Acer AR380 F1 Series User manual

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Product overview
The Acer AR380 F1 is a dual socket 2U server for space-conscious users who demand highest
performance and utmost expansion capability. Offering high performance, latest technology, cost-effective
growth, and comprehensive management features, Acer AR380 F1 delivers optimized performance per
cost solution in enterprise environment deployments.
Internal view
1 2 x 720 W 80 PLUS
®
gold-level efficient easy-swap power supplies (1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable)
2 2 x Intel® Xeon® X5600 series processors
3 18 x DDR3 ECC registered / unbuffered DIMMs
4 3+1 redundant cooling fans
5 7 x PCIe expansion slots
6 1 x 5.25” media expansion bay
7 1 x slimline ODD bay
8 16 x 2.5” hot-swappable hard drive bays or
6 x 3.5” hot-swappable hard drive bays
Note: Availability may vary by region

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Front View
Rear View
Front I/O
1 2 x USB ports
2 Video port
Note: Only one video port may be used at any given time
3 ID LED button
4 Network, hard drive and power status indicators
Rear I/O
1 PS2 mouse and keyboard ports
2 2 x USB ports
3 4 x Gigabit LAN port (RJ-45)
4 Video port
Note: Only one video port may be used at any given time
5 Serial port
6 System ID LED
7 Management port (RJ-45)

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What's New
•New Intel® Xeon® 5600 Series processors
Intel Xeon X5675, X5672, E5649, E5645, E5607, E5606, E5603
•Hot-pluggable/redundant power supply with 80 PLUS®gold-level efficiency
•Smart Server Manager v1.1 with improved management functionality
Product Specifications
Processors and Chipset
•Up to two Intel® Xeon® 5500/5600 series processors
•Chipset: Intel® 5520
Memory
•Memory capacity:
Registered DIMM: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 GB
Unbufferred DIMM: 1, 2, 4 GB
•Maximum capacity: up to 192 GB registered DIMMs when fully populated with 2 DIMMs per channel in
12 slots
•Maximum capacity: up to 48 GB unbuffered DIMMs when fully populated with 2 DIMMs per channel in
12 slots
Network Controllers
•2 x Integrated dual-port Intel® 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (4 ports total)
Storage
•Hard disk form factor: 2.5” or 3.5”
•Type: SAS / SATA / SSD with hot-plug capability
•3.5” Maximum capacity:
Up to 12 TB SATA HDD (2 TB 3.5" x 6 HDDs)
Up to 3.6 TB SAS (600 GB 3.5” x 6 HDDs)
•2.5” Maximum capacity:
Up to 16 TB SATA HDD (1 TB 2.5" x 16 HDDs)
Up to 9.6 TB SAS (600 GB 2.5” x 16 HDDs)
Storage Controllers
•Integrated Intel®ICH10R Serial ATA host controller (six 3 Gb/s SATA ports) with software RAID 0, 1, 5,
10 support
•Optional PCIe 4-/8-/16-port SAS RAID card
Expansion slots
•One Acer Flex I/O (PCIe®2.0 x8) slot (left)
•Two full height PCIe®2.0 x8 slots (with x4 link; left)
•One full height PCIe®2.0 x16 slot (with x8 link left)
•Three low profile PCIe®2.0 x8 slots (with x4 link; right)
Management
•Acer Smart Server Manager
•System ID LED buttons, System Health LED

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Acer Smart Console for server management and KVM over IP remote management
Deployment/Serviceability
•Acer Smart Setup
•BIOS Update Tool
•IPMI Firmware Update Tool
Operating Systems
•Windows Server®2008
•Windows Server 2008 R2
•Windows Server 2003
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
•SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
•VMware ESXi™4
•VMware ESX™4
•Citrix®XenServer 5.6
Input/output interface
Front
•Two USB ports
•One VGA port
•One Power/off button
•LED indicators: Power, HDD activity, LAN port 1 through 4, ID, and System status
Rear
•PS2 keyboard port
•PS2 mouse port
•Two USB 2.0 ports
•BMC Management port
•Serial port
•Video port
•4 x Gigabit port
•ID LED
Optical drive
•Slim-line SATA DVD Super multi
•5.25” tape drive
Chassis/Form Factor
•2U rack optimized
Power Supply
•2 x 720 W 80 PLUS® gold-level efficient, easy-swap power supply (1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable)
Regulatory Compliant Standards
EMC
•FCC (Class A)
•CE (Class A)
•BSMI (Class A)
Safety

