Asus RS720A-E12 Series User Manual page 4

2.6 Storage devices........................................................................................ 2-22
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.7 Expansion slot .......................................................................................... 2-25
2.7.1
2.7.2
2.7.3
2.7.4
2.7.5
2.7.6
2.7.7
2.7.8
2.7.9
2.7.10
2.7.11
2.8 Cable connections ................................................................................... 2-53
2.9 Backplane cabling ................................................................................... 2-54
2.10 Storage device configuration and cabling ............................................ 2-55
2.10.1
2.11 Removable/optional components ........................................................... 2-57
2.11.1
2.11.2
Chapter 3: Installation Options
3.1 Tool-less Friction Rail Kit .......................................................................... 3-2
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.2 Ball bearing Rail Kit ................................................................................... 3-5
Chapter 4: Motherboard Information
4.1 Motherboard layout .................................................................................... 4-2
4.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................................. 4-5
4.3 Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) .......................................................... 4-5
4.4 Jumpers ...................................................................................................... 4-6
4.3 Internal LEDs ............................................................................................ 4-12
4.4 Internal connectors .................................................................................. 4-14
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Installing a 2.5" hot-swap SATA/SAS/NVMe storage device .... 2-23
Installing a 2.5" storage device to the rear bay ......................... 2-24
Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 1
(for standard model) .................................................................. 2-27
Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 2 and 3
(for standard model) .................................................................. 2-29
Installing a GPU card to riser card bracket 1
(for GPU model) ........................................................................ 2-32
Installing a GPU card to riser card bracket 2 and 3
(for GPU model) ........................................................................ 2-35
Installing an expansion card to riser bracket 4 .......................... 2-39
Installing an ethernet expansion card to riser bracket 4 ........... 2-42
Replacing an HBA/RAID expansion card to riser bracket 4 ...... 2-43
Installing the Cache Vault Power Module ................................. 2-44
Installing an OCP 3.0 card ........................................................ 2-47
Installing an M.2 (NGFF) card ................................................... 2-48
Configuring an expansion card ................................................. 2-52
24 x NVMe + 8 x SATA storage device configuration and
cabling ....................................................................................... 2-56
System fans .............................................................................. 2-57
Redundant power supply module ............................................. 2-59
Installing the tool-less rack rail .................................................... 3-2
Rail kit dimensions ...................................................................... 3-4