RS720-E7/RS12-E RS720-E7/RS12 Product Sales Kit 2U Storage Server with High Performance Prepared by: System Sales PM Version: 1.0 High Capacity & High Performance Storage Solution

RS720-E7/RS12 Overview High Memory Capacity 16 * DIMM, up to 512 GB(R-DIMM) DDR3 1066/1333/1600 High Performance Dual Intel® Romly-EP Socket-R High Power Efficiency 80Plus (1+1) 770W Redundant PSU Up to 92% power efficiency (Gold-Level) Mass Storage Capacity 12* Hot-swap HDD Bays High Availability & Easy Maintenance Quad LAN Higher Networking Bandwidth Virtualization Applications Low-profile PCI slots 1 * PCI-E G3 x16 (x8 link) 3 * PCI-E G3x16 (x16 link) 1 * PCI-E G3x16 (x8 link) Comprehensive Server Management ASMB6-iKVM for Out-of-Band & remote server management ASWM-Enterprise management S/W Flexible RAID Solution ASUS PIKE RAID card Complete Upgrade Path for SATA/SAS;SAS6G RAID Support

Mass Storage Capacity in 2U More HDD Capacity 12* SAS/SATA HDD Bays, Up to 36TB in 2U Hot-swap for 7x24 non-stop service High Availability and Easy Maintenance 12 x SAS/SATA 3.5”/2.5” HDD 2.5” HDD support with optional 3.5” convert 2.5” bracket

Outstanding Computing Power Support Intel Latest Romly-EP Socket-R platform E5-2600 Series Processor 135W Support Computing Performance Socket-R 135W support Socket-R Socket-R

6+1 Expansions in 2U High Performance 1 : 2* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x8 link) or 1*PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) 2: 3* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) + 1*PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x8 link) ASUS PIKE SAS RAID Upgrade Kit Flexible Expansion 1 2 ASUS PIKE

Purpose-Built for Availability & Reliability Hot-Swap Feature for Online Expansion Hot-Swap Feature for Fan Module Easy Maintenance Hot-Swap /Redundant Power for online Service

Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) Software Virtual Switch Quad LAN With 1G High Performance Designed for Virtualization Applications Intel Powerville-i350 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Intel VMDq (Virtual Machine Device Queues) support  Enhances virtualized traffic management Ethernet with SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) support  Flexible port partitioning improves I/O device sharing among VMs Without VMDq With VMDq VM 1 OS VM 2 OS VM 3 OS VM 1 OS VM 2 OS VM 3 OS Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) Software Virtual Switch Data Packet filter by Hypervisor Intel i350 Other Silicon w/o VMDq with VMDq Data Packet filter by silicon LAN LAN More Networking Resource and Queues for Virtual Servers

Quad LAN With 1G High Performance Higher Networking Bandwidth 4-in-1 Teaming (Quad Server Class GbE) Load-Balance & Fault-tolerance Up-to-date 10G Ethernet Support ASUS 10G LAN Card and most market available 10G LAN Card ASUS PEB-10G Dual port 10GBase-Tvadapter (RJ45) ASUS 10G LAN Card Supported

Up to 92% Power Efficiency 770W 80Plus (Gold Level) Redundant PSU Up to 92% Power efficiency for AC - DC conversion 80 PLUS (Bronze) 80 PLUS (Silver) 80 PLUS (Gold) 20% 81% 85% 88% 50% 89% 92% 100%

Flexible RAID Solution– PIKE Flexible SAS 6G/SATA 6G RAID Capability Cost Effective Storage Interface upgrade solutions Total RAID Solution without Additional Effort for verification Model Ports RAID Support Interface PIKE 2108 8-port SAS2 H/W RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, 60 PCI-E Gen 2 PIKE 2008 RAID 0, 1, 10, 1E PIKE 2008 IMR RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 Chipset : LSI SAS2108 這個表是目前ASUS量產中的PIKE系列 主要以6G SAS card為主 除PIKE 6480以外 其餘皆採LSI SAS controller 因此在規格及使用的軟體皆與LSI公卡一樣 Chipset : LSI SAS2008 Chipset : LSI SAS2008/IMR (only for RS720-E7/RS12)