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UL/cUL
•CB
Nemko/GS
Environmental Specifications
Dimensions 438.4 mm (W) x 705 mm (D) x 88.1 mm (H) ( 17.3 x 27.8 x 3.5 inches)
Weight Maximum 39 kg (88.1 lbs)
Minimum (includes a single HDD, CPU and
RAM, and PSU)
28.5 kg (62.8 lbs)
System inlet
temperature
Operating 10°- 35°C (50°- 95°F)
Non-operating -40°- 70°C (-40°- 158°F)
Relative
humidity
Operating 8 - 90 %
Non-operating 5 - 95 %
Acoustics Idle
LWAd 6.4 BA
LpAm 45.8 dBA
Operating
LWAd 7.2 BA
LpAm 53.6 dBA
Power Rated Steady –state power 720 W
Maximum Peak Power 728 W
BTU rating 2456.64 BTU/hr at 100 - 240 VAC

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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
width1
Voltage Connector Location Length
PCIe x16 1 PCIe
Gen2
x8 3.3V x16 Riser, left Full height
PCIe x8 2 PCIe
Gen2
x4 3.3V x8 Riser, left Full height
PCIe x8 3 PCIe
Gen2
x4 3.3V x8 Riser,
right
low-profile
Flex I/O 1 PCIe
Gen2
x8 3.3V x8 Riser, left Full height
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®82801JR (ICH10R) I/O Controller Hub
Simultaneous drive transfer channels 6 onboard SATA ports
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)
•RAID 0, 1, 10 (Adaptec 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 LED functions
RAID OS support
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Windows Server 2008

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Windows Server 2008 R2
•Windows Server 2003
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
•SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Additional features •NCQ (Native Command Queuing)
•AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface)
Onboard LAN specifications
Item Description
Controller 2 x Intel®82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller
(4 ports total)
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
Manageability •NC-SI, SMBus
•PXE, iSCSI boot
Virtualization acceleration Intel
®
I/O Acceleration Technology
Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)
PCI-SIG SR-IOV implementation
Connector RJ-45
Supported cable type CAT 5e wire
Memory specifications and population
Item Description
Supported memory types •Registered DDR3 1066 / 1333 MHz
•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.
NOTE: Support for 8 / 16 GB DIMMs may vary by regional
availability.
Single processor configuration guide
NOTE: Quad Rank DIMMs and Unbuffered DIMMs can only use a maximum of 6 slots
DIMM # DIMM1C DIMM
1B
DIMM
1A
DIMM
2C
DIMM
2B
DIMM2A DIMM3C DIMM3B DIMM3A
1 X
2 X X

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3 X X X
4 X X X X
6 X X X X X X
9 X X X X X X X X X
Dual processor configuration guide
NOTE: Quad Rank DIMMs and Unbuffered DIMMs can only use a maximum of 6 slots per CPU (12 slots
total)
DIMM
CPU 1 CPU 2
# 1C 1B 1A 2C 2B 2A 3C 3B 3A 1C 1B 1A 2C 2B 2A 3C 3B 3A
2 X X
3 X X X
4 X X X X
6 X X X X X X
8 X X X X X X X X
9 X X X X X X X X X
12 X X X X X X X X X X X X
18 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
3 DIMM per channel configuration is only available for single/dual rank RDIMM. UDIMM and Quad rank
RDIMM can only support 2 DIMM per channel.
* support depends on 8GB/16GB DIMM available
Mirroring mode:
•For mirroring mode, the memory contains a primary image and a copy of the primary image. Therefore,
the effective size of memory is reduced by at least one-half.
•Channel 3 is no function and can’t be populated in this mode.
•Follow the population rules described in independent mode.
•Mirroring mode needs the channel 1 & channel 2 with identical DIMM. DIMM slot populations within a
channel do not have to be identical but the same DIMM slot location across channel 1 and channel 2
must be the same. DIMM1A and DIMM2A should be the same type, size and manufacturer. DIMM1B
and DIMM2B memory should be the same type, size and manufacturer. DIMM1C and DIMM2C
memory should be the same type, size and manufacturer.
•Same rule is applied to the CPU2.
•3 DIMM per channel configuration is only available for single/dual rank RDIMM.
•Please refer to the User Guide for complete population for both single and dual processor
configurations.
Lockstep mode:
•In Lockstep Channel Mode, each memory access is a 128-bit data access that spans Channel 1 and
Channel 2. This is done to support SDDC for DRAM devices with 8-bit wide data ports. The same

