ASUS AP1700 User Guide

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AP1700

Intel® Xeon Tower/5U Rackmount Server

with 533MHz FSB support

User’ s Manual

System Package Contents

The following checklist enumerates the components included in the
standard system package.

1) ASUS AS-35 Tower/5U Rackmount chassis

2) ASUS PR-DLS533 motherboard

3) 500W+500W redundant power supply

4) Backplane board (BP6LS-AS35)

5) CD-ROM drive (1 piece)

6) Floppy disk drive (1 piece)

7) Special heatsink with fan assembly (2 sets)

8) Hot swap SCSI hard disk drive tray (6 units)

9) AC power cord (2 pieces)

10) Support CD that includes drivers, utilities, ASUS System
Monitoring Agent (ASMA) with the ASUS Server Web-based
Management (ASWM)

11) Trend Micro Server Protect anti-virus software full user version CD
enterprise edition

12) Motherboard user guide

13) System user guide

14) LSI SCSI controller user guide

15) ASMS (ASMA + ASWM) user guide

16) chassis roller wheels (4 sets)

17) Keys x 2

18) Screws and labels

Optional:

1) ASUS AS-35 5U rackmount rail kit

2) LSI MegaRAID 320-0 Zero channel RAID card

If any of the above items is missing, contact your dealer.

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Chapter 1

This chapter describes the general features of
the AP1700 system server. It includes sections
on front panel, rear panel and internal
specifications.

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System Overview

1.1 System Features

The ASUS AP1700 server is a stylish server system featuring the
ASUS PR-DLS533 motherboard. The server supports the Intel® Xeon
processor in a 604-pin socket, and includes the latest I/O, LAN, and
video technologies through the chipsets embedded on the
motherboard.

The following are highlights of the server’s many features:

• Chassis: Pedestal or rackmount 5U with removable front door
bezel and chassis foot stand or roller-wheels.

• Motherboard: ASUS PR-DLS533

• Chipset: RCC Grand Champion LE Server 3.1 (GCLE), RCC
Champion South Bridge 5.0 (CSB5), RCC Champion I/O Bridge

2.0 (CIOB-X2)

• Memory: Supports six 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets, PC2100/
PC1600 registered ECC DDR DIMMs, 128MB to 12GB system
memory.

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• Processor: Support for two Intel

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XeonTM processor up to 2.8

GHz+ frequency.

• Network Controller: Intel

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82544GC Gigabit Ethernet controller ,

Intel® 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet controller

• Drive Controller: LSI 53C1030/64-bit/100MHz Dual Ultra-320
channels. Two UltraDMA 100 IDE channels.

• Graphics: ATI RAGE-XL PCI with 8MB PC-100 SDRAM video
memory

• Onboard IO: 1 X PS/2 mouse port, 1 X PS/2 keyboard slot, 1 X
serial ports, 1 X 15-pin VGA port, 1 X floppy drive slot, 2 X IDE
ports, 4 X USB ports, 2 X RJ-45 LAN port, 2 X 68-pin SCSI
connectors

• Special IO: IPMB connector, SM-Bus

• Expansion: 5 X 64-bit 3V PCI-X slots, 1 X 32-bit/33Mhz 5V PCI
slot

• Device Bays: 6 X hot-swap trays for SCA SCSI hard drives, 3 X

5.25 inch bay, 1 X floppy disk drive bay.

• Power Supply: 500W redundant power supply.

• Hardware Monitors: Voltage, temperature, Automatic System
Restart (ASR), fan speed.

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1.2 Front Panel Features

The front panel allows easy access to the hard disk drives. The power
and reset buttons, LED indicators, optical drive, floppy drive and two
USB connectors are also located on the front panel. For future
installation of 5.25 devices, there are two drive bays available. The
front panel of the server is protected by a door and lock for added
security.

CD-ROM Drive

3.5” Floppy Drive

2 empty 5.25” bays
Drive Status LED
Drive Activity LED

Reset Button
Power Button

Power LED
HDD Access LED
Message LED

6 SCA SCSI Hard
Drive Swap Trays

2 USB PortsFront Door Lock

For more detailed information of each LED display, refer to
“1.5 LED Table” on page 1-6.

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1.3 Rear Panel Features

The server rear panel includes the connectors, the system devices,
a chassis lock and six full-length expansion cards slot. The following
shows the features on the rear side of the server.

AC Power IN Connector
AC Power Status LED

PS/2 mouse port
PS/2 keyboard port

2 x USB ports
Serial port

Parallel port
VGA port

Dual Gigabit
LAN ports

12 cm chassis fan

Chassis Lock

6 Full-Length PCI Slots

High Density 68-pin
SCSI Connector

You may secure the chassis lock with an additional padlock
or other security device for added server system security.

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1.4 Internal Features

The standard components inside the server include the motherboard,
power supply, floppy and CD-ROM drives, and cables. The picture
below shows the standard components of the server.

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2

7

11

3

6

8

4

5

10

9

1. Redundant power
supply cage

2. 6 x DDR DIMM sockets

3. 2 x IDE cable

4. 5

1/4” CD-ROM drive

5. HDD hot swap modules

6. 5 x 64 bit 3V PCI-X slots

7. CPU sockets

8. Internal 68-pin SCSI cable

9. PCI Long Card support guide

10. 12 cm hot swap
module blower

11. PR-DLS533 motherboard

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1.5 LED Table

The following table describes the LED display found on the front panel
and rear panel of the AP1700 server system.

Icon

1

1

2

3

LED

Drive Status

LED

Drive Activity

LED

Power LED

HDD Access

LED

Display Description

Green

Red

Red blinking

Blinking

ON

Blinking

OFF

Blinking

HDD insert and
Power status is good

HDD Fail

HDD rebuilding (RAID
card SAF-TE* function)

HDD Read/Write data

System power ON
Suspend Mode

No activity
Read/Write data in HDD

OFF

4

*SCSI Access Fault - Tolerant Enclosure

Message

LED

Blinking

Normal/No incoming event
ASMS indicate HW

monitor event

1

2
3
4

Only RAID cards with SAF-TE feature is enabled with HDD
rebuilding function.

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