The ASUS Server motherboard Z8PE-D12X supports EPU, PIKE and Flex-E technologies, and provides high I/O expandability, and is able to provide an ideal foundation for powerful and reliable performance to cater to the most demanding tasks and upgrades in the future.

Processor / System Bus

2 x Socket 1366
Intel? Xeon? W5500 Series (130W)
Six-Core/ Quad-Core Intel? Xeon? X5600/ 5500 Series (95W)
Quad-Core/ Dual-Core Intel? Xeon? E5600/ 5500 Series (80W)
Six-Core/ Quad-Core/ Dual-Core Intel? Xeon? L5600/ 5500 Series (60W/ 40W)
QPI 4.8/ 5.86/ 6.4 GT/s

Core Logic

Intel? 5520 chipset IOH
Intel? ICH10R I/O Controller
NEC PCI-X Bridge

Form Factor

SSI EEB 3.61
12" x 13"

ASUS Features

Rack Ready (Rack and Pedestal dual use)

FAN speed control

Memory

Total Slots: 12 (3-channel per CPU, 6-DIMM per CPU)
Capacity: Maximum up to 96GB (RDIMM), Maximum up to 48GB (UDIMM)
Memory Type: DDR3 800/1066/1333 Reg DIMM/ Unbuffered DIMM with ECC
Memory Size: 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB (RDIMM); 1GB 2GB 4GB (UDIMM)

Expansion Slots (follow SSI Location #)

Total PCI/PCI-X/PCI-E Slots: 6
Slot Location 1: 1 * PCI-X 100/133 MHz
Slot Location 2: 1 * PCI-X 100/133 MHz
Slot Location 3: 1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 x8 Link)
Slot Location 4: 1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 x8 Link)
Slot Location 5: 1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 x8 Link)
Slot Location 6: 1 * PCI-E x16 (Gen2 x16 Link) (Auto switch to x8 Link if slot 5 is occupied)
Slot Location 7: 1 * MIO Slot for Audio card (PCI-E x1 is not supported)
Additional Slot 1: 1 * Slot for Stroage expansion

Storage

IDE Controller:
IT8213F

SATA Controller:
Intel? ICH10R:
6 SATA2 300MB/s ports
Intel Matrix Storage (for Windows only)
(Support software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5)
LSI? MegaRAID (for Linux/Windows)
(Support software RAID 0, 1, 10)

SAS Controller:
Optional:
ASUS 1064E 4-port SAS RAID card
ASUS 1068E 8-port SAS RAID card
ASUS 1078 8-port SAS HW RAID card
ASUS 6480 8-port SAS RAID card

Networking

LAN: 2 * Intel? 82574L + 1 * Mgmt LAN

Graphic

VGA: Aspeed AST2050 8MB

Onboard I/O Connectors

3 x PSU Connector : 24-pin SSI power connector + 8-pin SSI 12V + 8-pin SSI 12V power connector
1 x Management Connector : Onboard socket for optional management card
3 x USB Connectors (support 5 USB ports) (One for internal Type A USB connector )
8 x Fan Header : 4-pin
2 x SMBus
1 x Chassis Intruder
2 x Front LAN LED
1 x Serial Port Header

Rear I/O Connectors

1 x External Serial Port
2 x External USB Port
1 x VGA Port
2 x RJ-45 + 1 Management Port
1 x PS/2 KB/Mouse

Management Solution

Software:
Out of Band Remote Management: Optional for KVM-over-Internet

Environment

Operation temperature: 10