ASUS ESC8000A-E12

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AMD EPYC™ 9004 dual-processor 4U GPU server that supports eight dual-slot GPUs, liquid cooling solution, up to 24 DIMM, 11 PCIe 5.0 slots, eight NVMe, four 3000W Titanium power supplies, OCP 3.0 and ASMB11-iKVM

Accelerate performance for HPC and AI workloads

Eight dual-slot GPU compute in 4U

ASUS ESC8000A-E12 is an AMD EPYC™ 9004 dual-socket server built for the demands of enterprise AI infrastructure to deliver unprecedented performance with industry-leading GPUs, faster GPU interconnect and higher-bandwidth fabric, and supports up to eight dual-slot active or passive GPUs scalable configuration with a choice of NVIDIA NVLink® Bridge or AMD Infinity Fabric™ Link to enable scaling of performance with increased bandwidth — ready to match your AI and HPC workloads.

KEY FEATURES

  • Powerful performance: Powered by AMD EPYC™ 9004 processors with 128 Zen 4c cores, 12-channel, up to 4800 MHz DDR5 and support for a maximum TDP of up to 400 watts per socket
  • AI and HPC workloads ready: Up to eight dual-slot active or passive GPUs, NVIDIA NVLink® bridge, and NVIDIA Bluefield DPU support to enable performance scaling
  • Power-efficient system design: Independent CPU and GPU airflow tunnels for thermal optimization and support for up to four 3000W Titanium redundant power supplies for uninterrupted operation
  • Comprehensive cooling solutions: Designed for both liquid cooling and enhanced air cooling based on CPU TDP for versatile workloads
  • Scale-up storage and expansion design: A total of eight bays in combination of Tri-Mode NVMe/SATA/SAS drives on the front panel and 11 PCIe 5.0 slots for higher bandwidth and system upgrade
  • Flexible networking module design: Optional OCP 3.0 module with PCIe 5.0 slot in rear panel for faster connectivity
  • Enhanced IT-infrastructure management: ASUS ASMB11-iKVM remote control with ASPEED AST2600, ASUS Control Center IT management software and hardware-level Root-of-Trust solution
 

Specifications

Processor / System Bus

2 x Socket (LGA 6096)
AMD EPYC™ 9004 series(up to 400W)
4th Generation AMD EPYC Processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology

Form Factor

4U

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:
64GB, 32GB, 16GB RDIMM
256GB, 128GB RDIMM 3DS

Expansion Slots

8 x PCIe slots (Gen5 x16 link, FH,FL) for dual-slot GPU cards

SKU-1 (3PCIe)
Front: 1 x PCIe slot (Gen5 x8 link ,LP,HL) for HBA/RAID cards
Rear: 1 x PCIe slot (Gen5 x16 link) for NIC
          1 x PCIe slot (Gen5 x8 link) for NIC

SKU-2 (2PCIe + 2NVMe)
Front: 1 x PCIe slot (Gen5 x8 link ,LP,HL) for HBA/RAID cards
Rear:  1 x PCIe slot (Gen5 x16 link) for NIC

SKU-3 (1PCIe + 1OCP3.0 + 2NVMe)
Front: 1 x PCIe slot (Gen5 x8 link ,LP,HL) for HBA/RAID cards
Rear:  1 x OCP3.0 NIC socket (Gen5 x16 link)

Storage

8 x 3.5″/2.5″ Front Hot-swap Storage Bays
(Backplane supports up to 8 x NVMe*/SATA/SAS**)
*NVMe support on selected SKUs
*SAS support requires an optional HBA/RAID card

1 x M.2 Socket, supports up to 22110 type (PCIe Gen3 x4 link)

Front I/O Ports

2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports
1 x VGA port

Rear I/O Ports

1 x COM port
2 x 10GbE/1GbE LAN ports (RJ45, build for order)
1 x Management port (RJ45)

Power Supply

2+2 Redundant 2600W/3000W 80 PLUS Titanium Power Supply
2+1 Redundant 3000W 80 PLUS Titanium Power Supply
Rating: 220-240 Vac, 15.5A(x4), 50-60 Hz