Asus ESC4000 IB User Manual

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Contents
Revision history
Revision Revision history Date
V1 First release of ESC4000 Series conguration guide May 2011
Revision history .......................................................................................... iii
Safety information ...................................................................................... iv
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Key features .................................................................................. 1-2
1.2 System overview .......................................................................... 1-4
1.3 Front panel features ..................................................................... 1-5
1.4 Rear panel features ...................................................................... 1-5
1.5 Systemspecications ................................................................. 1-6
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 Server Management Board .............................. 2-7
2.5 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID module............................................ 2-8
2.6 NVIDIA
®
Tesla™ GPU computing modules ................................ 2-9
2.7 OS support list ........................................................................... 2-10

Asus ESC4000 IB Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel C602
Memory Slots	16 DIMM slots
Processor	Dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 series
Memory	Up to 512GB DDR3
Expansion Slots	7 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
Storage	8 x 2.5" HDD/SSD
Networking	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply	1+1 Redundant 80 PLUS Platinum Power Supply
GPU Support	Supports up to two double-width GPUs