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ASUS RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey vs ASUS RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver

36specifications compared
8differ
28identical
23known for one product only

Key differences

Motherboard chipset
- RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey:Intel® C621
- RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver:Intel SoC
Processor socket
- RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey:LGA 3647 (Socket P)
- RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver:Socket SP3
Compatible processor series
- RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey:Intel® Xeon®
- RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver:AMD EPYC
Storage drive sizes supported
- RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey:3.5"
- RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver:2.5,3.5"
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey:2
- RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver:3
Product colour
- RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey:Black, Grey
- RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver:Black, Silver
LED indicators
- RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey:Yes
- RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver:LAN, Power, Reset
AC input voltage
- RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey:200 - 240 V
- RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver:100 - 240 V

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Comparison of RS500-E9-RS4, RS500A-E9-RS4
59 specifications	A ASUS RS500-E9-RS4 Intel® C621 LGA 3647 (Socket P) Rack (1U) Black, Grey Model RS500-E9-RS4 View product	B ASUS RS500A-E9-RS4 Intel SoC Socket SP3 Rack (1U) Black, Silver Model RS500A-E9-RS4 View product
Processor3 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® C621	Intel SoC
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 3647 (Socket P)	Socket SP3
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Xeon®	AMD EPYC
Number of processors supportedKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memoryidentical
Maximum RDIMM memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 TB
Storage1 differ
Number of 2.5" baysKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Number of 3.5" baysKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Storage drive sizes supportedDiffers	3.5"	2.5,3.5"
Supported storage drive typesKnown for one	HDD & SSD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for one	M.2, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA III	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 5, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Ethernet interface typeKnown for one	Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet LAN data ratesKnown for one	10,100,1000 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	2	3
IPMI LAN (RJ-45) portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.0
Number of M.2 (M) slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Backplanes supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows Server 2016 RedHat Enterprise Linux SuSE Linux Enterprise Server CentOS Ubuntu VMware Citrix XenServer	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84714100
Design2 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black, Grey	Black, Silver
LED indicatorsDiffers	Yes	LAN, Power, Reset
Reset buttonKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
On/off switchKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Number of main power suppliesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Redundant power supply (RPS) supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of redundant power supplies supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
AC input voltageDiffers	200 - 240 V	100 - 240 V
Input currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 A
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	20 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source

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