Notices
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 3: Installation Options
- 3.1 Tool-less Friction Rail Kit
Chapter 4: Motherboard Info
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
Chapter 6: RAID Configuration
Chapter 7: Driver installation
Appendix A: Contact Information
- ASUS contact information

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User Guide

RS500-E8 Series

RS500-E8-PS4

RS500-E8-RS4

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E9354

First Edition

June 2014

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Contents

Notices vii

REACH vii

Safety information .................................................................................................... viii

Australia statement notice ...............................................................................ix

About this guide .......................................................................................................... x

Chapter 1: Product Introduction

1.1 System package contents ......................................................................... 1-2

1.2 Serial number label .................................................................................... 1-3

1.3 System specifications ...............................................................................1-4

1.4 Front panel features ...................................................................................1-6

1.5 Rear panel features ....................................................................................1-7

1.6 Internal features .........................................................................................1-8

1.7 LED information .........................................................................................1-9

1.7.1 Front panel LEDs ........................................................................ 1-9

1.7.2 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs .................................................................... 1-10

1.7.3 HDD status LED ........................................................................ 1-10

2.1 Chassis cover .............................................................................................2-2

2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................................2-3

2.2.1 Installing the CPU ....................................................................... 2-3

2.3 System memory .......................................................................................2-10

2.3.1 Overview ................................................................................... 2-10

2.3.2 Memory Congurations ............................................................. 2-10

2.3.3 Installing a DIMM ...................................................................... 2-12

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM .................................................................... 2-12

2.4 Hard disk drives .......................................................................................2-13

2.5 Expansion slot ..........................................................................................2-15

2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket ............... 2-15

2.5.2 Installing an M.2 expansion card............................................... 2-16

2.5.3 Installing a Mezzanine card....................................................... 2-17

2.5.4 Conguring an expansion card ................................................. 2-18

2.6 Cable connections ...................................................................................2-19

2.7 SATA/SAS backplane cabling .................................................................2-20

2.8 Removable/optional components ...........................................................2-21

2.8.1 System fans .............................................................................. 2-21

Contents

Chapter 3: Installation Options

3.1 Tool-less Friction Rail Kit ..........................................................................3-2

Chapter 4: Motherboard Info

4.1 Motherboard layout ....................................................................................4-2

4.2 Jumpers ......................................................................................................4-4

4.3 Internal connectors ....................................................................................4-8

4.4 Onboard LEDs .......................................................................................... 4-18

Chapter 5: BIOS setup

5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ..........................................................5-2

5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility................................................... 5-2

5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility .............................................................. 5-3

5.1.3 BUPDATER utility ....................................................................... 5-4

5.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................5-6

5.2.1 BIOS menu screen ...................................................................... 5-7

5.2.2 Menu bar ..................................................................................... 5-7

5.2.3 Menu items.................................................................................. 5-8

5.2.4 Submenu items ........................................................................... 5-8

5.2.5 Navigation keys ........................................................................... 5-8

5.2.6 General help................................................................................ 5-8

5.2.7 Conguration elds ..................................................................... 5-8

5.2.8 Pop-up window............................................................................ 5-8

5.2.9 Scroll bar ..................................................................................... 5-8

5.3 Main menu ..................................................................................................5-9

5.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] ..................................................... 5-9

5.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx] ............................................................... 5-9

5.4 Advanced menu .......................................................................................5-10

5.4.1 ACPI Settings ............................................................................ 5-11

5.4.2 Smart Settings........................................................................... 5-11

5.4.3 NCT6779D Super IO Conguration .......................................... 5-12

5.4.4 Intel LAN I210 Conguration ..................................................... 5-13

5.4.5 Serial Port Console Redirection ................................................ 5-14

5.4.6 APM .......................................................................................... 5-17

5.4.7 PCI Subsystem Settings ........................................................... 5-18

5.4.8 Network Stack Conguration..................................................... 5-19

5.4.9 CSM Conguration .................................................................... 5-20

5.4.10 Trusted Computing.................................................................... 5-21

5.4.11 USB Conguration .................................................................... 5-22

5.4.12 iSCSI Conguration................................................................... 5-23

Contents

5.5 IntelRCSetup menu .................................................................................. 5-24

5.5.1 Processor Conguration............................................................ 5-25

5.5.2 Advanced Power Management Conguration........................... 5-27

5.5.3 Common RefCode Conguration .............................................. 5-28

5.5.4 QPI Conguration...................................................................... 5-29

5.5.5 Memory Conguration ............................................................... 5-30

5.5.6 IIO Conguration ....................................................................... 5-33

5.5.7 PCH Conguration .................................................................... 5-34

5.5.8 Miscellaneous Conguration ..................................................... 5-38

5.5.9 Server ME Conguration ........................................................... 5-38

5.5.10 Runtime Error Logging Support ................................................ 5-39

5.6 Server Mgmt menu ...................................................................................5-39

5.7 Event Logs menu .....................................................................................5-44

5.7.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings ......................................... 5-44

5.7.2 View Smbios Event Log ............................................................ 5-45

5.8 Monitor menu ...........................................................................................5-46

5.9 Security menu ..........................................................................................5-47

5.10 Boot menu ................................................................................................5-50

5.11 Tool menu ................................................................................................. 5-51

5.12 Exit menu .................................................................................................. 5-52

Chapter 6: RAID Configuration

6.1 Setting up RAID ..........................................................................................5-2

6.1.1 RAID denitions .......................................................................... 5-2

6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ............................................................ 5-3

6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS .................................................... 5-3

6.1.4 RAID conguration utilities .......................................................... 5-3

6.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility ................................................. 5-4

6.2.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................... 5-5

6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID conguration.................................... 5-11

6.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives ....................................................... 5-12

6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives ............................................................. 5-16

6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency.................................. 5-18

6.2.6 Deleting a RAID conguration ................................................... 5-21

6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set .................................. 5-22

6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache ................................................................ 5-23

Contents

6.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise

SATA Option ROM Utility.........................................................................5-24

6.3.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 5-25

6.3.2 Deleting a RAID set................................................................... 5-27

6.3.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID .................................................... 5-28

6.3.4 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise

SATA Option ROM utility........................................................... 5-29

6.3.5 Rebuilding the RAID.................................................................. 5-29

6.3.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility ........................ 5-31

6.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows) ......................5-32

6.4.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 5-33

6.4.2 Changing a Volume Type.......................................................... 5-35

6.4.3 Deleting a volume ..................................................................... 5-36

6.4.4 Preferences ............................................................................... 5-37

Chapter 7: Driver installation

7.1 RAID driver installation .............................................................................6-2

7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk......................................................... 6-2

7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver............................................. 6-4

7.2 Management applications and utilities installation ..............................6-14

7.3 Running the Support DVD ......................................................................6-14

7.4 Intel® chipset device software installation ............................................6-18

7.5 Installing the Intel® I350-AM1/I350-AM2/I210/X540-BT2

Gigabit Adapters driver ...........................................................................6-20

7.6 VGA driver installation ............................................................................6-23

7.7 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0 installation ............... 6-25

Appendix A: Contact Information

ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-2

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Notices

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two

conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful interference, and

• This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause

undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment

generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used

in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular

installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,

which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try

to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver

is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from

digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of

Communications.

This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card

is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes or modications to this

unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s

authority to operate this equipment.

REACH

Complying with the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of

Chemicals) regulatory framework, we publish the chemical substances in our products at ASUS

REACH website at http://csr.asus.com/english/REACH.htm.

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Safety information

Electrical Safety

• Before installing or removing signal cables, ensure that the power cables for the system

unit and all attached devices are unplugged.

• To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet

before relocating the system.

• When adding or removing any additional devices to or from the system, ensure that the

power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If

possible, disconnect all power cables from the existing system before you add a device.

• If the power supply is broken, do not try to x it by yourself. Contact a qualied service

technician or your dealer.

Operation Safety

• Any mechanical operation on this server must be conducted by certied or experienced

engineers.

• Before operating the server, carefully read all the manuals included with the server package.

• Before using the server, ensure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables

are not damaged. If any damage is detected, contact your dealer as soon as possible.

• To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from connectors, slots,

sockets and circuitry.

• Avoid dust, humidity, and temperature extremes. Place the server on a stable surface.

Lithium-Ion Battery Warning

CAUTION! Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with

the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used

batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

CD-ROM Drive Safety Warning

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

Heavy System

CAUTION! This server system is heavy. Ask for assistance when moving or carrying

the system.

This product is equipped with a three-wire power cable and plug for the user’s safety. Use

the power cable with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid electrical shock.

DO NOT throw the motherboard in municipal waste. This product has been designed to

enable proper reuse of parts and recycling. This symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin

indicates that the product (electrical and electronic equipment) should not be placed in

municipal waste. Check local regulations for disposal of electronic products.

DO NOT throw the mercury-containing button cell battery in municipal waste. This symbol

of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the battery should not be placed in municipal

waste.

Australia statement notice

From 1 January 2012 updated warranties apply to all ASUS products, consistent with

the Australian Consumer Law. For the latest product warranty details please visit http://

support.asus.com. Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the

Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and

compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled

to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the

failure does not amount to a major failure.

If you require assistance please call ASUS Customer Service 1300 2787 88 or visit us at

http://support.asus.com

About this guide

Audience

This user guide is intended for system integrators, and experienced users with at least basic

knowledge of conguring a server.

Contents

This guide contains the following parts:

1. Chapter 1: Product introduction

This chapter describes the general features of the server, including sections on front

panel and rear panel specications.

2. Chapter 2: Hardware setup

This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when

installing or removing system components.

3. Chapter 3: Installation options

This chapter describes how to install optional components into the barebone server.

References

Refer to the following sources for additional information, and for product and software

updates.

1. ASUS Server Web-based Management (ASWM) user guide

This manual tells how to set up and use the proprietary ASUS server management

utility.

2. ASUS websites

The ASUS websites worldwide provide updated information for all ASUS hardware and

software products. Refer to the ASUS contact information.

Conventions

To ensure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used

throughout this manual.

Typography

Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select.

Italics

Used to emphasize a word or a phrase.

<Key> Keys enclosed in the less-than and greater-than

sign means that you must press the enclosed key.

Example: <Enter> means that you must press

the Enter or Return key.

<Key1>+<Key2+<Key3> If you must press two or more keys simultaneously,

the key names are linked with a plus sign (+).

Example: <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del>

Command Means that you must type the command

exactly as shown, then supply the required

item or value enclosed in brackets.

Example: At the DOS prompt, type the

command line: format A:/S

DANGER/WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when

trying to complete a task.

CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when

trying to complete a task.

NOTE: Tips and additional information to help you complete a task.

IMPORTANT: Instructions that you MUST follow to complete a task.

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Product introduction

This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new

technologies it supports.

Chapter 1: Product Introduction

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1-2

*ASUS System Web-based Management

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

1.1 System package contents

Check your system package for the following items.

Model Name RS500-E8-PS4, RS500-E8-RS4

Chassis ASUS R10E 1U Rackmount Chassis

Motherboard ASUS Z10PR-D16 Server Board

Component

1 x 600W Single Power Supply (RS500-E8-PS4)

1 x 770W Redundant Power Supply (RS500-E8-RS4)

4 x Hot-swap 3.5-inch HDD Trays

1 x SAS/SATA Backplane (BP4LX-R10A)

1 x PCI-E Riser Card (RE16LE8R-R10A)

1 x Front I/O Board (FPB-R20D)

6 x System Fans (40 mm x 28 mm)

1 x Redundant Power Supply Power Distribution Board (PDB-R10E/E8,

RS500-E8-RS4)

Accessories

1 x RS500-E8 Series Support DVD

1 x ASWM* DVD

1 x ASMB8 DVD

1 x Bag of Screws

1 x AC Power Cable (RS500-E8-PS4)

2 x AC Power Cable (RS500-E8-RS4)

Optional

Items

2 x CPU Heatsink

1 x Tool-less Friction Rail Kit

DVD-ROM/DVD-RW

Second 770W Redundant Power Supply Module (RS500-E8-RS4)

ASUS RS500-E8 Series 1-3

1.2 Serial number label

Before requesting support from the ASUS Technical Support team, you must take note of

the product’s serial number containing 14 characters such as xxS0xxxxxxxxxx shown as the

gure below. With the correct serial number of the product, ASUS Technical Support team

members can then offer a quicker and satisfying solution to your problems.

xxS0xxxxxxxxxx

RS500-E8-PS4, RS500-E8-RS4

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1.3 Systemspecications

The ASUS RS500-E8 Series is a 1U barebone server system featuring the

ASUS Z10PR-D16 Server Board. The server supports Intel® LGA2011-3 Intel®

Xeon® E5-2600 Processor v3 plus other latest technologies through the chipsets

onboard.

(continued on the next page)

Model Name RS500-E8-PS4, RS500-E8-RS4

Processor Support / System

Bus

2 x Socket R3 LGA 2011-3

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Family

Core Logic Intel® C610 PCH Chipset

Memory

Total Slots 16 (4 Channels)

Capacity Maximum up to 1024 GB

Memory Type

DDR4 2133* / 1866 / 1600 / 1333 RDIMM / LR-DIMM/ NVDIMM

* Refer to www.asus.com for the latest memory AVL update.

* 2133 MT/s at 1 DPC only.

Memory Size 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB (RDIMM)

32 GB, 64 GB (LRDIMM)

Expansion

Slots (follow

SSI Location #)

Total PCI/PCI-E

Slots 2

Slot Type 2 x PCI-E x8 (x8 Gen3 link) (Full-Height/HL)

Additional Slot 1 OCP module support (X8 Gen3 Link)

Storage

SATA Controller

Intel® C610

9 x SATA 6 Gbps ports (8 x 2 mini-SAS connector)

1 x discrete M.2

Intel® RSTe (for Windows only; supports software RAID 0, 1, 10,

and 5)

LSI® MegaRAID driver support software RAID 0, 1, and 10) (Linux

and Windows)

SAS Controller

Optional kits:

ASUS PIKE 3008 8-port SAS 12G RAID card

ASUS PIKE 3108 8-port SAS 12G HW RAID card

HDD Bays

I = internal

A or S = hot-

swappable

4 x Hot-swap 3.5-inch HDD Bays

System Fans 6 x System Fan (40 mm x 28 mm)

Networking LAN 2 x Intel® I210T + 1 x Management LAN

1 x Mezzanine 10G dual port LAN card (Optional)

Graphic VGA Aspeed AST2400 32MB

ASUS RS500-E8 Series 1-5

*Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Model Name RS500-E8-PS4 RS500-E8-RS4

Onboard I/O Connectors

1 x TPM Header

1 x 24-pin SSI power connector + 8-pin SSI 12V + 8-pin SSI 12V

1 x External Serial Port (RS500-E8-PS4)

3 x RJ-45 ports (1 for ASMB8-iKVM)

2 x USB 3.0 port (rear I/O)

2 x USB 2.0 port (front I/O)

1 x VGA port

1 x Chassis intruder

1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port

OS Support

Windows® Server 2012

Windows® 8 64-bit

Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise SP2 64-bit

Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise R2 SP1 64-bit

RedHat® Enterprise Linux AS 5.8/6.3 U8 64-bit

Centos 5.8/6.2/6.3 64-bit

* Subject to change without any notice.

Management

Solution

Software ASWM Enterprise

Out of Band

Remote

Management

ASMB8-iKVM for KVM-over-Internet

Dimension (HH x WW x DD) 615 mm x 444 mm x 44 mm

Net Weight Kg

(CPU, DRAM & HDD not

included)

16 Kg

Power Supply Single 600W 80PLUS Gold

Power Supply

1+1 Redundant 770W 80PLUS

Gold Power Supply

Power Rating 100-127/200-240VAC, 9A/5A,

60-50Hz, Class I

100-127/200-240Vac, 10A/5A,

50-60Hz, Class I

Environment

Operating temperature:

10°C – 35°C

Non operation temperature:

-40°C – 70°C

Non operation humidity:

20% – 90% (Non condensing)

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1-6

1.4 Front panel features

The barebone server displays a simple yet stylish front panel with easily accessible features.

The power and reset buttons, LED indicators, and USB port for each Node are located on the

front panel.

Refer to the Front panel LEDs section for the LED descriptions.

