ASUS TS300-E8-PS4 Servers and Workstations User Manual

ASUS TS300-E8-PS4 Servers and Workstations

Product Information

The TS300-E8-PS4 is a server system that offers extreme power with easy- upgrade expandability. It is equipped with one PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot for graphics cards and other add-on components, as well as a PCI slot for legacy LAN cards, graphics cards, and sound card applications. It features four USB 3.0 ports for high-speed data transfer. The server system also includes ASUS Dr. MOS and Beat Thermal Chokes (BTC) for lower operating temperatures and increased efficiency, as well as an 80 PLUS Bronze power supply to reduce power loss and consumption. It supports flexible storage options with ASUS PIKE RAID technology, allowing for easy creation of RAID configurations. The TS300-E8-PS4 also offers comprehensive remote management capabilities.

Product Usage Instructions

To ensure electrical safety, use the provided three-wire power cable with a properly grounded electrical outlet. Avoid incorrect battery replacement to prevent the danger of explosion. Only replace the battery with the same or equivalent type recommended bythe manufacturer and dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions. When moving or carrying the server system, ask for assistance due to its heavy weight.

For expansion and upgrade, refer to the system overview diagram. Install the central processing unit (CPU), CPU heatsink and fan, system memory, and hard disk drives as indicated. Use the HDD trays for easy installation of hard disk drives. Optional components such as the ASUS Server management board, ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card, expansion card, and rackmount rail kit can be added if needed.

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 qualified 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 fix it by yourself. Contact a qualified 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.

Product Introduction

This chapter describes the key features of TS300-E8-PS4. It includes the product overview and general specifications.

Key features

The ASUS® TS300-E8-PS4 is a 5U barebone server system featuring the ASUS P9D-E/4L server board. The server supports Intel® LGA1150 Xeon® E3-1200 v3 processors with the latest technologies through the chipsets with support for up to 32GB DDR3 1333MHz unbuffered ECC memory. This provides immediate performance upscaling and higher processing speeds. With four (4) native SATA 6Gb/s ports, 4 hot-swap hard drive trays and ASUS PIKE cards, the TS300-E8- PS4 delivers improved data transfer rates, more flexible storage expansion and complete RAID for SMB users.

The latest Intel® CPUs

The TS300-E8-PS4 is ready for the latest generation of Intel® Xeon® 32nm quad/ dual-core UP processors, which offer a significant performance improvement over previous generation CPUs. Meanwhile, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 provides an efficient, dynamic and intelligent way to enhance performance on demand.

Extreme power with easy-upgrade expandability

The ASUS TS300-E8-PS4 supports the latest Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3 processor family, delivering extreme computing power, highly scalable expandability, more flexible storage with RAID, and complete remote server management through ASWM Enterprise and ASMB7-iKVM. It also represents ASUS efforts in green design, featuring an 80 PLUS Bronze power supply for enhanced energy savings. Combined with its great computing power, it offers an ideal server choice for SMBs, who require superior performance and controllable costs.

The latest Intel® CPUs

The TS300-E8-PS4 is ready for new-generation Intel® Xeon® 22nm processors, which bring a significant performance improvement over previous-generation CPUs.

PCI Express 3.0-ready with workstation expandability and extensive I/O

The TS300-E8-PS4 ships with one PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot, designed to accommodate the power of graphics cards and other add-on components. Whether for professional graphics work, heavy duty multimedia, or dedicated gaming, more than ample graphics power can be applied whenever needed. It also has a PCI slot for legacy LAN cards, graphics cards, and sound card applications. Four USB 3.0 ports provide up to ten times the data transfer speeds of USB 2.0.

Digital power and green design

Exclusive ASUS Dr. MOS and Beat Thermal Chokes (BTC) help lower operating a temperatures and promote efficiency for significant power savings and stability increases. The TS300-E8-PS4 also features an 80 PLUS Bronze power supply to reduce power loss and power consumption, helping consumers save on energy bills.

ASUS PIKE RAID provides high reliability

ASUS PIKE technology allows the TS300-E8-PS4 to support flexible storage options. Customers can upgrade to highly reliable enterprise-grade SAS 6Gb/s storage, while maintaining backward compatibility with existing SAS/SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s storage infrastructure. Creating RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 configurations is made easy.

Comprehensive remote management

ASUS presents the most complete remote server management, including out of band ASMB7-iKVM and in-band ASWM Enterprise. Out-of-band ASMB7-iKVM is an effective remote server supervision tool that provides OS-independent and cross-platform monitoring of servers. It covers parameters such as temperatures, voltages, and fan status. MIS can be informed of server conditions from anywhere and at any time via instant event notifications. In- band ASWM Enterprise provides “one on many” usage, its centralized management allowing administrators access to BIOS updates, remote control, and power supervision on all servers simultaneously.

