Safety information
- About this guide
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware Information
Chapter 3: Installation Options
- 3.1 Tool-less Friction Rail Kit
- 3.2 Rail kit dimensions
Chapter 4: Motherboard Information
Chapter 5: BIOS Setup
Chapter 6: RAID Configuration
Chapter 7: Driver Installation
Appendix

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User Guide

RS700-E9 Series

RS700-E9-RS4

RS700-E9-RS12

No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted,

transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means,

except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission

of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (“ASUS”).

ASUS provides this manual “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not

limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or tness for a particular purpose. In no

event shall ASUS, its directors, ofcers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental,

or consequential damages (including damages for loss of prots, loss of business, loss of use or data,

interruption of business and the like), even if ASUS has been advised of the possibility of such damages

arising from any defect or error in this manual or product.

Specications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informational use only, and are

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by ASUS.

ASUS assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual,

including the products and software described in it.

Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modied or altered, unless

such repair, modication of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the

product is defaced or missing.

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owners’ benet, without intent to infringe.

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First Edition

June 2017

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Contents

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

About this guide ......................................................................................................... ix

Chapter 1: Product Introduction

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

1.2 Serial number label .................................................................................... 1-2

1.3 System specifications ...............................................................................1-3

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

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

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

1.7 LED information .......................................................................................1-10

1.7.1 Front panel LEDs ...................................................................... 1-10

1.7.2 Storage device status LED........................................................ 1-11

1.7.3 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs .................................................................... 1-12

1.7.4 Rear panel LEDs ....................................................................... 1-12

1.7.5 Q-Code table ............................................................................. 1-13

Chapter 2: Hardware Information

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

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

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

2.3 System memory .........................................................................................2-5

2.3.1 Overview ..................................................................................... 2-5

2.3.2 Memory Congurations ............................................................... 2-6

2.3.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket.......................... 2-8

2.4 Hard disk drives .........................................................................................2-9

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 expansion card to the buttery riser card bracket . 2-16

2.5.3 Installing an ASUS PIKE II card ................................................ 2-19

2.5.4 Installing an ASUS HFI-OMNI card ........................................... 2-21

2.5.5 Replacing the ASUS PCIE-NVME4-OCuLink card on the

riser card bracket (for RS700-E9-RS12 only) ........................... 2-25

2.5.6 Installing ASUS PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink cards to the

buttery riser card bracket (optional for RS700-E9-RS12)........ 2-27

2.5.7 Conguring an expansion card ................................................. 2-30

2.5.8 Installing Mezzanine cards ........................................................ 2-31

2.5.9 Installing M.2 (NGFF) cards ...................................................... 2-34

Contents

2.6 Cable connections ...................................................................................2-36

2.7 SATA/SAS backplane cabling .................................................................2-37

2.8 Removable/optional components ...........................................................2-39

2.8.1 System fans .............................................................................. 2-39

2.8.2 Redundant power supply module.............................................. 2-40

2.8.3 Replacing optical drive (optional for RS700-E9-RS4) ............... 2-41

Chapter 3: Installation Options

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

3.2 Rail kit dimensions ....................................................................................3-4

Chapter 4: Motherboard Information

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

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

4.3 Internal LEDs ............................................................................................ 4-10

4.4 Internal connectors ..................................................................................4-13

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 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

Contents

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

5.4.1 Trusted Computing.................................................................... 5-11

5.4.2 ACPI Settings ............................................................................ 5-11

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

5.4.4 Onboard LAN I350 IO 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 NVMe Conguration .................................................................. 5-21

5.4.11 USB Conguration .................................................................... 5-21

5.4.12 iSCSI Conguration................................................................... 5-22

5.4.13 Intel(R) RSTe RAID Controller .................................................. 5-22

5.5 Platform Configuration menu .................................................................5-22

5.5.1 PCH Conguration .................................................................... 5-23

5.5.2 Miscellaneous Conguration ..................................................... 5-25

5.5.3 Server ME Conguration ........................................................... 5-25

5.5.4 Runtime Error Logging Support ................................................ 5-26

5.6 Socket Configuration menu ....................................................................5-26

5.6.1 Processor Conguration............................................................ 5-27

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

5.6.3 UPI Conguration ...................................................................... 5-29

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

5.6.5 IIO Conguration ....................................................................... 5-32

5.6.6 Advanced Power Management Conguration........................... 5-33

5.7 Event Logs menu .....................................................................................5-34

5.7.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings ......................................... 5-34

5.7.2 View Smbios Event Log ............................................................ 5-34

5.8 Server Mgmt menu ...................................................................................5-35

5.9 Security menu ..........................................................................................5-36

5.10 Boot menu ................................................................................................5-39

5.11 Tool menu ................................................................................................. 5-40

5.12 Exit menu .................................................................................................. 5-41

Contents

Chapter 6: RAID Configuration

6.1 Setting up RAID ..........................................................................................6-2

6.1.1 RAID denitions .......................................................................... 6-2

6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ............................................................ 6-3

6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS .................................................... 6-3

6.1.4 RAID conguration utilities .......................................................... 6-3

6.2 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA/SSATA

Option ROM Utility .....................................................................................6-4

6.2.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................... 6-5

6.2.2 Deleting a RAID set..................................................................... 6-7

6.2.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID ...................................................... 6-8

6.2.4 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise

SATA/SSATA Option ROM utility ................................................ 6-9

6.2.5 Rebuilding the RAID.................................................................... 6-9

6.2.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility ........................ 6-11

6.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows) ......................6-12

6.3.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 6-13

6.3.2 Changing a Volume Type.......................................................... 6-15

6.3.3 Deleting a volume ..................................................................... 6-16

6.3.4 Preferences ............................................................................... 6-17

Chapter 7: Driver Installation

7.1 RAID driver installation .............................................................................7-2

7.1.1 Creating a USB ash drive with RAID drive ................................ 7-2

7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver............................................. 7-2

7.2 Management applications and utilities installation ................................7-5

7.3 Running the Support DVD .........................................................................7-5

7.4 Intel® chipset device software installation ..............................................7-8

7.5 VGA driver installation ............................................................................7-10

7.6 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 5.0 installation ............... 7-12

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Appendix

Z11PP-D24 block diagram ...................................................................................... A-2

Notices .................................................................................................................... A-3

Canadian Department of Communications Statement .................................A-4

REACH ....................................................................................................A-4

ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services ...........................................................A-4

Australia statement notice ............................................................................A-4

ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-5

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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.

• If you encounter technical problems with the product, contact a qualied service

technician or your retailer.

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.

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.

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.

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 Information

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.

4. Chapter 4: Motherboard Information

This chapter gives information about the motherboard that comes with the server. This

chapter includes the motherboard layout, jumper settings, and connector locations.

5. Chapter 5: BIOS Setup

This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus and

describes the BIOS parameters.

6. Chapter 6: RAID Configuration

This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating and conguring RAID sets

using the available utilities.

7. Chapter 7: Driver Installation

This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different

system components.

References

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

updates.

1. ASUS Control Center (ACC) user guide

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

utility. Visit asuscontrolcenter.asus.com for more information.

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.

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

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

This chapter describes the general features of the chassis kit. It

includes sections on front panel and rear panel specications.

Product Introduction

Chapter 1: Product Introduction

1-2

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.

1.2 Serial number label

The product’s serial number contains 12 characters such as xxS0xxxxxxxx and printed on the

sticker at the server's front cover.

The correct serial number of the product is required if you need to request for support from

the ASUS Technical Support team.

xxS0xxxxxxxx

RS700-E9-RS4

Model Name RS700-E9-RS4 RS700-E9-RS12

Chassis ASUS R12F 1U Rackmount Chassis ASUS R12F 1U Rackmount Chassis

Motherboard ASUS Z11PP-D24 Server Board ASUS Z11PP-D24 Server Board

Component

1 x 550W/800W 80 PLUS Platinum

Power Supply

1 x 3.5-inch Storage Device Backplane

4 x Hot-swap 3.5-inch Storage Device

trays

1 x Front Panel Board

2 x Riser Card

8 x System Fans

(40 mm x 40 mm x 56 mm)

1 x 800W 80 PLUS Platinum

Power Supply

1 x 2.5-inch storage device Backplane

12 x Hot-swap 2.5-inch Storage Device

trays

1 x Front Panel Board

2 x Riser Card

8 x System Fans

(40 mm x 40 mm x 56 mm)

1 x PCIE-NVME4-OCuLink card

Accessories

1 x RS700-E9-RS4 Support CD

1 x Bag of Screws

2 x CPU Heatsink

2 x AC Power Cable

2 x LGA3647-P0 NRW-NF-CPU CARRIER

1 x LGA3647-P0 NRW-F-CPU CARRIER

1 x RS700-E9-RS12 Support CD

1 x Bag of Screws

2 x CPU Heatsink

2 x AC Power Cable

2 x LGA3647-P0 NRW-NF-CPU CARRIER

1 x LGA3647-P0 NRW-F-CPU CARRIER

Optional

Items

1 x Redundant 550W/800W 80 PLUS

Platinum Power Supply (Second PSU)

1 x Friction Rail Kit

1 x Slim type DVD-RW

1 x Redundant 800W 80PLUS Platinum

Power Supply (Second PSU)

1 x Friction Rail Kit

ASUS RS700-E9 Series 1-3

1.3 System specifications

The ASUS RS700-E9 Series features the ASUS Z11PP-D24 server board. The server

supports Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Family Series (Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Family Series with OMNI-PATH FABRIC supported on CPU2) plus other latest technologies

through the chipsets onboard.

