RS720A-E12-RS12
AMD EPYC™ 9004 dual-processor 2U server that supports up to 24 DIMM, 8 NVMe, nine PCIe® 5.0 slots, two M.2, OCP 3.0, four dual-slot GPUs, and ASUS ASMB11-iKVM
- Powerful performance: Powered by AMD EPYC 9004 processors with 128 Zen 4c cores, 12-channel, up to 4800 MHz DDR5 and support for a maximum TDP of up to 400 watts per socket
- Scale-up storage and expansion design: A total of 12 bays in combination of Tri-Mode NVMe/SATA/SAS drives on the front panel and nine PCIe 5.0 slots for higher bandwidth and system upgrade
- Flexible networking module design: Optional two 10 Gbps or four 1 Gbps on-board LAN module, and OCP 3.0 module with PCIe 5.0 slot in rear panel for faster connectivity
- Advanced air cooling solution: Features enhanced volume air cooling (EVAC) heatsink for processors with higher TDP
- Enhanced IT-infrastructure management: ASUS ASMB11-iKVM remote control with ASPEED AST2600, ASUS Control Center IT management software and hardware-level Root-of-Trust solution
- Ready for AI and HPC workloads: Up to four dual-slot GPU, including NVIDIA A100*
PCIe 5.0 Ready
Faster storage, graphics and networking capabilities
PCI Express® (PCIe®) 5.0 delivers 32GT/s bandwidth, which is twice the speed of PCIe 4.0, and offers lower power consumption, better land scalability and backwards compatibility. ASUS servers are PCIe 5.0 ready with scalability design to satisfy the increasing workloads for modern data center.
System Layout
* SAS support only from optional SAS HBA/RAID card.
Panel Layout
Front Panel
8 NVMe + 4 SATA
* SAS support only from optional SAS HBA/RAID card.
Rear Panel
Non-GPU Configuration
GPU Configuration
* Slot 1-2, 5-6, 7-8 are available for GPU configuration.
Block Diagram
AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series Processors
The 9004 Series EPYC CPUs amplifies the AMD history of x86 architecture innovations and record-breaking performance with next generation 5nm technology as well as introducing support for high performant DDR5 DIMMs and fast PCIe® Gen 5 I/O. EPYC 9004 CPUs support 12 memory channels with 2 DIMMs/channel capability, delivering the resources needed for memory hungry AI, ML, HPC, and large in-memory computations.
* CPU performance vary by models, please refer to the specification table on product page.
Up to
1.152 GB L3 Cache
with AMD 3D V-Cache technology
128
PCIe5 lanes in a 1 socket server
160
PCIe5 lanes in 2 socket servers
Up to
128 cores
on Zen 4c
CPU-balanced Architecture
The new AMD EPYC 9004 processors excel at providing full features and functionality for both dual-socket and single-socket platforms, but our new servers ASUS is introducing an CPU-balanced architecture to enable secure and optimal CPU-performance efficiency.
This architecture extends the full bandwidth to either dual- or single-CPU configurations, enabling more computing capability and much-improved overall power efficiency for compute-intensive workloads. This architecture allows customers to take full advantage of bandwidth capabilities of the dual-CPU architecture with a single CPU, while offering the flexibility to upgrade later with the addition of a second CPU.
* Features, specification and design vary by models and configuration.
World Records Leadership
ASUS holds the most amount of records in dual-socket (2P) and single-socket (1P) on SPEC CPU 2017 benchmark and dominate the computing performance. These top performance results provide a useful insight into compute-intensive workloads on different computer systems, enabling our customers to reduce complexity, tackle challenging workloads and accelerate system validations.
Computing Performance
ASUS servers feature Performance Boost technology to achieve the best server performance and agility by tuning servers to match the requirements of workloads, letting you gain greater control of your server environment. This technology improves workload throughput by maximizing processor frequency and boost power, ideal for timesensitive applications such as financial services or data center operations.
Core Optimizer
Maximizes the processor frequency in multi-core operations, avoiding frequency shifting for reduced latency.
