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... or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual, including the products and software described in it. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product...
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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 Upgrading riser card 2-5 2.5 Installing ASUS RAID card 2-6 2.6 Installing ASUS Server Management Board 2-7 2.7 OS support list 2-9
Revision history
Revision Revision history
V1
First release of RS120-E5 configuration guide
Date September 2008
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• 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 qualified service technician or your...
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... default • Support one PCI-E x8 (x8 link) and one PCI-X 64bit/133MHz via an optional
riser card
High Availability & Superb Storage Expandability (RS120-E5/PA4; RS120-E5/S) • Four hot-swappable HDD bays offer mass storage capacity and high availability
(RS120-E5/PA4; RS120-E5/S) • Support RAID 0, 1, 10 for major Linux distributions and RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 for
Windows OS
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... iKVM USB ports Locator switch Locator LED Serial port LAN port2 LAN port1
1.4 Rear panel features
• The ports for the PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, USB, VGA, and Gigabit LAN do not appear on the rear panel if motherboard is not present.
• The LAN port for iKVM functions only when you install ASMB3-iKVM management card. Remove the mylar on the LAN port before using.
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... link) (Full-Height / Half-Length)
Configuration Option: 1 x PCI-E x8 slot (x8 link) (Full-Height / Half-Length) 1 x PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz slot (Full-Height / Half-Length)
315W Single Power Supply
600mm x 444mm x 43.6mm (1U)
12Kg (CPU, Memory & HDD are not included)
*Only RS120-E5/S supports SAS RAID function when installing ASUS RAID card (8708). **Specifications are subject to change without...
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2.1 Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink
The ASUS RS120-E5 supports Intel® Xeon® Quad-core 3300 / 3200 series and Dual-core 3100 / 3000 series processor.
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Order P/N 90-S000U02E0T 90-S000U02F0T 90-S000U02G0T 90-S000U02H0T 90-S000U02I0T 90-S000U02J0T 90-S000U0160T 90-S000U0150T
Description Quad Core Intel Xeon X3230, 2.66G, FSB ...
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... (DIMM) sockets.
A DIMM_B1 B DIMM_B2 C DIMM_A1 D DIMM_A2
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A B C D
Recommended memory configurations
DIMM_B1 -
1 GB -
2 GB
DIMM_B2 -
1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
DIMM_A1 -
1 GB 1 GB
2 GB 2 GB
DIMM_A2 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Order P/N 90-S000I0240T 90-S000I0250T
Description 1GB DDR2 800 Un-buffered ECC / ASUS 2GB DDR2 800 Un-buffered ECC / ASUS
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2.3 Upgrading hard disk drives
The system supports four hot-swap SATAII/SAS* hard disk drives.
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• * Only RS120-E5/S supports SAS hard disk drive.
• We recommend that you install identical drives of the same model and capacity for RAID configuration.
Order P/N SAS HDD 90-S000H0050 90-S000H0040 90-S000H0030 90-S000H0020
SATAII HDD 90-S000H5500T 90-S000H5400 90-S000H5300 90-...
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2.4 Upgrading riser card
You may replace the default riser card with the optional riser card (1 x PCIe x8 slot + 1 x PCI-X).
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Order P/N 90-C1SCH0-00XBN00Z
Description
Riser, PCI-E x8 + PCI-X Riser Card for RS120-E5 (Bulk Pack) (MOQ=5)
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2.5 Installing ASUS RAID card
The ASUS RAID card allows users to create RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 from SAS hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard*.
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RS120-E5/PA4
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RS120-E5/S
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* Only RS120-E5/S supports SAS RAID function.
Order P/N 90-S000R0030T
Description
ASUS RAID Card (8708) (Support Hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10), data cable
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Chapter 2: Components
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... 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 Configuration Protocol (DHCP), which avoids manually assigning IP address by setting DHCP...
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2.7 OS support list
OS support list Windows® Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32-bit Windows® Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 64-bit ... 90-S00SW7120T
90-S00SW7130T
Description
OS, Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2 Standard 1-4 CPU, 5 CAL (32bit) (Traditional Chinese)
OS, Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2003 R2 STD 1-2 CPU, 5 CAL (32bit) (Chinese)
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