(continued on the next page)

Model Name RS700-E9-RS4 RS700-E9-RS12

Motherboard Z11PP-D24

Processor Support

2 x Socket P0 (LGA 3647)

Intel® Xeon® Scalable

Processors Family

(165W / 145W)

Intel® Xeon® Scalable

Processors Family with

OMNI-PATH FABRIC

(supported on CPU2)

UPI 10.4 GT/s

2 x Socket P0 (LGA 3647)

Intel® Xeon® Scalable

Processors Family (165W)

Intel® Xeon® Scalable

Processors Family with

OMNI-PATH FABRIC

(supported on CPU2)

UPI 10.4 GT/s

Core Logic Intel® Lewisburg PCH C621

Memory

Total Slots 24 (6-channel per CPU, 12 DIMM per CPU)

Capacity Maximum up to 3072GB

Memory Type DDR4 2666/2400 RDIMM/LR-DIMM/LR-DIMM 3DS

* Refer to ASUS server AVL for the latest update

Memory Size

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

32GB, 64GB (LRDIMM)

64GB, 128GB (LRDIMM 3DS)

* Refer to ASUS server AVL for the latest update

Expansion

Slots

Total PCI/PCI-X/

PCI-E/PIKE Slots 3+1

Slot Type

1 x PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x16 link),

FH, HL

1 x PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x8 link),

LP, HL

1 x PCI-E x8 (Gen3 x8 link),

LP, HL

1 x OCP 2.0 Mezzanine (Gen3

x16 link)

1 x PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x16 link),

FH, HL (Default for NVME4-

OCuLink Card)

1 x PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x8 link),

LP, HL

1 x PCI-E x8 (Gen3 x8 link),

LP, HL

1 x OCP 2.0 Mezzanine (Gen3

x16 link)

Disk

Controller

SATA Controller

Intel® Lewisburg PCH

- 10 x SATA 6Gb/s ports + 1 x M.2 connector (SATA 6Gb/s &

PCI-E Gen3 x4 link)

or 9 x SATA 6Gb/s ports + 2 x M.2 connector (SATA 6Gb/s &

PCI-E Gen3 x4 link)

Intel® RSTe

(for Windows and Linux; Support software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5)

SAS Controller

Optional:

ASUS PIKE II 3008 8-port SAS HBA card

ASUS PIKE II 3108 8-port SAS HW RAID card

12G SAS Support

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Model Name RS700-E9-RS4 RS700-E9-RS12

Storage Bays

I = internal

A or S will

be hot-

swappable

4 x 2.5” or 3.5” Hot-swap

Storage Bays

2 x M.2 2242/2260/2280/22110

(supports SATA/PCIE M.2,

SATA RAID)

12 x 2.5” Hot-swap Storage

Bays (4 x Default NVMe, 4

x Hybrid NVMe/SAS/SATA,

4 x Hybrid SAS/SATA)

2 x M.2 2242/2260/2280/22110

(supports SATA/PCIE M.2,

SATA RAID)

Networking LAN 1 x Dual Port Intel I350-AM2 Gigabit LAN controller

1 x Management Port

Graphic VGA Aspeed AST2500 64MB

Auxiliary Storage Device Bay

(Floppy / Optical Drive)

Optional:

1 x Slim type Optical Drive Bay

N/A

I/O ports, Switches, and

LEDs

Front I/O Ports:

2 x USB 3.0 ports

1 x VGA port

Rear I/O Ports:

2 x USB 3.0 ports

1 x VGA port

2 x RJ-45 GbE LAN ports

1 x RJ-45 Mgmt LAN port

Rear Switch/LED:

1 x Q-Code/Port 80 LED

1 x Power switch

1 x Message LED

1 x Storage device LED

1 x Location LED

Front Switch/LED:

1 x Power switch/LED

1 x Location switch/LED

1 x Message LED

1 x Storage device LED

LAN 1-4 LEDs

* LAN 3-4 for Mezzanine card use

Rear I/O Ports:

2 x USB 3.0 ports

1 x VGA port

2 x RJ-45 GbE LAN ports

1 x RJ-45 Mgmt LAN port

Rear Switch/LED:

1 x Power switch

1 x Q-Code/Port 80 LED

1 x Message LED

1 x Storage device LED

1 x Location LED

Front Switch/LED:

1 x Power switch/LED

1 x Location LED

1 x Message LED

1 x Storage device LED

LAN 1-2 LED

Management

Solution

Out of Band

Remote

Hardware

On-Board ASMB9-iKVM for KVM-over-IP

Software ASUS Control Center (Classic)

(continued on the next page)

ASUS RS700-E9 Series 1-5

*Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Model Name RS700-E9-RS4 RS700-E9-RS12

OS Support

Windows® Server 2016

Windows® Server 2012 R2

RedHat® Enterprise Linux

SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server

CentOS

Scientic Linux

Ubuntu

Fedora

* Refer to http://www.asus.com for the latest OS support.

Regulatory Compliance BSMI, CE, C-TICK, FCC (ClassA)

Dimension (HH x WW x DD) 686 mm x 444 mm x 44 mm(1U)

27” x 17.48” x 1.73”

Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM

& storage device not

included)

16.5 Kg 16.8 Kg

Gross Weight Kg (CPU,

DRAM & storage device not

included, Packing include)

18.05 Kg 18.35 Kg

Power Supply

(different configuration

by region)

1+1 Redundant 800W/550W 80

PLUS Platinum Power Supply

Rating:

100-127Vac/200-240Vac,

9.4A/4.72A, 47-63Hz Class I or

240Vdc, 3.5A (800W)

100-127/200-240Vac, 7A/3.4A,

47-63Hz Class I or 240Vdc,

3.5A (550W)

(240Vdc only for China)

1+1 Redundant 800W 80 PLUS

Platinum Power Supply

Rating:

100-127Vac/200-240Vac,

9.4A/4.72A, 47-63Hz Class I

or 240Vdc, 4.6A (240Vdc only

for China)

Environment

Operating temperature: 10°C ~ 35°C

Non operating temperature: -40°C ~ 60°C

Non operating humidity: 20% ~ 90% (Non condensing)

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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, slim type optical drive (optional on RS700-E9-

RS4 only), two USB ports (on RS700-E9-RS4 only), and VGA port (on RS700-E9-RS4 only)

are located on the front panel.

Refer to section 1.7 LED information for the LED descriptions.

• Bay 1 to bay 4 supports hybrid SAS/SATA.

• Bay 5 to bay 8 supports hybrid NVMe/SAS/SATA.

• Bay 9 to bay 12 supports NVMe by default.

Optical drive (optional) Asset tag

Asset tag

Rack screw

USB ports

VGA port

LAN 2 LED

Power LED

LAN 1 LED

Message LED

LAN 4 LED

LAN 3 LED

Message LED

Location LED

Power button

LAN 2 LED

Power button

Location button

LAN 1 LED

Reset button

Storage device LED

Bay 1

Bay 1 Bay 3 Bay 5 Bay 7 Bay 9

Bay 10

Bay 11

Bay 12

Bay 2

Bay 2 Bay 4 Bay 6 Bay 8

Bay 3 Bay 4

RS700-E9-RS4

RS700-E9-RS12

ASUS RS700-E9 Series 1-7

*This port is for ASUS ASMB9-iKVM only.

1.5 Rear panel features

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

middle part includes the I/O shield with openings for the rear panel connectors on the

motherboard.

Expansion slot

Message LED

LAN port 1

LAN port 2

Q-Code LED

VGA port

Redundant Power supply and

Power cord connector

Management LAN port 1*

Expansion slots

USB ports

Power button Storage device LED

Location LED

Chapter 1: Product Introduction

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3 4

1.6 Internal features

The barebone server includes the basic components as shown.

The barebone server does not include a oppy disk 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

1. Redundant Power supply

2. ASUS Z11PP-D24 Server

Board

3. System fans

4. 4 x 3.5“ storage trays

5. SATA/SAS backplane

(hidden)

6. Slim type optical drive

(hidden)

7. OCP Mezzanine card

(optional)

8. Buttery riser card

(2 x Gen3 x8 link)

9. Riser card (Gen3 x16 link)

10. Asset tag (hidden)

A protection lm is pre-attached to the front cover before shipping. Please remove the

protection lm before turning on the system for proper heat dissipation.

RS700-E9-RS4

ASUS RS700-E9 Series 1-9

3 4

The barebone server does not include a oppy disk 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

1. Redundant Power supply

2. ASUS Z11PP-D24 Server

Board

3. System fans

4. 12 x 2.5” storage trays

5. SATA/SAS/NVMe

backplane (hidden)

6. PCIE-NVME4-OCuLink

card

7. OCP Mezzanine card

(optional)

8. Buttery riser card

(2 x Gen3 x8 link)

9. Riser card (Gen3 x16 link)

10. Asset tag (hidden)

A protection lm is pre-attached to the front cover before shipping. Please remove the

protection lm before turning on the system for proper heat dissipation.