Engine Boost
Automatic power acceleration with an innovative voltage design to increase server overall performance.
Workload Presets
Preconfigured BIOS server profiles based on workloads and benchmarks for improved performance and efficiency.
* SPEC is a corporation formed to establish and endorse standardized benchmarks and tools to evaluate performance and energy efficiency of computer systems.
Power Efficiency
ASUS select servers achieved most power efficiency positions on the SPEC Power benchmark for energy efficiency and demonstrate to customers how they can achieve faster deployments and higher energy efficiency for their IT infrastructure.
ASUS Power Balancer
Adjust overall loading automatically based on real-time monitoring to decrease overall power consumption for Improved efficiency and cost/performance optimization.
Thermal Radar 2.0
Features intelligent fan-curve adjustments to fit the real-time server usage patterns and lower fan power consumption.
Scalable Storage Solution
This server features scalable storage solutions to support maximum performance for data center flexibility, and enable industry-standard SAS/SATA/NVMe interfacing through Broadcom Tri-Mode RAID adapters for increased connectivity and security.
RS720A-E12-RS24U (with switch board)
16 x NVMe + 8 x NVMe/SATA/SAS* (2 switch boards)
RS720A-E12-RS24 (on board directly)
16 x NVMe + 8 x SATA/SAS*
8 x NVMe/SATA/SAS*
RS720A-E12-RS12
8 x NVMe + 4 x SATA/SAS*
4 x NVMe + 8 x SATA/SAS*
Rear bay: 2 x NVMe* (optional)
* SAS support only from optional SAS HBA/RAID card.
* The 2 x NVMe configuration in rear bay will require two PCIe slots.
Accelerating performance for AI workloads
Up to one dual-slot GPUs
This server features multiple PCIe 5.0 slots to meet the demands of AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, including supporting up to four dual-slot active or passive GPUs, and Xilinx Alveo accelerators. The scalable configurations in one 2U system provide optimized acceleration for workloads across cloud and on-premises data centers, and for hybrid cloud environments in financial computing, machine learning, computational storage, and data search and analytics.
* The total number of NVMe drives installed will affect the total number of GPUs that can be installed.
* FPGA Xilinx verification is available on request.
* Refer to GPU compatible list by models.
NVIDIAOmniverse
3D design collaboration and simulation
ASUS solutions for Omniverse give your organization a comprehensive package for Omniverse Enterprise. The diverse portfolio allows us to tailor a package to be fully compatible with your design environment and needs. As our long-term partnership with NVIDIA and ISV certifications, we’re fully invested in the Omniverse ecosystem and ready to help our partners develop new segments on this exciting platform.
Front Bezel Protection
ASUS servers are designed with optional front bezel with a lock that has been tested and supported by our technical team to avoid accidental usage or removal and ensure your data center is fully safe.
Server-management Solution
BMC
Remote server management
ASUS ASMB11-iKVM is the latest server-management solution from ASUS, built upon the ASPEED 2600 chipset running on the latest AMI MegaRAC SP-X. The module provides various interfaces to enable out-of-band server management through WebGUI, Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and Redfish® API.
IT Infrastructure Management Software
Streamline IT operations via a single dashboard
ASUS Control Center (ACC) is remote IT management software designed for monitoring your hardware and software IT assets and inventory status and enabling seamless remote BIOS configurations and updates, efficient IT diagnostics and troubleshooting and enhanced security with Hotfix updates, allowing easier server management for any IT infrastructure.
Enhanced Security
Hardware Root-of-Trust Solution
Detect, recover, boot and protect
ASUS servers integrate PFR FPGA as the platform Root-of-Trust solution for firmware resiliency to prevent from hackers from gaining access to infrastructure. ASUS security solutions are fully compliant with the 2018 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP 800 193 specification.
* Platform Firmware Resilience (PFR) module must be specified at time of purchase and is factory-fitted. It is not for sale separately.
Trusted Platform Module 2.0
ASUS servers also include support Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM 2.0) to secure hardware through integrated cryptographic keys and offer regular firmware update for vulnerabilities.