Asus Z9PA-D8 256GB DDR3 Intel Motherboard

ASUS proudly to announce new server board Z9PA-D8 based on Intel® E5-2600 + C602 PCH platform. The board integrates versatile features into a compact 12”x10” size which allows this board to fit into ATX chassis. Through innovative and top-notch engineering design, this board is able to support dual Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processors up to 135W CPU. With adequately developed thermal solution in 1U rack mount, the system may support up to 115W CPU.

Most Compact Dual LGA2011 Serverboard

ATX case compatible
The Z9PA-D8 server board support dual Intel® Xeon® server processors in a 12”x10” compact size with ATX foot print. User may easily acquire eco-system most mature and easy available ATX chassis other than proprietary special-made chassis further ensures end customers can benefit from up-to-date server technologies with affordable budget

Wide-range Intel Xeon® processor E5-2600 support
The Z9PA-D8 supports dual Intel® Xeon E5-2600 series CPUs with all-range including the support of advanced 135W CPU. System builders can choose between advanced, mainstream, and basic processors for all market segments. By supporting different processor and memory types, the Z9PA-D8 helps customer to build up a wide range of servers and workstation builds to meet different price segment customer demand.

The Powerful PCI-E Expandability in 12”x10” Form Factor and MIO-892 audio card support
The Z9PA-D8 is the only 12”x10” form factor board available in the market to dual PCI Express 3.0 x16 expansion slots. With the ASUS innovative Flex-E technology, the Z9PA-D8 server boards intelligently split or aggregate the link to support up to 4 true PCI Express 3.0 x8 slots or 2 x16 slots. With the exclusive unique feature, the Z9PA-D8 may serve as a powerful server board, or combines the 7.2 channel MIO-892 audio card becomes workstation.

Easy to Upgrade Multiple Storage Solutions with ASUS PIKE
The ASUS optional PIKE provides multiple storage options, direct SAS/SATA RAID upgrades can be achieved via a unique slot — without sacrificing expansion capability. The Z9PA-D8 boosts the build-in PIKE slot with PCI-E Gen3 which ensures best bandwidth link to process with low latency to support high performance storage devices over SAS/SATA 6Gb/s interface also ensure future SAS 12Gb/s PIKE card has high uplink to host bandwidth.

User can easily upgrade storage solution from entry-level to high-end. For example, the entry PIKE 9230 RAID card could expand 4 extra SATA 6Gb/s ports for entry-level needs while the latest PIKE 2208 RAID card adopting LSI dual-core IO processor could support SAS 6Gb/s ports with outstanding performance for high I/O transaction demands of database and datacenter applications.

USB 3.0 supported
The Z9PA-D8 is the first Dual Intel® E5-2600 server board with USB 3.0 support. The new USB 3.0 IO technology provides 10 times bandwidth compare to industrial mature USB 2.0.

Digital Power Solution
All-new digital CPU power controls work perfectly together to match digital power signal (SVID) requests from the CPU, with ultra-fast sensing and response efficiently delivering precision power. Accurate delivery reduces waste, and provides more stable CPU Vcore voltages. The Z9PA-D8 voltage regulation manages up to 90% peak power efficiency, with 85%+ during most normal operation. This ensures high power efficiency for the entire system to help customers save more electrical bills.

Comprehensive Server Management Solution: ASMB6-iKVM and ASWM Enterprise
The ASMB6-iKVM upgrade kit enables dashboard system health monitoring, remote power on/off and control, virtual media over LAN, and management LAN fail-over support. In addition, the ASMB6 function is based on BIOS-level access, so even if the server operating system is down or offline, the KVM module can still provide round-the-clock remote monitoring and diagnosis through a user-friendly web-based graphical interface through all major browsers. ASWM Enterprise software provides one-to-multiple centralized management including BIOS flash, remote control, power control through a colorful, graphical, and informative interface.

Technical Details

Model

Brand : ASUS
Model : Z9PA-D8

Specifications

Processor / System Bus
2 x Socket 2011
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family (135W)
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2 product family (135W)
QPI 6.4 / 7.2 / 8.0 GT/s

Core Logic : Intel® C602-A PCH

Memory
Total Slots : 8 (4-channel per CPU, 4 DIMM per CPU)
Capacity : Maximum up to 256GB RDIMM

Memory Type
DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 RDIMM
DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 UDIMM
DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 LRDIMM

Memory Size
32GB, 16GB, 8GB, 4GB, 2GB RDIMM
8GB, 4GB, 2GB UDIMM
32GB, 16GB, 8GB LRDIMM

Expansion Slots
Total Slot : 5
Slot Location 2 : PCI-E x8 (Gen2 X4 Link)
Slot Location 3 : PCI-E x16 (Gen3 X16 Link), Auto switch to x8 link if slot 4 is occupied
Slot Location 4 : PCI-E x8 (Gen3 X8 Link)
Slot Location 5 : PCI-E x16 (Gen3 X16 Link), Auto switch to x8 link if slot 6 is occupied
Slot Location 6 : PCI-E x8 (Gen3 X8 Link), MIO supported
Additional Slot 1 : PIKE Slot for Stroage expansion
Follow SSI Location No

Form Factor : ATX (12"x10")

ASUS Features
FAN speed control
Rack Ready (Rack and Pedestal dual use)
ASWM Enterprise

Storage

SATA Controller
Intel® C602-A AHCI
4 x SATA2 3Gb/s ports
2 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise(RSTe) (For Windows Only)
(Support Software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 )
LSI® MegaRAID (For Linux/Windows)
(Support Software RAID 0, 1, 10 )

SAS Controller
ASUS PIKE 2008 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card (Optional)
ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card(Optional)
ASUS PIKE 2108-32PD 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card (Optional)
ASUS PIKE 2208 8-port SAS 6G HW RAID card (Optional)
ASUS PIKE 2308 8-port SAS 6G RAID card (Optional)
ASUS PIKE 9230 4-port SATA 6G RAID card (Optional)

Networking
2 x Intel® 82574L + 1 x Mgmt LAN

Graphic
Aspeed AST2300 with 16MB VRAM

On Board I/O
1 x TPM header
1 x PSU Power Connector (24-pin ATX power connector + 8-pin ATX 12V power connector)
1 x PSU Power Connector (24-pin SSI power connector + 8-pin SSI 12V + 8-pin SSI 12V power connector)
1 x USB connector
2 x USB pin header , Up to 4 Devices
8 x Fan Header , 4pin
1 x SMBus
1 x Chassis Intruder
2 x Front LAN LED
1 x Serial Port Header
1 x Management Connector , Onboard socket for management card

Back I/O Ports
1 x External Serial Port
4 x External USB Port
2 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0
1 x VGA Port
2 x RJ-45 + 1 x Mgmt LAN
1 x PS/2 KB/Mouse

Regulatory Compliance : CE, C-Tick, FCC(Class B)

Management Solution
ASWM Enterprise
Optional ASMB6-iKVM for KVM-over-Internet

Environment
Operation temperature: 10℃ ~ 35℃
Non operation temperature: -40℃ ~ 70℃
Non operation humidity: 20% ~ 90% ( Non condensing)

Accessories
Gift Box Pack (1pcs per Carton):
6 x SATA Data Cables
1 x I/O Shield
1 x ASUS Mainboard Support CD
1 x ASWM Support CD
1 x User's Guide
1 x USB to SATA DOM Power cable
Bulk Pack (10pcs per Carton):
1 x I/O Shield
1 x ASUS Mainboard Support CD
1 x ASWM Support CD
1 x User's Guide

Monitoring
CPU Temperature
Fan RPM