ASMB6-IKVM - Out of Band Remote Management Solutions Add this daughter board to get iKVM support Remote Server Remote Server Remote Server LAN / INTERNET ASUS JAVA-based Web Browser Local Device

ASMB6-IKVM - Out of Band Remote Management Solutions Web GUI (Graphical User Interface) Dashboard and monitor system health Remote Power Control Remote Control

ASMB6-IKVM - Out of Band Remote Management Solutions Virtual Media over LAN Easy Maintenance and Faster Troubleshooting Using Multiple Devices Simultaneously Remote OS Deployment problem Remote Server To get more information about ASMB6-iKVM, please contact with PM Fix server problems by moving files from local drives

Network Bonding support ASMB6-IKVM - Out of Band Remote Management Solutions Network Bonding support Failover - switch over automatically to a redundant network Remote Server LAN problem LAN 4 LAN 3 LAN 2 LAN1 Mgmt LAN BMC To get more information about ASMB6-iKVM, please contact with PM PHY Management LAN 1+1 Redundant LAN (Ethernet) Cable Fix server problems by remote management from local drives

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RS720-E7/RS12 One Page Processor Support Dual Intel® Sandy Bridge Socket-R Core Logic Intel® C602-A PCH Memory Support 16* DDR3 DIMM Slots (Up to 512GB R-DIMM) Storage Support 12* Hot-Swap 3.5”HDD Bays RAID Support SATA:Intel® C602-A PCH Intel RSTe3.0 :RAID 0, 1,10,5 (windows/Linux) SAS: (Optional ASUS PIKE ) PIKE 2108: H/W RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6 , 50 , 60 PIKE 2008/IMR RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 , 50 PIKE 2008: RAID 0, 1, 10, 1E NIC 4* Intel GbE LAN(Powerville-i350) +1 * Mgmt LAN Onboard Gfx AST2300 /16 MB IMPI Support ASMB6-iKVM Expansion Slot Total: 6+1 (Low-Profile) 4* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) + 1*PCI-E G3 x16 (x8 link) Or 3* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) + 3*PCI-E G3 x16, (x8 link) 1* PIKE Slot for PIKE RAID card Power Supply 1+1 80Plus (Gold level) 770W Redundant Power Supply Dimension 615mm * 444mm * 88.0mm (2U) Rack mounting Kit Friction Rail-Kit Regulatory FCC (Class A), CE ,BSMI, C-Tick Target Market : Enterprise application Data Center, Storage Server Virtualization application Mass Storage Capacity 12 * Hot-swap HDD Bays , Up to 36TB in 2U High Computing Power Dual Socket-R 16 DIMMs 6+1 expansions(Low-Prifile) 6* PCI-E G3 slots, up to 4 x PCI-E x 16 Slot (x16 link) PIKE Slot for ASUS PIKE RAID Card Quad Lan High networking bandwidth Ideal for Virtualization Applications High Power Efficiency 1+1 Redundant 770W 80PLUS (Gold level) PSU ASUS PIKE Technology Seamless SAS/SAS 6G RAID upgrade path Server Management Solution ASMB6-iKVM for Out-of-band Management In-Band ASWM Enterprise 2.0 S/W