Turn off the system power and detach the power supply before removing or replacing any

system component.

Hot-swap HDD bays

Slim-type optical drive

(Optional)

Rack screw Rack screw

USB 2.0 ports

HDD Access LEDMessage LED

Power button

Reset button

Locate switch

Hot-swap HDD bays

LAN2 LED

LAN4 LED (for Mezzanine card use)

LAN3 LED (for Mezzanine card use)

LAN1 LED

VGA port

Asset tag

The Asset tag is a simple but useful device that is conveniently located on the front panel of

the server that you can pull out or easily slide back in. It has a piece of paper that allows you

to write down important information about to the server.

Asset tag

ASUS RS500-E8 Series 1-7

1.5 Rear panel features

The rear panel includes the expansion slots, system power sockets, and rear fans. The I/O

shields with openings for the rear panel connectors on the motherboard are also placed in the

real panel.

The ports for the USB, VGA, and Gigabit LANs do not appear on the rear panel if the

motherboards are not present.

VGA port

LAN port 3*

PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

Gigabit LAN port 2

Gigabit LAN port 1

* This port is for ASUS ASMB8-iKVM controller only.

RS500-E8-RS4

RS500-E8-PS4

USB 3.0 ports

Q-Code LED

VGA port

LAN port 3*

PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

Gigabit LAN port 2

Gigabit LAN port 1

USB 3.0 ports

Q-Code LED

Serial COM port

SFP+ port (optional mezzanine)

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1.6 Internal features

The barebone server includes the basic components as shown.v

1. Power supply and power fan

2. PCI Express slot Riser Card

3. ASUS Z10PR-D16 Server

Board

4. System fans

5. SAS / SATA backplane (hidden)

6. HDD tray 1—Connect to

SATA1 port

7. HDD tray 2—Connect to

SATA2 port

8. HDD tray 3—Connect to

SATA3 port

9. HDD tray 4—Connect to

SATA4 port

10. Front I/O boards (hidden)

11. Slim-type optical drive

12. Asset Tag

The barebone server does not include a oppy disk drive drive. Connect a USB oppy disk

drive to any of the USB ports on the front or rear panel if you need to use a oppy disk.

*WARNING

HAZARDOUS MOVING PARTS

KEEP FINGERS AND OTHER BODY PARTS AWAY

Turn off the system power and detach the power supply before removing or replacing any

system component.

ASUS RS500-E8 Series 1-9

1.7 LED information

1.7.1 Front panel LEDs

LED Icon Display

status Description

Power LED ON System power ON

HDD

Access

LED

OFF No activity

Blinking Read/write data into the HDD

Message

LED

OFF System is normal; no incoming event

1. Without ASMB8-iKVM installed: CPU over-heated

2. With ASMB8-iKVM installed: a hardware monitor event is

indicated

LAN LEDs

OFF No LAN connection

Blinking LAN is transmitting or receiving data

ON LAN connection is present

Location

LED

ON Location switched is pressed.

OFF Normal status.

(Press the location switch again to turn off.)

HDD Access LED

Message LED

Location LED

LAN2 LED

LAN1 LED

Power LED

LAN4 LED (for Mezzanine card use)

LAN3 LED (for Mezzanine card use)

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1.7.2 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs

ACT/LINK LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description

OFF No link OFF 10 Mbps connection

GREEN Linked ORANGE 100 Mbps connection

BLINKING Data activity GREEN 1 Gbps connection

1.7.3 HDD status LED

HDD status LED

HDD activity LED

SATAII/SAS HDD LED Description

HDD Status LED

GREEN ON SATAII/SAS HDD power ON

RED ON HDD has failed and should be

swapped immediately

GREEN/RED Blinking RAID rebuilding

HDD Activity LED GREEN Blinking Read/write data from/to the SATAII/

SAS HDD

SPEED LED

ACT/LINK LED

This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have

to perform when installing or removing system components.

Chapter 2

Hardware Information

Chapter 2: Hardware setup

2-2

2.1 Chassis cover

Removing the rear cover

1. Locate and remove the front side screws.

3. Firmly hold the cover and slide it toward

the rear panel for about half an inch

until it is disengaged from the chassis.

4. Lift the cover from the chassis.

5. To recover the rear cover, reverse step

1 to 4.

2. Loosen the two thumbscrews on the rear panel to release the rear cover from the

chassis.

Thumbscrews

A protection lm is pre-attached to

the system cover before shipping.

Please remove the protection lm

before turning on the system for

proper heat dissipation.

Front side screw

2-3

ASUS RS500-E8 Series

2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)

The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA 2011-3 socket designed for the Intel®

Xeon E5-2600 v3 processor family.

2.2.1 Installing the CPU

To install a CPU:

1. Remove the air duct.

Ensure that all power cables are unplugged before installing the CPU.

• Upon purchase of the motherboard, ensure that the PnP cap is on the socket and

the socket contacts are not bent. Contact your retailer immediately if the PnP cap

is missing, or if you see any damage to the PnP cap/socket contacts/motherboard

components. ASUS shoulders the repair cost only if the damage is shipment/transit-

related.

• Keep the cap after installing the motherboard. ASUS will process Return Merchandise

Authorization (RMA) requests only if the motherboard comes with the cap on the LGA

2011-3 socket.

• The product warranty does not cover damage to the socket contacts resulting from

incorrect CPU installation/removal, or misplacement/loss/incorrect removal of the PnP

cap.

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3. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.

Before installing the CPU, ensure that the socket box is facing toward you and the triangle

mark is on the lower-left position.

2. Remove the pre-installed heatsink.

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4. Press the right load lever down (A) then move it to the left (B) until it is released from

the retention tab (C).

5. Press the left load lever (D), move it to the right (E) until it is released from then

retention tab (F), then gently pull it until it is fully extended.

Load lever

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6. Gently push the right load lever down to slightly lift the load plate (G).

Do not insert the load lever into the retention tab.

7. Hold the edge then gently lift the load plate (H).

Load plate

Load lever

PnP cap

edge of the Load plate

8. Carefully remove the PnP cap.

Keep the PnP cap. ASUS will process Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) requests

only if the motherboard comes with the PnP cap on the LGA 2011 socket.

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12. Gently push the load plate just enough to let it sit on top of the CPU.

The CPU ts in only one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to

prevent bending the CPU pins on the socket.

9. Get the CPU.

10. Align and position the CPU over the socket ensuring that the triangle mark on the CPU

matches the triangle mark on the socket box.

Triangle mark

11. Install the CPU into the slot.

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13. Push the right load lever down (I) ensuring that the edge of the load plate is xed and

tucked securely under the lever (J), then insert the right load lever under the retention

tab (K).

Retention tab

Load lever

edge of load plate

14. Install the heatsink.

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16. Connect the CPU fan cable to the connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_FAN1 /

CPU_FAN2.

DO NOT forget to connect the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring errors can occur if

you fail to plug this connector.

The Thermal Interface Material is toxic and inedible. DO NOT eat it. If it gets into your eyes

or touches your skin, wash it off immediately, and seek professional medical help.

• Ensure that the Thermal Interface

Material is spread in an even thin

layer.

• Some heatsinks come with

pre-applied Thermal Interface

Material. If so, skip this step.

15. Apply some Thermal Interface Material

to the exposed area of the CPU that the

heatsink will be in contact with.

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2.3 System memory

2.3.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with sixteen (16) Double Data Rate 4 (DDR4) Dual Inline Memory

Modules (DIMM) sockets.

The gure illustrates the location of the DDR4 DIMM sockets:

2.3.2 Memory Configurations

You may install 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB RDIMMs or 32 GB, 64 GB LR-DIMMs and

NVDIMM into the DIMM sockets using the memory congurations in this section.

• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility, it is

recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.

• Start installing the DIMMs in slots A1 or B1.

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Dual CPU configuration

DIMM (CPU1) DIMM (CPU2)

A2 A1 B2 B1 C2 C1 D2 D1 E2 E1 F2 F1 G2 G1 H2 H1

2 DIMMs P P

4 DIMMs P P P P

8 DIMMs PPPPPPPP

12 DIMMs P P P P P P P P P P P P

16 DIMMs PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Single CPU configuration (must be installed on CPU1)

DIMM

A2 A1 B2 B1 C2 C1 D2 D1

1 DIMM P

2 DIMMs P P

4 DIMMs PPPP

8 DIMMs PPPPPPPP

Dual CPU configuration

You can refer to the following recommended memory population for a dual CPU conguration.

Single CPU configuration

You can refer to the following recommended memory population for a single CPU conguration.

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2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

1. Simultaneously press the retaining

clips outward to unlock the DIMM.

2. Remove the DIMM from the socket.

2.3.3 Installing a DIMM

3. Hold the DIMM by both of its ends

then insert the DIMM vertically into

the socket. Apply force to both ends

of the DIMM simultaneously until the

retaining clips snaps back into place.

Ensure that the DIMM is sitting rmly

on the DIMM slot.

Ensure to unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system

components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the motherboard and the

components.

1. Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing

the retaining clips outward.

2. Align a DIMM on the socket such that

the notch on the DIMM matches the

DIMM slot key on the socket.

A DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it ts in only one direction. DO NOT force a DIMM into

a socket in the wrong direction to avoid damaging the DIMM.

Support the DIMM lightly with your ngers when pressing the retaining clips. The DIMM

might get damaged when it ips out with extra force.

Always insert the DIMM into the socket VERTICALLY to prevent DIMM notch damage.

Locked Retaining Clip

Unlocked retaining clip

DIMM notch

DIMM slot key

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2.4 Hard disk drives

The system supports four hot-swap SATAIII/SAS hard disk drives and two SATAII hard disk

drives. The hard disk drive installed on the drive tray connects to the motherboard SATA/SAS

ports via the SATA/SAS backplane.

3. Take note of the drive tray holes. Each

side has three holes to t different types

of hard disk drives. Use two screws on

each side to secure the hard disk drive.

2. Firmly hold the tray lever and pull the

drive tray out of the bay.

spring lock

To install a hot-swap SATA/SAS HDD:

1. Release a drive tray by pushing the

spring lock to the right, then pulling the

tray lever outward. The drive tray ejects

slightly after you pull out the lever.

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4. Place a SATA/SAS hard disk drive on

the tray, then secure it with four screws.

5. Carefully insert the drive tray and push

it all the way to the depth of the bay until

just a small fraction of the tray edge

protrudes.

6. Push the tray lever until it clicks, and

secures the drive tray in place. The

drive tray is correctly placed when its

front edge aligns with the bay edge.

7. Repeat steps 1 to 6 if you wish to install

a second SATA/SAS drive.

When installed, the SATA/SAS connector on the drive connects to the SATA/SAS interface

on the backplane.

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2.5 Expansion slot

2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket

The barebone server comes with a riser card bracket. You need to remove the bracket if you

want to install PCI Express x8 or x16 expansion cards.

To install a PCI Express x8 or x16 card:

2. Place the riser card bracket on a at

and stable surface, then remove the

screw from the slot bay.

1. Firmly hold the riser card bracket,

then pull it up to detach it from the PCI

Express x16 slot on the motherboard.

4. Install the riser card bracket and

PCI Express card assembly back

into the PCI Express x16 slot on the

motherboard.

3. Install a PCI Express x8 or x16 card to

the bracket as shown, then secure the

card with a screw.

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2.5.2 Installing an M.2 expansion card

You can install an M.2 expansion card on the provided M.2 slot onboard.

To install an M.2 expansion card:

1. Prepare your M.2 expansion card.

2. Align and insert the M.2 card into the M.2 slot onboard as shown.

3. Secure the M.2 card with a screw.

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2.5.3 Installing a Mezzanine card

You can install a supported Mezzanine card on the onboard slot.

To install a Mezzanine card:

1. Prepare your Mezannine card.

2. Align and insert the LAN ports of the Mezzanine card into the LAN port slots on the chassis (A)

then match and insert the four (4) screw holes on the Mezzanine card into the four (4) stand

screws on the chassis (B).

3. Secure the Mezzanine card with the four (4) bundled screws.

stand screws

LAN ports

LAN port slots

screw holes

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2.5.4 Configuring an expansion card

After installing the expansion card, congure the it by adjusting the software settings.

1. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. See Chapter 5 for

information on BIOS setup.

2. Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the following tables.

3. Install the software drivers for the expansion card.

Standard Interrupt assignments

* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.

IRQ Priority Standard function

0 1 System Timer

1 2 Keyboard Controller

2 - Programmable Interrupt

3* 11 Communications Port (COM2)

4* 12 Communications Port (COM1)

5* 13 --

6 14 Floppy Disk Controller

7* 15 --

8 3 System CMOS/Real Time Clock

9* 4 ACPI Mode when used

10* 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering

11* 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering

12* 7 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port

13 8 Numeric Data Processor

14* 9 Primary IDE Channel

15* 10 Secondary IDE Channel

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2.6 Cable connections

• The bundled system cables are pre-connected before shipment. You do not need to

disconnect these cables unless you will remove pre-installed components to install

additional devices.

• Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed information on the connectors.

Standard cables connected to the motherboard

1. 24-pin ATX power connector (from power supply to motherboard)

2. 8-pin 12V power connector (from power supply to motherboard)

3. System fan connector (from system fan to motherboard)

4. USB connector (from motherboard to front I/O board)

5. SATA ports (miniSAS connector support) connectors (system default; from

motherboard to SATA/SAS backplane)

6. System auxiliary panel connector (from motherboard to front I/O board)

7. System panel connector (from motherboard to front I/O board)

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2.7 SATA/SAS backplane cabling

* For PIKE RAID solution, ensure to connect SAS_SGPIO_CON1 to support PIKE card SAS RAID function.

Connect the SATAIII/SAS HDDsConnects the data cables

connected to the motherboard

SGPIO_SEL jumper: pins

1-2 (Onboard)

pins 2-3 (Add-on card)

SAS_SGPIO_CON1

connector*

Connects a 8-pin

plug from power

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2.8 Removable/optional components

You may need to remove previously installed system components when installing or removing

system devices. Or you may need to install the optional components into the system. This

section tells how to remove/install the system fans:

Ensure that the system is turned off before removing any components from your system.

2.8.1 System fans

To uninstall the system fans:

1. Disconnect the system fan cable from the fan connector on the motherboard.

2. Lift the fan, then set aside.

3. Repeat steps 1 to 2 to uninstall the other system fans.

To reinstall the system fans

1. Insert the fan to the fan cage. The airow directional arrow on the fan side should point

towards the system rear panel.

2. Connect the system fan cable to the fan connector on the motherboard.

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This chapter describes how to install the optional components

and devices into the barebone server.

Installation Options

Chapter 3: Installation Options

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3.1 Tool-less Friction Rail Kit

The tool less design of the rail kit allows you to easily install the rack rails into the server rack

without the need for additional tools. The kit also comes with a metal stopping bracket that

can be installed to provide additonal support and stability to the server.

The tool-less rail kit package includes:

Tool-less rack rails

Installing the tool-less rack rail

To install the tool-less rack rails into the rack:

1. Secure the two xing latches to the two sides of the server using the set of latch

screws.

The locations of the screw holes vary with different server models. Refer to your server user

manual for details.

Fixing latches Set of screws Latch screws Rail Washers Rail screws

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2. Select a desired space and place the appropriate rack rail (left and right) on

opposite positions on the rack.

A 1U space is consists of three square mounting holes with two thin lips on the top and the

bottom.

3 Press the spring lock then insert the studs into the selected square mounting holes on

the rack post.

4. Press the spring lock on the other end of rail then insert the stud into the mounting hole

on the rack post. Extend the rack rail, if necessary.

5. (Optional) Use the rail screw and rail washer that comes with the kit to secure the rack

rail to the rack post.

6. Perform steps 3 to 5 for the other rack rail.

Ensure that the installed rack rails (left and right) are aligned, secured, and stable in place.

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7. Lift the server chassis and insert into the rack rail.

• Ensure that the rack rail cabinet and the rack posts are stable and standing rmly on a

level surface.

• We strongly recommend that at least two able-bodied persons perform the steps

described in this guide.

• We recommend the use an appropriate lifting tool or device, if necessary.

Ensure to include the side knots on the two sides of the server in the rack rail holders.

The illustrations shown above are for reference only.

This chapter includes the motherboard layout and brief

descriptions of the jumpers and internal connectors.

