ASUS RS300-E6PS2, RS300-E6PS4 User Manual

RS300-E6
Series

Conguration Guide

E5084

First Edition V1

September 2009

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Chapter 1: Product introductionII

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 ..................................................................... 1-5

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 ......................................................... 2-3

2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives ......................................................... 2-5

2.4 Installing ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card ........................................ 2-6

2.5 Installing ASUS Server Management Board .............................. 2-7

2.6 Installing PCI express cards ....................................................... 2-8

2.7 Friction rail kit .............................................................................. 2-9

2.8 OS support list ........................................................................... 2-10

Revision history

Revision Revision history Date

V1 First release of RS300-E6 Series conguration guide September 2009

ASUS RS300-E6 Series III

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, make sure 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.

Chapter 1: Product introductionIV

Chapter 1

This chapter describes the key features
of RS300-E6 Series. It includes
the product overview and general

specications.

Product introduction

1.1 Key features

Green Server with High Expandability & Upgradability

Support Up-to-date Intel CPU

The RS300-E6/PS4 is built with LGA Socket 1156, support 45nm Quad Core UP
CPU and dual-channel DDR3-1333, and it is also designed ready for next-gen

32 nm Dual Core UP CPU to allow effortless migration to Intel’s new platform

and therefore prolong your investment. The ASUS proprietary CPU heat-pipe will
deliver high thermal performance for stable computing applications.

High I/O Expandability

The RS300-E6 supports 2+1 I/O expansion slots in the 1U chassis, including one
PCI-E x8 slot to support low-prole/half-length card, one PCI-E x16 slot to support

full-height/half-length card, and another slot designed for ASUS optional PIKE card,
which brings seamless upgrade to SAS storage and RAID protection.

Green Design with 80+ PSU & Intelligent Fan Control

With current trends leaning towards power efciency, the RS300-E6/PS4 is
equipped with 80+ PSU to reduce the power loss and power consumption, and
save power bill for users. The ASUS intelligent FAN technology will optimize the

total FAN power and acoustic level to create a pleasant working environment for
customers.

Optional ASUS PIKE for Demand on Upgradability

In order to upgrade from SATA storage to SAS directly, ASUS recommends
customers to use its optional PIKE Upgrade Kit, which is compatible with IntelR

XEON 5500 & 3400 Series platform products. With PIKE, slim-sized and exible

storage options for customers can be achieved when upgrading directly to SAS

RAID with multiple I/O solutions, without sacricing expansion capabilities. Now
maximize your I/O performance and data protection in second!

Remote Management Solution °V ASUS ASMB4 iKVM

The optional ASMB4-iKVM upgrade kit provides remote real-time full control
access to the system based on BIOS-level by keyboard, video monitor and mouse
(KVM over Ethernet) from any local computer anywhere, anytime.

Save Effort with Auto-install CD

With the auto-install support CD, you don’t need to wait and click “next” step by

step, as the user’s preferences are pre-congured in the CD. As well, the correct

device drivers have been installed properly, and it’s not necessary to update device
drivers in OS, which will save time and effort of MIS.

Chapter 1: Product introduction1-2

1.2 System overview

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RS300-E6/PS2

Items Items

1. Front cover 2. Hard disk drive bays

3. Hard disk drive 4. Optical disc drive

5. 350W Single Power Supply 6. CPU

7. ASMB4-iKVM controller card 8. CPU heatsink

9. PCI-E 2.0 riser card 10. DDR3 DIMM

11. ASUS PIKE SAS controller card 12. System fans

13. Top cover 14. Friction Rail xing latches

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RS300-E6/PS4

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Items Items

1. Front cover 2. Hard disk drive bays

3. Hard disk drive 4. Optical disc drive

5. 350W Single Power Supply 6. CPU

7. ASMB4-iKVM controller card 8. CPU heatsink

9. PCI-E 2.0 riser card 10. DDR3 DIMM

11. ASUS PIKE SAS controller card 12. System fans

13. Top cover 14. Friction Rail xing latches

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1.3 Front panel features

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RS300-E6/PS2

Hot-swap HDD bays Optical driveRack screw Rack screw

Power button

USB ports

RS300-E6/PS4

Power LED
Location switch
Location LED
Reset button
Message LED
LAN1 LED
LAN2 LED
HDD Access LED

