ASUS ESC4000 G3 - 2U Rackmount 4x GPU (Tesla/Quadro) Xeon E5 Server

8+2 Flexible Expansion Slots for 4 GPUs and diverse high bandwidth interconnection HBA Support

The ESC4000 G3 supports up to eight PCI-E Gen3 x16 slots in 2U for high density computing and high expandability, compatible with versatile expansion cards, especially in supporting up-to-date Intel® Xeon Phi™ series, NVIDIA Tesla and GRIDTM Family, as well as AMD FirePro S Series of GPU accelerators. Initially, high-density computing is designed specifically to pack greater processing power into a rack. In ESC4000 G3, it can carry up to 4 double-deck GPUs offering extreme high density and parallel computing power. In addition, there is also one PCI-E Gen3 x 24 slot which could perform as two slots if riser is applied for Low Profile HBA & proprietary networking cards in FDR and 10G interface.

Intelligent System Fan III for improved airflow and lower running costs

With intelligent system fan III, independent smart fans provide cooling for each area of the GPU and CPU separately, and a redundant fan design for GPU area provides an extra thermal back-up solution. Intelligent system fan III offers dedicated airflow toward CPUs and GPUs as well as offering flexibility in fan allocation. Additionally, adjustable CPU fan duty in BIOS setting enables the user to configure a preferable system fan settings accommodating to different scenarios.

1+1 Platinum Redundant PSUs

The ESC4000 G3 is equipped with a 2000W/1620W 80 PLUS Platinum level redundant power supply with VR power efficiency up to 95% for energy savings, while the hot swappable design reduces power loss, improves power efficiency and saves more TCO for users.

Design for the user

ESC4000 G3 has a visible Q-Code/port 80 LED display LED for simple monitoring of the entire boot process, from the early hardware-awakening stages to the launch of the operating system and beyond. With the features of quick initialisation guidance of BIOS, users can realise system initialisation state in seconds; furthermore users are able to diagnose system instantly through POST code message in the POST stage. Also, the exclusive tool-less rail kit design helps the user to deploy the servers in an easy and simple way.

Comprehensive RAID Solutions

The ESC4000 G3 supports the optional ASUS PIKE II upgrade kit. Just placing the PIKE II card, such as PIKE II 3x08 series, the latest 12Gb/s SAS and PCI-E 3.0 high reliability enterprise storage solution, ESC4000 G3 can immediately expand bandwidth and offer complete RAID functions, upgrade to 12G solution and improve the performance, making it the great upgrade option.

Complete remote server management

The ASMB8-iKVM (IPMI 2.0-compliant) enables remote update BIOS, standalone KVM/Java utility, video recording and BSOD capture. Based on out-of-band management, even if the server operating system is down or offline, the KVM module can still provide round-the-clock remote monitoring and diagnosis through a user-friendly web-based graphical interface via all major browsers. In addition, ASWM Enterprise software provides one-to-multiple centralised management including BIOS flash, software dispatch, task scheduler, remote control, and power control, all through a colourful and informative graphical interface. Through ASUS remote management solution, user could save time and effort on server management and trouble-shooting.

Specifications

• Processor / System Bus
  2 x Socket R3 (LGA 2011-3) 
  Intel^® Xeon^® processor E5-2600 v4 product family (145W) 
  Intel^® Xeon^® processor E5-2600 v3 product family(145W)
  QPI 6.4 / 8.0 / 9.6 GT/s
  *Refer to support page for more information
• Core Logic
  Intel® C612 PCH
• Memory
  Total Slots : 16 (4-channel per CPU, 8 DIMM per CPU) 
  Capacity : Maximum up to 1024GB LRDIMM
  Memory Type :
  DDR4 2400 /2133 /1866/1600/1333 RDIMM*¹
  DDR4 2400 /2133 /1866/1600/1333 LRDIMM*¹
  DDR4 2400 /2133 /1866/1600/1333 NVDIMM*¹
  Memory Size :
  32GB, 16GB, 8GB, 4GB RDIMM
  64GB, 32GB LRDIMM
  * Refer to support page for more information
• Expansion Slots
  Total: 8 + 2
  
  Full-length/Full-height
  8 * PCI-E 3.0 x16 (4 at x16 Link or 8 at x8 Link) (Slot CPU1_PCIE2, CPU1_PCIE4, CPU2_PCIE1, CPU2_PCIE3 auto switch to x8 link if slot CPU1_PCIE1, CPU1_PCIE3, CPU2_PCIE2, CPU2_PCIE4 is occupied)
  
  Half-length/Low-profile and ASUS proprietary form factor
  1 * PCI-E 3.0 x24 (support with riser card) 
  (1 * PCI-E x16 (x8 Gen3 Link) and 1 * PCI-E x8 (x8 Gen3 Link))
• Storage
  SATA Controller :
  Intel® C612
  8 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports 
  Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise(RSTe) (For Windows Only)
  (Support Software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 )
  LSI® MegaRAID (For Linux/Windows) 
  (Support Software RAID 0, 1, 10 )
  SAS Controller :
  ASUS PIKE II 3008 8-port SAS HBA card(Optional)
  ASUS PIKE II 3108 8-port SAS HW RAID card(Optional)
  Support with riser card
• HDD Bays
  8 x Hot-swap 3.5" HDD Bays
• Auxiliary Storage FDD/CD/DVD
  1 x Slim-type Optical Drive Bay
  Options: No Device / DVD-RW
  (DVD-RW default for North America)
• Networking
  2 x Intel® I210AT + 1 x Mgmt LAN
• InfiniBand
  Optional kits:
  PEM-FDR
  PEB-10G/57840-2S
  PEB-10G/57811-1S
• Graphic
  Aspeed AST2400 with 32MB VRAM
• Front I/O Ports
  2 x USB 2.0 ports
• Rear I/O Ports
  3 x RJ-45 ports (One for ASMB8-iKVM)
  2 x USB 3.0 ports
  1 x VGA port
• OS Support
  Windows® Server 2016
  Windows® Server 2012 R2
  Windows® Server 2012
  Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise R2 SP1 64-bit
  RedHat® Enterprise Linux
  SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server
  CentOS
  Ubuntu
  VMware
  Citrix XenServer
  
  *Subject to change without any notice
• Management Solution
  ASWM Enterprise
  Default 1 x ASMB8-iKVM for KVM-over-Internet
• Regulatory Compliance
  BSMI, CE, FCC(Class A)
• Dimensions
  750mm x 444mm x 87mm (2U)
• Form Factor
  2U
• Power Supply
  1+1 Redundant 1620W 80PLUS Platinum Power Supply;
  1000W: 100-120Vac, 12-10A, 50-60Hz, Class I
  1200W: 120-140Vac, 12-10A, 50-60Hz, Class I
  1620W: 180-240Vac, 10.5-8A, 50-60Hz, Class I
  
  
• Environment
  Operation temperature: 10℃ ~ 35℃ / Non operation temperature: -40℃ ~ 70℃
  Non operation humidity: 20% ~ 90% ( Non condensing)
• Accessory Box
  1 x MB Support DVD
  1 X ASWM Enterprise DVD
  1 x ASMB8 SDVD
  1 x Bag of Screws
  1 x AC Power Cable
  8 x GPU air ducts
• Optional Items
  Second 1620W Redundant Power Supply Module (0A100-00230100)
  ASUS PEB-10G/57811-1S (90SC05W0-M0UAY0)
  ASUS PEB-10G/57840-2S (90SC05V1-M0UAY0)
  ASUS PEM-FDR (90SC05U0-M0UAY0)
• Note
  *1 2133MT/[email protected] only