ASUS RS520-E8-RS12-E V2 12-Bay 2U Rackmount Chassis
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| Management number | 202046245 | Release Date | 2025/09/19 | List Price | $8,192.00 | Model Number | 202046245 | ||
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The ASUS RS520-E8-RS12-E is a 2U rackmount chassis built for technicians and system integrators who need a platform that blends generous storage options with solid compute resources. With two LGA 2011-3 sockets, it accepts Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors and expands to 1024 GB of DDR4 memory, enabling deployments such as virtualization hosts, database nodes, or file servers that carry heavy data traffic.
Twelve front accessible 3.5 inch hot swap bays provide room for sizeable disk arrays, while two 2.5 inch rear bays make ideal locations for operating system drives or dedicated cache media. An internal M.2 slot lets you add a fast boot or logging drive without sacrificing a bay.
Expansion is straightforward. Three PCIe Gen 3.0 slots accept additional network, RAID, or compute cards, and the OCP mezzanine slot is ready for a 10G LAN module when higher bandwidth becomes necessary.
The chassis includes dual Gigabit Ethernet ports for data traffic and a dedicated management port linked to the ASMB8-iKVM module. Through IPMI 2.0 support, administrators gain full remote KVM, power control, and hardware monitoring, which cuts down on onsite maintenance visits.
Four 80 mm fans work with an internal air duct to direct cooling exactly where it is needed, and their speed can be adjusted manually. Compatibility with redundant 770 W 80Plus Gold power supplies further secures uptime for critical workloads.
This combination of dense storage, flexible expansion, and remote management makes the RS520-E8-RS12-E a natural fit for enterprise data centers, private cloud clusters, media production studios, and backup or archiving solutions.
Highlights:- Dual LGA 2011-3 sockets support Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors
- Up to 1024 GB of DDR4 memory across sixteen DIMM slots
- Twelve 3.5 inch hot swap drive bays and two rear 2.5 inch bays
- Three PCIe Gen 3.0 slots and one OCP mezzanine slot for additional networking or storage controllers
- ASMB8-iKVM module with IPMI 2.0 delivers full remote management and KVM functionality
- Redundant 770 W 80Plus Gold power supply support safeguards against downtime
- Tool less rail kit and a Q Code Port 80 LED streamline diagnostics
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