Rack screw

Hot-swap HDD bays

Optical drive

1.4 Rear panel features

Power cord connector

USB ports

Serial port

LAN port 3*

PS/2 keyboard port

PS/2 mouse port

Power supply fan

Gigabit LAN port 1

VGA port

USB ports

HDD Access LED

LAN2 LED
LAN1 LED

Message LED

Reset button

Location LED

Location switch

Gigabit LAN port 2

Rack screw

Power
button

Power
LED

ASUS RS300-E6 Series 1-5

1.5 Systemspecications

Model Name RS300-E6/PS2 RS300-E6/PS4

Processor / System Bus

Core Logic

ASUS Features

Memory

Expansion Slots

Storage SATA Controller

Smart Fan
ASWM2.0
Total Slots

Capacity

Memory Type

Memory Size

Total PCI/PCI-X/
PCI-E Slots

Slot Type

Additional Slot 1

1 x Socket LGA1156
Quad Core Intel Xeon 3400 series Server Processor

Quad Core Intel Core i7-800 series Desktop Processor*
Quad Core Intel Core i5-700 series Desktop Processor*
Dual Core 32nm CPU design Ready
* The Core i7/i5 series desktop processors support
DDR3 1333/1066 unbuffered DIMM with non-ECC only.

Intel® 3420 PCH

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√
6/4 (Lynneld / Clarkdale) (2 Channels)
Maximum up to 32GB (RDIMM) (Lynneld)

Maximum up to 16GB (UDIMM) (Lynneld / Clarkdale)

DDR3 1333/1066 Reg DIMM/Unbuffered DIMM with ECC

1 GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB (RDIMM)
1 GB, 2GB, 4GB (UDIMM)

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1 x PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot (x8 link) (Full-Height/HL)
1 x PCI-E 2.0 x8 slot (x8 link) (Low prole/HL)

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Intel® 3420:

2 x SATA2 300MB/s ports
Intel Matrix Storage (for
Windows only)

- Supports software
RAID 0 & 1
LSI MegaRAID (for
Linux / Windows)

- Supports software
RAID 0 & 1

(continued on the next page)

1 x PIKE Slot for Storage
Enhancement

Intel® 3420:

4 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

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Model Name RS300-E6/PS2 RS300-E6/PS4

- ASUS PIKE 1064E
4-port SAS RAID card

Storage SAS Controller

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- ASUS PIKE 1078 8-port
SAS HW RAID card

- ASUS PIKE 6480 8-port
SAS RAID card

HDD Bays

A or S = hot-

swappable
Networking LAN
Graphic VGA

Auxiliary Storage FDD / CD / DVD

I = internal

2 x Hot-swap 3.5” HDD

Bays

2 x Intel® 82574L + 1 x Mgmt LAN
Aspeed AST2050 8MB

1 x 5.25” Optical Device

Bay (Options: No ODD /
DVD-ROM / DVD-RW)

4 x Hot-swap 3.5” HDD

Bays

1 x Slim-type Optical
Device Bay (Options: No
ODD / DVD-ROM /
DVD-RW)

1 x External Serial Port
3 x RJ-45 ports (1 for ASMB4-iKVM)

Onboard I/O

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

Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise 32 / 64-bit
Windows® Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32 / 64-bit

OS Support

RedHat® Enterprise Linux AS5.0 32 / 64-bit
SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10 32 / 64-bit
(Subject to change without any notice)

Anti-virus Software

Management
Solution

Out of Band

Remote Hardware

Software
Dimension (HH x WW x DD)
Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM & HDD

not inclu ded)
Power Supply
Power Rating

Optional anti-virus CD Pack

Optional ASMB4-iKVM for KVM-over-IP support

ASUS ASWM 2.0

®

615mm x 444mm x 43.4mm

15 Kg

350W (80+) Single Power Supply
Input: 100–240V, 7–3.5A, 50–60Hz, Class I

Operation temperature: 10°C–35°C / Non operation

Environment

temperature: -40°C–70°C

Non operation humidity: 20%–90% ( Non-condensing)

*Specicationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

ASUS RS300-E6 Series 1-7

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Chapter 2

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

Components

2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink

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ASUS RS300-E6 Series supports Intel® Quad-Core / Dual-Core Xeon
/ Desktop Core i7 / i5 series processors.

The Core i7 / i5 series desktop processors support DDR3 1333/1066 unbuffered
DIMM with non-ECC only.

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3400 series

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2.2 Upgrading system memory

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DIMM_A3

DIMM_A2

DIMM_A1

DIMM_B3

DIMM_B2

DIMM_B1

The motherboard comes with six (6) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline
Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.