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address is used on both channels such that an address error on any channel is detectable by bad
ECC. Lockstep Channel mode is the only RAS mode that supports x8 SDDC.
•Channel 3 is no function and can’t be populated in this mode.
•Follow the population rules described in independent mode.
•Lockstep mode needs the channel 1 & channel 2 with identical DIMM. DIMM slot populations within a
channel do not have to be identical but the same DIMM slot location across channel 1 and channel 2
must be the same. DIMM1A and DIMM2A should be the same type, size and manufacturer. DIMM1B
and DIMM2B memory should be the same type, size and manufacturer. DIMM1C and DIMM2C
memory should be the same type, size and manufacturer.
•Same rule is applied to the CPU2.
•3 DIMM per channel configuration is only available for single/dual rank RDIMM.
•Please refer to the User Guide for complete population for both single and dual processor
configurations.
.
Sparing mode:
•In this mode, if system detects degrading memory and system still not crash, the data in failed channel
will be copied to spare channel. Failed channel is then isolated and spare channel becomes active. But if
any uncorrectable error happens before the isolation, it will still cause the system stop normal operation.
•Channel 3 is the spare channel. Therefore, the effective size will be reduced by one-third.
•Follow the population rules described in independent mode.
•Sparing mode need all three channels with identical DIMMs. 1A, 2A and 3A should be the same type,
size and manufacturer. 1B, 2B and 3B memory should be the same type, size and manufacturer. 1C, 2C
and 3C memory should be the same type, size and manufacturer. Same rule is applied to CPU2.
•Memory sparing mode is only supported by Intel Xeon 5600 series processor. Intel Xeon 5500 series
processor does NOT support the memory sparing mode.
•3 DIMM per channel configuration is only available for single/dual rank RDIMM.
•Please refer to the User Guide for complete population for both single and dual processor
configurations.
Memory Identification
Generally, there are some memory information printed on the label of DIMM, but different vendor may have
different format. For example:
4GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R xx xx xxx
1. Density
1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB
2. Rank
1R = Single Rank
2R = Dual Rank
4R = Quad Rank
Note: if any quad rank DIMM is used, maximum only 2 DIMM per channel can be supported

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3. Bit Organization
This platform supports x4 and x8
Note: It’s not recommend to mix DIMM with different bit organization in one system
4. Speed
PC3 – 6400 => DDR3- 800
PC3 – 8500 => DDR3- 1066
PC3 – 10600 => DDR3- 1333

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Power specifications
720W Power Supply
Operational Input
Voltage Range
(Vrms)
100 to 240
Frequency
Range (Nominal)
(Hz)
60/50
Nominal Input
Voltage (Vrms)
100 120 208 200 220 230 240
Max. Rated
Output Wattage
720 720 720 720 720 720 720
Nominal Input
Current (A rms)
8.46 6.97 3.80 3.87 3.74 3.5 3.29
Max. Rated Input
Wattage Rating
(Watts)
846.0 836.4 790.4 774.0 822.8 805.0 789.6
Max. Rated VA
(Volt-Amp)
837.54 828.03 774.59 758.52 806.34 788.9 773.81
Efficiency (%) at
Max. Rated
Output Wattage
88.12 89.49 90.95 90.74 91.51 91.92 92.27
Power Factor 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98
Leakage Current
(mA)
0.17 0.19 0.29 0.31 0.35 0.37 0.41
Max. Inrush
Current (A peak)
17.24 19.41 18.52 16.88 16.48 20.47 22.54
Max. Inrush
Current Duration
(mS)
4.62 4.58 4.61 4.62 4.64 4.63 4.64
Max. British
Thermal Unit
Rating (BTU/hr)
2456.64 2456.64 2456.64 2456.64 2456.64 2456.64 2456.64

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Acer server software utilities
Smart Setup 2.X 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.
Smart Console Web-based management utility to simplify system management with embedded
iBMC, system monitoring and alerting, event handling, remote power control and
KVM-over-IP. Smart Console is OS independent and offers virtual media through
floppy, ODD, and removable disk.
Smart Server
Manager v1.1
Offering 24-7 monitoring for system health and performance.
Delivers proactive event management features including system event logging,
event handling from e-mail and SNMP Trap (PET) alerting.
Monitors onboard hardware, operating systems and virtual machines
Allows remote control from KVM and Power control
Satisfies management in web-based UI, role-based administration, and automated
management scripts.

