Today, we review a server that may seem somewhat familiar. Instead of being limited to an AMD EPYC 9004 platform with twelve 2.5? drive bays, the new version of the server introduces a 24-bay E1.S design for greater storage density. To achieve this, ASRock Rack had to make significant changes throughout the system. Let’s delve into the details in our review.
ASRock Rack 1U24E1S-GENOA/2L2T External Hardware Overview
The server features a 1U design, approximately 776.5mm or 30.6 inches deep. Instead of a 2.5? or 3.5? front, the system is equipped with 24x E1.S EDSFF bays.
Cooling is a critical aspect of this chassis, warranting a moment to highlight the vent area situated in the middle of the drive bays. This vent is directly in front of the AMD EPYC CPU socket. This small detail is crucial for ASRock Rack to deliver cool air to the CPU. We will discuss the server’s cooling aspects in more detail shortly.
On the left rack ear, there is a USB port.
On the right, we have our standard status LEDs and power button.
Looking at the E1.S backplane with two drives installed, you can see how it operates. The vertical E1.S connectors are visible.
The drives fit into the slots.
Here is a Micron 7400 Pro with the drive latch installed for this system.
Here is another view of the heatsink side.
We got a box of 24 latches.
One of the big misses with EDSFF was not standardizing latches. Instead, some large OEMs wanted their own latches for branding purposes. As such, instead of getting drives with latches already installed, the industry has to install latches on every EDSFF server, which is silly.
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On the rear I/O of the system, we get a management port, USB ports, and a VGA port. Networking is provided by two 10Gbase-T ports powered by a Broadcom BCM57416, and two 1GbE ports powered by an Intel i210.
There is an additional PCIe Gen5 x16 single slot riser onboard.
There is also an OCP NIC 3.0 slot with external locking. This is our preferred OCP NIC 3.0 slot.
Power is provided via a pair of 1.6kW 80Plus Platinum PSUs. These are elongated and thinner to fit the rest of the motherboard.
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