ASUS | AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series-Ready Server Line

• ASUS Announces AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series-Ready Server Line

Meets extreme computing needs with up to four CPUs and dual GPUs plus more flexible expandability

2012/11/12

Integrating new AMD Opteron™ 6300 processors, a full range of ASUS servers and server boards offers greater flexibility with five expansion slots and extreme computing power via support for up to four CPUs and two GPUs in select models (RS920A-E6/RS8, RS924A-E6/RS8 servers) to accommodate the needs of data center, enterprise and HPC applications. The dedicated BIOS developed by ASUS to make the most of the new processors is now available at the official ASUS support site.

 

Four AMD G34 sockets, the flexibility of five expansion slots, and up to dual GPUs

RS920A-E6/RS8 and RS924A-E6/RS8 servers have been designed with a 4-way layout that supports up to four AMD Opteron™ 6300 processors on a single board, delivering extreme computing power and enhanced scalability. With each Opteron™ 6300 processor utilizing 16 cores, the new ASUS servers can sustain up to 64 cores as well as a maximum 512GB memory. They ship with four PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots plus one dedicated slot for an ASUS PIKE RAID card. This layout offers more flexible system setup and upgrade options, with an internal design that allows for up to twin double-deck graphics cards. The combined CPU/GPU power on offer creates high-output hybrid computing that matches the processing-intensive demands of HPC and data center applications.

 

Advanced architecture designed for AMD Opteron™ 6300 processors

In preparing for the new processors from AMD, ASUS has developed a dedicated backward compatible and easy-upgrade BIOS to make the most of Socket G34 processors, with special features for the AMD Opteron™ 6300 product range. The new BIOS is available as a download from the official ASUS support site at http://www.asus.com/support. 

 

AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series Processors Overview

Get the performance you need at the price you want for today’s demanding workloads. AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series processors deliver performance for the real world and value for real budgets by offering low acquisition costs that help to reduce overall TCO. What’s more, new enhancements allow applications to run faster over than its previous generation while staying within the same power budget.¹


1. AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series processors are expected to have up to 37% higher java performance/watt than AMD Opteron 6200 Series processors. Estimate based on preliminary measurements of java performance/watt in AMD labs as of August 2012 comparing AMD Opteron™ processor Models 6380 and 6278. SVR-217

Performance

FEATURE	FUNCTION	END-USER BENEFIT
Second generation of AMD's modular core architecture – codenamed "Piledriver"	Higher performance and higher performance/watt than the previous generation Same power bands and power saving features Socket compatible	Low TCO with better performance1 and price/performance Runs applications faster1 within the same power budget Helps extend life of investment by leveraging current socket platforms
Cache and Core Count	Up to 16 cores within the same package, 1MB of L2 cache per core (with up to 16MB of L2 cache per socket), and shared 16MB of L3 cache per socket.	Helps improves performance and performance/watt for multi-threaded environments like virtualization, database and web serving.
Higher DDR3 Frequencies	Supports DDR3-1600 for typical memory configurations and DDR3-1866 for slightly loaded memory configurations.	Helps improve system performance.
Quad Channel Memory	Four DDR3 memory channels with max memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s @ DDR3-1600 with RDIMM, LRDIMM, LV RDIMM and UDIMM.	Can increase performance, especially in memory-intensive workloads.
AMD Turbo CORE Technology	Cores can boost performance by up to 300MHz simultaneously when headroom is available.	Adds clock speed for improved performance.
AES Instructions	Provides hardware acceleration for fast and secure data encryption and decryption.	Helps improve application performance.
TDP Power Cap	Thermal design power (TDP) can be set in one watt increments using the BIOS or APML to get the most processing power into a single rack.	Offers more control over power settings and the flexibility to set power limits without capping CPU frequencies.
C6 Power State	Core power gating reduces and increases voltage as needed.	Helps reduce power costs during times of low usage.

AMD-P 2.0

FEATURE	FUNCTION	END-USER BENEFIT
APML (Advanced Platform Management Link)	Enables monitoring and controlling of system resources via a Remote Power Management Interface (RPMI) and Precision Thermal Monitor(in APML-enabled platforms).	Remotely monitor and control power and cooling.
AMD CoolSpeed Technology	Server automatically drops into lower power mode if processor's temperature exceeds safe operational limits. Platform providers can safely reduce system fan speeds to deliver greater platform efficiency.	Helps protect processor from overheating.
C1E	Reduces power to memory controller and HyperTransport™ technology links.	Helps reduce power consumption.
LV-DDR3 Support	Supports DDR3 at 1.25V in addition to 1.35V.	Helps reduce power consumption.
LR-DIMM Support	Enables extremely dense memory configurations.	Helps reduce memory-bottleneck in memory intensive environments such as virtualization.

Direct Connect Architecture 2.0

FEATURE	FUNCTION	END-USER BENEFIT
HyperTransport™ Technology Assist (HT Assist)	Helps to increase coherent memory bandwidth and reduces latency in multi-node systems by reducing cache probe traffic between cores.	Helps improve system efficiency and scalability.
HyperTransport™ 3.0 Technology (HT3)	Provides superior system bandwidth between CPUs and I/O, increasing interconnect rate up to a maximum 6.4GT/s with HT3.	Helps improve system balance and scalability.

AMD-V™ 2.0 Technology

FEATURE	FUNCTION	END-USER BENEFIT
AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™) 2.0 Technology	Tagged TLB - Efficient switching between virtual machines for better application responsiveness Rapid Virtualization Indexing - Hardware-based virtual machine memory management AMD-V™ Technology Extended Migration - Helps enable live migration of VMs between all available AMD Opteron™ processor generations I/O Virtualization - Enables direct device access by a virtual machine for increased integrity and security	Easy to deploy - Larger pool of resources enables greater VM consolidation Easy to manage - Common architecture makes managing virtual pools easy Easy to move - Extended migration delivers great flexibility for load balancing and disaster recovery

 Technical Specifications

AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series Processors
Model Number	Cores	Core Speed	AMD Turbo CORE Max Frequency	L3 Cache	TDP	Socket Type
6386 SE	16	2.8GHz	3.5GHz	16MB	140W	G34
6380	16	2.5GHz	3.4GHz	16MB	115W	G34
6378	16	2.4GHz	3.3GHz	16MB	115W	G34
6376	16	2.3GHz	3.2GHz	16MB	115W	G34
6348	12	2.8GHz	3.4GHz	16MB	115W	G34
6344	12	2.6GHz	3.2GHz	16MB	115W	G34
6328	8	3.2GHz	3.8GHz	16MB	115W	G34
6320	8	2.8GHz	3.3GHz	16MB	115W	G34
6308	4	3.5GHz	N/A	16MB	115W	G34
6366 HE	16	1.8GHz	3.1GHz	16MB	85W	G34

Data taken from http://www.asus.com/News/xG4fieGvy6qsnpnO/, http://www.amd.com/uk/PRODUCTS/SERVER/PROCESSORS/6000-SERIES-PLATFORM/6300/Pages/6300-series-processors.aspx (accessed on 22 Dec,2012)

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