RS720-E7/RS12-E One Page Processor Support Dual Intel® Sandy Bridge Socket-R Core Logic Intel® C602-A PCH Memory Support 16* DDR3 DIMM Slots (Up to 512GB R-DIMM) Storage Support 12* Hot-Swap 3.5”HDD Bays (BP w/Expander ) RAID Support SATA/SAS: ASUS PIKE RAID Solution PIKE 2108: H/W RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6 , 50 , 60 PIKE 2008: RAID 0, 1, 10, 1E NIC 4* Intel GbE LAN(Powerville-i350) +1 * Mgmt LAN Onboard Gfx AST2300 /16 MB IMPI Support ASMB6-iKVM Expansion Slot Total: 6+1 (Low-Profile) 4* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) + 1*PCI-E G3 x16 (x8 link) Or 3* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) + 3*PCI-E G3 x16, (x8 link) 1* PIKE Slot for PIKE RAID card Power Supply 1+1 80Plus (Gold level) 770W Redundant Power Supply Dimension 615mm * 444mm * 88.0mm (2U) Rack mounting Kit Friction Rail-Kit Regulatory FCC (Class A), CE ,BSMI, C-Tick Target Market : Enterprise application Data Center, Storage Server Virtualization application Mass Storage Capacity 12 * Hot-swap HDD Bays , Up to 36TB in 2U High Computing Power Dual Socket-R 16 DIMMs 6+1 expansions(Low-Prifile) 6* PCI-E G3 slots, up to 4 x PCI-E x 16 Slot (x16 link) PIKE Slot for ASUS PIKE RAID Card Quad Lan High networking bandwidth Ideal for Virtualization Applications High Power Efficiency 1+1 Redundant 770W 80PLUS (Gold level) PSU ASUS PIKE Technology Seamless SAS/SAS 6G RAID upgrade path Server Management Solution ASMB6-iKVM for Out-of-band Management In-Band ASWM Enterprise 2.0 S/W

RS720-E7/RS12 Family Product Comparisons RS720-E7/RS12 Series RS720-E6/RS12 Processor Support Dual Intel® Sandy Bridge Socket-R Dual Intel® Socket 1366 Core Logic Intel® C602A-PCH Intel 5520 IOH + Intel® ICH10R I/O Controller Memory Support 16* DDR3 (1600/1333/1066) DIMM Slots 18* DDR3 (1333/1066) DIMM Slots Storage Support 12* Hot-Swap 3.5” HDD Bays (BP W/ Expender)-RS720-E7/RS12-E 12* Hot-Swap 3.5” HDD Bays (BP W/O Expender)-RS720-E/RS12 12* Hot-Swap 3.5” HDD Bays (BP W/ Expender)-RS720-E6/ERS12 12* Hot-Swap 3.5” HDD Bays (BP W/O Expender)-RS720-E6/RS12 RAID Support SATA:Intel® C602-A PCH I ntel RSTe3.0 :RAID 0, 1,10,5 (windows) —only for RS720-E7/RS12 LSI MegaRAID; RAID 0 ,1(windows/Linux) —only for RS720-E7/RS12 SAS: (Optional ASUS PIKE ) PIKE 2108: H/W RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6 , 50 , 60 PIKE 2008/IMR RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 , 50—only for RS720-E7/RS12 PIKE 2008: RAID 0, 1, 10, 1E SATA: Intel® ICH10R: Intel Matrix Storage (for Windows only) LSI® MegaRAID (for Linux/Windows) SAS: (Optional ASUS PIKE) NIC 4* Intel GbE LAN(Powerville-i350) +1 * Mgmt LAN 2* Intel 82576EB (VMDq) + 1 * Mgmt LAN Onboard Gfx AST2300 /16 MB AST2050 /8MB IMPI Support ASMB6-iKVM Optional ASMB4-iKVM Expansion Slot Low-Profile: 6+1 4* PCI-EG3 x16 slot (x16 link)+ 1*PCI-EG3 x16(x8 link) Or 3* PCI-EG3 x16 slot (x16 link)+ 3*PCI-EG3x16,(x8 link) 1* PIKE Slot for PIKE RAID card Low-profile : 1 * PCI-EG1 x8 (x4 Link) (Auto disable if PIKE slot is occupied) 1 * PCI 1 * PCI-EG2 x16 (x16 Link) (Auto switch to x8 Link if slot 4 is occupied ) 1 * PCI-E G2 x16 (x8 Link)---Slot 4 1 * PCI-E G2 x16 (x16 Link) Power Supply 1+1 80Plus (Gold level) 770W Redundant Power Supply Dimension 615mm * 444mm * 88.0mm (2U) 615mm * 444mm * 87mm(2U) Rack mounting Kit Friction Rail-Kit

