Double-sided high-capacity 4U storage server with support for up to 36 drives

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Outstanding high-capacity storage server with up to 36 drives in 4U system
A double-sided storage placement design with support for 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch drives in combination
Scale-up performance for outstanding computing with ASUS PIKE II 3000 cards and flexible I/O upgrade kit
High power efficiency with redundant 1600W 80 Plus Platinum power supply
Exclusive thermal radar technology for energy efficiency - Reduces fan power-consumption by up to 20%
Tool-less rail kit to provide additional support and stability for server installation
Complete IT infrastructure management with ASMB9 out-of-band remote management and in-band ASUS Control Centre

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Outstanding high-capacity storage server

RS540-E9-RS36-E offers an optimal balance of server storage utilisation, performance and cost with a hybrid storage configuration that has capacity for up to 36 drives in a 4U system, plus two optional hot-swappable 2.5-inch SATA SSDs and two optional M.2 SSDs.

Accelerate your workloads

To effectively manage the storage demands of growing amounts of data, RS540-E9-RS36-E features a double-sided storage placement design with support for up to 24 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch drives in the front and 12 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch drives in the back, making it an adaptable architecture for diverse workloads. Two optional 2.5-inch SSDs enable in-server hybrid storage configurations, and two optional M.2 SSDs provide up to 2TB of additional OS storage.

Exclusive Thermal Radar Technology for Energy Efficiency

Scale-up performance for outstanding computing

RS540-E9-RS36-E is built upon a scalable system architecture and offers flexibility to meet performance demands.
- ASUS PIKE II 3000 cards: The latest SAS 12Gb/s solution for storage and integrated RAID data protection
- Flexible I/O upgrade kit for high-performance 10Gb/s connectivity with networking PCI-E and OCP Mezzanine cards

Rack-optimised design for cooling efficiency

The rack-optimised RS540-E9-RS36-E supports 1+1 redundant 800W 80 Plus Platinum power supplies, which are 94% efficiency for AC to DC conversion, and allows your server to keep working even if one power supply requires maintenance, enabling uninterrupted operation.

Rack-optimized design for cooling efficiency

Exclusive Performance Boost technology

ASUS servers feature exclusive Performance Boost technology to achieve the best server performance and agility by tuning servers to match the requirements of workloads, letting you gain greater control of your server environment. This technology improves workload throughput by maximising processor frequency and boost power, ideal for time-sensitive applications such as financial services or data centre operations. In the BIOS you can choose from pre-configured server profiles optimised for specific workloads, maximising overall performance and reducing server-configuration time.

Core Optimiser

Maximises the processor frequency in multi-core operations, avoiding frequency shifting for reduced latency

Engine Boost

Automatic power acceleration with an innovative voltage design to increase server overall performance

Workload Presets

Preconfigured BIOS server profiles based on workloads and benchmarks for improved performance and efficiency

Exclusive Thermal Radar technology for energy efficiency

RS540-E9-RS36-E features ASUS-exclusive Thermal Radar technology with ambient sensors placed in CPU, memory, NVMe, SSD, OCP mezzanine connector for internal and external temperature monitoring, and dynamic fan-curve adjustment, which lowers fan power consumption by up to 20% and reduces total cost of ownership — ideal for data centres with extreme workloads.

Comprehensive IT infrastructure management

RS540-E9-RS36-E features an embedded iKVM module and is bundled with ASUS Control Centre to provide comprehensive out-of-band and in-band management features for small and mid-size businesses.

The embedded ASMB9-iKVM module supports remote BIOS updates, fan control, standalone KVMs, video recording, and BSOD capture, providing around-the-clock remote monitoring and diagnostics — even if the operating system is down or offline — through a user-friendly, web-based graphical interface that works with all major browsers.

ASUS Control Centre (ACC) is a centralised and integrated IT management platform for monitoring and controlling ASUS commercial products, including servers, workstations and digital signage. ACC enables remote BIOS updates, monitoring of multiple systems via mobile devices, and one-click software updates and dispatching, allowing easier server management for any IT infrastructure.

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Comprehensive IT Infrastructure Management

Asset tag

Tool-less rail kit

Quick initialisation
guidance

Visible Q-Code

MicroSD card support

Asset tag

The asset tag is a simple and useful feature conveniently located on the front panel of the server, providing easy access and the ability to record the system serial number, IP address and other essential information.

Tool-less rail kit

The convenient design of the rail kit allows administrators to easily install rails into the server rack without tools. It also comes with a metal stopping-bracket that can be installed to provide additional support and stability for the server.

Quick initialisation guidance

RS540-E9-RS36-E provides instant system information during initialisation and reports any unusual diagnostic results for more efficient IT operation and easy troubleshooting.

Visible Q-Code

RS540-E9-RS36-E has a visible Q-Code/port 80 LED display for simple monitoring of the entire boot process, from power on through loading of the operating system.

MicroSD card support

A baseboard management controller (BMC) with microSD support facilitates remote OS updates via image files, log data tracking and video storage.

RS540-E9-RS36-E

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