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Available options
Processors (up to 2)
Intel® Xeon® processor (Six Core)
X5675 (12 MB L3 cache, 3.06 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 95W)
X5670 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.93 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 95 W)
X5660 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.80 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 95 W)
X5650 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.66 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 95 W)
L5640 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.26 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 60 W)
E5649 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.53 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 80 W)
E5645 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.40 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 80W)
Intel® Xeon® processor (Quad Core)
X5672 (12 MB L3 cache, 3.20 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 95W)
X5667 (12 MB L3 cache, 3.06 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 95 W)
X5570 (8 MB L3 cache, 2.93 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 95 W)
X5560 (8 MB L3 cache, 2.80 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 95 W)
X5550 (8 MB L3 cache, 2.66 GHz, DDR3-1333 MHz, 95 W)
E5640 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.66 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 80 W)
E5630 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.53 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 80 W)
E5620 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.40 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 80 W)
L5630 (12 MB L3 cache, 2.13 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 40 W)
L5609 (12 MB L3 cache, 1.86 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 40 W)
E5607 (8 MB L3 cache, 2.26 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 80 W)
E5606 (8 MB L3 cache, 2.13 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 80 W)
E5603 (4 MB L3 cache, 1.60 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 80 W)
E5540 (8 MB L3 cache, 2.53 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 80 W)
E5530 (8 MB L3 cache, 2.40 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 80 W)
E5520 (8 MB L3 cache, 2.26 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 80 W)
E5506 (4 MB L3 cache, 2.13 GHz, DDR3-800 MHz, 80 W)
E5504 (4 MB L3 cache, 2 GHz, DDR3-800 MHz, 80 W)
L5520 (8 MB L3 cache, 2.26 GHz, DDR3-1066 MHz, 60 W)
L5506 (4 MB L3 cache, 2.13 GHz, DDR3-800 MHz, 60 W)
Intel® Xeon® processor (Dual Core)
E5502 (4 MB L3 cache, 1.86 GHz, DDR3-800 MHz, 80 W)

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Memory
Memory type Registered / Unbuffered DDR3 ECC memory
Capacities 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 GB DIMMs
DIMM number 18
Max memory 192 GB (48 GB unbuffered)
Hard drives
Type Interface, bandwidth Capacities (RPM)
Enterprise SATA, 2.5” 3 Gb/s 150 GB (10K)
160 GB (7.2K)
300 GB (10K)
500 GB (7.2K)
1 TB (7.2K)
Enterprise SATA, 2.5” 6 Gb/s 250 GB (7.2K)
500 GB (7.2K)
1 TB (7.2K)
Enterprise SATA, 3.5” 3 Gb/s 250 GB (7.2K)
500 GB (7.2K)
750 GB (7.2K)
1 TB (7.2K)
2 TB (7.2K)
Enterprise SAS, 2.5”
NOTE: SAS drives require an
add-on RAID card
6 Gb/s 73 GB (15K)
146 GB (15K)
300 GB (10K)
450 GB (10K)
600 GB (10K)
Enterprise Nearline SAS, 3.5”
NOTE: SAS drives require an
add-on RAID card
6 Gb/s 500 GB (7.2K)
1 TB (7.2K)
2 TB (7.2K)
Enterprise SAS, 3.5”
NOTE: SAS drives require an
add-on RAID card
6 Gb/s 146 GB (15K)
300 GB (15K)
450 GB (15K)
600 GB (15K)

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Optical drives
DVD-ROM
SuperMulti (DVD ± RW)
RAID cards
Model Port number RAID support
LSI®MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i 4 internal ports 0, 1, 5, 10
LSI®MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i* 8 internal ports 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Flex I/O, LSI®SAS 2108* 8 internal ports 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
LSI®MegaRAID SAS 9260-16i* 16 internal ports 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
*Battery Backup Unit BBU07 available
RAID HBA for Tape Drive
Note: LTO tape drives require an add on card for external or internal connectivity
Model Port number RAID support
LSI®SAS3442E-R 4 internal / 4 external ports 0, 1, 10
Ethernet network cards
Model Port number Bandwidth
Intel®Gigabit CT2 desktop
adapter
1 10/100/1000 Mbps
Supermicro AOC-SG-i2 server
adapter
4 10/100/1000 Mbps
Supermicro AOC-SG-i4 server
adapter
4 10/100/1000 Mbps
Supermicro AOC-STGN-i2S
server adapter (DA2)*
2 10 Gbps
Intel®X520-SR1 server adapter* 1 10 Gbps
Intel®X520-SR2 server adapter* 2 10 Gbps
Intel®X520-LR1 server adapter* 1 10 Gbps
*Note: Intel’s 10GbE cards vary in terms or their connecter type. The X520-DA2 is a copper connector for
lengths up to 7M, while the X520-SR1/2 is an optical connection for cables up to 550M. The X520-LR1 is
for even longer cable lengths up to 10kM.
Fibre Channel HBAs
Model Port number Bandwidth
Qlogic®QLE2460 1 4 Gb/s

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Qlogic®QLE2462 2 4 Gb/s
Qlogic®QLE2560 1 8 Gb/s
Qlogic®QLE2562 2 8 Gb/s
Tape Backup Unit (TBU)
Model Tape capacity Form factor
LTO Ultrium-3, 3Gb/s SAS 400/800 GB External 1U rack
LTO-4, 3Gb/s SAS 400/800 GB External 1U rack
DAT72 SATA/USB TBU 36 GB
72 GB
Internal 5.25” half-height
DAT160 USB TBU 160 GB Internal 5.25” half-height
TPM module
TPM module with STMicro chip

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Service and support
Acer Servers offer a comprehensive service suite to take care of daily IT needs. Users can select the 3-
year standard 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.
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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.