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ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 1U Server Barebone Dual LGA 1366 Dual Intel Xeon 55XX and 5600 Series

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Dual LGA 1366
96GB RDIMM / 48GB UDIMM Max Memory Supported
600W 80Plus Single Power Supply
12 x 240Pin Memory Slots

Asus packs a lot of power into a small package with the RS500-E6/PS4 server barebone system. It's based on the new Intel 5500 chipset and accepts up to 2 Intel Xeon 5500 series processors with 2 or 4 cores each. To support all the processing power you can install up to 96GB ECC registered or 96GB unbuffered DDR3 1066/1333MHz memory.

This system has been certified to support VMWare virtualization applications, helping small to medium sized businesses reduce TOC and simplify central management. An onboard vertical USB connector lets you connect a USB flash drive and load the VMWare hypervisor off flash memory for faster deployment of new servers. Two PCIe x16 slots will allow for flexible expansion later on, and another slot for optional PIKE cards brings seamless upgrade to SAS storage. The motherboard has 6 SATA II ports and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 for better data protection. Four hot-swap bays let you change out drives as needed.

All this fits into a slim 1U chassis. The whole thing is powered by a 600W single 80PLUS power supply so the system will get all the power that it needs. Asus EPU technology delivers system-wide power efficiency by intelligently adjusting power in real time to ensure the best power management.

Supports Dual Intel Xeon 5500 Series With dual LGA 1366 sockets, the Asus RS500-E6/PS4 supports up to two multi-core Intel Xeon 5500 Series processors, providing the computing platform capability necessary for your increasing computing demand.
Scalable DDR3 Memory Twelve 240-pin DIMM slots support both registered (RDIMM) and unbuffered (UDIMM) DDR3 memory at speeds of 800, 1066 and 1333MHz, ensuring ample capacity for any application.
SATA II with RAID Support The second generation SATA interface delivers up to 300MB/sec transfer speed, doubling that of the first generation Serial ATA. The on-board six SATA II ports with software RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5 support provide flexible, scalable storage and enhanced data security.
Virtualization Ready The onboard vertical USB connector for VMware ESXi supports virtualization applications in the RS500-E6/PS4, helping improve the server’s utility rate and manageability and reducing the total cost of ownership.
Power Efficiency Asus exclusive EPU (Energy Processing Unit) technology digitally monitors the CPU power and intelligently scales power up and down according to the work load for extreme energy efficiency.

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Model

Brand: ASUS

Model: RS500-E6/PS4

CPU Supported

CPU Type: Dual Intel Xeon

CPU Socket: Dual LGA 1366

Chipset

North Bridge: Intel 5500 IOH

South Bridge: Intel ICH10R I/O Controller

Memory Supported

Memory Slots: 12 x 240Pin

Max Memory Supported: 96GB RDIMM / 48GB UDIMM

Memory Type Supported: DDR3 1333/1066/800

Channel Supported: Triple Channel

Storage

Serial ATA: 6 x SATA 300

SATA RAID: Intel Matrix Storage (for Windows only)
(Support Software RAID 0,1,5,10)

LSI MegaRAID (for Linux/Windows)
(Support Software RAID 0,1,10)

Graphics

GPU/VPU: Aspeed AST2050

Video Memory: 8MB VRAM

Expansion Slots

PCI Express: 1 x PCI-E x16 (X8 Link) (Full-Height/Half-Length)
1 x PCI-E x8 (X8 Link) (Full-Height/Half-Length)

Communications

First LAN: Intel 82574L

Second LAN: Intel 82574L

Max. LAN Speed: Dual 10/100/1000Mbps

Expansion Bays

Slim Bays: 1

Hot-Swap Bays: 4

Panel Ports

Front USB: 2

COM: 1

PS/2: 2

VGA: 1

Rear USB: 2

RJ45: 2

Power Supply

Max. Power: 600W 80Plus Single Power Supply

Physical SPEC

Form Factor: 1U

Features

Features: Processor:
Six-Core/Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5600/X5500 Series (95W)
Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5600/E5500 Series (80W)
Quad-Core Intel Xeon L5600/L5500 Series (60W/40W/38W) Processor

QPI 4.8 / 5.86 / 6.4 GT/s

HDD Bays: 4 x Hot-swap 3.5"

1 x Mgmt LAN

OS Support:
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32/64-bit
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS5.0 32/64-bit
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32/64-bit
*Subject to change without any notice

Management Solution: Software: ASWM2.0

Operation temperature: 10°C ~ 35°C

Manufacturer Warranty

Parts: 3 years limited

Labor: 3 years limited

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Warranty

Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years

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Frank 7/6/2011 3:16:08 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5Great Server Pros: Decent Price, Up and running in a couple minutes. Unlike the other posters it's coming with the updated bios, so I was able to put in my Xeon x5675 CPU and it worked perfectly fine. Cons: Takes a little long to start posting, when you turn it on or reboot it, it just hangs for about 30 seconds before even showing any video on the screen, not really terrible because I expect servers to take a little longer to boot up and we don't reboot them that much, but it's just weird that it does that. Maybe it's an Asus thing, because I purchased an Asus tower barebones server similar specs to this one and it does the same thing. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 9/17/2010 3:22:47 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 3/5	Rating: 3/5Great products, bad support Pros: Awesome server Cons: Support is no good. Received server with old version bios and was trying to contact asus for bios upgrade for a week. No reply... Other Thoughts: Had to buy e5502 in order to upgrade bios for e5620 support. shame on you asus. Two egggs out for bad support 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Dan 9/13/2010 9:16:10 AM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 2/5	Rating: 4/5 Pros: - Good design - No bad reviews - ASUS - 12 slots for ram Cons: - Sucks if you got hardware with older version of bios and you are going to use 56xx xeon. Other Thoughts: Purchased mine with hope that it will have newer version of bios. But no it had to had < 906 version. So now I have to purchase 55xx CPU upgrade to latest bios and only then i can use my E5620s on it. On other hand why asus haven't came up with auto bios update feature? I mean it would be good. Plug it into network and start. If bios is old then in few seconds vaula and you have latest bios. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Don 3/5/2010 5:01:50 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 5/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Great Custom Server Pros: Works great with VMWare ESXi 4 U1, easy to work inside, lots of flexibility with parts and configurations. My first complete custom build ESX Server and I am highly impressed with the ASUS brand so far. Cons: No Hardware RAID out of the box, if you plan on getting one of these for use with VMWare either get a PIKE addon card OR plan on only using it with a USB Flash Device. Internal USB for USB Installed VMWare is very small (about 1 inch of space), if you plan on using it plan for a micro USB Flash Drive. Came with an old BIOS installed, so don't forget to flash it to current before use. Other Thoughts: My config worked flawlessly with the following items: 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117185 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816110042 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139074 3x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!