ASUS ESC8000A-E13P Dual AMD EPYC Zen 5 4U PCIe Gen5 Barebone GPU Server

High-Density 4U Compute Server

Powered by AMD EPYC™ 9005 processors, ESC8000A-E13P delivers exceptional performance, featuring top-tier GPUs, faster GPU interconnects, and higher-bandwidth fabric. This powerhouse server supports up to eight dual-slot GPUs, either active or passive, and offers flexible scalability with options for NVIDIA® NVLink® Bridge or AMD Infinity Fabric™ Link. This configuration allows seamless scaling and performance enhancement, making ESC8000A-E13P an ideal choice for tackling the most Enterprise AI and HPC tasks.

MGX Architecture

ESC8000A-E13P takes AI infrastructure to the next level by leveraging NVIDIA® MGX™, an open and flexible reference design that ensures future-proof compatibility. With its innovative modular architecture offering up to 160 customizable configurations, clients can easily tailor their solutions to meet specific AI and high-performance computing needs. MGX sets a new industry benchmark for modular server design, enhancing ROI and slashing time to market — empowering businesses to stay ahead in the fast-evolving AI landscape.

AMD EPYC™ 9005 Series

The AMD EPYC™ 9005 series takes AMD's legacy of x86 architecture innovation to new heights, leveraging cutting-edge 3nm technology for record-breaking performance. With the introduction of high-performance DDR5 DIMMs and blazing-fast PCIe 5.0 I/O, EPYC™ 9005 CPUs are engineered to handle the most demanding workloads. Designed to power memory-hungry AI-driven data centers, machine learning (ML), high-performance computing (HPC), and large in-memory computations.

PCIe 5.0 Connectivity

This server features the latest Broadcom PEX89000 series of switches, supporting up to 1,024Gbps (128GBps) of raw bandwidth per port (x16) to create high-availability hyper-scale systems. It uses the PCI Express 5.0 bus to empower communication between in-rack hosts and endpoints, simplifying connectivity while providing the highest PCIe-switching performance available for data center servers, storage and networks. Take advantage of these industry-first features today for the most demanding hyper-converged AI/ML/DL applications.

Server-Management Solution

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.

ASUS Control Centre
ASUS Control Center (ACC) is remote IT-management software application designed for monitoring 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.

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.

• Powered by AMD EPYC 9005 processors with 192 Zen 5c cores, 12-channel, up to 6400 MHz DDR5 and support for a maximum TDP of up to 500 watts per socket.
• Fully compatible with NVIDIA MGX architecture, enabling fast and large-scale deployment.
• High-density 4U server for eight dual-slot high-end NVIDIA H200 GPUs or NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition, supporting up to 600 watts each.
• Optimized server configuration, five PCI 5.0 slots for high-bandwidth PCIe NICs and DPU to enable performance scaling.
• ASUS-exclusive toolless design empowers easy maintenance for maximum efficiency.
• ASUS Control Center IT management software and hardware-level Root-of-Trust solution.