Acer AR385 F1 User manual

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Acer AR385 F1 Specifications
AR385 F1 Product Overview
The AcerAR385 F1 is a dual socket 2U server for space-conscious users who demand the highest
performance and utmost expansion capability. Offering low power consumption and a
comprehensive suite of management features, the Acer AR385 F1 delivers optimized
price/performance for enterprise deployments.
Product Front View
Product Inside View
1.
24 x ECC DDR3 1066/1333 MHz registered or unbuffered memory slots
2.
2 x AMD Opteron™series processors supporting up to 12-cores per processors
3.
2 x 720 W 80 PLUS®gold-level efficient hot-swap power supplies (1+1 redundant)
4.
Hot-plug redundant system cooling fans
5.
2 x USB 2.0 Front-mounted connectors
6.
Power button, System ID button, LED indicators (Power, HDD activity, LAN 1-4 status, system
ID/status/fault), video port
7.
Support for up to sixteen 2.5” or six 3.5” hot-plug SATA or SAS hard disk drives
8.
1 x Slim-line Optical drive bay and 1 5.25” Tape drive bay
8.
7 x PCI Express®slots

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Product Rear View
1.
PS2 keyboard connector
2.
PS2 mouse connector
3.
2 x USB 2.0 connectors
4
Management IPMI LAN connector
5.
COM (Serial) connector
6.
Video connector
7.
4 x Gigabit LAN connectors
8.
ID LED
What's New
NewAMD Opteron™6100 series processors
2 x 720 W 80PLUS®gold-level efficient power supply units (1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable)
DDR3 memory
Product Specifications
Processors and Chipset
Up to two AMD Opteron™6100 series processors
Chipset: AMD SR5690/SP5100
Memory1
Memory capacity:
Registered DIMM: 2, 4, 8, 16 GB2
Unbufferred DIMM: 2, 4 GB
Up to 192 GB registered DIMMs when fully populated with 3 DIMMs per channel in 24 slots
Up to 64 GB unbuffered DIMMs when fully populated with 2 DIMMs per channel in 16 slots
Network Controllers
2 X Integrated Intel® 82576EB dual-port Gigabit Ethernet Controller (4 ports total)
1
Mixed use of registered memory and unbuffered ECC memory not supported
2
16 GB memory modules available by special request only

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Storage
Hard disk form factor: 2.5” or 3.5”
Type: SAS/ SATA/ SSD with hot plug capability
HDD Capacity (enterprise level):
3.5” SAS HDD capacity: 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB
3.5” SATA HDD capacity: 250 GB, 500 GB, 1TB, 2TB
2.5” SAS HDD capacity: 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB
2.5” SATA HDD capacity: 150 GB, 300 GB, 500 GB
2.5” SSD capacity: 32 GB and 64 GB
3.5” Maximum capacity:
Up to 12 TB SATA(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 8 TB SATA(500 GB 2.5" x 16 HDDs)
Up to 9.6 TB SAS (600 GB 2.5” x 16 HDDs)
Storage Controllers
Integrated AMD®SP5100 Chipset Serial ATA host controller with RAID 0, 1, 10 support
Optional PCIe®4-port/8-port and 16-port 6Gb/s SAS RAID card (standard on some models)
Expansion slots
Three full height PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots (with x8 link; left)
One low profile PCI-E 2.0 x4 slot (right)
Two low profile PCI-E 2.0 x4 slots (with x2 link; right)
Management
Acer Smart Server Manager
System ID LED buttons, System Health LED
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
SuSE®Linux Enterprise Server 11
VMware ESXi™4
VMware ESX™4

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Input/output interface
Front
One Power/off button
LED indicators: power, HDD activity, LAN port 1 through 4, and ID
Two USB 2.0 ports
One VGA port
Rear
PS2 keyboard port
PS2 mouse port
Two USB 2.0 ports
Four RJ-45 ports (quad Gigabit NIC) with activity and link indicators
RJ-45 port (dedicated for management NIC) with activity and link indicators
Serial (DB-9) port
SVGA (DB-15) port
ID LED
Optical drive
Slim-line SATA DVD/RW
Optional 5.25” tape drive
Chassis/Form Factor
2U rack optimized
Power Supply
1 Power Supply Standard, 2nd optional
Up to 2 x 720 W 80 PLUS®Gold-level efficient hot-swap power supplies (1+1 redundant)
Regulatory Compliant Standards
EMC
FCC (Class A)
CE (Class A)
BSMI (Class A)
Safety
UL/cUL
CB
Nemko/GS