Motherboard Info

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4.1 Motherboard layout

Layout contents

Jumpers Page

1. Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLRTC1) 4-4

2. VGA controller setting (3-pin VGA_SW1) 4-5

3. LAN controller setting (3-pin LAN_SW1, LAN_SW2) 4-5

4. MErmwareforcerecoverysetting(3-pinME_RCVR1) 4-6

5. DDR4thermaleventsetting(3-pinDIMMTRIP1) 4-6

6. RAIDcongurationutilityselection(3-pinRAID_SEL1) 4-7

7. BMC Setting (3-pin BMC_EN1) 4-7

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Internal connectors Page

1. Serial ATA 6.0 / 3.0 Gbps connector (7-pin SATA6 [Light Blue]) 4-8

2. PowerSupplySMBusconnector(5-pinPSUSMB1) 4-8

3. USB2.0connector(10-1pinUSB56;USB7) 4-9

4. USB3.0connector(20-1pinUSB3_34) 4-9

5. CPU,front,andrearfanconnectors(4-pinCPU_FAN1,CPU_

FAN2,FRNT_FAN1,FRNT_FAN2,FRNT_FAN3,FRNT_FAN4,

FRNT_FAN5,REAR_FAN1,REAR_FAN2)

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6. LANActivityLEDconnector(5-1pinLAN34_LED1) 4-10

7. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM1) 4-11

8. TrustedPlatformModuleconnector(20-1pinTPM1) 4-11

9. ATXpowerconnectors(24-pinEATXPWR1,8-pinEATX12V1,

8-pin EATX12V2) 4-12

10. Systempanelconnector(20-1pinPANEL1) 4-13

11. Auxiliarypanelconnector(20-2pinAUX_PANEL1) 4-14

12. VGA connector (10-1 pin VGA_HDR1) 4-15

13. HarddiskactivityLEDconnector(4-pinHDLED1) 4-15

14. ChassisIntrusion(2-pinINTRUSION1) 4-16

15. ISATA&ISSATAconnectors(ISATA;ISSATA) 4-16

16. M.2(NGFF)connector(NGFF1) 4-17

17. MezzaninePCIcardconnector(MEZZ1) 4-17

Onboard LEDs Page

1. StandbyPowerLED(SBPWR1) 4-18

2. Baseboard Management Controller LED (BMCLED1) 4-18

3. CPUWarningLED(ERRCPU1,ERRCPU2) 4-19

4. Location LED (LOCLED1) 4-19

5. Memory error LED (MEMERRA1, MEMERRA2, MEMERRB1,

MEMERRB2, MEMERRC1, MEMERRC2, MEMERRD1,

MEMERRD2,MEMERRE1,MEMERRE2,EMERRF1,

MEMERRF2,MEMERRG1,MEMERRG2,MEMERRH1,

MEMERRH2)

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6. CATT LED (CATTERR_LED1) 4-20

7. Message LED (MESLED1) 4-21

8. OCPLANActivityLEDconnector(4-pinOCP_LED1) 4-21

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4.2 Jumpers

1. Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLRTC1)

 ThisjumperallowsyoutocleartheRealTimeClock(RTC)RAMinCMOS.Youcan

clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and system setup parameters by erasing the

CMOSRTCRAMdata.TheonboardbuttoncellbatterypowerstheRAMdatainCMOS

whichincludesystemsetupinformationsuchassystempasswords.

To erase the RTC RAM:

1. TurnOFFthecomputerandunplugthepowercord.

2. Movethejumpercapfromthedefaultpins1–2topins2–3.Keepthecaponpins

 2–3forabout5to10seconds,thenmovethecapbacktopins1–2.

3. PlugthepowercordandturnONthecomputer.

4. Holddownthe<Del>keyduringthebootprocessandenterBIOSsetuptore-

enter data.

DONOTremovethecaponCLRTCjumperdefaultpositionexceptwhenclearingtheRTC

RAM.Removingthecapwillcausesystembootfailure!

Ifthestepsabovedonothelp,removetheonboardbatteryandmovethejumperagainto

clear the CMOS RTC RAM data. After the CMOS clearance, reinstall the battery.

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2. VGA controller setting (3-pin VGA_SW1)

ThisjumperallowsyoutoenableordisabletheonboardVGAcontroller.Settopins

1–2toactivatetheVGAfeature.

3. LAN controller setting (3-pin LAN_SW1, LAN_SW2)

ThesejumpersallowyoutoenableordisabletheonboardLAN_SW1orLAN_SW2.

Set to pins 1–2toactivatetheGigabitLANfeature.

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4. ME firmware force recovery setting (3-pin ME_RCVR1)

 ThisjumperallowsyoutoforceIntel®ManagementEngine(ME)bootfromrecovery

modewhenMEbecomescorrupted.

5. DDR4 thermal event setting (3-pin DIMMTRIP1)

 ThisjumperallowsyoutoenableordisableDDR4DIMMthermalsensingeventpin.

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6. RAID configuration utility selection (3-pin RAID_SEL1)

ThisjumperallowsyoutoselecttheRAIDcongurationutilitytousewhenyoucreate

diskarrays.Placethejumpercapsoverpins1–2tousethethirdpartysoftwareLSI

MegaRAIDsoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility;otherwise,placethejumpercapsto

pins2–3tousetheIntel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM

Utility.

7. BMC Setting (3-pin BMC_EN1)

 ThisjumperallowsyoutoenableordisabletheBaseboardManagementController

(ASMB8).

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4.3 Internal connectors

1. Serial ATA 6.0 / 3.0 Gbps connector (7-pin SATA6 [Light Blue])

SupportedbytheIntel® 610 series Chipset, this connector is for the Serial ATA signal

cablesforSerialATAharddiskdrivesthatallowsupto6Gbpsofdatatransferrate.

The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of Serial ATA hard disks installed.

2. Power Supply SMBus connector (5-pin PSUSMB1)

ThisconnectorallowsyoutoconnectSMBus(SystemManagementBus)tothePSU

(powersupplyunit)toreadPSUinformation.DevicescommunicatewithanSMBus

hostand/orotherSMBusdevicesusingtheSMBusinterface.

ThisconnectorfunctionsonlywhenyouinstalltheASUSASMB8.

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3. USB 2.0 connector (10-1 pin USB56; USB7)

TheseconnectorsareforUSB2.0ports.ConnecttheUSBmodulecablesto

connectorsUSB56.TheseUSBconnectorscomplywithUSB2.0specicationthat

supports up to 480 Mb/s connection speed.

4. USB 3.0 connector (20-1 pin USB3_34)

ThisconnectorallowsyoutoconnectaUSB3.0moduleforadditionalUSB3.0front

orrearpanelports.WithaninstalledUSB3.0module,youcanenjoyallthebenetsof

USB3.0includingfasterdatatransferspeedsofupto5Gbps,fasterchargingtimefor

USB-chargeabledevices,optimizedpowerefciency,andbackwardcompatibilitywith

USB2.0.

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6. LAN Activity LED connector (5-1 pin LAN34_LED1)

Theseleadsarefor10GLANactivityLEDsonthefrontpanel.ConnecttheLANLED

cabletothebackplaneforLANactivityindication.

5. CPU, front, and rear fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN1, CPU_FAN2, FRNT_FAN1,

FRNT_FAN2, FRNT_FAN3, FRNT_FAN4, FRNT_FAN5, REAR_FAN1, REAR_FAN2)

The fan connectors support cooling fans. Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors

onthemotherboard,ensuringthattheblackwireofeachcablematchesthegroundpin

of the connector.

• DONOTforgettoconnectthefancablestothefanconnectors.Insufcientairow

inside the system may damage the motherboard components.

• Thesearenotjumpers!DONOTplacejumpercapsonthefanconnectors!

• AllfansfeaturetheASUSSmartFantechnology.

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7. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM1)

This connector is for the serial COM port. Connect the serial port module cable to one

of these connectors, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system

chassis.

8. Trusted Platform Module connector (20-1 pin TPM1)

ThisconnectorsupportsaTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)system,whichcansecurely

storekeys,digitalcerticates,passwords,anddata.ATPMsystemalsohelpsenhance

networksecurity,protectsdigitalidentities,andensuresplatformintegrity.

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9. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR1, 8-pin EATX12V1, 8-pin EATX12V2)

TheseconnectorsarefortheATXpowersupplyplugs.Thepowersupplyplugsare

designedtottheseconnectorsinonlyoneorientation.Findtheproperorientationand

pushdownrmlyuntiltheconnectorscompletelyt.

• DONOTforgettoconnectthe24-pinandthe8-pinpowerplugs;otherwise,thesystem

willnotbootup.

• Useofapowersupplyunit(PSU)withahigherpoweroutputisrecommendedwhen

conguringasystemwithmorepower-consumingdevices.Thesystemmaybecome

unstableormaynotbootupifthepowerisinadequate.

• ThismotherboardsupportsATX2.0PSUorlaterversion.

• EnsurethatyourPSUcanprovideatleasttheminimumpowerrequiredbyyour

system.

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10. System panel connector (20-1 pin PANEL1)

Thisconnectorsupportsseveralchassis-mountedfunctions.

1. System power LED (3-pin PLED)

 This3-pinconnectorisforthesystempowerLED.Connectthechassispower

LEDcabletothisconnector.ThesystempowerLEDlightsupwhenyouturnon

thesystempower,andblinkswhenthesystemisinsleepmode.

2. Message LED (2-pin MLED)

This 2-pin connector is for the message LED cable that connects to the front

messageLED.ThemessageLEDiscontrolledbyHardwaremonitortoindicate

anabnormaleventoccurance.

3. System warning speaker (4-pin SPEAKER)

 This4-pinconnectorisforthechassis-mountedsystemwarningspeaker.The

speakerallowsyoutohearsystembeepsandwarnings.

4. Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin +HDLED)

 This2-pinconnectorisfortheHDDActivityLED.ConnecttheHDDActivityLED

cabletothisconnector.TheHDLEDlightsuporasheswhendataisreadfrom

orwrittentotheHDD.

5. Power button/soft-off button (2-pin PWRSW)

 Thisconnectorisforthesystempowerbutton.Pressingthepowerbuttonturns

thesystemonorputsthesysteminsleeporsoft-offmodedependingontheBIOS

settings.Pressingthepowerswitchformorethanfoursecondswhilethesystem

isONturnsthesystemOFF.

6. Reset button (2-pin RESET)

This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot

withoutturningoffthesystempower.

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11. Auxiliary panel connector (20-2 pin AUX_PANEL1)

This connector is for additional front panel features including front panel SMB, locator

LEDandswitch,chassisintrusion,andLANLEDs.

1. Front panel SMB (10-2 pin FPSMB)

These connectors are for the front panel SMBus cable.

2. LAN activity LED (2-pin LAN1_LINKACTLED, LAN2_LINKACTLED)

 TheseconnectorsareforGigabitLANactivityLEDsonthefrontpanel.

3. Locator LED (2-pin LOCATORLED1, LOCATORLED2)

These connectors are for the locator LED1 and LED2 on the front panel. Connect

theLocatorLEDcablestothese2-pinconnector.TheLEDswilllightupwhenthe

Locator button is pressed.

4. Locator Button/Switch (2-pin LOCATORBTN#)

 Theseconnectorsareforthelocatorbuttononthefrontpanel.Thisbuttonqueries

the state of the system locator.

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12. VGA connector (10-1 pin VGA_HDR1)

This connector supports the VGA High Dynamic-Range interface.

13. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1)

This LED connector is for the storage add-on card cable connected to the SATA or

SASadd-oncard.ThereadorwriteactivitiesofanydeviceconnectedtotheSATAor

SAS add-on card causes the front panel LED to light up.

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15. ISATA & ISSATA connectors (ISATA; ISSATA)

TheISATAconnector(AHCI)supports4SATA6Gb/sportsandIntelRAID/LSI

MegaRAID.

TheISSATAconnector(AHCI)supports4SATA6Gb/sportsandIntelRAID.

14. Chassis Intrusion (2-pin INTRUSION1)

Theseleadsarefortheintrusiondetectionfeatureforchassiswithintrusionsensoror

microswitch.Whenyouremoveanychassiscomponent,thesensortriggersandsends

ahighlevelsignaltotheseleadstorecordachassisintrusionevent.Thedefaultsetting

isshortCASEOPENandGNDpinbyjumpercaptodisablethefunction.

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16. M.2 (NGFF) connector (NGFF1)

ThisconnectorallowsyoutoinstallanM.2device.

17. Mezzanine PCI card connector (MEZZ1)

TheMEZZ1connectorsupportsOpenComputeProject(OCP)cards.

Thisconnectorsupportstype2242devicesonbothPCI-EandSATAinterface.

TheM.2(NGFF)deviceispurchasedseparately

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2. Baseboard Management Controller LED (BMCLED1)

 ThegreenheartbeatLEDblinkspersecondtoindicatethattheASMB8isworking

normally.

TheheartbeatLEDfunctionsonlywhenyouinstalltheASUSASMB8.

4.4 Onboard LEDs

1. Standby Power LED (SBPWR1)

 ThemotherboardcomeswithastandbypowerLED.ThegreenLEDlightsupto

indicate that the standby mode of the system is ON, the system is in sleep mode,

orthesystemisinsoft-offmode.Thisisareminderthatyoushouldshutdownthe

systemandunplugthepowercablebeforeremovingorplugginginanymotherboard

component.TheillustrationbelowshowsthelocationoftheonboardLED.

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3. CPU Warning LED (ERRCPU1, ERRCPU2)

TheCPUwarningLEDslightuptoindicatefailureoneitherCPU1,CPU2,orboth.

4. Location LED (LOCLED1)

 ThisonboardLEDlightsupwhentheLocationbuttonontheserverispressedorwhen

triggeredbyasystemmanagementsoftware.TheLocationLEDhelpsvisuallylocate

andquicklyidentifytheserverinerroronaserverrack.

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5. Memory error LED (MEMERRA1, MEMERRA2, MEMERRB1, MEMERRB2,

MEMERRC1, MEMERRC2, MEMERRD1, MEMERRD2, MEMERRE1, MEMERRE2,

EMERRF1, MEMERRF2, MEMERRG1, MEMERRG2, MEMERRH1, MEMERRH2)

 TheDIMMwarningLEDslightuptoindicatefailureonthecorrespondingDIMMs.

ThewarningLEDsonlyfunctionswhenyouenabletheASUSASMB8.

6. CATT LED (CATTERR_LED1)

The CATT LED indicates that the system has experienced a fatal or catastrophic error

and cannot continue to operate.

6. CATT LED (CATTERR_LED1)

The CATT LED indicates that the system has experienced a fatal or catastrophic error

and cannot continue to operate.

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7. Message LED (MESLED1)

ThisonboardLEDlightsuptoredwhenthereistemperaturewarningoraBMCevent

log is generated.

8. OCPLAN Activity LED connector (4-pin OCP_LED1)

OCPLANLEDconnectorsupportsASUSMCB-10G-2SOCPcardActiveLED.

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This chapter tells how to change the system settings through

the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS

parameters are also provided.

BIOS setup

Chapter 5: BIOS setup

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5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output

System (BIOS) setup:

1. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

 TorecovertheBIOSusingabootableUSBashdiskdrivewhentheBIOSlefailsor

gets corrupted.

2. ASUS EzFlash

 UpdatestheBIOSusingaUSBashdisk.

3. BUPDATER

 UpdatestheBIOSinDOSmodeusingabootableUSBashdiskdrive.

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

Recovering the BIOS from a USB flash drive

TorecovertheBIOSfromaUSBashdrive:

1. InserttheUSBashdrivewiththeoriginalorupdatedBIOSletooneUSBportonthe

system.

2. The utility will automatically recover the BIOS. It resets the system when the BIOS

recoverynished.

DO NOT shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS! Doing so would cause

system boot failure!

The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Visit the

ASUSwebsiteatwww.asus.comtodownloadthelatestBIOSle.

SaveacopyoftheoriginalmotherboardBIOSletoabootableUSBashdiskdrivein

case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using

the BUPDATER utility.

5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility

TheASUSCrashFreeBIOS3isanautorecoverytoolthatallowsyoutorestoretheBIOSle

when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS

leusingaUSBashdrivethatcontainstheupdatedBIOSle.

