ESC NB8-E11

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10U NVIDIA® Blackwell HGX™ B200 eight-GPU server with dual 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, designed for Enterprise AI Factory application with up to 11 PCIE slots, 32 DIMM, 10 NVMe, dual 10Gb LAN

The Foundational Building Block for Enterprise AI Factories

Equipped with NVIDIA Blackwell HGX™ B200 8-GPU and powered by dual 5th Gen Intel Xeon® Scalable processors, ASUS ESC-NB8-E11 features direct GPU-to-GPU interconnect via NVIDIA NVLink™ with 1,800GB/s bandwidth for optimized scaling. It employs a dedicated one-GPU-to-one-NIC topology, supporting up to eight NICs for maximum throughput in compute-intensive workloads. Designed as a foundational building block for enterprise AI factories, ESC-NB8-E11 accelerates computing, networking, storage, and software integration — enabling faster, more reliable AI factory deployments with reduced risk and improved operational efficiency.

KEY FEATURES

  • Equipped with NVIDIA Blackwell HGX B200 8-GPU and fueled by dual 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, supporting 350W TDP.
  • Direct GPU-to-GPU interconnect via NVIDIA NVLink™, offering 1,800GB/s bandwidth for optimized scaling.
  • Dedicated one-GPU-to-one-NIC topology, supporting up to eight NICs for maximum throughput in compute-intensive workloads.
  • Advanced NVIDIA technologies, including full integration of NVIDIA GPUs, NVIDIA BlueField®-3 DPUs, NVIDIA NVLink, NVSwitch, and networking
  • High level of power efficiency, with 5+1 80 PLUS® Titanium power supplies.
  • Optimized thermal design with air-cooled solution, and featuring dedicated CPU and GPU airflow tunnels for efficient heat dissipation
  • Designed for enterprise IT, it recommends accelerated computing, networking, storage, and software to help deliver faster time-to-value AI factory deployments while mitigating deployment risks.
 

Specifications

Processor / System Bus

2 x Socket

4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Up to 350W)
5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Up to 350W)

Memory

Total Slots:
32 (8 channel per CPU, 16 DIMM per CPU)
Capacity:
Maximum up to 4TB per CPU socket
Memory Type:
4th: DDR5 4400 RDIMM/ 3DS RDIMM (2DPC)
5th: DDR5 4400 RDIMM/ 3DS RDIMM (2DPC)
512GB, 256GB, 128GB Intel® Optane™ persistent memory 300 series
Memory Size:
64GB, 32GB, 16GB RDIMM
256GB, 128GB RDIMM 3DS

Expansion Slots

SKU1: 10 x PCIe Gen5 slots + 1 x PCIe Gen4 slot
[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 xPCIe Gen4 x8 link from CPU2 DMI (FH, HL)**

*Support PCIe x16 link support DPU
**For Raid card to connect storage

SKU2: 10 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)*
*SupportPCIe x16 link for DPU

Networking

2 x 10 Gigabit LAN ports (Intel X710-AT2 Controller)
1 x Management Port

ASUS Control Center
ASUS ASMB11-iKVM (on-board) EDIT

Storage

Optional Kits:
-Broadcom MegaRAID 9560-16i

Front I/O Ports

4 x USB3.2 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

5+1 Redundant 3000W 80 PLUS Titanium Power Supply