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Technical Specifications
Dimensions
(with bezel)
438.4 mm (W) x 705 mm (D) x 88.1 mm (H) ( 17.3 x 27.8 x 3.5 inches)
Form factor
2U rack optimized with cable arms included
Weight
(approximate)
Maximum
(All component slots and sockets
fully installed)
39 kg (88.1 lbs)
Minimum
(One HDD, power supply, and
processor installed)
28.5 kg (62.8 lbs)
BTU rating
Maximum
3276 BTU/hr
System inlet
temperature
Operating
10° - 35° C (50° - 95° F) at sea level with an
altitude derating of 1° C per 305 m (1.8° F per
1000 ft.) above sea level to a maximum of 3050 m
(10,000 ft.) no direct sustained sunlight.
Maximum rate of change is 10°C/hr (18°F/hr).
The upper limit depends the type and number
of options installed. System performance may
be reduced if operating with a fan fault or
above 30°C (86°F).
Non-operating
-40° - 70° C (-40° - 158° F) Maximum rate of
change is 20°C/hr (36°F/hr).
Relative humidity
(non-condensing)
Operating
8 - 90 % relative humidity (Rh), 28° C (82.4° F)
maximum wet bulb temperature, non-condensing
Non-operating
5 - 95 % relative humidity (Rh), 38.7° C (101.7° F)
maximum wet bulb temperature, non-condensing
Acoustic noise
Listed are the declared A-weighted sound power levels (LWAd) and declared
average bystander positionA-weighted sound pressure levels (LpAm) when the
product is operating in a 21° C ambient environment. Noise emissions were
measured in accordance with ISO 7779.
Idle
LWAd: 6.4 BA/ LpAm: 45.8 dBA
Operating
LWAd: 7.2 BA/ LpAm: 53.6 dBA
Emissions
classification
(EMC)
FCC rating
Class A
Normative standards
EN55022, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, CISPR
22 Class A
Power supply
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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Standard Features
Processors
AMD Opteron™processor (12-Core)
6174 (2.2G, L2-3MB, L3-12M, FSB 3200, 45nm 12 cores, G34 socket, D1)
6172 (2.1G, L2-3MB, L3-12M, FSB 3200, 45nm 12 cores, G34 socket, D1)
AMD Opteron™processor (8-Core)
6136 (2.4G, L2-3MB, L3-12M, FSB 3200, 45nm 8 cores, G34 socket, D1)
6128 (2.0G, L2-3MB, L3-12M, FSB 3200, 45nm 8 cores, G34 socket, D1)
AMD Opteron™processor (low-voltage)
6128HE (2.0G, L2-3MB, L3-12M, FSB 3200, 45nm 8 cores, G34 socket, D1)
Chipset
AMD SR5690/SP5100
Memory3
Type
DDR3 1066/1333 MHz registered memory
DDR3 1066/1333 MHz unbuffered ECC memory
DIMM sockets
24
Capacity
Registered DIMM: 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 GB4
Unbuffered ECC DIMM: 2 / 4 GB
Maximum capacity
Registered DIMM: 192 GB
Unbuffered DIMM: 64 GB
Note: AMD’s chipset architecture limits quad rank 16GB to
one DIMM per channel
Memory protection
ECC, Online Spare Mode
Network controller
Integrated dual Intel® 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (quad ports)
3
Mixed use of registered memory and unbuffered ECC memory not supported.
4
16 GB memory modules available by special request only