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1.7 LED information

1.7.1 Front panel LEDs

LED Icon Display status Description

Power LED ON System power ON

Storage Device

Access LED

OFF

Blinking

No activity

Read/write data into the storage device

Message LED OFF

System is normal; no incoming event

A hardware monitor event is indicated

Location LED

OFF

Normal status

Location switch is pressed

(Press the location switch again to turn off)

LAN LEDs

OFF

Blinking

No LAN connection

LAN is transmitting or receiving data

LAN connection is present

LAN 2 LED

LAN 1 LED

LAN 4 LED

LAN 3 LED

Message LED

Power button with LED

Location button with LED

Storage device LED

RS700-E9-RS4

RS700-E9-RS12

Power LED

Message LED

Location LED LAN 2 LED

Power button

LAN 1 LED

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RS700-E9-RS4

RS700-E9-RS12

1.7.2 Storage device status LED

SATA/SAS Storage Device LED Description

GREEN ON SATA/SAS storage device power ON

RED ON Storage device has failed and should be swapped immediately

GREEN/

RED Blinking RAID rebuilding

GREEN/

RED Blinking Locate

GREEN/

RED OFF Storage device not found

GREEN Blinking Read/write data from/into the SATA/SAS storage device

Red LED

Green LED

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1.7.4 Rear panel LEDs

LED Display status Description

Storage Device

Access LED

OFF

Blinking

No activity

Read/write data into the storage device

Message LED OFF

System is normal; no incoming event

A hardware monitor event is indicated

Location LED

OFF

Normal status

Location switch is pressed

(Press the location switch again to turn off)

Message LED

Storage device LED

Location LED

Q-Code LED

1.7.3 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

ACT/LINK LED SPEED LED

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1.7.5 Q-Code table

Action PHASE POST CODE TYPE DESCRIPTION

Normal boot

Security Phase

1 Progress First post code(POWER_ON_POST_CODE)

2 Progress Load BSP microcode(MICROCODE_POST_CODE)

3 Progress Perform early platform initialization

4 Progress Set cache as ram for PEI phase(CACHE_ENABLED_POST_CODE)

5 Progress Establish Stack

6 Progress CPU Early init.(CPU_EARLY_INIT_POST_CODE)

PEI(Pre-EFI

initialization) phase

10 Progress PEI Core Entry

11 Progress PEI cache as ram CPU initial

15 Progress NB initialize before installed memory

19 Progress SB initialize before installed memory

0 MRC Progress MRC_INITIALIZATION_START

10 MRC Progress MRC_CMD_PLOT_2D

1B MRC Progress MRC_FAST_BOOT_PERMITTED

1C MRC Progress MRC_RESTORE_NON_TRAINING

1D MRC Progress MRC_PRINT_INPUT_PARAMS

1E MRC Progress MRC_SET_OVERRIDES_PSPD

20 MRC Progress MRC_SPD_PROCESSING

21 MRC Progress MRC_SET_OVERRIDES

22 MRC Progress MRC_MC_CAPABILITY

23 MRC Progress MRC_MC_CONFIG

24 MRC Progress MRC_MC_MEMORY_MAP

25 MRC Progress MRC_JEDEC_INIT_LPDDR3

26 MRC Progress MRC_RESET_SEQUENCE

27 MRC Progress MRC_PRE_TRAINING

28 MRC Progress MRC_EARLY_COMMAND

29 MRC Progress MRC_SENSE_AMP_OFFSET

2A MRC Progress MRC_READ_MPR

2B MRC Progress MRC_RECEIVE_ENABLE

2C MRC Progress MRC_JEDEC_WRITE_LEVELING

2D MRC Progress MRC_LPDDR_LATENCY_SET_B

2E MRC Progress MRC_WRITE_TIMING_1D

2F MRC Progress MRC_READ_TIMING_1D

30 MRC Progress MRC_DIMM_ODT

31 MRC Progress MRC_EARLY_WRITE_TIMING_2D

32 MRC Progress MRC_WRITE_DS

33 MRC Progress MRC_WRITE_EQ

34 MRC Progress MRC_EARLY_READ_TIMING_2D

35 MRC Progress MRC_READ_ODT

36 MRC Progress MRC_READ_EQ

37 MRC Progress MRC_READ_AMP_POWER

38 MRC Progress MRC_WRITE_TIMING_2D

39 MRC Progress MRC_READ_TIMING_2D

3A MRC Progress MRC_CMD_VREF

3B MRC Progress MRC_WRITE_VREF_2D

3C MRC Progress MRC_READ_VREF_2D

3D MRC Progress MRC_POST_TRAINING

3E MRC Progress MRC_LATE_COMMAND

3F MRC Progress MRC_ROUND_TRIP_LAT

40 MRC Progress MRC_TURN_AROUND

41 MRC Progress MRC_CMP_OPT

42 MRC Progress MRC_SAVE_MC_VALUES

43 MRC Progress MRC_RESTORE_TRAINING

44 MRC Progress MRC_RMT_TOOL

45 MRC Progress MRC_WRITE_SR

46 MRC Progress MRC_DIMM_RON

47 MRC Progress MRC_RCVEN_TIMING_1D

48 MRC Progress MRC_MR_FILL

49 MRC Progress MRC_PWR_MTR

4A MRC Progress MRC_DDR4_MAPPING

4B MRC Progress MRC_WRITE_VOLTAGE_1D

4C MRC Progress MRC_EARLY_RDMPR_TIMING_2D

4D MRC Progress MRC_FORCE_OLTM

50 MRC Progress MRC_MC_ACTIVATE

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Action PHASE POST CODE TYPE DESCRIPTION

Normal boot

PEI(Pre-EFI

initialization) phase

51 MRC Progress MRC_RH_PREVENTION

52 MRC Progress MRC_GET_MRC_DATA

58 MRC Progress MRC_RETRAIN_CHECK

5A MRC Progress MRC_SA_GV_SWITCH

5B MRC Progress MRC_ALIAS_CHECK

5C MRC Progress MRC_ECC_CLEAN_START

5D MRC Progress MRC_DONE

5F MRC Progress MRC_CPGC_MEMORY_TEST

60 MRC Progress MRC_TXT_ALIAS_CHECK

61 MRC Progress MRC_ENG_PERF_GAIN

68 MRC Progress MRC_MEMORY_TEST

69 MRC Progress MRC_FILL_RMT_STRUCTURE

70 MRC Progress MRC_SELF_REFRESH_EXIT

71 MRC Progress MRC_NORMAL_MODE

7D MRC Progress MRC_SSA_PRE_STOP_POINT

7E MRC Progress MRC_NO_MEMORY_DETECTED

7F MRC Progress MRC_SSA_STOP_POINT

55 MRC Progress MRC_MEM_INIT_DONE

32 Progress CPU Init.

34 Progress CPU Init.

36 Progress CPU Init.

4F Progress DXE Initial Program Load(IPL)

DXE(Driver

Execution

Environment)

phase

60 Progress DXE Core Started

61 Progress DXE NVRAM Init.

62 Progress SB run-time init.

63 Progress DXE CPU Init

68 Progress NB Init.

69 Progress NB Init.

6A Progress NB Init.

70 Progress SB Init.

71 Progress SB Init.

72 Progress SB Init.

78 Progress ACPI Init.

79 Progress CSM Init.

BDS(Boot Device

Selection) phase

90 Progress BDS started

91 Progress Connect device event

92 Progress PCI Bus Enumeration

93 Progress PCI Bus Enumeration

94 Progress PCI Bus Enumeration

95 Progress PCI Bus Enumeration

96 Progress PCI Bus Enumeration

97 Progress Console outout connect event

98 Progress Console input connect event

99 Progress AMI Super IO start

9A Progress AMI USB Driver Init.

9B Progress AMI USB Driver Init.

9C Progress AMI USB Driver Init.

9D Progress AMI USB Driver Init.

b2 Progress Legacy Option ROM Init.

b3 Progress Reset system

b4 Progress USB hotplug

b6 Progress NVRAM clean up

b7 Progress NVRAM conguration reset

A0 Progress IDE, AHCI Init.

A1 Progress IDE, AHCI Init.

A2 Progress IDE, AHCI Init.

A3 Progress IDE, AHCI Init.

FF~00 Progress Wait BMC ready(duration: 120 seconds).

A8 Progress BIOS Setup Utility password verify

A9 Progress BIOS Setup Utility start

AB Progress BIOS Setup Utility input wait

AD Progress Ready to boot event

AE Progress Legacy boot event

Operating system

phase

AA Progress APIC mode

AC Progress PIC mode

This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have

to perform when installing or removing system components.

Hardware Information

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2.1 Chassis cover

3. Firmly hold the cover and slide it towards the rear panel for about half an inch until it is

disengaged from the chassis.

4. Lift the cover from the chassis.

2. Loosen the thumbscrew on the rear panel to release the rear cover from the chassis.

1. Remove the two (2) screws on both sides of the cover with a Phillips screwdriver.

Removing the rear cover

To remove the rear cover:

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2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)

The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA 3647 socket designed for the Intel®

Xeon® Scalable Processors Family Series (supported on CPU1 and CPU2) and Intel® Xeon®

Scalable Processors Family Series with OMNI-PATH FABRIC (supported on CPU2).

• 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willshoulderthecostofrepair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

3647 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.

2.2.1 Installing the CPU and heatsink

To install a CPU:

1. Removetherearcover.Formoreinformation,seethesectionChassis cover.

2. Removetheairducts,andthenremovethePnPcapsfromtheCPUsockets.

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

only if the motherboard comes with the PnP cap on the LGA 3647 socket.

3 4

CPU1

(CPU socket 1)

CPU2

(CPU socket 2)

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4. AligntheCPUandCPUCarrierinthecorrectorientation,andthenplacetheheatsinks

on top of the CPU sockets.

TheCPUandCPUCarriertsinonlyonecorrectorientation.DONOTforcetheCPUand

CPU Carrier into the socket to prevent damaging the CPU pins on the socket.

5. Twist each of the four screws with a screwdriver just enough to attach the heatsink to

themotherboard.Whenthefourscrewsareattached,tightenthemonebyoneina

diagonal sequence to completely secure the heatsink.