RS720-E7 Competitive Analysis

Iron Pass + Big Horn Peak 27i Competitive Analysis-Intel RS720-E7/RS12 Iron Pass + Big Horn Peak 27i Processor Support Dual Intel® Sandy Bridge Socket-R (TDP-=150W) Dual Intel® Sandy Bridge Socket-R (TDP-=130W) Core Logic Intel® Patsburg-A PCH Memory Support 16* DDR3 DIMM Slots/Node (Up to 1600) Storage Support 12* Hot-Swap 3.5”/2.5” HDD Bays 8 or 16* Hot-Swap 2.5” HDD Bays RAID Support SATA:Intel® Patsburg-A PCH Intel RSTe3.0 :RAID 0, 1,10,5 (windows/Linux) LSI MegaRAID; RAID 0 ,1 (windows/Linux) SAS: (Optional ASUS PIKE ) PIKE 2108: H/W RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6 , 50 , 60 PIKE 2008/IMR RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 , 50 PIKE 2008: RAID 0, 1, 10, 1E Intel C600 series chipset -A SKU as default, –D SKU enabled with key –A: 4 SATA 6Gb + 2 SATA 6Gb –A with 8 Drive Upgrade Options: 8 SATA 6Gb + 2 SATA 6Gb –D: 8 SAS 6Gb + 2 SATA 6Gb NIC 4* Intel GbE LAN(Powerville-i350) +1 * Mgmt LAN Integrated Quad GbE , Dual port 10GbE IPMI Support ASMB6-iKVM Support Expansion Slot Total: 6+1 (Low-Profile) 4* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) + 1*PCI-E G3 x16 (x8 link) Or 3* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) + 3*PCI-E G3 x16, (x8 link) 1* PIKE Slot for PIKE RAID card Total: 8 (Low-Profile) 4* PCI-E G3 x16 slot + 4* PCI-E G3 x8 slot Power Supply 1+1 80Plus (Gold level) 770W Redundant Power Supply 1+1 80Plus (Gold Level) 750W Redundant Power Supply Dimension 615mm 705mm

Competitive Analysis-Intel Support Top-bin CPU (TDP=150W) Comprehensive RAID Solution: ASUS PIKE ; LSI RAID Compact Size L=615 mm only support up to TDP=130W processor SAS & RAID enabled with intel key L=705mm

Competitive Analysis-SM RS720-E7/RS12 SYS-6027R-TRF Processor Support Dual Intel® Sandy Bridge Socket-R (TDP-=150W) Dual Intel® Sandy Bridge Socket-R (TDP-=130W) Core Logic Intel® Patsburg-A PCH Memory Support 16* DDR3 DIMM Slots/Node (Up to 1600) Storage Support 12* Hot-Swap 3.5”/2.5” HDD Bays 8* Hot-Swap 3.5” HDD Bays NIC 4* Intel GbE LAN(Powerville-i350) +1 * Mgmt LAN 2* Intel GbE LAN+1 * Mgmt LAN IPMI Support ASMB6-iKVM Support Expansion Slot Total: 6+1 (Low-Profile) 4* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) + 1*PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x8 link) Or 3* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x16 link) + 3*PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x8 link) 1* PIKE Slot for PIKE RAID card Total: 6 (Low-Profile) 3* PCI-E G3 x16 slot (x8 link) Power Supply 1+1 80Plus (Gold level) 770W Redundant Power Supply 1+1 80Plus (Platinum level) 740W Redundant Power Supply Dimension 615mm 647.7mm * 2.5” HDD support with optional 3.5” convert 2.5” bracket