You may install 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB Registerd, or 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB

Unbuffered with ECC/Non-ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the

memory congurations in this section.

RDIMM*
DIMM Slot

Per Channel

DIMM Populated
per Channel

DIMM Type Speed Rank per DIMM

3 1 Registered DDR3 ECC 1333 Single Rank, Dual Rank
3 1 Registered DDR3 ECC 1066 Quad Rank
3 2 Registered DDR3 ECC 1333 Single Rank, Dual Rank
3 2 Registered DDR3 ECC 800** Quad Rank
3 3 Registered DDR3 ECC 800** Single Rank, Dual Rank

UDIMM
DIMM Slot

Per Channel

DIMM Populated
per Channel

DIMM Type Speed Rank per DIMM

2 1 Unbuffered DDR3 1333 Single Rank, Dual Rank
2 2 Unbuffered DDR3 1333 Single Rank, Dual Rank
*Support Low Voltage DIMMs; **Down from 1066 or 1333 MHz DIMM

• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum
compatibility, it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the
same vendor. DO NOT combine RDIMM and UDIMM.

• The motherboard supports x8 DRAM Only and x4 & x16 DRAM are not
supported

ASUS RS300-E6 Series 2-3

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
90-S000I0380T DDR3 1333 ECC REG 1G (10 in 1)
90-S000I0390T DDR3 1333 ECC REG 2G (10 in 1)
90-S000I0400T
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)

DDR3 1066 ECC UNB 2G SINGLE PACK

DDR3 1066 ECC REG 1G (10 in 1)

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2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives

The system supports eight hot-swap SATAII/SAS hard disk drives.

We recommend that you install identical drives of the same model and capacity

for RAID conguration.

Order P/N Description

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)*
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)

*SAS hard disk drives are supported by RS300-E6/PS4 only.

ASUS RS300-E6 Series 2-5

2.4 Installing ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card

PIN1 PIN2 PIN3 PIN1 PIN2 PIN3

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SATA1

SATA2

SATA3

SATA4

The ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card allows users to create RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and 50
from SAS hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard.

Move the

SGPIO_SEL1

jumper on the SATA/SAS backplane to 2–3.

Order P/N Description

90-C1SCM0-00UAY00Z PIKE 1064E (4-port SAS support Firmware RAID 0,1,1E)

90-C1SDB0-00XBN00Z PIKE 6480 (8-port SAS support Firmware RAID 0,1,10,5) (10 in 1)

90-C1SCN5-00UAY00Z PIKE 1078 (8-port SAS support Hardware RAID 0,1,10,5,50,6,60)

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2.5 Installing ASUS Server Management

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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).

ASUS Server Management Board

Baseboard Management
Controller (BMC) connector
(14-pin BMC_FW1)

ASMB4-iKVM

• Monitor the running status of major components via LAN or Serial Port, such

as CPU and memory utilization, storage capacity and networking transfer rate.

• Advanced server management functions including “remote power on/off/reset”,
“remote control via SOL (Serial-over LAN)” and “remote SEL (system event log
reading when the system is out-of-band)”.

• Support Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol (DHCP), which avoids
manually assigning IP address by setting DHCP mode to receive IP address

automatically.

Use the LAN3 port for
server management.

Order P/N Description

90-C1SD80-00UAN00Z ASMB4-iKVM Module (6 in 1)

ASUS RS300-E6 Series 2-7

LAN port 3

2.6 Installing PCI express cards

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The system supports PCIe x16 cards installation on the PCIe riser card brackets.

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2.7 Friction rail kit

Rear rack railsFront rack rails Frontrailrackjoints Front rail rack slots

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2.8 OS support list

Operating System Version

Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise 32/64 Edition
SP2

Microsoft Windows

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server

Linux

Virtualization

Order P/N Description

90-S00SW7140T Windows® Server 2008 STD 64-bit ENG
90-S00SW7150T Windows® Server 2008 STD 64-bit TCH

Windows Server 2008 Standard/enterprise 32/64 Edition
Windows Server 2008 Foundation 32/64

Windows Vista SP1 (Installation Only)
Windows XP Professional SP3 (Installation Only)

RHEL AS 4.0 UP7 32/64 bit
RHEL AS 5.0 UP3 32/64 bit

SLES 10 SP3 32/64 bit
SLES 11 32/64 bit

Fedora Core 10 (Installation Only)
Free BSD 7.1 (Installation Only)

VMWare ESX4.0
VMWare ESX4.0i

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