The heatsink screws are T30 models. A torque value of 12 inch-lbf is recommended.

3. Align the triangle mark on the CPU with

the triangle mark on the CPU Carrier

(A),theninstalltheCPUintotheCPU

Carrieruntilitclicksrmlyintoplace(B),

and then install the CPU Carrier into the

heatsinkuntilitclicksrmlyinplace(C).

Ensure that the triangle mark on the

CPU matches the triangle mark on

the CPU Carrier.

CPU Carrier

3 4

CPU

Triangle mark

CPU1

(CPU socket 1)

CPU2

(CPU socket 2)

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6. Reinstall the air ducts.

2.3 System memory

2.3.1 Overview

Themotherboardcomeswith24DoubleDataRate4(DDR4)DualInlineMemoryModules

(DIMM)sockets.

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

CPU1

(CPU socket 1)

CPU2

(CPU socket 2)

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2.3.2 Memory Configurations

Youmayinstall4GB,8GB,16GB,and32GBRDIMMs;32GB,and64GBLRDIMMs;and

64GBand128GBLRDIMMs(3DS)intotheDIMMsocketsusingthememorycongurations

in this section.

• RefertoASUSServerAVLfortheupdatedlistofcompatibleDIMMs.

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

recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.

1 CPU Configuration (must be on CPU1)

DIMM_A2 DIMM_A1 DIMM_B2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_C2 DIMM_C1

1 DIMM •

2 DIMMs •

4 DIMMs • •

6 DIMMs •••

8 DIMMs • • • •

12 DIMMs ••••••

1 CPU Configuration (must be on CPU1)

DIMM_D2 DIMM_D1 DIMM_E2 DIMM_E1 DIMM_F2 DIMM_F1

1 DIMM

2 DIMMs •

4 DIMMs • •

6 DIMMs •••

8 DIMMs • • • •

12 DIMMs ••••••

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2 CPU Configuration

DIMM_A2 DIMM_A1 DIMM_B2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_C2 DIMM_C1

2 DIMMs •

4 DIMMs •

8 DIMMs • •

12 DIMMs •••

16 DIMMs • • • •

20 DIMMs •••• •

24 DIMMs ••••••

2 CPU Configuration

DIMM_D2 DIMM_D1 DIMM_E2 DIMM_E1 DIMM_F2 DIMM_F1

2 DIMMs

4 DIMMs •

8 DIMMs • •

12 DIMMs •••

16 DIMMs • • • •

20 DIMMs •••• •

24 DIMMs ••••••

2 CPU Configuration

DIMM_G2 DIMM_G1 DIMM_H2 DIMM_H1 DIMM_J2 DIMM_J1

2 DIMMs •

4 DIMMs •

8 DIMMs • •

12 DIMMs •••

16 DIMMs • • • •

20 DIMMs •••• •

24 DIMMs ••••••

2 CPU Configuration

DIMM_K2 DIMM_K1 DIMM_L2 DIMM_L1 DIMM_M2 DIMM_M1

2 DIMMs

4 DIMMs •

8 DIMMs • •

12 DIMMs •••

16 DIMMs • • • •

20 DIMMs •••• •

24 DIMMs ••••••

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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.

2.3.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket

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

clip snaps back into place and the

DIMMcannotbepushedinanyfurther

toensurepropersittingoftheDIMM.

Locked Retaining Clip

1. UnlockaDIMMsocketbypressingthe

retaining clip outward.

2. AlignaDIMMonthesocketsuchthat

thenotchontheDIMMmatchesthe

DIMMslotkeyonthesocket.

Unlocked retaining clip

DIMM notch

DIMM slot key

1. Press the retaining clip outward to

unlocktheDIMM.

2. RemovetheDIMMfromthesocket.

2.3.4 Removing a DIMM from a single clip DIMM socket

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.

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.

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2.4 Hard disk drives

RS700-E9-RS4

Thesystemsupportsfour(4)2.5”or3.5”hot-swapSATA/SASharddiskdrives.Theharddisk

driveinstalledonthedrivetrayconnectstothemotherboardSATA/SASportsviatheSATA/

SASbackplane(SASdrivesrequireanoptionalASUSPIKEIIcard).

Toinstalla3.5”hot-swapSATA/SASstoragedevice:

1. Push the spring lock to the right (A) then pull the tray lever outward (B) to release the

drive tray. The drive tray ejects slightly after you pull out the lever.

2. Firmly hold the tray lever and pull the

drive tray out of the bay.

3. Placethedrivetrayonaatand

stable surface.

4. PreparetheSATA/SASstorage

device and the bundled set of

screws.

Spring lock

Tray lever

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5. PlacetheSATA/SASstoragedevice

into the tray then secure it with four

screws.

6. Insert the drive tray and storage device

assembly all the way into the depth of

the bay until just a small fraction of the

tray edge protrudes.

7. 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.

8. Repeatsteps1to7toinstalltheother

SATA/SASstoragedevices.

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

on the backplane.

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Toinstalla2.5”hot-swapSATA/SASstoragedevice:

1. Push the spring lock to the right (A) then pull the tray lever outward (B) to release the

drive tray. The drive tray ejects slightly after you pull out the lever.

2. Firmly hold the tray lever and pull the

drive tray out of the bay.

3. Placethedrivetrayonaatand

stable surface.

4. PreparetheSATA/SASstorage

device and the bundled set of

screws.

Spring lock

Tray lever

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5. PlacetheSATA/SASstoragedevice

into the tray then secure it with four

screws.

6. Insert the drive tray and storage device

assembly all the way into the depth of

the bay until just a small fraction of the

tray edge protrudes.

7. 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.

8. Repeatsteps1to7toinstalltheother

SATA/SASstoragedevices.

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

on the backplane.

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RS700-E9-RS12

Thesystemsupportstwelve(12)2.5”hot-swapSATA/SAS/NVMestoragedevices.The

storagedeviceinstalledonthestoragetrayconnectstothemotherboardSATA/SAS/NVMe

portsviatheSATA/SAS/NVMebackplane(SASdrivesrequireanoptionalASUSPIKEII

card).

Toinstalla2.5”hot-swapSATA/SAS/NVMestoragedevice:

1. Push the spring lock to the right (A) then pull the tray lever outward (B) to release the

storage tray. The storage tray ejects slightly after you pull out the lever.

2. Firmly hold the tray lever and pull the

storage tray out of the bay.

3. Placethestoragetrayonaatand

stable surface.

4. PreparetheSATA/SAS/NVMe

storage device and the bundled set

of screws.

Spring lock

Tray lever

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5. PlacetheSATA/SAS/NVMestorage

device into the tray then secure it with

four screws.

6. Insert the storage tray and storage

device assembly all the way into the

depth of the bay until just a small

fraction of the tray edge protrudes.

7. Push the tray lever until it clicks and

secures the storage tray in place.

The storage tray is correctly placed

when its front edge aligns with the

bay edge.

8. Repeatsteps1to7toinstalltheother

SATA/SAS/NVMestoragedevices.

Wheninstalled,theSATA/SAS/NVMeconnectoronthestoragedeviceconnectstothe

SATA/SAS/NVMeinterfaceonthebackplane.

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2.5 Expansion slot

The barebone server comes with two PCIE slots - PCIE1 and PCIE2. These slots are pre-

installedwitharisercardbracketandabutteryrisercardbracketforinstallingPCIE

expansioncards.Youneedtoremovetheseexpansioncardbracketsifyouwanttoinstall

PCIEexpansioncards.

2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket

The pre-installed riser card bracket on the PCIE1 slot supports Full-Height (FH) and Half-

Length(HL)PCIEx16expansioncards.

ToinstallaPCIEx16(Gen3x16link)FHorHLcardontherisercardbracket:

2. Remove the screw from the metal cover

(A),thenremovethemetalcover(B)

from the riser card bracket.

1. Firmlyholdtherisercardbracket,thenpullituptodetachitfromthePCIEx24sloton

the motherboard.

3. InstallthePCIEexpansioncardintothe

risercardbracket(A),thensecurethe

expansioncardwiththescrew(B).

PCIE x24 slot

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4. InstalltherisercardbracketandthePCIEexpansioncardassemblyintothePCIE

connector on the motherboard. Ensure that the golden connectors of the riser card

bracketisrmlyseatedinplace.

2.5.2 Installing an expansion card to the butterfly riser

card bracket

Thepre-installedbutteryrisercardbracketonthePCIE2slothasonePCIEx8slotandone

PCIEx16slot.AlthoughthePCIEx16slotisphysicallylongerthanthePCIEx8slot,bothof

theseslotsprovidesx8Gen3links.

ToinstallPCI-Ex8(Gen3x8link),proprietarycardstothebutteryrisercardbracket:

1. Removethescrewthatsecuresthebutteryrisercardbrackettothechassis.

ThePCIEx8slotsupportsproprietarycardssuchasASUSPIKEIIseriescards.Installyour

proprietarycardsintothisslottomaximizeitsuse.

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2. Firmlyholdthebutteryrisercardbracket,thenpullituptodetachitfromthePCIEx16

slot on the motherboard.

3. Placethebutteryrisercardbracketonaatandstablesurface.

4. Removethescrewsfromthemetalcovers(A),thenremovethemetalcovers(B)from

thebutteryrisercardbracket.

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5. InstallthePCIEexpansioncardsintothebutteryrisercardbracket(A),thensecure

theexpansioncardswiththescrews(B).

