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1.3 System specifications The ASUS ESC500 G2 is a workstation featuring the ASUS P8C WS motherboard. The workstation supports Intel® LGA1155 Xeon® E3-1200 v2 or 3rd/2nd Generation Core™ i3 ...PCIe 2.0 x1 (at x1 mode) Storage SATA Controller 1 x PCI Intel® C216: 2 SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray) 4 SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports (blue) Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (for Windows only) HDD Bays Networking LAN (Support software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5) 3 x Internal 3.5" HDD Bays 2 x Intel® 82574L Gigabit LAN controller (continued on the next page) ASUS ESC500 G2 1-3
1.3 System specifications The ASUS ESC500 G2 is a workstation featuring the ASUS P8C WS motherboard. The workstation supports Intel® LGA1155 Xeon® E3-1200 v2 or 3rd/2nd Generation Core™ i3 ...PCIe 2.0 x1 (at x1 mode) Storage SATA Controller 1 x PCI Intel® C216: 2 SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray) 4 SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports (blue) Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (for Windows only) HDD Bays Networking LAN (Support software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5) 3 x Internal 3.5" HDD Bays 2 x Intel® 82574L Gigabit LAN controller (continued on the next page) ASUS ESC500 G2 1-3
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... 2-5 3-21 2-11 3-17 3-6 3-15 3-12 3-13 3-7 3-22 3-10 3-14 3-15 3-19 3-18 3-16 3-16 3-5 3-4 3-11 3-18 ASUS ESC500 G2 3-3 switch 6. USB 3.0 connector (20-1 pin USB3_12) 7. Intel® C216 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-2 [gray]) 8. Intel® C216 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [blue]) 9. Onboard LED 10. System panel connector (20-8 pin PANEL) 11...
... 2-5 3-21 2-11 3-17 3-6 3-15 3-12 3-13 3-7 3-22 3-10 3-14 3-15 3-19 3-18 3-16 3-16 3-5 3-4 3-11 3-18 ASUS ESC500 G2 3-3 switch 6. USB 3.0 connector (20-1 pin USB3_12) 7. Intel® C216 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-2 [gray]) 8. Intel® C216 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [blue]) 9. Onboard LED 10. System panel connector (20-8 pin PANEL) 11...
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... only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode] by default. 3.5 Internal connectors 1. Intel® C216 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-2 [gray]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. • These...
... only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode] by default. 3.5 Internal connectors 1. Intel® C216 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-2 [gray]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. • These...
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...available only if you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® C216 chipset. • These connectors are using hot-plug and NCQ, set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk ... for details. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using these connectors, set to [AHCI Mode]. ASUS ESC500 G2 3-13 Intel® C216 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [blue]) These connectors connect to [RAID Mode].
...available only if you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® C216 chipset. • These connectors are using hot-plug and NCQ, set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk ... for details. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using these connectors, set to [AHCI Mode]. ASUS ESC500 G2 3-13 Intel® C216 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [blue]) These connectors connect to [RAID Mode].