PrepareaUSBashdrivecontainingtheupdatedmotherboardBIOSbeforeusingthis

utility.

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3. Press <Tab> to switch to the Driveeld.

4. PresstheUp/DownarrowkeystondtheUSBashdiskthatcontainsthelatestBIOS,

then press <Enter>.

5. Press <Tab> to switch to the Folder Infoeld.

6. PresstheUp/DownarrowkeystondtheBIOSle,andthenpress<Enter>toperform

the BIOS update process. Reboot the system when the update process is done.

5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility

The ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility feature allows you to update the BIOS without having to use a

DOS‑based utility.

Beforeyoustartusingthisutility,downloadthelatestBIOSfromtheASUSwebsiteatwww.

asus.com.

To update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2 Utility

1. InserttheUSBashdiskthatcontainsthelatestBIOSleintotheUSBport.

2. Enter the BIOS setup program. Go to the Tool menu then select ASUS EZ Flash 2

Utility. Press <Enter>.

ASUS Tek. EzFlash Utility

[Up/Down/Left/Right]:Switch [Enter]:Choose [q]:Exit

FS0 System Volume Information <DIR>

Windows <DIR>

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5.1.3 BUPDATER utility

The succeeding BIOS screens are for reference only. The actual BIOS screen displays

may not be the same as shown.

TheBUPDATERutilityallowsyoutoupdatetheBIOSleintheDOSenvironmentusinga

bootableUSBashdiskdrivewiththeupdatedBIOSle.

Updating the BIOS file

ToupdatetheBIOSleusingtheBUPDATERutility:

1. VisittheASUSwebsiteatwww.asus.comanddownloadthelatestBIOSleforthe

motherboard.SavetheBIOSletoabootableUSBashdiskdrive.

2. Copy the BUPDATER utility (BUPDATER.exe) from the ASUS support website at

support.asus.comtothebootableUSBashdiskdriveyoucreatedearlier.

3. BootthesysteminDOSmode,thenattheprompt,type:

BUPDATER /i[lename].CAP

where[lename]isthelatestortheoriginalBIOSleonthebootableUSBashdisk

drive,thenpress<Enter>.

A:\>BUPDATER /i[le name].CAP

• ThisfunctioncansupportdevicessuchasaUSBashdiskwithFAT32/16formatand

single partition only.

• DONOTshutdownorresetthesystemwhileupdatingtheBIOStopreventsystem

boot failure!

Ensure to load the BIOS default settings to ensure system compatibility and stability. Press

<F5> and select Yes to load the BIOS default settings.

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4. Theutilityveriesthele,thenstartsupdatingtheBIOSle.

DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot

failure!

5. The utility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is completed.

Rebootthesystemfromtheharddiskdrive.

The BIOS update is nished! Please restart your system.

C:\>

ASUS Tek. EzFlash Utility

Start programming the Flash. DO NOT SHUTDOWN THE SYSTEM!!!

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5.2 BIOS setup program

Thismotherboardsupportsaprogrammablermwarechipthatyoucanupdateusingthe

provided utility described in section 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS.

UsetheBIOSSetupprogramwhenyouareinstallingamotherboard,reconguringyour

system,orpromptedto“RunSetup.”Thissectionexplainshowtocongureyoursystem

using this utility.

EvenifyouarenotpromptedtousetheSetupprogram,youcanchangethecongurationof

yourcomputerinthefuture.Forexample,youcanenablethesecuritypasswordfeatureor

changethepowermanagementsettings.Thisrequiresyoutorecongureyoursystemusing

the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them

intheCMOSRAMofthermwarechip.

ThermwarechiponthemotherboardstorestheSetuputility.Whenyoustartupthe

computer,thesystemprovidesyouwiththeopportunitytorunthisprogram.Press<Del>

duringthePower-OnSelf-Test(POST)toentertheSetuputility;otherwise,POSTcontinues

with its test routines.

IfyouwishtoenterSetupafterPOST,restartthesystembypressing<Ctrl+Alt+Delete>,orby

pressing the reset button on the system chassis. You can also restart by turning the system

offandthenbackon.Dothislastoptiononlyifthersttwofailed.

TheSetupprogramisdesignedtomakeitaseasytouseaspossible.Beingamenu-driven

program,itletsyouscrollthroughthevarioussub-menusandmakeyourselectionsfromthe

availableoptionsusingthenavigationkeys.

• ThedefaultBIOSsettingsforthismotherboardapplyformostconditionstoensure

optimum performance. If the system becomes unstable after changing any BIOS

settings,loadthedefaultsettingstoensuresystemcompatibilityandstability.Press

<F5> and select Yes to load the BIOS default settings.

• TheBIOSsetupscreensshowninthissectionareforreferencepurposesonly,and

may not exactly match what you see on your screen.

• VisittheASUSwebsite(www.asus.com)todownloadthelatestBIOSleforthis

motherboard.

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5.2.2 Menu bar

The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items:

Main   Forchangingthebasicsystemconguration

Advanced For changing the advanced system settings

IntelRCSetup For changing the Intel RC settings

Server Mgmt For changing the Server Mgmt settings

Event Logs For changing the event log settings

Monitor  Fordisplayingthesystemtemperature,powerstatus,andchanging

the fan settings

Security For changing the security settings

Boot   Forchangingthesystembootconguration

Tool   Forconguringoptionsforspecialfunctions

Exit For selecting the exit options

Toselectanitemonthemenubar,presstherightorleftarrowkeyonthekeyboarduntilthe

desired item is highlighted.

5.2.1 BIOS menu screen

Navigation keys

General help

Menu bar Configuration fieldsMenu items

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5.2.3 Menu items

Thehighlighteditemonthemenubardisplaysthespecicitemsforthatmenu.Forexample,

selecting Main shows the Main menu items.

Theotheritems(EventLogs,Advanced,Monitor,Boot,Tool,andExit)onthemenubarhave

their respective menu items.

5.2.4 Submenu items

A solid triangle before each item on any menu screen means that the item has a submenu.

Todisplaythesubmenu,selecttheitemthenpress<Enter>.

5.2.5 Navigation keys

AtthebottomrightcornerofamenuscreenarethenavigationkeysfortheBIOSsetup

program.Usethenavigationkeystoselectitemsinthemenuandchangethesettings.

5.2.6 General help

At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item.

5.2.7 Configuration fields

Theseeldsshowthevaluesforthemenuitems.Ifanitemisuser-congurable,youcan

changethevalueoftheeldoppositetheitem.Youcannotselectanitemthatisnotuser-

congurable.

Acongurableeldisenclosedinbrackets,andishighlightedwhenselected.Tochangethe

valueofaeld,selectitandpress<Enter>todisplayalistofoptions.

5.2.8 Pop-up window

Selectamenuitemandpress<Enter>todisplayapop-upwindowwiththeconguration

options for that item.

5.2.9 Scroll bar

Ascrollbarappearsontherightsideofamenuscreenwhenthereareitemsthatdonott

onthescreen.PresstheUp/Downarrowkeysor<PageUp>/<PageDown>keystodisplay

the other items on the screen.

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5.3 Main menu

WhenyouentertheBIOSSetupprogram,theMainmenuscreenappears.TheMainmenu

providesyouanoverviewofthebasicsysteminformation,andallowsyoutosetthesystem

date,time,language,andsecuritysettings.

5.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]

Allows you to set the system date.

5.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx]

Allows you to set the system time.

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5.4 Advanced menu

The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other system

devices.

TakecautionwhenchangingthesettingsoftheAdvancedmenuitems.Incorrecteld

values can cause the system to malfunction.

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5.4.1 ACPI Settings

Enable ACPI Auto Configuration [Disabled]

AllowsyoutoenableordisabletheBIOSACPIAutoConguration.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Enable Hibernation [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the ability of the system to hibernate (OS/Sleep State).

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

This option may be not effective with some OS.

5.4.2 Smart Settings

SMART Self Test [Disabled]

Allows you to run SMART Self Test on all HDDs during POST.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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5.4.3 NCT6779D Super IO Configuration

Serial Port 1 / Serial Port 2 Configuration

Allows you to set the parameters of Serial Port 1/ Serial Port 2.

Serial Port [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Serial Port.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Change Settings [Auto]

Allows you to choose the setting for Super IO device.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][IO=3F8h;IRQ=4;][IO=3F8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12;]

[IO=2F8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12;][IO=3E8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12;]

[IO=2E8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12;]

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Intel I210 Lan1 Enable/ Intel I210 Lan2 Enable [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Intel LAN.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Intel LAN ROM Type [PXE]

Allows you to select the Intel LAN ROM type.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][PXE][iSCSI]

5.4.4 Intel LAN I210 Configuration

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5.4.5 Serial Port Console Redirection

Console Redirection Settings

ThisitembecomescongurableonlywhenyouenabletheConsole Redirection item. The

settings specify how the host computer and the remote computer (which the user is using)

will exchange data. Both computers should have the same or compatible settings.

Terminal Type [VT-UTF8]

Allows you to set the terminal type.

[VT100] ASCIIcharset.

[VT100+] ExtendsVT100tosupportcolor,functionkeys,et.

[VT-UTF8] UsesUTF8encodingtomapUnicodecharsonto1ormorebytes

[ANSI] ExtendedASCIIcharset

Bits per second [57600]

Selects serial port transmission speed. The speed must be matched on the other side.

Long or noisy lines may require lower speeds.

Congurationoptions:[9600][19200][38400][57600][115200]

Data Bits [8]

Congurationoptions:[7][8]

Parity [None]

Aparitybitcanbesentwiththedatabitstodetectsometransmissionerrors.[Mark]

and[Space]paritydonotallowforerrordetection.

[None] None

[Even] paritybitis0ifthenumof1’sinthedatabitsiseven

[Odd] paritybitis0ifnumof1’sinthedatabitsisodd

[Mark] paritybitisalways1

[Space] paritybitisalways0

The following item appears only when you set Console Redirection to[Enabled].

COM1/COM2

Console Redirection [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the console redirection feature.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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Stop Bits [1]

Stopbitsindicatetheendofaserialdatapacket.(Astartbitindicatesthebeginning.)

The standard setting is 1 stop bit. Communication with slow devices may require more

than1stopbit.Congurationoptions:[1][2]

Flow Control [Hardware RTS/CTS]

Flowcontrolcanpreventdatalossfrombufferoverow.Whensendingdata,ifthe

receivingbuffersarefull,a“stop”signalcanbesenttostopthedataow.Oncethe

buffersareempty,a“start”signalcanbesenttore-starttheow.Hardwareowcontrol

uses two wires to send start/stop signals.

Congurationoptions:[None][HardwareRTS/CTS]

VT -UTF8 Combo Key Support [Enabled]

ThisallowsyoutoenabletheVT-UTF8CombinationKeySupportforANSI/VT100

terminals.Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Recorder Mode [Disabled]

Withthismodeenabledonlytextwillbesent.ThisistocaptureTerminaldata.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Legacy OS Redirection Resolution [80x24]

This allows you to set the number of rows and columns supported on the Legacy OS.

Congurationoptions:[80x24][80x25]

Putty Keypad [VT100]

ThisallowsyoutoselecttheFunctionKeyandKeypadonPutty.Congurationoptions:

[VT100][LINUX][XTERMR6][SCO][ESCN][VT400]

Redirection After BIOS POST [Always Enable]

This setting allows you to specify if Bootloader is selected than Legacy console

redirection.Congurationoptions:[AlwaysEnable][Bootloader]

Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/ Windows Emergency Management

Services (EMS)

Console Redirection [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the console redirection feature.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

The following item appears only when you set Console Redirection to[Enabled].

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Console Redirection Settings

Out-of-Band Mgmt Port [COM1]

MicrosoftWindowsEmergencyManagementServices(EMS)allowforremote

managementofaWindowsServerOSthroughaserialport.

Congurationoptions:[COM1][COM2]

Terminal Type [VT-UTF8]

MicrosoftWindowsEmergencyManagementServices(EMS)allowforremote

managementofaWindowsServerOSthroughaserialport.

Congurationoptions:[VT100][VT100+][VT-UTF8][ANSI]

Bits per second [115200]

MicrosoftWindowsEmergencyManagementServices(EMS)allowforremote

managementofaWindowsServerOSthroughaserialport.

Congurationoptions:[9600][19200][57600][115200]

Flow Control [None]

MicrosoftWindowsEmergencyManagementServices(EMS)allowforremote

managementofaWindowsServerOSthroughaserialport.

Congurationoptions:[None][HardwareRTS/CTS][SoftwareXon/Xoff]

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5.4.6 APM

Restore AC Power Loss [Last State]

Whensetto[PowerOff],thesystemgoesintooffstateafteranACpowerloss.Whenset

to[PowerOn],thesystemwillrebootafteranACpowerloss.Whensetto[LastState],the

systemgoesintoeitherofforonstate,whateverthesystemstatewasbeforetheACpower

loss.

Congurationoptions:[PowerOff][PowerOn][LastState]

Power On By PCIE [Disabled]

[Disabled] DisablesthePCIEdevicestogenerateawakeevent.

[Enabled] EnablesthePCIEdevicestogenerateawakeevent.

Power On By Ring [Disabled]

[Disabled] DisablesthePCIEdevicestogenerateawakeevent.

[Enabled] EnablesthePCIEdevicestogenerateawakeevent.

Power On By RTC [Disabled]

[Disabled] DisablesRTCtogenerateawakeevent.

[Enabled] Whensetto[Enabled],theitemsRTC Alarm Date (Days) and Hour/

Minute/Secondwillbecomeuser-congurablewithsetvalues.

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5.4.7 PCI Subsystem Settings

Load RT32 Image [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable RT32 Image Loading.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Above 4G Decoding [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable 64‑bit capable devices to be decoded in above 4G address

space.Itonlyworksifthesystemsupports64-bitPCIdecoding.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

SR-IOV Support [Disabled]

This option enables or disables SIngle Root IO Virtualization Support if the system has SR‑

IOV capable PCIe devices.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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Network stack [Disabled]

Enablesordisablesthenetworkstackfeature.Congurationoptions:[Disable][Enable]

5.4.8 Network Stack Configuration

The following item appears only when Network stack is set to[Enabled].

Ipv4 PXE Support [Enabled]

EnablesordisablestheIpv4PXEBootSupport.Ifdisabled,Ipv4PXEbootoptionwill

notbecreated.Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled].

Ipv6 PXE Support [Enabled]

EnablesordisablestheIpv6PXEBootSupport.Ifdisabled,Ipv6PXEbootoptionwill

notbecreated.Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled].

PXE boot wait time [0]

WaittimetopressESCkeytoabortthePXEboot.

Media detect time [0]

Waittime(inseconds)todetectmedia.

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5.4.9 CSM Configuration

CSM Support [Enabled]

This option allows you to enable or disable CSM Support.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

GateA20 Active [Upon Request]

ThisallowsyoutosettheGA20option.

Congurationoptions:[UponRequest][Always]

Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS]

This allows you to set the display mode for option ROM.

Congurationoptions:[ForceBIOS][KeepCurrent]

Boot Option filter [Legacy only]

This option allows you to control the Legacy/UEFI ROMs priority.

Congurationoptions:[UEFIandLegacy][Legacyonly][UEFIonly]

Network / Storage / Video [Legacy]

This option allows you to control the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE/ Storage/ Video

OpROM.

Congurationoptions:[UEFI][Legacy]

Other PCI device [Legacy]

ThisitemdeterminestheOpROMexecutionpolicyfordevicesotherthanNetwork,Storage,

or Video.

Congurationoptions:[UEFI][Legacy]

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5.4.10 Trusted Computing

Configuration

Security Device Support [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the BIOS support for security device.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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5.4.11 USB Configuration

Legacy USB Support [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Legacy USB device support.

Congurationoptions:[Enabled][Disabled][Auto]

XHCI Hand-off [Enabled]

Thisisaworkaroundfor0SeswithoutXHCIhand-offsupport.TheXHCIownershipchange

shouldbeclaimedbyXHCIdriver.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

EHCI Hand-off [Disabled]

Thisisaworkaroundfor0SeswithoutEHCIhand-offsupport.TheEHCIownershipchange

should be claimed by EHCI driver.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

USB Mass Storage Driver Support [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the USB Mass Storage drvier support.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Port 60/64 Emulation [Enabled]

ThisallowsyoutoenabletheI/Oport60h/64hemulationsupport.Thisshouldbeenabledfor

thecompleteUSBkeyboardlegacysupportfornon-USBawareOSes.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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USB hardware delays and time-outs

USB transfer time-out [20 sec]

Thetime-outvalueforcontrol,bulk,andinterrupttransfer.