6. ReinstallthebutteryrisercardbracketandthePCIEexpansioncardassemblyinto

the PCIE connector on the motherboard (A) and secure it with the screw (B). Ensure

thatthegoldenconnectorsofthebutteryrisercardbracketisrmlyseatedinplace.

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5. InstalltheASUSPIKEIIcardandthemetalcoverassemblytotherisercardbracketor

butteryrisercardbracket.Ensurethatthemetalcoverisinsertedandrmlyseatedin

place.

Refer to section 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket or 2.5.2

Installing an expansion card to the butterfly riser card bracket for the steps on

installinganexpansioncardtotherisercardbracketorbutteryrisercardbracket.

2.5.3 Installing an ASUS PIKE II card

1. PreparetheASUSPIKEIIcard.

2. Remove the two screws on the ASUS

PIKEIIcard(A),thenremovethecard

bracket (B).

Ifyourexpansioncardispre-installed

withaproprietarycardbracket,

proceed to step 4.

Metal cover

Card bracket

3. SecuretheASUSPIKEIIcardandthe

metal cover (proprietary card bracket)

with the two screws.

4. Connectthemini-SASHDcabletothe

ASUSPIKEIIcard.

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6. Remove the default cable from the motherboard and the backplane.

7. Connectthemini-SASHDcabletothebackplane.

The illustrations shown above are for reference only.

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2.5.4 Installing an ASUS HFI-OMNI card

When you install a Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Family Series with OMNI-PATH FABRIC

tosocket2,youcaninstallanASUSHFI-OMNIcardtothex8slotonthebutteryrisercard

bracketandenjoyallthebenetsofthe100GIntel® Omni-Path Architecture.

2. Removethescrewthatsecuresthebutteryrisercardbrackettothechassis.

1. Install a Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Family

Series with OMNI-PATH FABRIC to CPU socket 2.

Refer to section 2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)

for the steps on installing a CPU.

Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Family Series with OMNI-PATH FABRIC

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6. Prepare the ASUS HFI-OMNI card.

7. Remove the internal OMNI-PATH cable connector cap

from the internal OMNI-PATH cable.

3. Firmlyholdthebutteryrisercardbracket,thenpullituptodetachitfromthePCIEx16

slot on the motherboard.

4. Placethebutteryrisercardbracketonaatandstablesurface.

5. Removethescrewfromthemetalcover(A),thenremovethemetalcover(B)fromthe

butteryrisercardbracket.

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8. ConnecttheinternalOMNI-PATHcables(A)andtheOMNIPcabletotheASUSHFI-

OMNIcard(B),installtheASUSHFI-OMNIcardintothex16slotonthebutteryriser

cardbracket(C),thensecureitwiththescrew(D).

9. Connect the other end of the internal OMNI-PATH cable into the Intel® Xeon® Scalable

ProcessorsFamilySerieswithOMNI-PATHFABRIC(A),liftthemetalcliponthe

internal OMNI-PATH cable (B) and secure it down to the metal socket hooks on the

CPU socket (C).

PCIE x16 slot

Metal clip

Socket hooks

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11. ReinstallthebutteryrisercardbracketandtheASUSHFI-OMNIcardassemblyinto

the PCIE connector on the motherboard (A) and secure it with the screw (B). Ensure

thatthegoldenconnectorsofthebutteryrisercardbracketisrmlyseatedinplace.

10. Connect the other end of the OMNIP cable to the motherboard.

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2.5.5 Replacing the ASUS PCIE-NVME4-OCuLink card on

the riser card bracket (for RS700-E9-RS12 only)

TheASUSPCIE-NVME4-OCuLinkcardpre-installedontherisercardbracketonthePCIE1

allowsyourserversystemtosupportNVMEstoragedevicesonBay9toBay12.

ToreplaceanASUSPCIE-NVME4-OCuLinkcardontherisercardbracket:

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3. Remove the screw from the metal

cover(A),thenremovetheASUS

PCIE-NVME4-OCuLinkcard(B)from

the riser card bracket.

2. FirmlyholdtherisercardbracketandASUSPCIE-NVME4-OCuLinkcardassembly,

thenpullituptodetachitfromthePCIEx24slotonthemotherboard.

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PCIE x24 slot

1. Remove the OCuLink cables from its corresponding slots.

OCuLink port 4

OCuLink port 3

OCuLink port 2

OCuLink port 1

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4. PreparethereplacementASUSPCIE-NVME4-OCuLinkcard.

5. Install the replacement ASUS PCIE-

NVME4-OCuLinkcardintotheriser

cardbracket(A),thensecureitwiththe

screw (B).

6. InstalltherisercardbracketandASUSPCIE-NVME4-OCuLinkcardassemblyintothe

PCIE connector on the motherboard. Ensure that the golden connectors of the riser

cardbracketisrmlyseatedinplace.

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7. Reconnect the OCuLink cables to its corresponding slots.

OCuLink port 4

OCuLink port 3

OCuLink port 2

OCuLink port 1

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2.5.6 Installing ASUS PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink cards to the

butterfly riser card bracket

(optional for RS700-E9-RS12)

YoucaninstalladditionalASUSPCIE-NVME2-OCuLinkcardstoyourRS700-E9-RS12

systemviathepre-installedbutteryrisercardbracketonthePCIE2slottosupportNVME

storagesonBay5toBay8.

ToinstallASUSPCIE-NVME2-OCuLinkcardstothebutteryrisercardbracket:

1. Removethescrewthatsecuresthebutteryrisercardbrackettothechassis.

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2. Firmlyholdthebutteryrisercardbracket,thenpullituptodetachitfromthePCIEx16

slot on the motherboard.

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3. Placethebutteryrisercardbracketonaatandstablesurface.

4. Removethescrewsfromthemetalcovers(A),thenremovethemetalcovers(B)from

thebutteryrisercardbracket.

5. ConnecttheOCuLinkcablesintothecorrespondingslots(A),installtheASUSPCIE-

NVME2-OCuLinkcardsintothebutteryrisercardbracket(B),thensecuretheASUS

PCIE-NVME2-OCuLinkcardswiththescrews(C).

OCuLink port 4

OCuLink port 3

OCuLink port 2

OCuLink port 1

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7. ReinstallthebutteryrisercardbracketandtheASUSPCIE-NVME2-OCuLinkcard

assembly into the PCIE connector on the motherboard (A) and secure it with the screw

(B).Ensurethatthegoldenconnectorsofthebutteryrisercardbracketisrmlyseated

in place.

6. Connect the OCuLink cables to the backplane.

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The illustration shown above is for reference only.

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2.5.7 Configuring an expansion card

Afterinstallingtheexpansioncard,congure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 --

83System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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2.5.8 Installing Mezzanine cards

To install a Mezzanine card:

2. Firmlyholdtherisercardbracket,

then pull it up to detach it from the

PCIEx16slotonthemotherboard.

3. Remove the screw from the metal

cover(A),thenremovethemetal

cover (B) from chassis.

1. Locate the Mezzanine card connector on your motherboard.

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4. Select the slots that are going to

beusedforyourMezzaninecard,

then use a screwdriver and pry the

corresponding slots until it pops off.

5. Prepare the Mezzanine card.

6. InserttheportsoftheMezzaninecardintothemountingholeonthechassis,then

insert the golden connector of the Mezzanine card into the OCP connector on the

motherboard.

Ensure that the stand screws on the motherboard is aligned and matched to the screw

holes of the Mezzanine card.

Stand screws

OCP connector

Mounting hole

Ports

7. Secure the Mezzanine card with four bundled screws.

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9. Install the riser card bracket into the

PCIE connector on the motherboard.

Ensure that the golden connectors

oftherisercardbracketisrmly

seated in place.

8. Reinstallthemetalcover(A)and

secure it with the screw (B).

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2.5.9 Installing M.2 (NGFF) cards

To install an M.2 (NGFF) card:

2. Remove the top screw and the

stand from the motherboard.

3. Select an appropriate screw hole

on the motherboard for your M.2

card,thensecurethestandtothe

motherboard.

1. Locate the M.2 (NGFF) connectors on your motherboard.

Top screw Stand screw

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Ensure that the M.2 card is

positioned between the top screw

and the stand screw before

securing it.

4. Prepare the M.2 card.

5. Align and insert the M.2 card into the

M.2 connector on the motherboard.

Ensure that the golden connector

oftheM.2cardisinsertedrmlyin

place and that the screw hole on the

M.2 card matches the stand screw

on the motherboard.

6. Secure the M.2 card with the top

screw.

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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 are going to remove pre-installed components to

install additional devices.

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

Pre-connected system cables

1. 8-pinBPPWR1powerconnector(frompowersupplytobackplane)

2. Auxiliarypanel1connector(frommotherboardtofrontI/Oboard)

3. Auxiliarypanel2connector(frommotherboardtofrontI/Oboard)

4. Systemfanconnectors(frommotherboardFAN1-8tosystemfans)

5. Panelconnector(frommotherboardtofrontI/Oboard)

6. OCU-USBtoUSBconnector(frommotherboardtofrontI/Oboard)

7. SATAconnectors(frommotherboardtoSATA/SASbackplaneboard)

8. ISATAconnectors(frommotherboardtoSATA/SASbackplaneboard)

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2.7 SATA/SAS backplane cabling

Connect the SATA/SAS storage devices

Connects the data cable

connected to the motherboard

Connects a 8-pin plug

from motherboard

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Connects to NVMe/SAS/SATA drives Connects to NVMe

drives by default

Connects to SATA/SAS drives

Connects the data cable

connected to the motherboard

Connects the data cable connected

to the ASUS PCIE-NVME4-OCuLink

card on the riser card bracket for

Bay 9 to Bay 12

Connects the data cable connected to the

optional ASUS PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink card

on the butterfly riser card bracket for Bay 5

to Bay 8

Connects the data cable

connected to the motherboard

Connects a 8-pin plug

from motherboard

Connects a 4-pin plug

from motherboard

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2.8 Removable/optional components

Thissectionexplainshowtoinstalloptionalcomponentsintothesystemandcoversthe

following components:

1. System fans

2. Redundant power supply module

3. Slim type optical drive (optional)

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

You may need to remove previously installed component or factory shipped components

when installing optional components.

