ASUS TS300-E7PS4 Configuration Guide

TS300-E7/PS4

Conguration Guide

E6469

First Edition

May 2011

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Contents

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 ...................................................................... 1-6

1.5 Systemspecications ................................................................. 1-7

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 ......................................................... 2-4

2.4 Installing ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card ........................................ 2-5

2.5 Installing ASUS Server Management Board .............................. 2-6

2.6 Installing Expansion card ............................................................ 2-8

2.7 Rackmount rail kit ........................................................................ 2-9

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

Revision history

Revision Revision history Date

V1 First release of TS300-E7/PS4 conguration guide May 2011

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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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Chapter 1

This chapter describes the key

features of TS300-E7/PS4. It includes

the product overview and general

specications.

Product introduction

1-

1.1 Key features

The TS300-E7/PS4 is a single-socket pedestal server system based on quad/dual-

Core Intel® E3-1200/ Core™ i3-2100 processors and the Intel® C204PCH chipset

with support for up to 32GB DDR3 1333MHz unbuffered ECC memory. This

provides immediate performance upscaling and higher processing speeds. With

2 native SATA 6Gb/s ports, 4 hot-swap hard drive trays and ASUS PIKE cards,
the TS300-E7/PS4 delivers improved data transfer rates, more exible storage

expansion and complete RAID for SMB users.

The latest Intel® CPUs

The TS300-E7/PS4 is ready for the latest generation of Intel® Xeon® 32nm quad/
dual-core UP processors, which offer a signicant performance improvement over

previous generation CPUs. Meanwhile, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 provides

an efcient, dynamic and intelligent way to enhance performance on demand.

Quad Intel® server-class Gigabit LAN

Quad Intel® Gigabit LAN with teaming doubles bandwidth over standard dual

LAN servers and supports better fault tolerance technology. Also, load balancing
handles trafc for stronger and faster networking. IPv6 readiness resolves
upcoming IPv4 address shortages even before they occur, hassle-free.

ASUS PIKE upgrade kit for SAS storage

The TS300-E7/PS4 offers optional and exclusive PIKE upgrade kits for users to
boost storage from SATA to SAS. Multiple I/O options and the slim, exible PIKE
card let users switch to SAS RAID without sacricing expansion capabilities.

Flex-E technology for server/workstation dual use

ASUS Flex-E provides exible PCI-E congurations and auto-switching between
a single PCI-E x16 link (graphics card supported) and twin PCI-E x8 link (for I/O

expansion), allowing the product to work as a workstation for servers. FCC Class

B certication and the optional rack mount kit make the TS300-E7/PS4 perfect as
either a pedestal or 5U rack, and suitable for personal use or ofce applications.

Considerate tool-less design

To minimize maintenance hassles, the TS300-E7/PS4 uses a tool-less design
in several components, including back fan module, optical devices, and PCI-E/

hard drive cages. These reduce the time and effort MIS needs to allocate for
maintenance.

Optional ASMB5-iKVM upgrade kit for easy management

Optional ASMB5-iKVM upgrade kits provide BIOS-level remote real-time control of

the system via keyboard, monitor and mouse (KVM over Ethernet) from any local
computer.

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Optional ASUS TPM module

Supporting TXT technology, the ASUS TPM module helps stop Trojan and malware

incursions. With Hypervisor active on start-up, users are protected from software

attacks and data stays safe from memory snooping.

80+ energy saving power supply

The TS300-E7/PS4 ships with an 80+ bronze power supply to reduce power loss

and power consumption, saving users money through lower energy bills.

RoHS and Energy Star compliance

Both product and packaging meet the strictest environmental standards in line

with the ASUS vision of creating green, environmentally-friendly and recyclable
technology to safeguard consumer health while minimizing ecological impact.

Designed for virtualization

Virtualization provides central management, reducing power consumption, cooling

costs and space requirements. With an onboard vertical USB connector designed
for VMWare® ESXi, it’s easy to make the most of virtualization.