Congurationoptions:[1sec][5sec][10sec][20sec]

Device reset time-out [20 sec]

USB mass storage device start unit command time‑out.

Congurationoptions:[10sec][20sec][30sec][40sec]

Device power-up delay [Auto]

This is the maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the host

controller.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Manual]

5.4.12 iSCSI Configuration

AllowsyoutoconguretheiSCSiparameters.

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5.5 IntelRCSetup menu

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5.5.1 Processor Configuration

Per Socket Configuration

Allowsyoutosetthenumberofcorestoenable.0meansallcores.Totalof14cores

available.

Hyper Threading [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnologyfunction.When

disabled,onlyonethreadperactivatedcoreisenabled.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]

XDcanpreventcertainclassesofmaliciousbufferoverowattackswhencombinedwith

asupportingOS(WindowsServer2003SP1,WindowsXPSP2,SuSELinux9.2,Redhat

Enterprise 3 Update 3).

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Enable Intel TXT Support [Disabled]

ForcestheXDfeaturelogtoalwaysreturn0whendisabled.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

VMX [Enabled]

EnablestheVanderpoolTechnology.Takeseffectafterreboot.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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Enable SMX [Disabled]

Enables the Safer Mode Extensions

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]

This Item allows you to turn on/off the mid level cache(L2) streamer prefetcher.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Adjacent Cache Prefetch [Enabled]

This Item allows you to turn on/off prefetching of adjacent cache lines.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

DCU Streamer Prefetcher [Enabled]

This Item allows you to enable or disable prefetcher of next L1 data line.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

DCU IP Prefetcher [Enabled]

This Item allows you to enable or disable prefetch of next L1 line based upon sequential load

history.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

DCU Mode [32K 8Way Without ECC]

Congurationoptions:[32K8WayWithoutECC][16K4WayWithECC]

Direct Cache Access (DCA) [Auto]

This Item allows you to enable or disable Direct Cache Access.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][Enabled]

DCA Prefetch Delay [32]

This Item allows you to set the time for the DCA Prefetch delay Help.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][8][16][24][32][40][48][56][64][72][80][88][96][104][112]

X2APIC [Enabled]

This Item allows you to enable or disable the extended APIC support.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

AES-NI [Enabled]

This Item allows you to enable or disable the AES‑NI support.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Down Stream PECI [Disabled]

This Item allows you to enable the PCIe Down Stream PECI writer.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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5.5.2 Advanced Power Management Configuration

Power Technology [Energy Efficient]

This item allows you to enable power management features.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][EnergyEfcient][Custom]

Config TDP [Disabled]

Thisitemallowsyoutoenable/disabletheCongTDP.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

CPU Advanced PM Turning

This item allows you to set additional CPU Power Management settings.

Energy Perf BIAS

Energy Performance Tuning [Disabled]

Allows your system to select from BIOS or operating system to choose enable energy

performance bias tuning.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Energy Performance Bias setting [Balanced Performance]

Allows you to set the Energy Performance Bias which overrides the OS setting.

Congurationoptions:[Performance][BalancedPerformance][BalancedPower]

[Power]

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5.5.3 Common RefCode Configuration

Numa [Enabled]

This item enables or disables the Non uniform Memory Access (NUMA).

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Power/Performance Switch [Enabled]

Allows you to switch between Power or performance.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Workload Configuration [Balanced]

Optimizationfortheworkloadcharacterization.

Congurationoptions:[Balanced][I/Osensitive]

Averaging Time Window [23]

This is used to control the effective window of the average for CO and PO time.

PO TotalTimeThreshold Low [35]

TheHWswitchingmechanismdisablestheperformancesetting(0)whenthetotalPO

time is less than this threshold.

PO TotalTimeThreshold High [58]

TheHWswitchingmechanismenablestheperformancesetting(0)whenthetotalPO

time is greater than this threshold.

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5.5.4 QPI Configuration

QPI General Configuration

QPI Status

ThisitemdisplaysinformationabouttheQPIstatus.

Link Speed Mode [Fast]

ThisitemallowsyoutoselecttheQPIlinkspeedaseitherthefastmodeorslowmode.

Congurationoptions:[Slow][Fast]

Link Frequency Select [Auto]

ThisitemallowsyouforselectingtheQPIlinkfrequency

Congurationoptions:[Auto][6.4GT/s][8.0GT/s][9.6GT/s]

QPI Link0p Enable [Enable]

Congurationoptions:[Disable][Enable]

QPI Link1 Enable [Enable]

Congurationoptions:[Disable][Enable]

QPI Status

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5.5.5 Memory Configuration

Enforce POR [Auto]

Allows you to enforce POR restrictions for DDR4 frequency adn voltage programming.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][EnforcePOR][Disabled][EnforceStretchGoals]

Memory Frequency [Auto]

Allows you to select the memory frequency setting.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][1333][1600][1866][2133]

Halt on mem Training Error [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable halt on mem Training Error.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

ECC Support [Auto]

Allows you to enable or disable the ECC support.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][Enabled]

Enhanced Log Parsing [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Enhanced Log Parsing.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][Enabled]

Data Scrambling [Auto]

Allows you to enable/disable data scrambling.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][Enabled]

Enable ADR [Disabled]

Allows you to set the detecting and enabling of ADR.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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C/A Parity Enable [Auto]

Allows you to enable or disable the DDR4's command address parity.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][Enabled]

Memory Topology

Displays memory topology with DIMM population information.

Memory Thermal

Allowsyoutocongurethermalsettings.

Set Throttling Mode [Disabled]

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][OLTT][CLTT]

OLLT Peak BW [xxx]

AllowsyoutosetthepeakallowedbandwidthforOLTT.Thisisinpercentageandvalid

offsetvaluesisfrom25-100.

DIMM Tem Stat [xx]

Allows you to select DIMMTEMPSTAT as temp_mid or tem_hi.

Memory Power Savings Mode [Auto]

AllowsyoutoconguretheCKEandotherrelatedMemoryPowerSavingsfeatures.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][APDOn][UserDened][Reserve][Reserved]

Memory Power Savings Advanced Options

CK in SR [Auto]

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Driven][Tri-State][PulledLow]PulledHigh]

MDLL Off [Auto]

Allows you to shutdown MDLL during SR when enabled.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][Enabled]

MEMHOT Throttling Mode [Input-only]

Allows you to shutdown MDLL during SR when enabled.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Input-only][Output-only]

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Mem Electrical Throttling [Disabled]

AllowsyoutocongureMemoryElecticalthrottling.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled][Auto]

Memory Map

Channel Interleaving [Auto]

Select different channel interleaving setting.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][1-wayInterleave][2-wayInterleave][3-wayInterleave][4-

wayInterleave]

Rank Interleaving [Auto]

Selectdifferentrankinterleavingsetting.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][1-wayInterleave][2-wayInterleave][4-wayInterleave][8-

wayInterleave]

Memory RAS Configuration

RAS Mode [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable RAS Modes. Enabling Sparing and Mirroring is not

supported.Incaseenabled,Sparingwillbeselected.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Mirror][LockstepMode]

Memory Rank Sparing [Disabled]

AllowsyoutoenableordisableMemoryRankSparing.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Correctable Error Threshold [32767]

AllowsyoutosettheCorrectableErrorThresholdusedforsparing,tagging,andleaky

bucket.Therangeisfrom1to32767.

Patrol Scrub [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Patrol Scrub.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Demand Scrub [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Demand Scrub.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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EV DFX Features [Disabled]

SetthisoptiontoallowDFXLockBitstoremainclear.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

PCIE Slot Option ROM Configuration

5.5.6 IIO Configuration

PCIE1/ PCIE2/ PCIE3/ PCIE4/ PCIE6 Option ROM [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the PCIE1/ PCIE2/ PCIE3/ PCIE4/ PCIE6 Option ROM.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

PCI Express Global Options

TX EQ WA [Enabled]

UsespecialtableforTX_EQandvendorspeciccards.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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5.5.7 PCH Configuration

PCH Devices

PCI-E ASPM Support (Global) [L1 Only]

This option enables or disables the ASPM support for all downstream devices.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][L1Only]

DeepSx Power Policies [Disabled]

AllowsyoutoconguretheDeepSxModeconguration.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][EnabledinS5][EnabledinS4andS5]

PCI Express Configuration

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PCH DMI ASPM [Enabled]

AllowsyoutocongurethePCHDMIASPM.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

PCI Express Root Port 1 to Port 8

AllowsyoutocongurethePCIExpressRootportsettings.

PCIE ASMP [DisableASPM]

Allows you to configure the PCH DMI ASPM.

Configurationoptions:[DisableASPM][ASPML0s][ASPML1][ASPM

L0sL1][ASPMAuto]

PCH sSATA Configuration

sSATA Controller [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the sSATA Controller.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Configure sSATA as [AHCI]

AllowsyoutoidentifytheSATAportisconnectedtoSolidStateDriveorHardDiskDrive.

Congurationoptions:[IDE][AHCI][RAID]

SATA Mode options

SATA LED locate [Enabled]

Ifenabled,LED/SGPIOhardwareisattached.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Support Aggressive Link Power Management [Enabled]

AllowsyoutoenableordisabletheSuportAggressiveLinkPower(SALP)Management.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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SATA Port 1/ SATA Port 2/ SATA Port 3/ SATA Port 4

Port 1/ Port 2/ Port 3/ Port 4

Allows you to enable or disable the SATA port

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

PCH SATA Configuration

SATA Controller [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the SATA Controller.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Configure SATA as [AHCI]

AllowsyoutoidentifytheSATAportisconnectedtoSolidStateDriveorHardDiskDrive.

Congurationoptions:[IDE][AHCI][RAID]

Support Aggressive Link Power Management [Enabled]

AllowsyoutoenableordisabletheSuportAggressiveLinkPower(SALP)Management.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

SATA Port 1~6

Port 1/ Port 2/ Port 3/ Port 4/ Port 5/ Port 6 [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the SATA port

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

USB Configuration

xHCI Mode [Auto]

Allows you to enable or disable the mode of operation of xHCI controller.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][Enabled]

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USB Ports Per-Port Disable Control [Disabled]

AllowsyoutocontroleachoftheUSBports1to8disabling.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

The following items appears only when the USB Ports Per‑Port Disable Control is set to

[Enabled].

USB Port #1/ #2/ #3/ #4 [Enabled]

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

USB 3.0 Port #1/ #2 [Enabled]

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Platform Thermal Configuration

PCH Thermal Device [Auto]

Allows you to enable or disable the PCH Thermal Device (D31:F6).

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][Enabled]

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5.5.8 Miscellaneous Configuration

Active Video [Offboard Device]

Allows you to select the video type.

Congurationoptions:[OnboardDevice][OffboardDevice]

5.5.9 Server ME Configuration

Displays the Server ME Technology parameters on your system.

Alert Enable Lock [Disabled]

AllowsyoutolockallAlertEnablesettings.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

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5.5.10 Runtime Error Logging Support

Runtime Error Logging

Whea Support [Disabled]

ThisitemallowsyoutoenableordisabletheWHEAsupport.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

5.6 Server Mgmt menu

The Server Management menu displays the server management status and allows you to

change the settings.

OS Watchdog Timer [Disabled]

This item allows you to start a BIOS timer which can only be shut off by Intel Management

Software after the OS loads.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

ThefollowingitemsiscongurableonlywhentheOSWatchdogTimerissetto[Enabled].

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OS Wtd Timer Timeout [10 minutes]

AllowsyoutocongurethelengthfotheOSBootWatchdogTimer.

Congurationoptions:[5minutes][10minutes][15minutes][20minutes]

OS Wtd Timer Policy [Reset]

ThisitemallowsyoutocongurethehowthesystemshouldrespondiftheOSBootWatch

Timer expires.

Congurationoptions:[DoNothing][Reset][PowerDown]

Serial Mux [Disabled]

ThisitemallowsyoutoenableordisableSerialMuxconguration.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

System Event Log

AllowsyoutochangetheSELeventlogconguration.

SEL Components [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable all features of system Event Logging during boot.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

• ThefollowingitemsappearsonlywhenyousetSEL Componentsto[Enabled].

• Allvalueschangedheredonottakeeffectuntilcomputerisrestarted.

Erase SEL [No]

Allows you to choose options for erasing SEL.

Congurationoptions:[No][Yes,Onnextreset][Yes,Oneveryreset]

When SEL is Full [Do Nothing]

Allows you to choose options for reactions to a full SEL.

Congurationoptions:[DoNothing][EraseImmediately]

Log EFI Status Codes [Error code]

DisabletheloggingofEFIStatusCodes,orlogonlyerrorcode,oronlyprogresscode

or,both.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Both][Errorcode][Progresscode]

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Bmc network configuration

Thesub-itemsinthiscongurationallowyoutoconguretheBMCnetworkparameters.

Configuration Address source DM_LAN1/LAN1 [Previous State]

ThisitemallowsyoutocongureLANchannelparametersstatisticallyordynamically(by

BIOSorBMC).UnspeciedoptionwillnotmodifyanyBMCnetworkparametersduring

BIOS phase.

Congurationoptions:[PreviousState][Static][DynamicBmcDhcp]

[DynamicBmcNonDhcp]

View System Event Log

This item allows you to view the system event log records.

IPv6 BMC Network Configuration

ThisitemallowsyoutoconguretheparametersettingsofIPv6BMCnetwork.

IPv6 Display Full Field [Enable]

Displays the full or brief IPv6 Field.

Congurationoptions:[Disable][Enable]

IPv6 Display Full Formula [Enable]

Displays the full or brief IPv6 Formula.

Congurationoptions:[Disable][Enable]

IPv6 Display Letter Case [Upper Case]

Displays the uppercase or lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Congurationoptions:[LowerCase][UpperCase]

IPv6 BMC Lan Option [Enable]

This item allows you to enable or disable the IPv6 BMC LAN channel function.

DisablingthisitemwillnotmodifyanyBMCnetworkduringBIOSphase.

Congurationoptions:[Disable][Enable]

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IPv6 BMC LAN IP Address source [Previous State]

SelecttocongureLANchannelparametersstaticallyordynamically(byBIOSor

BMC).

Congurationoptions:[PreviousState][Static][Dynamic-ObtainedbyBMCrunning

DHCP]

The following items appear only when you set IP BMC Lan IP Address Sourceto[Static].

IPv6 BMC LAN IP Address

Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan IP address.

IPv6 BMC LAN IP Prefix Length

Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan IP Prefix Length.

IPv6 BMC LAN Default Gateway

Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan Default Gateway.

IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings

Allows you to enter IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings.

IPv6 BMC LAN Link IP Address

AllowsyoutoenterIPv6BMCLANLinkIPaddress.

IPv6 BMC LAN Link IP Prefix Length

Allows you to input IPv6 BMC LanLinkIPPrexLength.

IPv6 BMC Lan Option [Enable]

This item allows you to enavle IPv6 BMC LAN channel function. Disabling this option will not

modifyanyBMCnetworkduringBIOSphase.

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The following item appears only when you set IP BMC Lan Optionto[Enable].

IPv6 BMC LAN IP Address Source [Previous State]

SelecttocongureLANchannelparametersstaticallyordynamically(byBIOSor

BMC).

Congurationoptions:[PreviousState][Static][Dynamic-ObtainedbyBMCrunning

DHCP]

The following items appear only when you set IP BMC Lan IP Address Sourceto[Static].

IPv6 BMC LAN IP Address

Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan IP address.

IPv6 BMC LAN IP Prefix Length

Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan IP Prefix Length.

IPv6 BMC LAN Default Gateway

Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan Default Gateway.

IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings

Allows you to enter IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings.

IPv6 BMC LAN Link IP Address

AllowsyoutoenterIPv6BMCLANLinkIPaddress.

IPv6 BMC LAN Link IP Prefix Length

Allows you to input IPv6 BMC LanLinkIPPrexLength.

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5.7 Event Logs menu

The Event Logs menu items allow you to change the event log settings and view the system

event logs.