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itaside.

3. Repeat steps 1 to 2 to uninstall the

other system fans.

To reinstall the system fans:

1. Insert the fan into the fan cage. The

airowdirectionalarrowonthefan

should point towards the system rear

panel.

2. Connect the system fan cable to the fan

connector on the motherboard.

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2.8.2 Redundant power supply module

To replace a failed redundant power supply module:

1. Lift up the power supply module lever.

2. Hold the power supply module lever

andpressthePSUlatch,thenpullthe

power supply module out of the system

chassis.

3. Prepare the replacement power supply

module.

4. Insert the replacement power supply

module into the chassis then push it

inwards until the latch locks into place.

Module lever

Module lever PSU latch

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2.8.3 Replacing optical drive (optional for RS700-E9-RS4)

This server system supports a slim-type optical disk drive.

To replace the optical disk drive:

1. Remove the screw that secures the

optical drive and set it aside.

6. 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.

7. Pushthetrayleveruntilitclicks,and

secure the drive tray in place. The

drive tray is correctly placed when its

front edge aligns with the bay edge.

8. Securetheopticaldrivewiththescrew

that you removed in step 1.

5. Carefully insert the replacement

optical disk drive module into the drive

bay until it is securely seated in place.

4. Pull the optical drive module out of the

drive bay.

3. Hold the tray lever and pull the drive

tray out of the bay.

2. Push the spring lock to the right (A)

toremovetheSATA/SASdrivetray,

then pull the tray lever outward (B).

The drive tray ejects slightly after you

pull out the lever (C).

Spring lock

Tray lever

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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 additional 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. Perform steps 3 to 4 for the other rack rail.

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

Thin lips

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6. Lift the server chassis and insert it 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of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.

3.2 Rail kit dimensions

589mm

43.6mm

900mm

43.6mm

This chapter includes the motherboard layout and brief

descriptions of the jumpers and internal connectors.

Motherboard Information

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4.1 Motherboard layout

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Layout contents

Internal connectors / Sockets / Jumpers / LEDs Page

1. DDR4 thermal event setting (3-pin DIMMTRIP1, DIMMTRIP2) 4-7

2. Chassis Intrusion (2-pin INTRUSION1) 4-20

3. DDR4 DIMM sockets 2-5

4. Back panel power connectors (8-pin BPPWR1-2) 4-19

5. System fan connectors (4-pin FAN1-8) 4-16

6. CPU socket 2-3

7. VGA power connectors (8-pin VGAPWR1-3) 4-19

8. Serial General Purpose Input/Output connector (6-1 pin SSGPIO1) 4-23

9. Fan power connectors (FANPWR1-3) 4-15

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

11. Mezzanine PCIE card connectors (MEZZPCIE1-2) 4-21

12. OCP LAN Activity LED connector (4-1 pin OCP_LED1) 4-24

13. PCH_MFG1 setting (3-pin PCH_MFG1) 4-7

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

15. DMLAN setting (3-pin DM_IP_SEL1) 4-8

16. LANNCSI setting (3-pin LANNCSI_SEL1) 4-9

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

18. Baseboard Management Controller setting (3-pin BMC_EN1) 4-6

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

20. VGA connector (16-pin VGA_HDR1) 4-20

21. Micro SD card slot (MSD1) 4-22

22. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM1) 4-22

23. IPMI SW setting (3-pin IPMI_SW1) 4-9

24. OMNIP connector (24-pin OMNIP1) 4-24

25. Auxiliary panel connector (20-2 pin AUX_PANEL1, 20-pin AUX_PANEL2) 4-18

26. Smart Ride Through (SmaRT) setting (3-pin SMART_PSU1) 4-8

27. System panel connector (20-pin PANEL1) 4-17

28. USB 2.0 connector (10-1 pin USB78) 4-15

29. M.2 (NGFF) card connectors (NGFF1-2) 4-21

30. VPP_I2C1 connector (10-1 pin VPP_I2C1) 4-25

31. VROC_KEY connector (4-pin VROC_KEY) 4-23

32. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SSATA1-2) 4-13

33. Mini-SAS HD connector (ISATA1-2) 4-13

34. USB 3.0 connectors (OCUUSB1) 4-25

35. TPM connector (20-1 pin TPM1) 4-16

36. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1) 4-14

37. USB 3.0 connectors (Type A USB3_5) 4-14

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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 pins 1–2 (default) to pins 2–3. Keep the cap on pins

2–3 for about 5–10 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.

Except when clearing the RTC RAM, never remove the cap on CLRTC jumper default

position. 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 Intel® I350-AM2 Gigabit

LAN1/2 controller. 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 quickly recover the Intel Management Engine (ME) rmware

when it becomes corrupted.

5. Baseboard Management Controller setting (3-pin BMC_EN1)

This jumper allows you to enable (default) or disable on-board BMC. Ensure to set this

BMC jumper to enabled to avoid system fan control and hardware monitor error.

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6. DDR4 thermal event setting (3-pin DIMMTRIP1, DIMMTRIP2)

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

7. PCH_MFG1 setting (3-pin PCH_MFG1)

This jumper allows you to update the BIOS ME block.

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8. Smart Ride Through (SmaRT) setting (3-pin SMART_PSU1)

This jumper allows you to enable or disable the Smart Ride Through (SmaRT) function.

This feature is enabled by default. Set to pins 2-3 to disable it. When enabled, SmaRT

allows uninterrupted operation of the system during an AC loss event.

9. DMLAN setting (3-pin DM_IP_SEL1)

This jumper allows you to select the DMLAN setting. Set to pins 2-3 to force the

DMLAN IP to static mode (IP=10.10.10.10, submask=255.255.255.0).

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11. IPMI SW setting (3-pin IPMI_SW1)

This jumper allows you to select which protocol in the GPU sensor to function.

10. LANNCSI setting (3-pin LANNCSI_SEL1)

This jumper allows you to select which LAN NCSI to function.

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4.3 Internal LEDs

2. 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.

1. Standby Power LED (SBPWR1)

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

indicate that the system is ON, in sleep mode, or 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. Hard disk activity LED (HDDLED1)

This LED is for the storage devices connected to the onboard SATA, or SATA/SAS

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

or SATA/SAS add-on card causes the rear panel LED to light up.

4. Message LED (MESLED1)

This onboard LED lights up to red when there is a BMC event log is generated.

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5. BMC LED (BMCLED1)

The BMC LED lights up to indicate that the on-board BMC is functional.

6. CATT LED (CATTERR1)

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

and cannot continue to operate.

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4.4 Internal connectors

1. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SSATA1-2)

These connectors, controlled by Intel® C621 chipset, are for the Serial ATA signal

cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives (SATA 1 connector is used for the optical drive

by default).

If the SATA M.2 (NGFF1) slot is occupied, the SSATA2 slot will be disabled.

2. Mini-SAS HD connector (ISATA1-2)

This motherboard comes with mini Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) HD connectors, the

storage technology that supports Serial ATA. Each connector supports up to four

devices.

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3. USB 3.0 connectors (Type A USB3_5)

The USB3_5 connector is for Type-A USB 3.0 devices. You can enjoy all the benets

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

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

with USB 2.0.

4. 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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5. USB 2.0 connector (10-1 pin USB78)

This connector is for USB 2.0 ports. Connect the USB module cable to the connector,

and then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. The

USB connectors comply with USB 2.0 specication that supports up to 480 Mbps

connection speed.

6. Fan power connectors (FANPWR1-3)

These connectors are for the power supply plugs that connects to additional fans. 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.

The USB port module is purchased separately.

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7. System fan connectors (4-pin FAN1-8)

The fan connectors support cooling fans of 0.8A–1.0A (12 W max.) or a total of 6.4

A–8.0 A (96 W max.) at +12V. Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the

motherboard, making sure 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!

8. TPM 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. System panel connector (20-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 the BMC to indicate an

abnormal event occurrence.

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 LED lights up or ashes when data is read from or

written to the HDD.

5. ATX 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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10. Auxiliary panel connector (20-2 pin AUX_PANEL1, 20-pin AUX_PANEL2)

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 (6-1 pin FPSMB)

These leads connect the front panel SMBus cable.

2. LAN activity LED (2-pin LAN1_LED, LAN2_LED)

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

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

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

state of the system locator.

5. LAN activity LED and USB port (2-pin LAN3_LED, LAN4_LED, USB ports)

These leads are for the Gigabit LAN activity LEDs and USB ports on the front

panel.

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11. Back panel power connectors (8-pin BPPWR1-2)

These connectors are for the power supply plugs that connects to the back panel. 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.

12. VGA power connectors (8-pin VGAPWR1-3)

These connectors are for the power supply plugs that connects to the VGA card. 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 connect the back panel to these connectors. Doing so may cause system boot

errors and permanent damage to your motherboard or device.

DO NOT connect VGA cards to these connectors. Doing so may cause system boot errors

and permanent damage to your motherboard or device.