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1.2 System overview

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

9

Items Items

1. Central processing unit (CPU) 6. ASUS Server management board (optional)

2. CPU heatsink and fan 7. ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card (optional)

3. System memory 8. Expansion card

4. Hard disk drivesHard disk drives 9. Rackmount rail kit (optional)

5. HDD traysHDD trays

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1.3 Front panel features

Message LED

HDD access LED

Power LED

Optical drive

Empty 5.25-inch bays

4-bay HDD cage

LAN1 LED
LAN2 LED

Security lock

Power button

Reset button

Headphone output jack*

Microphone jack*

USB 2.0 ports

*The function of front panel audio I/O ports is available only when the sound card is
installed.

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1.4 Rear panel features

Power connector

PS/2 mouse port

PS/2 keyboard port

USB 2.0 ports

VGA port

Gigabit LAN port 1
Gigabit LAN port 2
Gigabit LAN port 3
Gigabit LAN port 4

*The port is for ASUS ASMB5-iKVM controller card only.

500W(80+) Bronze
Single power supply

Chassis lock

LAN port 5*

120mm x 38mm
system fan

Chassis intrusion switch

Expansion slots

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1.5 Systemspecications

Model Name TS300-E7/PS4

1 x Socket LGA1155

Processor / System Bus

Core Logic

Smart Fan

ASUS Features

Memory

Expansion Slots

Storage

HDD Bays

Networking LAN
Graphic VGA

ASWM
Enterprise

Total Slots
Capacity
Memory Type
Memory Size
Total PCI/PCI-X/

PCI-E Slots

Slot Type

Additional Slot 1

SATA Controller

SAS Controller

I = internal
A or S = hot­swappable

Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 Processor Family
Intel® Core™ i3-2100 Processor Family

Intel® C204 chipset

√

√

4 DIMMs (2 Channels)
Maximum up to 32GB
DDR3 1066/1333 ECC UDIMM
1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB

6

1 x PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot (x16/x8 link) -- (Flex-E)
1 x PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot (x8 link)
1 x PCI-E 2.0 x8 slot (x4 link)
3 x PCI 32bit / 33MHz

1 x PIKE slot for Storage Enhancement

Intel® C204:

- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports

- Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RST)
supports software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 (Windows)

LSI MegaRAID driver:

- Supports software RAID 0, 1 & 10 (Windows &
Linux)

Optional:

ASUS PIKE 2108 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card
ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card
ASUS PIKE 2008 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card
ASUS PIKE 1068E 8-port SAS RAID card
ASUS PIKE 6480 8-port SAS RAID card

4 x Hot-swap 3.5” HDD Bays

4 x Intel® 82574L + 1 x Mgmt LAN

Aspeed AST2050 16MB

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Auxiliary Storage FDD / CD /
DVD

Onboard I/O

OS Support

Anti-virus Software

Management
Solution

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

HDD not inclu ded)
Power Supply
Power Rating

Environment

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

Out of Band
Remote
Hardware

Software

3 x 5.25” media bays
(Options: No device / DVD-RW)

5 x RJ-45 ports (1 for ASMB5-iKVM)
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 R2
Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit
Windows® Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32/64-bit
RedHat® Enterprise Linux AS5.5/6.0 32/64-bit
SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3/11 32/64-bit
(Subject to change without any notice)

Optional anti-virus CD Pack

Optional ASMB5-iKVM for KVM-over-IP support

ASWM Enterprise

445mm x 217.5mm x 545mm

20 Kg

500W(80+) Bronze Single Power Supply
Input: 100-240Vac, 6-3A, 50-60Hz, Class I
Operation temperature: 10°C–35°C / Non operation

temperature: -40°C–70°C
Non operation humidity: 20% ~ 90% ( Non-

condensing)

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Chapter 2

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

Components

1-

2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink

1

6

4

5

2

3

The ASUS TS300-E7/PS4 supports Dual-core / Quad-core Intel® LGA1155 Xeon®
E3-1200 / Core™ i3-2100 processors.