5.7.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings

Press<Enter>tochangetheSmbiosEventLogconguration.

Enabling/Disabling Options

Smbios Event Log [Enabled]

Change this to enable or disable all features of Smbios Event Logging during boot.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Erasing Settings

Erase Event Log [No]

Choose options for erasing Smbios Event Log. Erasing is done prior to any logging activation

duringreset.Congurationoptions:[No][Yes,Nextreset][Yes,Everyreset]

When Log is Full [Do Nothing]

AllowsyoutochooseoptionsforreactionstoafullSmbiosEventLog.Congurationoptions:

[DoNothing][EraseImmediately]

Allvalueschangedheredonottakeeffectuntilcomputerisrestarted.

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Smbios Event Log Standard Settings

Log System Boot Event [Disabled]

Allowsyoutochooseoptionstoenable/disableloggingofSystembootevent.Conguration

options:[Enabled][Disabled]

MECI [1]

Mutiple Event Count Increment (MECI). The number of occurrences of a duplicate event that

mustpassbeforethemultiplt-eventcounterassociatedwiththelogentryisupdated,specied

as a numeric value in the range 1 to 255.

METW [60]

Mutiple Event Time Windows (METW). The number of minutes which must pass between

duplicate log entries which utilize a multiple-event counter. The value ranges from 0 to 99

minutes.

Custom Option

Log OEM Codes [Enabled]

Enable or disable the logging of EFI Status Codes as OEM Codes (if not already converted to

legacy).Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Convert OEM Codes [Disabled]

Enable or disable the converting of EFI Status Codes

to Standard Smbios Types (Not all may be translated).

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

5.7.2 View Smbios Event Log

Press <Enter> to view all smbios event logs.

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5.8 Monitor menu

TheMonitormenudisplaysthesystemtemperature/powerstatus,andallowsyoutochange

the fan settings.

Scroll down to view the other items

CPU1/2 Temperature [xxx°C/xxx°F]

The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU temperatures.

CPU FAN1/2 Speed; FRNT FAN1–5 Speed; REAR FAN1/2 Speed

[xxxx RPM] or [N/A]

TheonboardhardwaremonitorautomaticallydetectsanddisplaysthespeedofCPUfans,

frontfans,andrearfaninrotationsperminute(RPM).Ifthefanisnotconnectedtothe

motherboard,theeldshowsN/A.

+VCCIO, VCORE1/2 Voltage, +VDDQ_AB_CPU1 Voltage, +VDDQ_CD_CPU1

Voltage, +VDDQ_EF_CPU2 Voltage, +VDDQ_GH_CPU2 Voltage,

+5VSB Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, VBAT

Voltage, +3.3VSB Voltage

The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard

voltage regulators.

CPU FAN1&2 FRNT FAN1 mode [Generic Mode]

AllowsyoutoconguretheASUSSmartFanfeaturethatsmartlyadjuststhefanspeedsfor

moreefcientsystemoperation.

Congurationoptions:[GenericMode][HighSpeedMode][FullSpeedMode][ManualMode]

Duty % [50]

ThisitemappearsonlywhenCPUFAN1&2FRNTFAN1modeissetto[ManualMode].

Thisitemallowsyoutocongurethefandutysettingfrom10%to100%.

FRNT FAN2&3/4&5; REAR FAN1&2 mode [Generic Mode]

AllowsyoutoconguretheASUSSmartFanfeaturethatsmartlyadjuststhefanspeedsfor

moreefcientsystemoperation.

Congurationoptions:[GenericMode][HighSpeedMode][FullSpeedMode][ManualMode]

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5.9 Security menu

This menu allows a new password to be created or a current password to be cchanged. The

menualsoenablesordisablestheSecureBootstateandletstheuserconguretheSystem

Mode state.

Administrator Password

To set an administrator password:

1. Select the Administrator Password item and press <Enter>.

2. FromtheCreateNewPasswordbox,keyinapassword,thenpress<Enter>.

3. Conrmthepasswordwhenprompted.

To change an administrator password:

1. Select the Administrator Password item and press <Enter>.

2. FromtheEnterCurrentPasswordbox,keyinthecurrentpassword,thenpress

<Enter>.

3. FromtheCreateNewPasswordbox,keyinanewpassword,thenpress<Enter>.

4. Conrmthepasswordwhenprompted.

Tocleartheadministratorpassword,followthesamestepsasinchanginganadministrator

password,butpress<Enter>whenpromptedtocreate/conrmthepassword.

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User Password

To set a user password:

1. Select the User Password item and press <Enter>.

2. FromtheCreateNewPasswordbox,keyinapassword,thenpress<Enter>.

3. Conrmthepasswordwhenprompted.

To change a user password:

1. Select the User Password item and press <Enter>.

2. FromtheEnterCurrentPasswordbox,keyinthecurrentpassword,thenpress

<Enter>.

3. FromtheCreateNewPasswordbox,keyinanewpassword,thenpress<Enter>.

4. Conrmthepasswordwhenprompted.

To clear a user password:

1. Select the Clear User Password item and press <Enter>.

2. Select YesfromtheWarningmessagewindowthenpress<Enter>.

Secure Boot Menu

This item allows you to customize the Secure Boot settings.

Secure Boot [Disabled]

Secure Boot can be enabled if the system is running in User mode with enrolled

platformKey(EPK)oriftheCSMfunctionisdisabled.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Secure Boot Mode [Custom]

Allows you to set the Secure Boot selector.

Congurationoptions:[Custom][Standard]

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Key Management

ThisitemonlyappearswhentheitemSecureBootModeissetto[Custom].The

KeyManagementitemallowsyoutomodifySecureBootvariablesandsetKey

Management page.

Default Key Provision [Disabled]

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]

Enroll All Factory Default Keys

ThisitemwillaskyouifyouwanttoInstallFactoryDefaultsecurekeys.SelectYesif

youwanttoloadthedefaultsecurekeys,otherwiseselectNo.

Save All Secure Boot Variables

Thisitemwillaskyouifyouwanttosaveallsecurebootvariables.SelectYesifyou

wanttosaveallsecurebootvariables,otherwiseselectNo.

Platform Key (PK)/ Key Exchange Key (KEK)/ Authorized Signatures (DB)/Authorized

TimeStamps (DBT)/ Forbidden Signatures (DBX)

Congurationoptions:[Delete][SetNew][Append]

Configuration options: [Set New] [Delete] [Append]

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Setup Prompt Timeout [xx]

Usethe<+>and<->keystoadjustthenumberofsecondstowaitforsetupactivationkey.

Bootup NumLock State [On]

Allowsyoutoselectthepower-onstatefortheNumLock.

Congurationoptions:[Off][On]

Boot Logo Display [Auto]

Allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][FullScreen][Disabled]

POST Report [5 sec]

AllowsyoutosetthedesiredPOSTReportwaitingtimefrom1to10seconds.

Congurationoptions:[1sec]~[10sec][UntilPressESC]

Chassis Intrusion [Warning]

Allows you to set an action when chassis intrusion has occured.

Congurationoptions:[Warning][Halt]

Boot Option Priorities

These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The

number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices

installed in the system.

5.10 Boot menu

The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options.

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• Toselectthebootdeviceduringsystemstartup,press<F8>whenASUSLogo

appears.

• ToaccessWindowsOSinSafeMode,pleasepress<F8>afterPOST.

Set the booting order of network devices.

Boot Option #1/#2 [SATA P2: ASUS ...]

Congurationoptions:[SATAP2:ASUS...][SATAP3:WDCWD80...]

[AMIVirtualFloppy...][IBAGESlot0700v...]

CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities

Hard Drive BBS Priorities / Network Device BBS Priorities

These items appear only when you connect SATA ODD or hard drive to the SATA ports and

allow you to set the booting order of the SATA devices.

5.11 Tool menu

TheToolmenuitemsallowyoutocongureoptionsforspecialfunctions.Selectanitemthen

press <Enter> to display the submenu.

ASUS EZ Flash

Allows you to run ASUS EZ Flash BIOS ROM Utility when you press <Enter>. Refer to the

ASUS EZ Flash Utility section for details.

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Pressing <Esc> does not immediately exit this menu. Select one of the options from this

menuor<F10>fromthelegendbartoexit.

5.12 Exit menu

The Exit menu items allow you to save or discard your changes to the BIOS items.

Save Changes & Reset

Exit System setup after saving the changes.

Discard Changes & Exit

Exit System setup without saving any changes.

Save Changes & Reset

Reset the system setup after saving the changes.

Discard Changes & Reset

Reset system setup without saving any changes.

Save Options

Save Changes

Save changes done so far to any of the setup options.

Discard Changes

Discard changes done so far to any of the setup options.

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Restore Defaults

Restore/load default values for all the setup options.

Save as User Defaults

Save the changes done so far as User Defaults.

Restore User Defaults

Restore the User Defaults to all the setup options.

Boot Override

These items displays the available devices. The device items that appears on the screen

dependsonthenumberofdevicesinstalledinthesystem.Clickanitemtostartbootingfrom

the selected device.

Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device

AttemptstolaunchEFIShellapplication(shellx64.e)fromoneoftheavailablelesystem

devices.

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RAID Conguration

This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating, and

conguring RAID sets using the available utilities.

Chapter 6: RAID Conguration

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6.1 Setting up RAID

The motherboard supports the following SATA RAID solutions:

• LSI MegaRAID software RAID Configuration Utility with RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID

10 support (for both Linux and Windows OS).

• Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Option ROM Utility with RAID 0, RAID

1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 support (for Windows OS only).

6.1.1 RAID definitions

RAID 0

(Data striping)

optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in

parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a

sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access

and storage. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.

RAID 1

(Data mirroring)

copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a

second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all applications

to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive. This RAID

conguration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use

two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new drive must be

of the same size or larger than the existing drive.

RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having

to be calculated and written. With the RAID 10 conguration you get all the benets of both

RAID 0 and RAID 1 congurations. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and

three new drives for this setup.

RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Among

the advantages of RAID 5 conguration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and

higher storage capacity. The RAID 5 conguration is best suited for transaction processing,

relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems.

Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.

• If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set,

copy rst the RAID driver from the support DVD to a oppy disk before you install an

operating system to the selected hard disk drive.

• Please refer to chapter 2 for how to select the RAID conguration utility. Move the

jumper to choose between LSI MegaRAID and Intel® Rapid RAID.

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6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS

You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set from SATA

hard disk drives attached to the SATA connectors supported by

Intel® C602 chipset. To do this:

1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.

2. Go to the Advanced Menu > PCH SATA Configuration, then press <Enter>.

3. Set SATA Mode to [RAID Mode]

4. Press <F10> to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup.

Refer to Chapter 4 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup.

6.1.4 RAID configuration utilities

Depending on the RAID connectors that you use, you can create a RAID set using the utilities

embedded in each RAID controller. For example, use the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID

Setup Utility or the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology if you installed Serial ATA hard disk

drives on the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Intel® C602 chipset.

Refer to the succeeding section for details on how to use the RAID conguration utility.

6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives

The motherboard supports Serial ATA for RAID set conguration. For optimal performance,

install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.

To install the SATA hard disks for RAID conguration:

1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in the system

user guide.

2. Connect a SATA signal cable to the signal connector at the back of each drive and to

the SATA connector on the motherboard.

3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.

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3. The utility main window appears. Use the arrow keys to select an option from the

Management Menu and then press <Enter>. Refer to the Management Menu

descriptions on the next page.

At the bottom of the screen is the legend box. The keys on the legend box allow you

to navigate through the setup menu options or execute commands. The keys on the

legend box vary according to the menu level.

6.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility

The LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration utility allows you to create RAID 0,

RAID 1, or RAID 10 set(s) from SATA hard disk drives connected to the SATA connectors

supported by the motherboard southbridge chip.

To enter the LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration utility:

1. Turn on the system after installing all the SATA hard disk drives.

2. During POST, the LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration utility automatically

detects the installed SATA hard disk drives and displays any existing RAID set(s).

Press <Ctrl> + <M> to enter the utility.

• The LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration utility automatically congures to

RAID 1 when the SATA to RAID Mode is enabled.

• The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not

exactly match the items on your screen due to the controller version difference.

• When you create RAID sets with the LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration

utility, the boot priority of the SATA optical drive has to be manually adjusted.

Otherwise, the system will not boot from the connected SATA ODD.

LSI MegaRAID Software RAID BIOS Version A.10 09231523R

LSI SATA RAID Found at PCI Bus No:00 Dev No:1F

Device present at Port 0 ST3160812AS 152114MB

Device present at Port 1 ST3160812AS 152114MB

Device present at Port 2 ST3160812AS 152114MB

Device present at Port 3 ST3160812AS 152114MB

Press Ctrl-M or Enter to run LSI Software RAID Setup Utility.

Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option

LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17,2010

BIOS Version A.10.09231523R

Configure VD(s)

Configure

Initialize

Objects

Rebuild

Check Consistency

Management Menu

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6.2.1 Creating a RAID set

The LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility allows you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID

10 set using two types of congurations: Easy and New.

In Easy Configuration, the virtual drive parameters are set automatically.

In New Configuration, you manually set the virtual drive parameters.

Using Easy Configuration

To create a RAID set using the Easy Configuration option:

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure > Easy Configuration, and then press

<Enter>.

Menu Description

Congure Allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 10 set using the Easy

Conguration or the New Conguration command. This menu also

allows you to view, add, or clear RAID congurations or select the

boot drive

Initialize Allows you to initialize the virtual drives of a created RAID set

Objects Allows you to initialize virtual drives or change the virtual drive

parameters

Rebuild Allows you to rebuild failed drives

Check Consistency Allows you to check the data consistency of the virtual drives of a

created RAID set

Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option

LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17,2010

BIOS Version A.10.09231523R

Defines Physical Arrays. An Array Will Automatically Become A VD

Configure

Initialize

Objects

Rebuild

Check Consistency

Management Menu

Easy Configuration

New Configuration

View/Add Configuration

Clear Configuration

Select Boot Drive

Configuration Menu

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3. Select all the drives required for the RAID set, and then press <F10> to congure array

setting.

4. Press <Space> to select the congurable array.

2. The ARRAY SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the SATA

ports. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the drives you want to include in the RAID

set, and then press <Space>. When selected, the drive indicator changes from READY

to ONLIN A[X]-[Y], where X is the array number, and Y is the drive number.

• The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen.

• You need at least two identical hard disk drives when creating a RAID 1 set.

• You need at least four identical hard disk drives when creating a RAID 10 set.

SPACE-Sel,ENTER-EndArray,F10-Configure,F2-Drive Info,F3-Virtual Drives,F4-HSP

LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17,2010

BIOS Version A.10.09231523R

Port # 2 DISK 74.74GB HDS728080PLA380 05.01C05

Configure

Initialize

Objects

Rebuild

Check Consistency

Management Menu

Easy Configuration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU

ONLIN A00-00

ONLIN A00-01

READY

PORT #

Cursor Keys, SPACE-(De)Select F2-Chidinfo F3-SlotInfo F10-Configure Esc-Quit

LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17,2010

BIOS Version A.10.09231523R

Configure

Initialize

Objects

Rebuild

Check Consistency

Management Menu

Easy Configuration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU

ONLIN A00-00

ONLIN A00-01

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5. Press <F10> again, the virtual drive information appears including a Virtual Drive

menu that allows you to change the virtual drive parameters.

6. Select RAID from the Virtual Drive sub-menu, and then press <Enter>.

7. Select the RAID level from the menu, and then press <Enter>.

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READY

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SPAN = NO

Virtual Drive 0

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READY

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RAID Level

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8. Select Units from the Virtual Drive sub-menu, and then press <Enter>.

9. Select the units for virtual drive size from the menu, and then press <Enter>.

10. When creating a RAID 1 or a RAID 10 set, select DWC from the Virtual Drive menu,

and then press <Enter>.

When creating a RAID 0 set, proceed to step 12.

11. Select On to enable the Disk Write Cache setting, and then press <Enter>.

Enabling DWC can improve the performance, but with the risk of data loss.

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ONLIN A00-01

READY

PORT #

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RAID = 1

Units= MB

Size = 152146MB

DWC = OFF

RA = On

SPAN = NO

Virtual Drive 0

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READY

PORT #

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12. When nished setting the selected virtual drive conguration, select Accept from the

menu, and then press <Enter>.