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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 to short the CHASSIS# and the GND pin by a jumper cap to disable the function.

13. VGA connector (16-pin VGA_HDR1)

This connector supports the VGA High Dynamic-Range interface.

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15. Mezzanine PCIE card connectors (MEZZPCIE1-2)

The MEZZPCIE1-2 connector supports Open Compute Project (OCP) cards.

16. M.2 (NGFF) card connectors (NGFF1-2)

These connectors allow you to install M.2 devices.

• This connector supports type 2242 / 2260 / 2280 / 22110 devices on both PCI-E and

SATA interface.

• If the SATA M.2 (NGFF1) slot is occupied, the SSATA2 slot will be disabled.

The M.2 (NGFF) device is purchased separately

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

This connector is for a serial (COM) port. Connect the serial port module cable to this

connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis.

The COM module is purchased separately.

18. Micro SD card slot (MSD1)

Your motherboard supports SD Memory Card v2.00 (SDHC) / v3.00 (SDXC).

Some memory cards may not be compatible with your motherboard. Ensure that you use

only compatible memory cards to prevent loss of data, damage to your device, or memory

card, or both.

Disconnect all power (including redundant PSUs) from the existing system before you add

or remove a Memory Card, then reboot the system to access the Memory Card.

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20. Serial General Purpose Input/Output connector (6-1 pin SSGPIO1)

The SSGPIO 1 connector is used for the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise

SGPIO interface that controls the LED pattern generation, device information, and

general purpose data.

19. VROC_KEY connector (4-pin VROC_KEY)

This connector allows you to connect a KEY module to support Intel VMD RAID

function.

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21. OCP LAN Activity LED connector (4-1 pin OCP_LED1)

OCP LAN LED connector supports OCP LAN card Active LED.

22. OMNIP connector (24-pin OMNIP1)

This connector allows you to provide sideband signals from the fabric CPU to a

HFI-OMNI supported ASUS card.

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23. VPP_I2C1 connector (10-1 pin VPP_I2C1)

This connector is used for the Intel VMD function and sensor readings.

24. USB 3.0 connectors (OCUUSB1)

Connect a compatible USB module cable to the OCUUSB1 connector, and then install

the module to a slot opening at the back or front of the system chassis. You can enjoy

all the benets of USB 3.0 including faster data transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbps, faster

charging time for USB-chargeable devices, optimized power efciency, and backward

compatibility with USB 2.0. (OCUUSB1 connector is used for the front USB panel by

default).

The USB port module is purchased separately.

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BIOS Setup

This chapter tells how to change the system settings through

the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS

parameters are also provided.

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.

• 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.

5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility

The ASUS EZ Flash 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 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

Utility. Press <Enter>.

Current Platform

Platform : Z11PP-D24

Version : 0215

Build date: 01/13/2017

New Platform

Platform : Z11PP-D24

Version : 0217

Build date: 02/20/2017

ASUS Tek. EzFlash Utility

FS0

FS1

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

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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

www.asus.com/support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

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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:\>

Current Platform

Platform : Z11PP-D24

Version : 0215

Build date: 01/13/2017

New Platform

Platform : Z11PP-D24

Version : 0217

Build date: 02/20/2017

ASUS Tek. EzFlash Utility

Start Programming Flash. DO NOT SHUTDOWN THE SYSTEM!!!

Write

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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

Platform Configuration For changing the platform settings

Socket Configuration Forchangingthesocketsettings

Event Logs For changing the event log settings

Server Mgmt For changing the Server Mgmt settings

Security For changing the security settings

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

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

Save & 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 (such as Advanced) 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 Trusted Computing

Configuration

Security Device Support [Disabled]

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

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

5.4.2 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.

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5.4.3 Super IO Configuration

Serial Port 1 Configuration

Allows you to set the parameters of Serial Port 1.

Serial Port [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Serial Port.

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

The following item appears only when you set Serial Port to [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 LAN1 Enable [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Intel LAN.

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

The following items appear only when Intel LAN1 Enable is set to [Enabled].

Intel LAN 1 ROM Type [PXE]

Allows you to select the Intel LAN ROM type.

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

Intel LAN2 Enable [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Intel LAN.

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

The following items appear only when Intel LAN2 Enable is set to [Enabled].

Intel LAN 2 ROM Type [Disabled]

Allows you to select the Intel LAN ROM type.

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

5.4.4 Onboard LAN I350 IO Configuration

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5.4.5 Serial Port Console Redirection

Console Redirection Settings

Theseitemsbecome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,etc.

[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]

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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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

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]

Legacy Console Redirection Settings

Legacy Console Redirection Port [COM1]

Allows you to select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy OPROM

Messages.

Congurationoptions:[COM1][COM2]

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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].

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

AllowsyoutoconguretheAdvancePowerManagement(APM)settings.

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 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

AllowsyoutocongurePCI,PCI-X,andPCIExpressSettings.

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]

PCIE OPROM Slot Options

PCIE1-3 Slot OPROM [Enabled]

This option allows you to enable or disable the OPROM of the PCIe slots.

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

MEZZ1 Slot OPROM [Enabled]

This option allows you to enable or disable the OPROM of the MEZZ slot.

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

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Network stack [Disabled]

Enablesordisablesthenetworkstackfeature.

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

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

Ipv4 PXE Support [Disabled]

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

not be created.

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

Ipv4 HTTP Support [Disabled]

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

will not be created.

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

Ipv6 PXE Support [Disabled]

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

not be created.

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

Ipv6 HTTP Support [Disabled]

EnablesordisablestheIpv6HTTPBootSupport.Ifdisabled,Ipv6HTTP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 [1]

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

5.4.8 Network Stack Configuration

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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]

The following item appears only when CSM Supportis set to [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]

INT19 Trap Response [Immediate]

[Immediate] Executethetraprightaway.

[Postponed] Executethetrapduringlegacyboot.

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 devices [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 NVMe Configuration

This page will display the NVMe controller and drive information.

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]

USB Mass Storage Driver Support [Enabled]

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

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

Mass Storage Devices

AMI Virtual CDROM0-2 / Floppy / HDisk0 1.00 [Auto]

Allows you to select the mass storage device emulation type.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Floppy][ForcedFDD][HardDisk][CD-ROM]

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5.4.12 iSCSI Configuration

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

5.4.13 Intel(R) RSTe RAID Controller

AllowsyoutoconguretheviewtheRAIDvolumesandVMDcontrollersonthesystem.

5.5 Platform Configuration menu

The IntelRCSetup menu items allow you to change the platform settings.

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5.5.1 PCH Configuration

PCH Devices

Board Capability [DeepSx]

[SUS_PWR_DN_ACK] Send.

[DeepSx]  ShowDeepSxPolicies.

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]

GP27 Wake From DeepSx [Disabled]

AllowsyoutoenableordisableGP27WakeFromDeepSx.

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

PCI Express Configuration

PCI-E ASPM Support (Global) [L1 Only]

Allows you to select ASPM support for all downstream devices.

Congurationoptions:[Perindividualport][L1Only]

PCH DMI ASPM [Platform-POR]

AllowsyoutocongurethePCHDMIASPM.

Congurationoptions:[Platform-POR][ASPML1][Disabled]

PCH SATA Configuration

SATA Controller [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the SATA Controller.

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

Configure sSATA as [AHCI]

AllowsyoutoidentifytheSATAport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SupportAggressiveLinkPower(SALP)

Management.

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

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SATA Port 0-7

Port 0-7

Allows you to enable or disable the SATA port.

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

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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SupportAggressiveLinkPower(SALP)

Management.

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

sSATA Port 0-2

Port 0-2

Allows you to enable or disable the SATA port.

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

USB Configuration

USB Precondition [Disabled]

AllowsyoutoenableordisablepreconditionworkonUSBhostcontrollerandrootports

for faster enumeration.

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

XHCI Manual Mode [Disabled]

This option is used by validation.

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

The following items appears only when the XHCI Manual Mode is set to [Enabled].

Trunk Clock Gating (BTCG) [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable BTCG.

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

Enable USB 3.0 pins [Disable all pins]

Allows you to enable or disable USB 3.0 pins or on a per pin basis.

Congurationoptions:[SelectPer-Pin][Disableallpins][Enableallpins]

USB Per-Connector Disable [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable each of the USB physical connectors. Once a

connectorisdisabled,anyUSBdevicespluggedintotheconnectorwillnotbedetected

by BIOS or OS.

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

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The following items appears only when the USB Per-Connector Disable is set to [Enabled].

USB HS Physical Connector #0-13 Disable [Enabled]

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

USB SS Physical Connector #0-9 Disable [Enabled]

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

Security Configuration

SMM BIOS Write Protect [Enabled]

AllowsyoutoenableordisableSMMBIOSWriteProtect.

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

5.5.2 Miscellaneous Configuration

Active Video [Offboard Device]

Allows you to select the video type.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][OnboardDevice][OffboardDevice]

PMTT ACPI Table [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable PMTT ACPI Table for DDR4 only.

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

5.5.3 Server ME Configuration

Displays the Server ME Technology parameters on your system.

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5.5.4 Runtime Error Logging Support

Runtime Error Logging

System Errors [Enabled]

This item allows you to enable or disable System Errors.

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

Whea Settings

Whea Support [Disabled]

ThisitemallowsyoutoenableordisabletheWHEAsupport.

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

5.6 Socket Configuration menu

TheIntelRCSetupmenuitemsallowyoutochangethesocketsettings.