System overview

Front panel features

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

Rear panel features

• The port is for ASUS ASMB7-iKVM controller card only.

System specifications

Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v3 Product Family
Core Logic| Intel® C224 PCH

Memory

| Total Slots| 4 UDIMMs (2 Channels)
Capacity| Maximum up to 32GB (4 UDIMMs)
Memory Type| DDR3 1333/1600 ECC UDIMM
Memory Size| 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB (UDIMM)

Expansion Slots

| Total PCI/PCI-X/ PCI-E Slots| 7

Slot Type

| 1  x PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x16 Link; auto-switch to x8 link if

slot 5 is occupied)

2  x PCI-E x8 (Gen3 x8 Link)

1  x PCI-E x1 (Gen2 x1 Link), MIO support 1 x PCI-E x1 (Gen2 x1 Link)

2  x PCI 32-bit /33MHz

Additional Slot 1| 1 x PIKE slot for Storage Enhancement

Storage

| ****

SATA Controller

| Intel ® **C224:**
–    2 x SATA 3Gbps ports

–    4 x SATA 6Gbps ports

–    Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise (RSTE)

supports software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 (Windows® only)

SAS Controller

| Optional:
ASUS PIKE 2008 8-port SAS 6G RAID card

ASUS PIKE 2108-32PD 8-port SAS 6G HW RAID card ASUS PIKE 2208 8-port SAS 6G HW RAID card ASUS PIKE 2308 8-port SAS 6G RAID card

HDD Bays

| I = internal A or S =

hot- swappable

| ****

4 x Hot-swap 3.5-inch HDD Bays

Networking| LAN| 4 x Intel® I210AT + 1 x Mgmt LAN
Graphics| VGA| Aspeed AST2300 + 32MB VRAM

Auxiliary Storage FDD / CD / DVD

| 3 x 5.25-inch media bays

Options:

1.  No Device

2.  With DVD-RW for North America

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Onboard I/O

| 5 x RJ-45 ports (One for ASMB7-iKVM) 4 x USB 3.0 ports (Front x 2, Rear x 2)

4 x USB 2.0 ports (Front x 2, Rear x 2)

1 x Internal A Type USB port

1 x VGA port

1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

Management Solution

| Out of Band Remote Management|

Optional ASMB7-iKVM for KVM-over-IP support

Software| ASWM Enterprise
Dimension

(HH x WW x DD)

| 445mm x 217.5mm x 545mm
Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM, & HDD

not included)

|

20 Kg

Environment

| Operation temperature  : 10°C–40°C Non operation temperature: -40°C–70°C

Non operation humidity      : 20% ~ 90% (Non-

condensing)

Power Supply| 500W(80Plus) Bronze Single Power Supply
Power Rating| 100-240V, 10A-6A, 50-60Hz, Class I

• Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Components

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

Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink

• The ASUS TS300-E8-PS4 supports Intel® LGA1150 Xeon® E3-1200 v3 processors.

Upgrading system memory

• The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
• You may install 2GB, 4GB and 8GB Unbuffered with ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory configurations in this section.

UDIMM

DIMM Slot Per Channel| DIMM Populated per Channel| DIMM Type| Speed| Rank per DIMM
2| 1| Unbuffered DDR3 ECC| 1333/1600| Single Rank, Dual Rank
2| 2| Unbuffered DDR3 ECC| 1333/1600| Single Rank, Dual Rank

• Start installing the DIMMs from slot A2 and B2 (blue).
• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility, it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.

Upgrading hard disk drives

• 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 configuration.

Installing ASUS PIKE SAS RAID card

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. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard then insert the PIKE SAS RAID card into the PIKE RAID card slot. Ensure that it is securely seated in place.
2. Remove the data cables connected to the SATA connectors on the motherboard.
3. Connect the data cables, by numerical order, to the SAS connectors labeled PSAS1-4 (light blue) on the motherboard.
4. Locate the SGPIO_SEL1 jumper on the backplane then set it to pins 2-3.

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).

ASMB7-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 (floppy, CD/ DVD-ROM, flash device, HDD) to target servers, which makes data-sharing convenient.

We recommend to use LAN port 5 for server management.

Installing Expansion card

Rackmount rail kit

OS support list

• Windows Server 2012 64-bit
• Windows® 8 64-bit
• Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise SP2 64-bit
• Windows® Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 64-bit
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.8/6.2/6.3 64-bit
• Cent OS 5.6/6.2/6.3 64-bit
• Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit

(Subject to change without prior notice.)

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