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Expansion slots
The primary I/O bus for the main board is PCIe Gen2. The following table lists the characteristics
of the PCI-E bus segments.
PCI express Bus Segment Characteristics of PCI Express Topology
Expansion Slot #
# of
slots
Type
Bus
Width1
Vol.
Con.
Width
Location
Length
PCIe
3
PCIe Gen 2
x8
3.3V
x16
Left
Full height
PCIe
1
PCIe Gen 2
x4
3.3V
x4
Right
Low profile
PCIe
2
PCIe Gen 2
x2
3.3V
x4
Right
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.
Storage controller
AMD®SP5100 SATA controller
Integrated Serial ATA
controller
Simultaneous drive
transfer channels
6 channels
Transfer rate
synchronous (maximum
theoretical)
3 Gb/s per channel
Data transfer method
Non-RAID mode
RAID mode (Adaptec®RAID driver)
Drive support
Serial ATA
Data transfer modes
Legacy mode
Combined mode
Protocol
Serial ATA
Feature
NCQ (Native Command Queuing)
AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface)
RAID levels supported
0, 1, 10
RAID features
Supports multiple logical volumes
Supports setup through ROM based array
configuration utility installation scripting
NOTE: This controller requires the software RAID
driver to support hot-plug functions.
RAID OS support
Windows Server®2003
Windows Server®2008
Windows Server®2008 R2
Red Hat®Enterprise Linux 5.4
Novell®SuSE®Linux Enterprise Server 11
VMWare ESXi™4
VMWare ESX™4

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Two Embedded dual-
port Gigabit server
adapter (Intel 82576EB)
quad port total
Network interface
10Base-T
100Base-TX
1000Base-TX
Compatibility
IEEE 802.3 10Base-T
IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T
IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX
Data transfer method
Four lane (x4), 100 MHz PCI Express reference clock
Network transfer rate
10Base-T (half-duplex)
10 Mb/s
10Base-T (full-duplex)
20 Mb/s
100Base-TX (half-duplex)
100 Mb/s
100Base-TX (full-duplex)
200 Mb/s
1000Base-TX (half- and full-duplex)
2000 Mb/s
Connector
RJ-45
Cable support
CAT 5e wire
Virtualization
acceleration
Intel I/O Acceleration Technology
Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)
PCI-SIG SR-IOV implementation
Manageability
NC-SI SMBus, PXE, iSCSI boot
Storage
Maximum
internal storage
Hard disk drive
Up to 6 hot-pluggable 3.5" SATA/SAS HDD
Up to 16 hot-pluggable 2.5” SATA/SAS/SSD HDD
3.5” Maximum capacity
2.5” Maximum capacity
Up to 12 TB SATA
Up to 3.6 TB SAS
Up to 8 TB SATA
Up to 9.6 TB SAS
Up to 1 TB SSD

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Drive Support –Optical and Hard Disk Drive
Optical Drive Support
Drive
Quantity
Supported
Bay
Supported
Required Controller
Slim type SATA DVD/RW
Optical Drive
Up to 1
A
Integrated SATA controller

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Hard Disk Drive Support
Tape Backup Drive Support
Drive
Quantity
Supported
Bay
Supported
Required Controller
2.5” SATA/SAS/SSD
hard drives
Up to 16
0 - 15
Integrated SATA controller for up to 4
SATA HDD’s
4-port SAS RAID card for up to 4
SAS/SATA/SSD HDD’s*
8-port SAS RAID cards for up to 8
SAS/SATA/SSD HDD’s*
16-port SAS RAID card for up to 16
SAS/SATA/SSD HDD’s
3.5” SATA/SAS hard
drives
Up to 6
0 - 5
Integrated SATA controller for up to 4
SATA HDD’s
4-port SAS RAID card for up to 4
SAS/SATA/SSD HDD’s*
8-port SAS RAID card for up to 6
SAS/SATA HDD’s*
*standard on some models
NOTE: Transfer rates of drives are dependent on the maximum transfer rate supported by the
host bus adapter (HBA) or controller.
Drive
Bay Supported
Required Controller
LTO-3 1U SAS Rackmount (external) Tape
Drive kit
External
SAS card
LTO-4 1U SAS Rackmount (external) Tape
Drive kit
External
SAS card
160/320 GB, DAT320, 5.25”, internal half
height, USB interface
B
Internal USB 2.0 ports
80/160 GB, DAT160, 5.25”, internal half
height, USB interface
B
Internal USB 2.0 ports
36/72 GB, DAT72 (DDS Gen-5), 5.25”,
internal half height, USB interface
B
Internal USB 2.0 ports