ASUS RS520A-E12 AMD EPYC 9004 Series SP5 2U 12 Bay OCP Barebone Server (1600W PSU)

PCIe 5.0 Ready

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 centre.

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.

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 maximising processor frequency and boost power, ideal for time-sensitive applications such as financial services or data centre operations.

Core Optimiser

Maximises 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.

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 optimisation.

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 centre flexibility, and enable industry-standard SAS/SATA/NVMe interfacing through Broadcom Tri-Mode RAID adapters for increased connectivity and security.

Accelerating Performance for AI Workloads

This server features multiple PCIe 5.0 slots to meet the demands of AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, including supporting up to two dual-slot active or passive GPUs, and Xilinx Alveo accelerators. The scalable configurations in one 2U system provide optimised acceleration for workloads across cloud and on-premises data centres, and for hybrid cloud environments in financial computing, machine learning, computational storage, and data search and analytics.

NVIDIA Omniverse

ASUS solutions for Omniverse give your organisation 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.

Redundant Fans Support

This server offers optional hot-swappable, redundant fans and dedicated air tunnels for the CPUs, GPUs and DIMMs for an extra thermal back-up solution. Eight fans for the system — four primary and four back-up fans to ensure nonstop cooling performance for nonstop server operation.

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.

Streamline IT Operations Via a Single Dashboard

ASUS Control Centre (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.

Hardware Root-of-Trust Solution

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.

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.

• Powerful Performance: Powered by AMD EPYC 9004 processors with 96 Zen 4 cores, 12-channel, up to 4800 MHz DDR5 and support for a maximum TDP of up to 400 watts.
• Scale-Up Storage and Expansion Design: Up to 12 all-flash NVMe drives on the front panel, two drives in the real panel, and 5 PCIe 5.0 slots for higher bandwidth and system upgrade.
• Flexible Networking Module Design: On-board LAN module, and OCP 3.0 module with PCIe 5.0 slot in rear panel for faster connectivity.
• Air Cooling Solution: With heatsink achieves lower power-usage effectiveness (PUE) and optimised TCO for data centres for versatile workloads.
• Enhanced IT-Infrastructure Management: ASUS ASMB11-iKVM remote control with ASPEED AST2600, ASUS Control Centre IT management software and hardware-level Root-of-Trust solution.
• Ready for AI and HPC Workloads: Up to two dual-slot GPUs, including NVIDIA A100 and A40, AMD Instinct and Xilinx.