Order P/N Description

90-S000U09Y1T

90-S000U09Z1T

90-S000U0A11T

90-S000U0A21T

90-S000U0A31T

90-S000U0A41T

90-S000U0A51T

90-S000U0A61T

90-S000U0A71T

90-S000U0A81T

90-S000U0A91T

90-S000U0BR0T

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1220, 3.10GHz, 8MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Dual Core Intel Xeon E3-1220L, 2.20GHz, 3MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1225, 3.10GHz, 6MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1230, 3.20GHz, 8MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1235, 3.20GHz, 8MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1240, 3.30GHz, 8MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1245, 3.30GHz, 8MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1260L, 2.40GHz, 8MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1270, 3.40GHz, 8MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1275, 3.40GHz, 8MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1280, 3.10GHz, 12MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

Quad Core Intel Xeon E3-1290, 3.10GHz, 12MB L2
(Single pack, w/o cooler)

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2.2 Upgrading system memory

DIMM_A2

DIMM_A1

DIMM_B2

DIMM_B1

1

1

2

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

You may install 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB Unbuffered with ECC DDR3 DIMMs into
the DIMM sockets using the memory congurations in this section.

UDIMM
DIMM Slot

Per Channel

2 1 Unbuffered DDR3 ECC 1066/1333

2 2 Unbuffered DDR3 ECC 1066/1333

DIMM Populated
per Channel

DIMM Type Speed Rank per DIMM

Single Rank,
Dual Rank

Single Rank,
Dual Rank

• Start installing the DIMMs from slot A2 and B2 (orange).

• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum
compatibility, it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the
same vendor.

Order P/N Description

90-S000I05M0T DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 2G 240P SINGLE PACK
90-S000I0570T DDR3 1333 ECC UNB 4G 240P SINGLE PACK

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2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives

1

2

2

The system supports four 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-S000H65D1T SATA3 500G 7200rpm with tray (single pack)
90-S000H65C1T SATA3 750G 7200rpm with tray (single pack)
90-S000H65B1T SATA3 1TB 7200rpm with tray (single pack)
90-S000H64R0T SAS 6G 300G 15Krpm with tray (single pack)
90-S000H64S0T SAS 6G 450G 15Krpm with tray (single pack)
90-S000H64T0T SAS 6G 600G 15Krpm with tray (single pack)

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2.4 Installing ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card

2

3

1

B

A

C

D

A

B

C
D

4

The ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card allows users to create SAS RAID sets from SAS
hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard.

1. Insert the PIKE SAS RAID card into the PIKE card slot, ensuring that it is
completely seated on the PIKE 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 (blue) on the motherboard.

4. Set the SGPIO_SEL1 jumper on the backplane to pins 2-3 when connecting

data cables to the SAS connectors on the motherboard.

Order P/N Description

90-C1SE10-00UAY20Z PIKE 2008 8-port SAS 6G RAID Kit (RAID 0, 1, 1E)
90-C1SE15-00UAY00Z PIKE 2008/IMR 8-port SAS 6G RAID Kit (RAID 0, 1, 5)
90-C1SEF0-00UAY00Z PIKE 2008 8-port SAS 6G RAID Kit (RAID 0, 1, 5,6,10, 50, 60)

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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).

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

ASUS Server Management Board

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ASMB5-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 5 for server management.

LAN port 5

Order P/N Description

90-C1SEK0-00UAN00Z ASMB5-iKVM Module (6 in 1)

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2.6 Installing Expansion card

1

3

2

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2.7 Rackmount rail kit

Order P/N Description

90-S00SP0280T

ASUS TS300-E7/PS4 2-9

Rail Kit (Ball Bearing) for TS300-E7 Series

2.8 OS support list

OS support list

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 x86
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 x64
Windows 7 x86
Windows 7 x64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.5 x86
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.5 x64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.0 x86
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.0 x64
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.1 x86
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.1 x64
Cent OS 5.5 x86

Cent OS 5.5 x64

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