
Core
™
i3-2120 (2-core, 3.3 GHz, 65W)
Intel
®
Core
™
i3-2100 (2-core, 3.1 GHz, 65W)
Intel
®
Pentium
®
G850 (2
-
core, 2.9GHz 3M 1066FSB, 65W)
*
Intel
®
Pentium
®
G840 (2-core, 2.8GHz 3M 1066FSB, 65W)*
Intel
®
Pentium
®
G620 (2-core, 2.6GHz 3M 1066FSB, 65W)*
*Note: Intel Pentium CPUs available after July 2011.
Memory
Memory type Unbuffered DDR3 ECC memory
Capacities 2 / 4 / 8 GB DIMMs
DIMM number 2
Max memory
16
GB
Note: 8 GB DIMM availability may vary by region.
Hard drives
Type Interface, bandwidth Capacities
Consumer SATA 3 Gb/s 500 GB
1 TB
1.5 TB
2.0 TB
Note: 2.0 TB disk availability may vary by region.
Wireless Ethernet network cards
Model
Wireless type
Ralink RT3090 WLAN 802.11 b/g/n 1x1 WLAN PCI-E x1 card
TPM module
TPM module with STMicro chip

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Acer AC100 Server Specifications
Service and support
Acer Servers offer a comprehensive service suite to take care of daily IT needs. Users can select the 1-
year standard carry-in warranty or choose extended warranties and services.
In a continuing effort to improve the quality of our products, information in this document is subject to
change without notice. Images shown are only representations of some of the configurations available for
this model. Availability may vary depending on region.
© 2010. All rights reserved.
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon and
Xeon Inside are trademarks of Intel
®
Corporation.
NOTE: Extension warranty services may vary by country. Please contact Acer authorized resellers for more information.