Asus RS720-E9-RS8 User Manual page 15

Model Name
Disk SAS
Controller Controller
I = internal
A or S will
be hot-
swappable
Storage Bays
PCIe NVMe
Riser Card &
Cable
Networking LAN
Graphic VGA
I/O Ports, Switches, and
LEDs
ASUS RS720-E9-RS8/RS8-G
RS720-E9-RS8
Optional:
ASUS PIKE II 3008 8-port SAS HBA card
ASUS PIKE II 3108 8-port SAS HW RAID card
12G SAS Support
Front bays:
8 x 2.5"/3.5" Hot-swap Storage Device Bays
(4 x SATA/SAS + 4 x SATA/SAS/NVMe)
Rear bays:
2 x 2.5" Hot-swap drive bays
(2 x SATA/NVMe) (optional)
2 x M.2 (22110, 2280, 2260,
2242) (support SATA/PCIe M.2,
SATA RAID)
4 Ports Riser Card + Cable
1 x PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink
card (optional for model with
rear bay)
1 x Dual Port Intel I350-AM2 Gigabit LAN controller (by default)
2 or 4 x 1G/10GbE LAN Port (with OCP card option)
1 x Management Port
Aspeed AST2500 64MB
Front I/O Ports:
2 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x VGA port
Rear I/O Ports:
2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
1 x VGA port
2 x RJ-45 GbE LAN ports
1 x RJ-45 Mgmt LAN port
Rear Switch/LED:
1 x Power switch
1 x Q-Code/Port 80 LED
1 x Message LED
1 x HDD LED
1 x Location LED
Front Switch/LED:
1 x Power switch/LED
1 x Location switch/LED
1 x Reset switch
1 x Storage device access LED
1 x Message LED
LAN 1-4 LEDs
* LAN 3-4 for Mezzanine card use
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RS720-E9-RS8-G
Rear bays:
2 x M.2 (22110, 2280, 2260,
2242) (support SATA/PCIe M.2,
SATA RAID)
4 Ports Riser Card + Cable
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