ASUS Announces Intel Xeon E-2400-Based Servers and Server Motherboards

Intel® Xeon® E-2400-series processors are designed for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and cloud-service providers, offering robust and secure solutions. These processors support up to eight cores and 16 threads, with a maximum frequency of 5.6 GHz and a 95 W TDP, ensuring rapid data processing and application responsiveness. They support up to 128 GB of DDR5 4400 MT/s memory and PCIe 5.0 interfaces, providing server-grade 24/7 reliability for business-critical services and customer data, and cost-effective performance for entry-level bare-metal cloud services.

The ASUS RS300-E12-RS4 server is engineered to harness the power of eight-core Intel Xeon E-2400-series processors, with support for up to 95 W TDP. This powerful machine is designed with a focus on extensive storage options, featuring four hot-swap drives on the front panel and an additional M.2 slot. In terms of connectivity, it boasts a PCIe 5.0 slot along with a proprietary PCIe 4.0 slot, ensuring higher bandwidth. For power efficiency, it is equipped with redundant 450 W 80 PLUS Platinum power supplies. Network connectivity is robust with dual Intel I210-AT gigabit Ethernet ports supporting teaming. The server management is enhanced by ASUS ASMB11-iKVM out-of-band management with an ASPEED AST2600 controller.

The ASUS RS300-E12-PS4 server shares many features with the RS300-E12-RS4 model, including the processor, storage capabilities, PCIe slots, Ethernet options, management controller and security features. However, it sets itself apart with a focus on simplified system maintenance, facilitated by a 350 W 80 PLUS^® Gold power supply. This model balances performance with energy efficiency, making it a suitable choice for businesses seeking a streamlined server solution.

The ASUS P13R-M/10G-2T server motherboard enhances connectivity with dual-port Intel X710-AT2 gigabit Ethernet and includes an M.2 slot for improved OS boot speed. It maintains the core features of RS300-E12-series servers, including support for Intel Xeon E-2400-series processors, ample storage options and ASUS ASMB11-iKVM for efficient management.

The ASUS P13R-M server motherboard mirrors the key specifications of RS300-E12-PS4, focusing on similar processor support, storage flexibility, and network capabilities. It distinguishes itself with a compact form factor and a 350 W 80 PLUS Gold power supply, making it an efficient choice for businesses needing a motherboard solution with parallel capabilities to the RS4 and PS4 servers.

RS300-E12 servers and P13R-M server motherboards features ASUS ASMB11-iKVM, an embedded iKVM module, and are optionally equipped with ASUS Control Center (ACC) — offering comprehensive out-of-band and in-band management features tailored for small and mid-size businesses. ASMB11-iKVM supports remote BIOS updates, fan control, standalone KVMs, video recording and BSOD capture, providing around-the-clock remote monitoring and diagnostics. This functionality remains accessible even if the operating system is down or offline, through a user-friendly web-based graphical interface compatible with all major browsers.

ACC further enhances IT-infrastructure management, centralizing and integrating monitoring and control for ASUS commercial products, including servers, workstations and digital signage. ACC enables remote BIOS updates, mobile device system monitoring and simplified server management through one-click software updates and dispatching.

The latest 5th Gen Intel Xeon processor range unleashes up to 21% average general-purpose

performance gain[i] and up to 36% average performance per watt gain[ii] across workloads compared to previous generation, delivers up to 29% higher training and up to 42% higher inference performance.[iii]^,[iv] With an LGA-4677 socket, the new CPU series seamlessly continues the legacy of its predecessor, with simple drop-in compatibility. Boasting eight DDR5-5600 memory channels supporting up to 2 TB capacity, 80 PCI Express^® 5.0 lanes with CXL 1.1support, and a 350 W TDP for 1P and 2P configurations, the all-new Xeon Scalable is an innovation powerhouse. Upgrade with ASUS today to elevate operational efficiency, data security and reduce costs — ready for the future of computing.

ASUS servers and server motherboards that support the 5th Gen Intel Xeon processor series are as follows:

[i] Average performance gain as measured by the geomean of SPEC CPU rate, STREAM Triad, and LINPACK compared to 4th Gen Intel^® Xeon^® processor. See G1 at intel.com/processorclaims: 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Results may vary.

[ii] Geomean of DeathStar Bench- Social Network, MySQL Database, OpenFOAM, ResNet34 Inference, VPP-FIB. This offering is not approved or endorsed by OpenCFD Limited, producer and distributor of the OpenFOAM software via www.openfoam.com, and owner of the OPENFOAM^® and OpenCFD^®.

[iii] Based on performance gains of 1.1x to 1.29x for training (ResNet50v1.5, BERT-Large, SSD-ResNet34, RNN-T, MaskRCNN, and DLRM) and 1.19x to 1.42x for inference (ResNet50v1.5, BERT-Large, SSD-ResNet34, RNN-T (BF16 only), Resnext101 32x16d, MaskRCNN (BF16 only), DistilBERT) compared to 4th Gen Intel^® Xeon^® processor. See A15-A16 at intel.com/processorclaims: 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Results may vary.

[iv] See H1 at intel.com/processorclaims: 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Results may vary.