Competitive Analysis-SM 2.5” HDD support with optional 3.5” convert 2.5” bracket Support Top-bin CPU (TDP=150W) Support 12* 3.5”/2.5” HDD Bays Support Quad LAN (Powerville-i350) 6+1 expansions 6* PCI-E G3 slots, up to 4 x PCI-E x 16 Slot (x16 link) + PIKE Compact Size L=615 mm only support up to TDP=130W processor only support 8* 3.5” HDD Bays only support Dual LAN support 6 expansion slots (Low-Profile) L=647.7mm

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RS720-E7/RS12 series comparison (RAID Solution) RS720-E7/RS12-E (embedded PIKE2108 or PIKE2008) : Back Plane(with Expander) + PIKE RAID Card(Support PIKE2108 or PIKE2008 ) Provide Total Hard Drive (12 HDD) into One HW RAID Solution 8 ports in, 12ports out 12 bay BP *PIKE2008 only can make two group RAID in RS720-E7/RS12-E *Can’t support SW RAID(onboard RAID) in RS720-E7/RS12-E AHCI Port (SW RAID) Onboard PIKE Port (PSAS) 8 ports x 7 pin PIKE Port (PSAS) RS720-E7/RS12 (optional PIKE RAID Card) : Back Plane(non Expander) + PIKE RAID Card Provide 8HDD HW RAID + 4HDD SW RAID Solution 12 ports in, 12ports out 12 bay BP AHCI Port (SW RAID) Onboard PIKE Port (PSAS) 6 ports (use 4 ports) 8 ports x 7 pin

RS720-E7/RS12 series comparison (RAID Solution) PIKE 2008 can recognize 12 HDD through HDD backplane, and it can use 10 HDD(max quantity) to create one RAID, the other 2 HDD could create another RAID, it support up to 2 disk groups. PIKE 2108 can recognize 12 HDD through HDD backplane, and can use 12 HDD to create RAID, it support up to 12 disk groups. PIKE 2008/IMR is only  able to detect 8 HDDs through HDD backplane and still limited to 2 disk groups can’t support RS720-E7/RS12-E

RS720-E7/RS12 series comparison (RAID Solution) RS720-E7/RS12-E (embedded PIKE2108 or PIKE2008) : Back Plane(with Expander) + PIKE RAID Card(Support PIKE2108 or PIKE2008 Only ) Provide Total Hard Drive (12 HDD) HW RAID Solution 8 ports in, 12ports out 12 bay BP limitation: PIKE2008 only can make two group RAID in RS720-E7/RS12-E Can’t support SW RAID(AHCI port) in RS720-E7/RS12-E Onboard PIKE Port (PSAS) 8 ports x 7 pin RS720-E7/RS12 (optional PIKE RAID Card) : Back Plane(non Expander) + PIKE RAID Card Provide 8HDD HW RAID + 4HDD SW RAID Solution 12 ports in, 12ports out 12 bay BP AHCI Port (SW RAID) Onboard PIKE Port (PSAS) 6 ports (use 4 ports) 8 ports x 7 pin

Backplane (With Expander ) for RS720-E7/RS12 -E 12 HDD Back-plane Front PWR PWR Back-plane Mid card Safety chip Mini SAS SMBus 8056 8056 8056 8056 Mid-plane 1 Mini SAS Mini SAS Node3 Node1 Mid-plane 2 Node4 Node2 Convert-Board (Per node) Rear

Backplane (Non-Expander ) for RS720-E7/RS12 24 HDD Back-plane Front PWR PWR Back-plane Mid card Safety chip Mini SAS SMBus 8056 8056 8056 8056 Mid-plane 1 Mini SAS Mini SAS Node3 Node1 Mid-plane 2 Node4 Node2 Convert-Board (Per node) Rear