ESC N8A-E12

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7U NVIDIA HGX H100 eight-GPU server with dual AMD EPYCTM 9004 processors , designed for large-scale AI and HPC with up to 12 PCIE slots, 24 DIMM, 10 NVMe, dual 10Gb LAN and OCP 3.0

End-to-End AI Supercomputing Platform NVIDIA HGX H100 8-GPU server

This 7U dual-socket server is powered by dual AMD EPYC™ 9004 processors, supporting 400W TDP and eight NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs. Designed to accelerate the development of AI and data science, ESC N8A-E12 offers a dedicated one-GPU-to-one-NIC topology and supports up to eight NICs for the highest throughput during compute-intensive workloads. To reduce operating costs, the ASUS ESC N8A-E12 is engineered to provide effective cooling and innovative components that deliver thermal efficiency, scalability, and unprecedented performance.

KEY FEATURES

  • Fueled by dual AMD EPYCTM 9004 processors, supporting 400W TDP
  • Direct GPU-to-GPU interconnect via NVLink delivers 900GB/s bandwidth for efficient scaling
  • A dedicated one-GPU-to-one-NIC topology: Supports up to 8 NICs for the highest throughput during compute-intensive workloads
  • Modular design with reduced cable usage: Shorten assembly time and improve thermal optimization
  • Advanced NVIDIA technologies: The full power of NVIDIA GPUs, BlueField-3, NVLink, NVSwitch, and networking
  • High level of power efficiency: 4+2 or 3+3 80 PLUS Titanium power supplies
  • Optimized thermal design: Supports direct-to-chip (D2C) cooling solution and features dedicated CPU and GPU airflow tunnels for efficient heat dissipation
  • Designed for generative AI with optimized server systems, data-center infrastructure, and AI software-development capabilities integrated by ASUS

Specifications

Processor / System Bus

2 x Socket (LGA 6096)
AMD EPYC™ 9004 series(up to 400W)

Core Logic

4th Generation AMD EPYC Processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology

Memory

Total Slots:
24 (12 channel per CPU, 12 DIMM per CPU)
Capacity:
Maximum up to 3TB per CPU socket
Memory Type:
DDR5 4800/4400 RDIMM/ 3DS RDIMM
Memory Size:
96GB, 64GB, 32GB, 16GB RDIMM
256GB, 128GB RDIMM 3DS

Expansion Slots

12 x PCIe Gen5 slots

[PCIe Switch directly]
– 8 x PCIe Gen5 x16 link (LP, HL)
[CPU directly]
– 1 x PCIe Gen5 x16 link (FH, HL) +1 x PCIe Gen5 x16 link (FH, HL)
– 1 x PCIe Gen5 x8 link (FH, HL) +1 x PCIe Gen5 x8 link (FH, HL)

Storage

Optional Kits:
-Broadcom MegaRAID 9670W-16i
-Broadcom MegaRAID 9560-16i

10 x 2.5″ Hot-swap Drive Bays (8 NVMe, 2 NVMe/SATA*/SAS*)

[PCIe Switch directly]
– 8 xNVMe
[CPU directly]
– 2 xNVMe/SATA*/SAS*

*SATA/SAS support requires an optional HBA/RAID card

2 x M.2 Gen5 x4 link

Front I/O Ports

4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports
1 x VGA port
2 x 10Gb RJ45 LAN module (Intel-x710 Based)
1 x Mgmt LAN
1 x Locate button
1 x Power button

Rear I/O Ports

1 x locate button
1 x power button

Power Supply

4+2 or 3+3 Redundant 3000W 54V 80 PLUS Titanium Power Supply