13. Follow step 2 to 12 to congure additional virtual drives.

14. Press <Esc> to nish RAID conguration. When prompted to save conguration, select

Yes from the menu, and then press <Enter>.

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READY

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Size = 152146MB

DWC = OFF

RA = On

SPAN = NO

Virtual Drive 0

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Save Configuration?

Easy Configuration

New Configuration

View/Add Configuration

Clear Configuration

Select Boot Drive

Configuration Menu

Virtual Drive(s) Configured

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Using New Configuration

When a RAID set already exists, using the New Configuration command erases the

existing RAID conguration data. If you do not want to delete the existing RAID set, use the

View/Add Configuration command to view or create another RAID conguration.

To create a RAID set using the New Configuration option

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure > New Configuration, and then press

<Enter>.

2. Follow step 2 to 9 of the previous section: Using Easy Configuration.

3. Select Size from the Virtual Drive menu, and then press <Enter>.

4. Key-in the desired virtual drive size, and then press <Enter>.

5. Follow step 10 to 14 of the previous section: Using Easy Configuration to create the

RAID set.

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Initialize

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Check Consistency

Management Menu

Easy Configuration

New Configuration

View/Add Configuration

Clear Configuration

Select Boot Drive

Configuration Menu

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Configure

Initialize

Objects

Rebuild

Check Consistency

Management Menu

Easy Configuration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU

ONLIN A00-00

ONLIN A00-01

READY

PORT #

Virtual Drive(s) Configured

LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status

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RAID = 1

Units= MB

Size = 152146MB

DWC = OFF

RA = On

SPAN = NO

Virtual Drive 0

Enter VD Size: 152146_

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6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration

You can add a new RAID conguration or view an existing conguration using the View/Add

Configuration command.

Adding a new RAID configuration

To add a new RAID conguration:

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure > View/Add Configuration, and then

press <Enter>.

2. The ARRAY SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the SATA

ports. Select the drive(s) you want to include in the RAID set, then press <Space>.

When selected, the drive indicator changes from READY to ONLIN A[X]-[Y], where X

is the array number, and Y is the drive number.

The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen.

3. Follow step 3 to 12 of section 6.2.1 Creating a RAID set: Using Easy Configuration

to add a new RAID set.

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Configure

Initialize

Objects

Rebuild

Check Consistency

Management Menu

Easy Configuration

New Configuration

View/Add Configuration

Clear Configuration

Select Boot Drive

Configuration Menu

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PORT #

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6.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives

After creating the RAID set(s), you must initialize the virtual drives. You may initialize the

virtual drives of a RAID set(s) using the Initialize or Objects command on the Management

Menu.

Using the Initialize command

To initialize the virtual drive using the Initialize command

1. From the Management Menu, select Initialize, and then press <Enter>.

2. The screen displays the available RAID set(s) and prompts you to select the virtual

drive to initialize. Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive

selection, and then press <Space>.

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Initialize

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3. Press <F10> to start initialization. When prompted, select Yes from the Initialize?

dialog box, and then press <Enter>.

Initializing a virtual drive erases all data on the drive.

4. A progress bar appears on screen. If desired, press <Esc> to abort initialization. When

initialization is completed, press <Esc>.

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Initialize

Objects

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Check Consistency

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Virtual Drive(s) Configured

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Virtual Drives

Yes

Initialize?

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Virtual Drive 0

Virtual Drives

Init of VD Is In Process

VD 0 Initialization Complete. Press Esc..

100% Completed

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Using the Objects command

To initialize the virtual drives using the Objects command

1. From the Management Menu, select Objects > Virtual Drive, and then press

<Enter>.

2. Select the virtual drive to initialize from the Virtual Drives sub-menu, and then press

<Enter>.

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Physical Drive

Objects

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Objects

Virtual Drive 0

Virtual Drive(1)

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3. Select Initialize from the pop-up menu, and then press <Enter> to start initialization.

4. When prompted, press the <Space> to select Yes from the Initialize? dialog box, and

then press <Enter>.

6. A progress bar appears on screen. If desired, press <Esc> to abort initialization. When

initialization is completed, press <Esc>.

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Virtual Drive

Physical Drive

Objects

Virtual Drive 0

Virtual Drive(1)

Initialize

Check Consistency

View/Update Parameters

Virtual Drive(0)

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Physical Drive

Objects

Virtual Drive 0

Virtual Drive(1)

Initialize

Check Consistency

View/Update Parameters

Virtual Drive(0)

Yes

Initialize?

Init Will Destroy Data On Selected VD(s)

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6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives

You can manually rebuild failed hard disk drives using the Rebuild command in the

Management Menu.

To rebuild a failed hard disk drive

1. From the Management Menu, select Rebuild, and then press <Enter>.

2. The PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected

to the SATA ports. Select the drive you want to rebuild, and then press <Space>.

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3. After selecting the drive to rebuild, press <F10>. When prompted, press <Y> to rebuild

the drive.

4. When rebuild is complete, press any key to continue.

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PORT #

Rebuilding of Drive Will Take A Few Minutes. Start Rebuilding Drive (Y/N)?

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6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency

You can check and verify the accuracy of data redundancy in the selected virtual drive. The

utility can automatically detect and/or detect and correct any differences in data redundancy

depending on the selected option in the Objects > Adapter menu.

The Check Consistency command is available only for virtual drives included in a RAID 1

or RAID 10 set.

Using the Check Consistency Command

To check data consistency using the Check Consistency command

1. From the Management Menu, select Check Consistency, and then press <Enter>.

2. The screen displays the available RAID set(s) and prompts you to select the virtual

drive to check. Press <Space> to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive sub-

menu, and then press <F10>.

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Check Consistency

Management Menu

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3. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select Yes from the Consistency Check?

dialog box, and then press <Enter>.

A progress bar appears on screen.

4. While checking the disk consistency, press <Esc> to display the following options.

• Stop - Stops the consistency check. The utility stores the percentage of

disk checked, and when you restart checking, it continues from the

last percentage completed rather than from zero percent.

• Continue - Continues the consistency check.

• Abort - Aborts the consistency check. When you restart checking, it

continues from zero percent.

5. When checking is complete, press any key to continue.

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Virtual Drive(s) Configured

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Virtual Drives

Yes

Consistency Check?

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Virtual Drive(s) Configured

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Virtual Drive 0

Virtual Drives

CC Under Process

VD 0 Consistency Check. Press Esc to Abort.

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Using the Objects command

To check data consistency using the Objects command

1. From the Management Menu, select Objects, and then select Virtual Drive from the

sub-menu.

2. Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive you want to check, and then press

<Enter>.

3. Select Check Consistency from the pop-up menu, and then press <Enter>.

4. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select Yes from the dialog box to check the

drive.

5. When checking is complete, press any key to continue.

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6.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration

To delete a RAID conguration

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure > Clear Configuration, and then

press <Enter>.

2. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select Yes from the Clear Configuration?

dialog box, and then press <Enter>.

The utility clears all the current array(s).

3. Press any key to continue.

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New Configuration

View/Add Configuration

Clear Configuration

Select Boot Drive

Configuration Menu

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Easy Configuration

New Configuration

View/Add Configuration

Clear Configuration

Select Boot Drive

Configuration Menu

Yes

Clear Configuration?

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6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set

You must have created a new RAID conguration before you can select the boot drive from a

RAID set. See section 6.2.1 Creating a RAID set: Using New Configuration for details.

To select the boot drive from a RAID set

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure > Select Boot Drive, and then press

<Enter>.

2. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select the bootable virtual drive from the list,

then press <Enter>.

3. The virtual drive is selected as boot drive. Press any key to continue.

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New Configuration

View/Add Configuration

Clear Configuration

Select Boot Drive

Configuration Menu

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Initialize

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Easy Configuration

New Configuration

View/Add Configuration

Clear Configuration

Select Boot Drive

Configuration Menu

Boot Drive 0

Bootable VDs(1): Current Boot VD(0)

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6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache

You may manually enable the RAID controller’s WriteCache option after creating a RAID set

to improve the data transmission performance.

When you enable WriteCache, you may lose data when a power interruption occurs while

transmitting or exchanging data among the drives.

The WriteCache function is recommended for RAID 1 and RAID 10 sets.

To enable WriteCache

1. From the Management Menu, select Objects > Adapter, select an existing adapter,

and then press <Enter> to display the adapter properties.

2. Select Disk WC, and then press <Enter> to turn on the option.

5. When nished, press any key to continue.

3. From the Management Menu, select Objects > Virtual Drive, select an existing

adapter and press <Enter>. Select View/Update Parameters and press <Enter> to

display the adapter properties.

4. Select Disk WC, and then press <Enter> to turn on the option.

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Physical Drive

Objects

Rebuild Rate = 30

Chk Const Rate = 30

FGI Rate = 30

BGI Rate = 30

Disk WC = Off

Read Ahead = On

Bios State = Enable

Cont On Error = Yes

Fast Init = Enable

Auto Rebuild = On

Auto Resume = Enable

Disk Coercion = 1GB

Factory Default

Adapter 0

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Objects

RAID = 0

Size = 148.580GB

Stripe Size = 64KB

#Stripes = 2

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6.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA

Option ROM Utility

The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility allows you to create

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 1+0), and RAID 5 set from Serial ATA hard disk drives that

are connected to the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge.

The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to move through the menus

and select the menu options.

The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not

exactly match the items on your screen.

To launch the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility:

1. Turn on the system.

2. During POST, press <Ctrl>+<I> to display the utility main menu.

Before you proceed, ensure that you have installed the Serial ATA hard disk drives, have

set the correct jumper settings of the motherboard, and have set the correct SATA mode in

the BIOS setup. You can refer to sections Installing hard disk drives, Setting Jumpers,

and Setting the RAID mode in BIOS for more information.

[ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu[ ]-Select

Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - SATA Option ROM - 3.6.0.1023

[ MAIN MENU ]

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION]

RAID Volumes:

None defined.

Physical Disks:

ID Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

2 ST3300656SS 397600009846UEDY 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

3 ST3300656SS GWC50000991756G6 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

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6.3.1 Creating a RAID set

To create a RAID set:

1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID Volume and press <Enter>.

2. Key in a name for the RAID set and press <Enter>.

3. Press the up/down arrow keys to select a RAID Level that you wish to create then

press <Enter>.

4. From the Disks item eld, press <Enter> to select the hard disk drives that you want to

include in the RAID set.

5. Use the up/down arrow keys to move the selection bar then press <Space> to select a

disk. A small triangle before the Port number marks the selected drive. Press <Enter>

when you are done.

[ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select[ ]Change

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[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

Syne:

Create Volume

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is

16 characters or less.

Volume0

RAID0(Strips)

Select Disks

128KB

0.0 GB

N/A

[TAB]-Next

[ SELECT DISKS ]

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

2 ST3300656SS 397600009846UEDY 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

3 ST3300656SS GWC50000991756G6 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 1 Master and 1 Recovery disk to create volume.

[ ]-Prev/Next [TAB]-(M)aster [SPACE]-(R)ecovery [ENTER]-Done

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6. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0,

10 and 5 only) then press <Enter>. The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to

128 KB. The following are typical values:

RAID 0: 128KB

RAID 10: 64KB

RAID 5: 64KB

We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for

multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing.

7. In the Capacity eld item, key in the RAID volume capacity that you want to use and

press <Enter>. The default value eld indicates the maximum allowed capacity.

8. Press <Enter> to start creating the RAID volume.

9. From the following warning message, press <Y> to create the RAID volume and return

to the main menu, or press <N> to go back to the CREATE VOLUME menu.

WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N):

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6.3.2 Deleting a RAID set

Take caution when deleting a RAID set. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when

you delete a RAID set.

To delete a RAID set:

1. From the utility main menu, select 2. Delete RAID Volume and press <Enter>.

2. From the Delete Volume Menu, press the up/down arrow keys to select the RAID set

you want to delete then press <Del>.

3. Press <Y> to conrm deletion of the selected RAID set and return to the utility main

menu, or press <N> to return to the DELETE VOLUME menu.

[ESC]-Previous Menu[ ]-Select

Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - SATA Option ROM - 3.6.0.1023

[ DELETE VOLUME MENU ]

[ HELP ]

Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non-RAID

WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED.

(This does not apply to Recovery volumes)

[DEL]-Delete Volume

Name Level Drives Capacity Status Bootable

Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) 2 298.0GB Normal Yes

ALL DATA IN THE VOLUME WILL BE LOST!

(This does not apply to Recovery volumes)

Are you sure you want to delete volume “Volume0”? (Y/N):

[ DELETE VOLUME VERIFICATION ]

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6.3.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID

Take caution before you reset a RAID volume hard disk drive to non-RAID. Resetting a

RAID volume hard disk drive deletes all internal RAID structure on the drive.

To reset a RAID set:

1. From the utility main menu, select 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press <Enter>.

2. Press the up/down arrow keys to select the drive(s) or disks of the RAID set you want

to reset, then press <Space>. A small triangle before the Port number marks the

selected drive. Press <Enter> when you are done.

3. Press <Y> in the conrmation window to reset the drive(s) or press <N> to return to the

utility main menu.

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279.3GB Member Disk

1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279.3GB Member Disk

Select the disks that should be reset.

Resetting RAID disk will remove its RAID structures

and revert it to a non-RAID disk.

[ ]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Selection Complete

[ RESET RAID DATA ]

WARNING: Resetting a disk causes all data on the disk to be lost.

(This does not apply to Recovery volumes)

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Select a destination disk with the same size as the original hard disk.

6.3.5 Rebuilding the RAID

This option is only for the RAID 1 set.

Rebuilding the RAID with other non-RAID disk

If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in the RAID 1 array failed, the system displays

the status of the RAID volume as “Degraded” during POST. You can rebuild the RAID array

with other installed non-RAID disks.

To rebuild the RAID with other non-RAID disk:

1. During POST, press <Ctrl>+<I> at the prompt to enter the Intel Rapid Storage

Technology option ROM utility.

2. If there is a non-RAID SATA Hard Disk available, the utility will prompt you to rebuild

the RAID. Press the up/down arrow keys to select the destination disk then Press

<Enter> to start the rebuilding process, or press <ESC> to exit.

6.3.4 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise

SATA Option ROM utility

To exit the utility:

1. From the utility main menu, select 4. Exit then press <Enter>.

2. Press <Y> to exit or press <N> to return to the utility main menu.

Select the port of destination disk for rebuilding (ESC to exit):

Port Drive Model Serial # Size

X XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX.GB

“Degraded” volume and disk available for rebuilding detected. Selectign

a disk initiates a rebuild. Rebuild completes in the operating system.

[ ]-Previous/Next [ENTER]-Select [ESC]-Exit

[ DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED ]

Are you sure you want to exit? (Y/N):

[ CONFIRM EXIT ]

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3. The utility immediately starts rebuilding after the disk is selected. When done, the

status of the degraded RAID volume is changed to “Rebuild”.

4. Press <Esc> to exit Intel Rapid Storage Technology and reboot the system.

5. Select Start > Programs > Intel Rapid Storage > Intel Rapid Storage Console or

click the Intel Rapid Storage Technology tray icon to load the Intel Rapid Storage

Manager utility.

6. From the View menu, select Advanced Mode to display the details of the Intel Rapid

Storage Console.

7. From the Volumes view option, select RAID volume to view the rebuilding status.

When nished, the status is changed to “Normal”.

Rebuilding the RAID with a new hard disk

If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in the RAID array failed, the system displays the

status of the RAID volume as “Degraded” during POST. You may replace the disk drive and

rebuild the RAID array.

To rebuild the RAID with a new hard disk:

1. Remove the failed SATA hard disk and install a new SATA hard disk of the same

specication into the same SATA Port.

Select a destination disk with the same size as the original hard disk.

2. Reboot the system then follow the steps in section Rebuilding the RAID with other

non-RAID disk.

[ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu[ ]-Select

Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - SATA Option ROM - 3.6.0.1023

[ MAIN MENU ]

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION]

RAID Volumes: *=Data is Encrypted

ID Name Level1 Strip Size Status Bootable

1 Volume0 RAID1(Mirror) N/A 149.0GB Rebuild Yes

Physical Devices:

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

1 ST3160812AS 9LS0F4HL 149.0GB Member Disk(0)

2 ST3160812AS 3LS0JYL8 149.0GB Member Disk(0)

Volumes with “Rebuild” status will be rebuilt within the operating system.

