ASUS ESC4000 Quick Setup Guide

Chapter 1:  Product introduction

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The ASUS ESC4000 is a high density GPU server presented in a compact 2U 

rack mount with support for dual Intel

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 Xeon

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 5600 series processors, 18 DIMM 

slots with up to 48GB/144GB memory and 4 double-wide NVIDIA

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 Tesla™ GPU 

computing processors. It enables high-end professional applications such as 

life/medical sciences, engineering and sciences, financial modeling, EDA and 

visualization. The ESC4000 packs outstanding features, flexible design and 

versatile hardware, making it an ideal choice for intense parallel computing tasks.

•  Features dual all-new Intel

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 Xeon

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 5600 series processors with Intel

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 Core™ 

microarchitecture for significant performance increases

•  Supports 18 DIMM slots and up to 48GB/144GB high scalability memory 

for intense applications. DDR3 modules deliver higher speeds and more 

bandwidth with lower power consumption

•  Embeds up to four NVIDIA

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 Tesla™ M2050/M2070/M2090 GPUs on full PCI-E 

Gen2 x16 slots with up to 2.66 teraflops, doubling precision performance

•  The NVIDIA

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 Tesla™ M2090 GPU Computing Module is the world’s fastest 

parallel computing processor for HPC

•  Eight PCI-E Gen2 x16 slot design supports up to four double-deck GPU 

computing cards for professional graphics

•  Flex-E technology allows automatic switching between one PCI-E x16 and two 

PCI-E x8 links

•  Additional PCI-E riser module compatible with both half-length/low-profile 

PCI-E cards and ASUS PIKE series cards

•  Three independent smart system fans, two for GPU areas and one for general 

motherboard cooling

•  Adjusts fan speed automatically according to system load to optimize cooling 

and energy saving

•  Designed with eight hard drive bays to support SAS or SATA drives
•  Optional ASUS PIKE meets the various requirements of RAID functionality