Asus RS500-E6/PS4 - 0 MB RAM User manual

RS500-E6/PS4
Conguration Guide

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Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................... III
Revision history.......................................................................................... III
Safety information ...................................................................................... IV
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Key features.................................................................................. 1-2
1.2 System overview.......................................................................... 1-3
1.3 Front panel features..................................................................... 1-4
1.4 Rear panel features...................................................................... 1-4
1.5 Systemspecications ................................................................. 1-5
Chapter 2: Components
2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink............................................. 2-2
2.2 Upgrading system memory......................................................... 2-4
2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives......................................................... 2-6
2.4 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID module............................................ 2-7
2.5 Installing ASUS Server Management Board.............................. 2-8
2.6 OS support list ............................................................................. 2-9
Revision history
Revision Revision history Date
V1 First release of RS500-E6/PS4 conguration guide February 2009

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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 qualied service technician or your dealer. Ensure that the power cables for
the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible,
disconnect all power cables from the existing system before you service.
• If the power supply is broken, do not try to x it by yourself. Contact a qualied
service technician or your dealer.
Operation Safety
• Servicing of this product or units is to be performed by trained service
personnel only.
• Before operating the server, carefully read all the manuals included with the
server package.
• Before using the server, ensure all cables are correctly connected and the
power cables are not damaged. If any damage is detected, contact your dealer
as soon as possible.
• To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from
connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry.
• Avoid dust, humidity, and temperature extremes. Place the server on a stable
surface.
This product is equipped with a three-wire power cable and plug for the user’s
safety. Use the power cable with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid
electrical shock.
Lithium-Ion Battery Warning
CAUTION! Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the
manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
CD-ROM Drive Safety Warning
CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT
Heavy System
CAUTION! This server system is heavy. Ask for assistance when moving or
carrying the system.

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This chapter describes the key
features of RS500-E6/PS4. It includes
the product overview and general
specications.
Chapter 1
Product introduction

Chapter 1: Product introduction1-2
1.1 Key features
Mass Storage & Memory Capacity
RS500-E6/PS4 has four 3.5” hot-swap HDD bays to support SATA or SAS HDDs,
meeting the demand of mass storage, using 12 DDR3-DIMM slots for enhanced
memory scalability.
Scalable & Flexible RAID solution –ASUS PIKE upgrade kit
ASUS unique PIKE upgrade kit meets the demand of direct SAS RAID upgrade
solution, connected through a unique slot without sacricing system expandability,
and compatible with all ASUS Tylersburg system.
User-friendly Server Remote Management - ASMB4-iKVM upgrade kit
With ASMB4 upgrade kit in remote severs, Local users can remote-manage remote
severs by keyboard, video monitor and mouse (KVM) of local side computer, and
share the date saved in a local side drive to remote target servers. It provides the
most quick and efcient way to recover the system in service and signicantly
improves the system’s availability by the complete remote management tools.
Virtualization Support
With Virtualization, Different application and operation software could share
hardware equipments in one system, It could increase server utilization, and
reduce IT total cost of ownership.RS500-E6/PS4 supports virtualization and is
certied by VMware.
GreenDesignwithhighpowerefciency
With 80+ PFC high efciency power supply, RS500-E6/PS4 is able to reduce the
power loss and power consumption, and save power bill for users.
ASUS EPU technology, which intelligently calibrates the best possible settings
to ensure the best power efciency, and all Japan-made 5000hr ultra durable
conductive polymer capacitors onboard provide durability, improved lifespan.

ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 1-3
1.2 System overview
Items Items
1. Central processing unit (CPU) 6. PIKE 1064E/1078 RAID module (optional)
2. CPU heatsink 7. Riser card bracket
3. System memory 8. Riser card
4. Hard disk drives 9. ASUS Server management board (optional)
5. HDD trays
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Chapter 1: Product introduction1-4
1.3 Front panel features
1.4 Rear panel features
12
Hot-swap HDD bays
Optical drive
Rack screw Rack screw
USB ports
LAN2 LED
HDD Access LED
LAN1 LED
Message LED
Power
button
Power
LED
Location switch
Reset button
Location LED
PS/2 keyboard port
USB ports
LAN port 1
Serial port VGA port
Expansion slots
LAN port 2
Power cord connector
Power supply fan PS/2 mouse port
LAN port 3*
• * The port is for ASUS ASMB4-iKVM controller card only.

ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 1-5
1.5 Systemspecications
Model Name RS500-E6/PS4
Processor / System Bus
2 x Socket LGA1366
Intel®Xeon® 5500 series processors (45nm)
Quad-Core / Dual-Core
QPI 4.8 / 5.86 / 6.4 GT/s
Core Logic Intel® 5500 I/O Hub
Intel® ICH10R
ASUS Features Smart Fan √
ASWM 2.0 √
Memory
Total Slots 12 (3-channel per CPU, 6 DIMMs per CPU)
Capacity Maximum up to 96GB (RDIMM)
Maximum up to 48GB (UDIMM)
Memory Type DDR3 1333 / 1066 / 800 Reg DIMM / Unbuffered
DIMM with ECC
Memory Size 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB
Expansion Slots
Total PCI/PCI-X/
PCI-E Slots 3
Slot Type
1 x PCI-E G2 x16 slot (G2 x8 link) (Full-Height/
Half-Length)
1 x PCI-E G2 x8 slot (G2 x8 link) (Full-Height/
Half-Length)
Additional Slot 1 x PIKE slot with PCI-E G1 x4 link
Storage
SATA Controller
Intel® ICH10R:
6 x SATA2 300MB/s ports
Intel®Matrix Storage (for Windows only)
- Supports software RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10
LSI MegaRAID (for Linux / Windows)
- Supports software RAID 0, 1 & 10
SAS Controller
Optional:
ASUS PIKE 1064E 4-port SAS RAID card
- Supports software RAID 0, 1 & 1E
ASUS PIKE 1078 8-port SAS RAID card
- Supports hardware RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 & 6
HDD Bays
I = Internal
A or S will be
hot-swappable
4 x Hot-swap 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD Bays
(continued on the next page)

Chapter 1: Product introduction1-6
*Specicationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.
Networking LAN 2 x Intel® 82574L PCI-E GbE LANs
Graphic VGA Aspeed AST2050 / 8MB
Auxiliary Storage CD / DVD 1 x Slim-type Optical Device Bay
Options: No Device / DVD-RW
Onboard I/O
1 x External Serial Port
3 x RJ-45 ports
4 x USB 2.0 ports (Front x 2, Rear x 2)
1 x VGA port
1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
OS Support
Windows® Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 32 / 64-bit
Windows® Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32 / 64-bit
RedHat® Enterprise Linux AS5.0 32 / 64-bit
SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 32 / 64-bit
(Subject to change without any notice)
Anti-virus Software CA® eTrust™ 7.1 anti-virus software (Optional)
Management
Solution
Out of Band
Remote
Hardware
Onboard IPMI Solution
ASMB4-iKVM for KVM-over-IP support (Optional)
Software ASUS ASWM 2.0 and SNMP®
Dimension (HH x WW x DD) 615mm x 444mm x 43.4mm
Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM &
HDD not inclu ded) 14 Kg
Power Supply 600W 80+ Single Power Supply
Environment
Operation temperature: 10°C ~ 35°C / Non operation
temperature: -40°C ~ 70°C
Non operation humidity: 20% ~ 90% ( Non-condensing)

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This chapter lists the key components
and optional accessories for the server
system.
Chapter 2
Components

Chapter 2: Components2-2
2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink
The ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 supports 1-2 Dual-core / Quad-core Intel® LGA1366
Xeon® 5500 series processor.
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ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 2-3
Order P/N Description
90-S000U0590T Dual-Core Intel Xeon E5502, 1.86G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0600T Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5504, 2.00G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0610T Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5506, 2.13G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0620T Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5520, 2.26G, QPI 5.86GT/s, 8MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0630T Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5530, 2.40G, QPI 5.86GT/s, 8MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0640T Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5540, 2.53G, QPI 5.86GT/s, 8MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0650T Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5550, 2.66G, QPI 6.4GT/s, 8MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0660T Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5560, 2.80G, QPI 6.4GT/s, 8MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0670T Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5570, 2.93G, QPI 6.4GT/s, 8MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0680T Quad-Core Intel Xeon W5580, 3.20G, QPI 6.4GT/s, 8MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0690T Quad-Core Intel Xeon L5506, 2.13G, QPI 4.8GT/s, 4MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink
90-S000U0700T Quad-Core Intel Xeon L5520, 2.26G, QPI 5.86GT/s, 8MB L2,
Single Pack with 1U Heatsink

Chapter 2: Components2-4
2.2 Upgrading system memory
The motherboard comes with twelve (12) Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Fully-
Buffered Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) slots.
Recommendedmemorycongurations
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3
4
5
6
12 11 10 987
123456
DIMM_A2
DIMM_A1
DIMM_B2
DIMM_B1
DIMM_C2
DIMM_C1
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8
9
10
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12
DIMM_D2
DIMM_D1
DIMM_E2
DIMM_E1
DIMM_F2
DIMM_F1
Installing one CPU
CPU1 CPU2
DIMM slots C1 C2 B1 B2 A1 A2 D1 D2 E1 E2 F1 F2
1 DIMM V
2 DIMMs V V
3 DIMMs V V V
4 DIMMs V V V V
5 DIMMs V V V V V
6 DIMMs V V V V V V
1 DIMM V
2 DIMMs V V
3 DIMMs V V V
4 DIMMs V V V V
5 DIMMs V V V V V
6 DIMMs V V V V V V
Installing two CPUs
CPU1 CPU2
DIMM slots C1 C2 B1 B2 A1 A2 D1 D2 E1 E2 F1 F2
1 DIMM V
2 DIMMs V V
3 DIMMs V V V
4 DIMMs V V V V
5 DIMMs V V V V V
6 DIMMs VVVVVV
7 DIMMs VVVVVVV
8 DIMMs V V V V V V V V
9 DIMMs V V V V V V V V V
10 DIMMs V V V V V V V V V V
11 DIMMs V V V V V V V V V V V
12 DIMMs V V V V V V V V V V V V

ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 2-5
Order P/N Description
90-S000I0300T DDR3 1333 ECC REG 1G SINGLE PACK
90-S000I0310T DDR3 1333 ECC REG 2G SINGLE PACK
90-S000I0320T DDR3 1066 ECC REG 1G SINGLE PACK
90-S000I0330T DDR3 1066 ECC REG 2G SINGLE PACK
90-S000I0340T DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 1G SINGLE PACK
90-S000I0350T DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 2G SINGLE PACK
90-S000I0360T DDR3 1066 ECC UNB 1G SINGLE PACK
90-S000I0370T DDR3 1066 ECC UNB 2G SINGLE PACK
90-S000I0380T DDR3 1333 ECC REG 1G (10 in 1)
90-S000I0390T DDR3 1333 ECC REG 2G (10 in 1)
90-S000I0400T DDR3 1066 ECC REG 1G (10 in 1)
90-S000I0410T DDR3 1066 ECC REG 2G (10 in 1)
90-S000I0420T DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 1G (10 in 1)
90-S000I0430T DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 2G (10 in 1)
90-S000I0440T DDR3 1066 ECC UNB 1G (10 in 1)
90-S000I0450T DDR3 1066 ECC UNB 2G (10 in 1)

Chapter 2: Components2-6
2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives
The system supports four hot-swap SATAII/SAS hard disk drives.
Order P/N Description
SAS HDD
90-S000H6210T HDD SAS 450G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack)
90-S000H6220T HDD SAS 300G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack)
90-S000H6230T HDD SAS 146G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack)
SATAII HDD
90-S000H6240T HDD SATA2 1T 3.5” with tray (Single Pack)
90-S000H6250T HDD SATA2 750G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack)
90-S000H6260T HDD SATA2 500G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack)
90-S000H6270T HDD SATA2 320G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack)
90-S000H6280T HDD SATA2 250G 3.5” with tray (Single Pack)
We recommend that you install identical drives of the same model and capacity
for RAID conguration.
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ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 2-7
2.4 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.
Order P/N Description
90-C1SCM0-00UAY00Z ASUS PIKE 1064E 4-port SAS Module (Support Integrated
RAID 0, 1, 1E)
90-C1SCN5-00UAY10Z ASUS PIKE 1078 8-port SAS RAID Module (Support Hardware
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10)
SATA4
SATA3
SATA2
SATA1
SAS1
SAS2
SAS3
SAS4
1
2
3
5
4
SGPIO_SEL1
SGPIO_SEL1
On-Board
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Add-On Card
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1. Insert the RAID card into the PIKE RAID
card slot, ensuring that it is completely
seated on the PIKE RAID card slot.
2. Remove the data cables connected to the
SATA connectors on the motherboard.
3. Connect the data cables, by numerial
order, to the SAS connectors labeled
SAS1-4 (red) on the motherboard.
4. Set the SGPIO_SEL1 jumper on the backplane to pin 2-3 when connecting
data cables to the SAS connectors on the motherboard.
5. Install the i Button*.
* PIKE 1078 module won’t function if the i Button is not installed.

Chapter 2: Components2-8
2.5 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).
Order P/N Description
90-C1SD80-00UAN00Z ASMB4-iKVM Module (6 in 1)
ASMB4-iKVM
• Remote real-time access to servers with full control by keyboard, video monitor
and mouse (KVM) of a single local computer from anywhere at any time. In
addition, KVM function is based on BIOS-level access, therefore, even the server
OS is down, the KVM module can still work to provide around-the-clock remote
monitor and diagnosis through GUI (Web-based Graphical User Interface).
• Advanced server management functions including “remote power on/off/reset”,
“remote hardware health monitoring” and “system event log”.
• Allows administrators to share the date saved in a local drive (oppy, CD/
DVD-ROM, ash device, HDD) to target servers, which makes data-sharing
convenient.
We recommend to use
LAN port 3 (dedicated
LAN) or LAN port 1
(shared LAN) for server
management.
LAN port 3
Baseboard Management Controller
(BMC) connector (14-pin BMC_FW1)
ASUS Server Management Board
LAN port 1

ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 2-9
2.6 OS support list
Order P/N Description
90-S00SW7140T Windows® Server 2008 STD 64-bit ENG
90-S00SW7150T Windows® Server 2008 STD 64-bit TCH
OS support list
Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit
Windows® Server 2003 Enterprise 32/64-bit
RedHat® Enterprise Linux AS5.0 32/64-bit
SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10 32/64-bit

Chapter 2: Components2-10