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

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6.3.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility

You can set the boot priority sequence in the BIOS for your RAID arrays when creating multi-

RAID using the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utililty.

To set the boot array in the BIOS:

Set at least one of the arrays bootable to boot from the hard disk.

1. Reboot the system and press <Del> to enter the BIOS setup utility during POST.

2. Go to the Boot menu and select the boot option priority.

3. Use up/down arrow keys to select the boot priority and press <Enter>. See the Boot

menu section of Chapter 4 for more details.

4. From the Exit menu, select Save Changes & Exit, then press <Enter>.

5. When the conrmation window appears, select Yes, then press <Enter>.

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6.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise

(Windows)

The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID

10 (RAID 1+0), and RAID 5 set(s) from Serial ATA hard disk drives that are connected to the

Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge.

You can click Rescan to re-scan any attached hard disks.

1. Turn on the system and go to the windows desktop.

2. Click the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise icon to display the main menu.

Your storage system is congured for data protection, increased performance and

optimal data storage capacity. You can create additional volumes to further optimize

your storage system.

To enter the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise utility under Windows operating

system:

You need to manually install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise utility on a

Windows® operating system. Please refer to the installation instructions in Chapter 6.

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6.4.1 Creating a RAID set

To create a RAID set:

1. From the utility main menu, select Create Volume and select volume type.

2. Click Next.

3. Enter a name for the RAID set, then select the array disks.

4. Select Volume Size tab, you can drag the bar to decide the volume size.

5. Click Next.

• If you do not want to keep the data on one of the selected disks, select NO when

prompted.

• If you want to Enable volume write-back cache or Initialize volume, click

Advanced.

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6. Conrm the volume creation, than click Create Volume to continue.

This process could take a while depending on the number and size of the disks. You can

continue using other applications during this time.

7. Wait until the process is completed, then click OK when prompted.

You still need to partition your new volume using Windows Disk Management before adding

any data.

The RAID set is displayed in the Volumes list and you can change the settings in Volume

Properties.

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6.4.2 Changing a Volume Type

To change the volume type in Volume Properties:

1. Click the SATA array items you want to change in Volumes eld.

2 From the Volume Properties eld, select Type:RAID 1 Change type.

We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for

multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing.

3. You can change the Name, Select the new volume type, and Select additional

disks to include in the new volume if needed.

4. Select the Data stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0, 10 and 5 only), and click

OK. The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB. The following are

typical values:

RAID 0: 128KB

RAID 10: 64KB

RAID 5: 64KB

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6.4.3 Deleting a volume

Be cautious when deleting a volume. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives.Before

you proceed, ensure that you back up all your important data from your hard drives.

To delete a volume:

1. From the utility main menu, select the volume (exp. Volume_0000) in Volumes eld

you want to delete.

3. Click Yes to delete the volume and return to the utility main menu, or click No to return

to the main menu.

2. Select Delete volume in Volume Properties eld. The following screen appears.

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6.4.4 Preferences

System Preferences

Allow you to set to show the notication area icon and show system information, warning, or

errors here.

E-Mail Preferences

Allow you to set to sent e-mail of the following events:

• Storage system information

• Storage system warnings

• Storage system errors

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Driver installation

This chapter provides the instructions for installing the

necessary drivers for different system components in both

Linux® and Windows® Operating Systems.

Chapter 7: Driver installation

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7.1 RAID driver installation

After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an

operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides the

instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.

7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk

The system does not include a oppy drive. You have to use a USB oppy drive when

creating a SATA RAID driver disk.

If you have created RAID sets with the LSI Software RAID conguration utility, the boot

priority of the SATA optical disk drive has to be manually adjusted. Otherwise, the system

will not boot from the connected SATA ODD.

A oppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP / Server 2003 or

Linux operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. You can create a

RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk application in the support DVD).

To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment

1. Place the motherboard support DVD in the optical drive.

2. Restart the computer, and then enter the BIOS Setup.

3. Select the optical drive as the rst boot priority to boot from the support DVD. Save

your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup.

4. Restart the computer.

5. From the Create Driver Diskette Menu, use the arrow keys to select a sub-menu. To

create the RAID driver disk, select C610 INTEL RAID Driver then press <Enter>.

Create Driver Diskette Menu

C610 INTEL RAID Driver

Write DMI

FreeDOS command prompt

6. Locate the RAID driver you need then place a blank, high-density oppy disk to the

oppy disk drive.

7. Press <Enter>.

8. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.

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To create a RAID driver disk in Windows® environment

1. Start Windows®.

2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive.

3. Go to the Make disk menu, and then select the type of RAID driver disk you want to

create.

4. Insert a oppy disk into the USB oppy disk drive.

5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.

Write-protect the oppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.

To create a RAID driver disk in Red Hat® Enterprise Linux server environment

1. Insert a blank formatted high-density oppy disk to the USB oppy disk drive.

2. Type dd if=XXX.img of=/dev/fd0 to decompress the le into the oppy disk from

the following path in the support DVD:

For LSI MegaRAID Driver

\Drivers\C60x LSI RAID\Driver\makedisk\Linux

3. Eject the oppy disk.

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7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver

During Windows® Server 2008 OS installation

To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® Server 2008 OS

1. Boot the computer using the Windows® Server 2008 OS installation disc. Follow the

screen instructions to start installing Windows Server 2008.

2. When prompted to choose a type of installation, click Custom (advanced).

3. Click Load Driver.

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4. A message appears, reminding you to insert the installation media containing the driver

of the RAID controller driver. If you have only one optical drive installed in your system,

eject the Windows OS installation disc and replace with the motherboard Support DVD

into the optical drive. Click Browse to continue.

5. Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support DVD then click OK to

continue.

6. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list and click Next.

7. When the system nishes loading the RAID driver, replace the motherboard Support

DVD with the Windows Server installation disc. Select the drive to install Windows and

click Next.

8. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue.

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3. Select Yes using the <Tab> key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press

<Enter>.

Main Menu

Do you have a driver disk?

Yes No

4. Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the USB oppy disk drive, select

OK, then press <Enter>.

The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system.

Insert Driver Disk

OK Back

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 5.6

To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS:

1. Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation CD.

2. At the boot:, type linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2..., then press

<Enter>.

The number of ata varies with the hard disk drive number you have when building a RAID

set. For example, if you want to build a RAID set with 6 hard disk drives, type command

line: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2 noprobe=ata3 noprobe=ata4 noprobe=ata5

noprobe=ata6.

- To install or upgrade in graphical mode, press the <ENTER> key.

- To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text <ENTER>.

- Use the function keys listed below for more information.

[F1-Main] [F2-Options] [F3-General] [F4-Kernel] [F5-Rescue]

boot: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2

Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0

and press “OK” to continue.

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5. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press

<Enter>.

More Driver Disks?

Yes No

6. Follow the onscreen instructions to nish the OS installation.

7. When the installation is completed, DO NOT click Reboot. Press <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <F2>

to switch to the command-line interface from graphic user interface.

8. Type the following commands when using a Legacy oppy.

mkdir /mnt/driver

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/driver

cd /mnt/driver

sh replace_ahci.sh

reboot

Do you wish to load any more

driver disks?

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Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 6.1

To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS:

1. Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation CD.

2. Press <Tab> to edit options.

3. While booting from DVD, press <ESC> to give the third party driver. Enter the following

command at the boot: Linux dd blacklist=isci blacklist=ahci nodmraid,

then press <ENTER>.

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4. Select Yes using the <Tab> key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press

<Enter>.

5 . You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk. Choose one

you like to use and select OK, then press <Enter>.

OK Cancel

Main Menu

Yes No

Driver Disk Sou8rce

You have multiple devices which could

serve as source for a driver disk.

Which would you like to use?

sdc

sdd

sdb

sr0

Do you have a driver disk?

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6. Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the USB oppy disk drive, select

OK, then press <Enter>.

The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system.

7. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press

<Enter>.

More Driver Disks?

Yes No

Insert Driver Disk

OK Back

8. Follow the onscreen instructions to nish the OS installation.

Insert your driver disk into /dev/sdb

and press “OK” to continue.

Do you wish to load any more

driver disks?

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Preparing the Linux Driver

Ensure that there is another computer with a Linux-based OS to create the RAID driver. When

creating the RAID driver, you may refer to the examples below which uses a 64bit SUSE Linux

system to create a 64bit RAID driver for SUSE11 sp1.

1. Copy the image le into the Linux system.

Example: megasr-15.00.0120.2012-1-sles11-ga-x86_64.img

2. Create a folder.

Example: image

3. Mount the image le into the image folder using this command format:

mount -oloop [image le name] image

Example: mount -oloop megasr-15-15.00.0120.2012-1-sles11-

ga-x86__64.img image

4. Copy the contents of the image directory, labeled as 01, into a FAT32 USB drive.

5. Rename the 01 folder to CD Image.

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3. Press <F6>, then select Yes from the menu. Press <Enter>.

Installing SUSE 11 Linux OS

To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server OS:

1. Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD.

2. Use the arrow keys to select Installation from the Boot Options menu.

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6. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to nish the installation.

4. Use the USB drive to provide the third-party driver during the OS installation. Type the

command brokenmodules=ahci in Boot Options eld, and press <Enter>.

5. When below screen appears, select the USB oppy disk drive (sda) as the driver

update medium. Select OK, then press <Enter>.

Please choose the Driver Update medium.

sda: USB Floppy

other device

OK Back

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7.2 Management applications and utilities

installation

When you place the support DVD into the optical drive, the DVD automatically displays

the main screen if Autorun is enabled in your computer. By default, the Drivers tab is

displayed.

If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to

locate the le ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to

run the support DVD.

7.3 Running the Support DVD

1. The contents of the support DVD are subject to change at any time without notice.

Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for the latest updates on software and

utilities.

2. The support DVD is supported on Windows® Server 2008 R2 and Windows®

Server 2012.

The support DVD that is bundled with your motherboard contains drivers, management

applications, and utilities that you can install to maximize the features of your

motherboard.

The main screen of the Support DVD contains the following tabs:

1. Drivers

2. Utilities

3. MakeDisk

4. Manual

5. Contact

The main screen of the Support DVD looks exactly the same on the Windows® Server

2008 R2 and on the Windows® Server 2012 Operating System (OS).

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The Drivers Menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices.

Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.

7.3.2 Utilities menu tab

The Utilities menu displays the software applications and utilities that the motherboard supports.

7.3.1 Drivers menu tab

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The MakeDisk menu contains items to create the Intel RAID driver disks.

7.3.3 MakeDisk menu tab

Press the arrow down button in the lower part of the menu to view more items.

7.3.4 Manual menu

The Manual menu provides the link to the Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter

user guide.

You need an internet browser installed in your OS to view the User Guide.

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7.3.5 Contact information menu

The Contact menu displays the ASUS contact information, e-mail addresses, and

useful links if you need more information or technical support for your motherboard.

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7.4 Intel® chipset device software installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel® chipset device software on

the system.

You need to manually install the Intel® chipset device software on a Windows operating

system.

To install the Intel® chipset device software:

1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges.

2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support DVD

automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.

If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to

locate the le ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to run

the support DVD.

3. Click the item Intel Chipset Device Software from the menu.

4. The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software window appears. Click Next to start

installation.

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5. Select Yes to accept the terms of the License Agreement and continue the process.

6. Read the Readme File Information and press Next to continue the installation.

7. Toggle Yes, I want to restart the computer npw and click Finish to complete the

setup process.

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5. Click Install Drivers and Software option to begin installation.

7.5 Installing the Intel® I350-AM1/I350-AM2/I210

X540-BT2 Gigabit Adapters driver

This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel® I350-AM1/I350-AM2/

I210/X540-BT2 Gigabits Adapter Driver on the system.

To install the Intel® I350-AM1/I350-AM2/I210/X540-BT2 Gigabit Adapters Driver on the

Windows® operating system:

1. Restart the computer.

2. Log on with Administrator privileges.

3. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive.

If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to

locate the le ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to run

the support DVD.

4. Click Intel® I350-AM1/I350-AM2/I210/X540-BT2 Gigabit Adapters Drivers in the

Drivers menu of the main screen to start the installation.

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6. Click Next when the Intel(R) Network Connections–InstallShield Wizard window

appears.

7. Tick I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue.

8. From the Setup Options window, click Next to start the installation.

By default, Intel(R) PROSet for Windows Device Manager and Windows PowerShell

Module are ticked.

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9. Click Install to start the installation.

10. When the installation is done, press Finish to complete the installation.

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7.6 VGA driver installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install the ASPEED Video Graphics Adapter

(VGA) driver.

You need to manually install the ASPEED VGA driver on a Windows® operating system.

To install the ASPEED VGA driver:

1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges.

2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support DVD

automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.

If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to

locate the le ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to run

the support DVD.

3. Click the ASPEED AST2300 / AST2400 Display Driver to begin installation.

4. From the installation window, click Next to start the installation.

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6. Click Finish to complete the installation.

5. Click Install to proceed with the installation.

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7.7 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0

installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology

enterprise 4.0 on the system.

You need to manually install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0 utility on a

Windows® operating system.

To install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0 utility:

1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges.

2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive, and nd the utility

menu.

3. Click the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0 to begin installation.

4. When the Welcome to the Setup Program appears, click Next to start the installation.

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5. Read the Warning message and click Next to continue.

6. Read the License Agreement and click Yes to continue.

7. Read the Readme File Information and click Next to continue.

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9. Select

Yes, I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to restart your

computer before using the program.

8. After completing the installation, click Next to complete the setup process.

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Contact Information

Appendices

A-2 Appendix

ASUS contact information

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

Address 15 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 11259

Telephone +886-2-2894-3447

Fax +886-2-2890-7798

E-mail info@asus.com.tw

Web site http://www.asus.com.tw

Technical Support

Telephone +86-21-38429911

Fax +86-21-58668722 ext: 9101

Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taiwan)

Address 15 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 11259

Telephone +886-2-2894-3447

Fax +886-2-2890-7798

E-mail info@asus.com.tw

Web site http://www.asus.com.tw

Technical Support

Telephone +886-2-2894-3447 (0800-093-456)

Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (China)

Address No.508, Chundong Road, Xinzhuang Industrial Zone,

Minhang District, Shanghai, China.

Telephone +86-21-5442-1616

Fax +86-21-5442-0099

Web site http://www.asus.com.cn

Technical Support

Telephone +86-21-3407-4610 (800-820-6655)

Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

ASUS RS500-E8 Series A-3

ASUS contact information

ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)

Address 800 Corporate Way, Fremont, CA 94539, USA

Fax +1-510-608-4555

Web site http://usa.asus.com

Technical Support

Support fax +1-812-284-0883

General support +1-812-282-2787

Online support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)

Address Harkort Str. 21-23, D-40880 Ratingen, Germany

Fax +49-2102-959911

Web site http://www.asus.de

Online contact http://www.asus.de/sales

Technical Support

Telephone +49-1805-010923

Support Fax +49-2102-959911

Online support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

ASUS Czech Service s.r.o. (Europe)

Address Na Rovince 887, 720 00 Ostrava – Hrabová, Czech

Republic

Telephone +420-596766888

Web site http://www.asus.cz

Technical Support

Telephone +420-596-766-891

Fax +420-596-766-329

E-mail advance.rma.eu@asus.com

Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

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ASUS contact information

ASUS Holland BV (The Netherlands)

Address Marconistraat 2, 7825GD EMMEN, The Netherlands

Web site http://www.asus.com

Technical Support

Telephone +31-(0)591-5-70292

Fax +31-(0)591-666853

E-mail advance.rma.eu@asus.com

Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

ASUS Polska Sp. z o.o. (Poland)

Address Ul. Postępu 6, 02-676 Warszawa, Poland

Web site http://pl.asus.com

Technical Support

Telephone +48-225718033

Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

ASK-Service (Russia and CIS)

Address г.Москва, ул. Орджоникидзе, д.10, Россия

Telephone (495) 640-32-75

Web site http://ru.asus.com

Technical Support

Telephone 008-800-100-ASUS (008-800-100-2787)

Online Support http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techserv.aspx?SLanguage=ru

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