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ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (“ASUS”). ASUS provides this manual “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no...
Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink ..........2-2 Upgrading system memory ............2-3 Upgrading hard disk drives ............2-4 Installing ASUS RAID card ............2-5 Installing ASUS Server Management Board ......2-6 Upgrading power supply unit ............. 2-7 OS support list ................2-8 Revision history...
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. •...
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Chapter 1 This chapter describes the key features of RX260-E4/RX8. It includes the product overview and general specifications.
Key features As one of the Taiwan Excellence Winners in 2006, ASUS Server RS260-E4/RX8 is based on two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5000/5100 Sequence or Quad- ® ® Core Intel ® Xeon ® processor 5300/5400 Sequence, FSB 1333MHz and up to 8M L2 cache.
6. ASUS ZCR (Zero Channel RAID) card (optional) 2. CPU heatsink 3. System memory 7. Riser card for ASUS ZCR card (optional) 4. Hard disk drives ASUS Server management board (optional) 5. HDD trays 9. Redundant power supply module (optional)
Upgrading CPU and CPU heatsink The ASUS RX260-E4/RX8 supports Intel Xeon Quad-core 5400 / 5300 series ® ® and Dual-core 5200 / 5100 series processor. • If you install only one CPU, install the CPU to the CPU1 socket only. The system will not boot and the CPU warning LED will light up if a single CPU is installed on the CPU2 socket.
We recommend that you install identical drives of the same model and capacity for RAID configuration. Order P/N Description SAS HDD 90-S000H0050 450GB, 3.5” SAS HDD / ASUS 90-S000H0040 300GB, 3.5” SAS HDD / ASUS 90-S000H0030 146GB, 3.5” SAS HDD / ASUS 90-S000H0020 73GB, 3.5”...
Installing ASUS RAID card The ASUS 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. Order P/N Description 90-S000R0030T ZCR Card, LSI SAS 8300XLP (Support Hardware RAID 0, 1, 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).
750W 1+1 hot-swap redundant power supply eliminate system and application downtime by redundancy power backup Order P/N Description 90-S00PR5000T RPSU, 750W Redundant Power Supply Module Remove the dummy power supply module before installing the second redundant power supply. ASUS RX260-E4/RX8...
OS support list OS support list Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32-bit ® Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 64-bit ® RedHat Enterprise Linux AS3.0 UP6 32-bit ® RedHat Enterprise Linux AS3.0 UP6 64-bit ® RedHat Enterprise Linux AS4.0 UP2 32-bit ®...