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5.6.1 Processor Configuration

Hyper Threading [Enabled]

Allowsyoutoenableordisablethe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(R) 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]

Enable SMX [Disabled]

Enables the Safer Mode Extensions.

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

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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]

LLC Prefetch [Disabled]

This Item allows you to enable or disable LLC Prefetch on all threads.

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

DCU Mode [32K 8Way Without ECC]

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

Extended APIC [Disabled]

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]

5.6.2 Common RefCode Configuration

Numa [Enabled]

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

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

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5.6.3 UPI Configuration

UPI General Configuration

UPI Status

This item displays information about the UPI status.

Link Speed Mode [Fast]

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

Congurationoptions:[Slow][Fast]

Link Frequency Select [Auto]

ThisitemallowsforselectingtheUPIlinkfrequency.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][9.6GB/s][10.4GB/s][UsePerLinkSetting]

UPI Link0p Enable [Enabled]

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

UPI Link1 Enable [Enabled]

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

Stale AtoS [Disabled]

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

LLC dead line alloc [Enabled]

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

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5.6.4 Memory Configuration

Enforce POR [Auto]

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

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

Memory Frequency [Auto]

Allows you to select the memory frequency setting.

Congurationoptions:[Auto][1800]-[3000-OvrClk]

Data Scrambling for DDR4 [Auto]

Allows you to enable or disable data scrambling.

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

Memory Topology

Displays memory topology with DIMM population information.

Page Policy

AllowsyoutocongurePagePolicysettings.

Page Policy [Disabled]

Congurationoptions:[Auto][Closed][Adaptive]

Memory Map

IMC Interleaving [Auto]

Select different IMC interleaving setting.

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

Channel Interleaving [Auto]

Select different channel interleaving setting.

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

[3-wayInterleave]

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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

Mirror Mode [Disabled]

Allows you to select Mirror Modes. Mirror Mode will set entire 1LM/2LM memory in

systemtobemirrored,consequentlyreducingthememorycapacitybyhalf.Enabling

MirrorModewilldisableXPTPrefetch.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][MirrorMode1LM][MirrorMode2LM]

UEFI ARM Mirror [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable UEFI ARM Mirror.

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

Memory Rank Sparing [Disabled]

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

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

Patrol Scrub [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Patrol Scrub.

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

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Socket Configuration

PCIE1 / PCIE2 / MEZZPCIE1 Option ROM [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the PCIE1 / PCIE2 / MEZZPCIE1 Option ROM.

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

Intel(R) VT for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Intel(R) VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O.

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

Intel(R) VMD Technology

Intel(R) VMD for Volume Management Device on Socket 0-3

Allows you to enable or disable the Intel(R) VMD for Volume Management Device

Technologyonaspecicstack.

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

PCI Express Global Options

PCIE relaxed Ordering [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable PCIE relaxed Ordering.

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

5.6.5 IIO Configuration

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5.6.6 Advanced Power Management Configuration

CPU P State Control

Boot performance mode [Max Performance]

Allows you to switch between Boot performance mode.

Congurationoptions:[MaxPerformance][MaxEfcient][SetbyIntelNodeManager]

Energy Efficient Turbo [Enabled]

AllowsyoutoenableordisableEnergyEfcientTurbo.

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

Turbo Mode [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Turbo Mode.

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

Hardware PM State Control

Hardware P-States [Native Mode]

AllowsyoutoswitchbetweenHardwareP-Statesmode.

Congurationoptions:[Disabled][NativeMode][OutofBandMode][NativeModewith

noLegacySupport]

CPI C State Control

Autonomous Core C-State [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Autonomous Core C-State Report.

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

CPU C6 Report [Auto]

Allows you to select CPU C6 Report.

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

OS ACPI Cx [ACPI C2]

Allows you to select OS ACPI Cx Report.

Congurationoptions:[ACPIC2][ACPIC3]

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Package C State Control

Package C State [Auto]

AllowsyoutoselectPackageCState.

Congurationoptions:[C0/C1state][C2state][C6(nonRetentionstate][C6(Retention

state][NoLimit][Auto]

CPI Thermal Control

CPI T-State Control

Software Controlled T-States [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Software Controlled T-States.

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

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]

5.7.2 View Smbios Event Log

Press <Enter> to view all smbios event logs.

Allvalueschangedheredonottakeeffectuntilcomputerisrestarted.

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5.8 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].

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]

System Event Log

AllowsyoutochangetheSELeventlogconguration.

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]

BMC network configuration

Thesub-itemsinthiscongurationallowyoutoconguretheBMCnetworkparameters.

View System Event Log

This item allows you to view the system event log records.

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5.9 Security menu

This menu allows a new password to be created or a current password to be changed. 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

This item allows you to customize the Secure Boot settings.

Attempt 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.

Provision Factory Defaults [Disabled]

AllowsyoutoprovisionfactorydefaultSecureBootkeyswhenthesystemisinSetup

Mode.

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

Install Factory Default keys

ThisitemwillinstallallFactoryDefaultkeys.

Enroll Efi Image

This item will allow the image to run in Secure Boot mode.

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)

/ Forbidden Signatures (DBX) / Authorized TimeStamps (DBT) / OsRecovery

Signatures

Congurationoptions:[Erase][SetNew][SavetoFile]

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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]

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.

• 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.

Floppy Drive BBS Priorities / Hard Drive BBS Priorities / CD/DVD ROM Drive

BBS Priorities

TheseitemsappearonlywhenyouconnectFloppy/SATAODDorHDDtotheSATAports

and allow you to set the booting order of the SATA devices.

5.10 Boot menu

The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options.

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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.

IPMI HWM

Allows you to run the IPMI hardware monitor.

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.

Discard Changes & Exit

Exit System setup without saving any changes.

Save Changes & Reset

Exit System setup after saving the changes.

Restore Defaults

Restore/load default values for 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.

5.12 Exit menu

The Exit menu items allow you to save or discard your changes to the BIOS items.

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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 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Option ROM

Utility with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 support (for Windows OS and Linux).

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.

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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® C621 chipset.

To do this:

1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.

2. Go to the Platform Configuration menu Menu > PCH Configuration Menu > PCH

SATA Configuration, then press <Enter>.

3. Set Configure sSATA as to [RAID Mode]

4. Press <F10> to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup.

Refer to Chapter 5 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 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology

if you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives on the Serial ATA connectors supported by the

Intel® C621 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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The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA/SSATA 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/SSATA 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 the Installing hard disk drives, Setting Jumpers, and

Setting the RAID mode sections 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

6.2 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise

SATA/SSATA Option ROM Utility

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6.2.1 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

Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - SATA Option ROM - 3.6.0.1023

[ 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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6.2.2 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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6.2.3 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.

6.2.5 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.

6.2.4 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise

SATA/SSATA 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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6.2.6 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 5 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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6.3 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 7.

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6.3.1 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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6.3.2 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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6.3.3 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 (ex. 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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6.3.4 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 the

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 USB flash drive with RAID drive

When installing Windows® Server OS, you can load the RAID driver from a USB ash drive.

You can create a USB ash drive with RAID driver in Windows by copying the les from the

support DVD to the USB ash drive.

To copy the RAID driver to a USB ash drive in Windows environment:

1. Place the motherboard support DVD in the optical drive.

2. Connect a USB ash drive to your system.

3. Click on the optical drive to browse the contents of the support DVD.

4. Click

Drivers > C620 INTEL RAID > Windows > Driver and then copy the RAID driver

folder to the USB ash drive.

7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver

During Windows® Server 2012 R2 OS installation

To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® Server 2012 R2 OS:

1. Boot the computer using the Windows® Server 2012 R2 OS installation disc. Follow the

screen instructions to start installing Windows Server 2012 R2.

2. When prompted to choose a type of installation, click Custom: Install Windows only

(advanced).

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3. Click Load Driver.

4. A message appears reminding you to insert the installation media containing the driver of

the RAID controller driver (the installation media can be a CD, DVD, or USB ash drive).

• 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.

• Or you may connect a USB ash drive containing the RAID controller driver.

Click Browse to continue.

5. Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support DVD or USB ash drive

and then click OK to continue.

6. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list and click Next.

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7. When the system nishes loading the RAID driver,

• Replace the motherboard Support DVD with the Windows Server installation disc.

• Remove the USB ash drive.

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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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 2012 R2 and Windows® Server

2016.

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. Manual

4. Contact

The main screen of the Support DVD looks exactly the same on the Windows® Server 2012

R2 and on the Windows® Server 2016 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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7.3.3 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.

7.3.4 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 into 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® Chipset Device Software window appears. Click Next to start the

installation.

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5. Read the License Agreement and click Accept to continue the process.

6. Read the Readme File Information and click Install to start the installation process.

7. Click Restart Now to complete the setup process.

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7.5 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 into 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 AST2500 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 start the installation process.

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7.6 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 5.0

installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology

enterprise 5.0 on the system.

You need to manually install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 5.0 utility on a

Windows® operating system.

To install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 5.0 utility:

1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges.

2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD into the optical drive, and navigate to the

Utilities menu.

3. Click the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 5.0 to begin installation.

4. The

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise window 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 Accept to continue the process.

7. Select the destination folder and click Next to continue.

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8. Tick the features that you would like to install and click Next to continue.

9. Click Install to start the installation process.

10. Click Restart Now to complete the setup process.

Appendix

This appendix includes additional information that you may refer

to when conguring the motherboard.

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Z11PP-D24 block diagram

CPU2

Scalable Processor

Scalable Processor with

OMNI-PATH FABRIC

Up to 165w

Socket P0 (LGA3647)

CPU1

Scalable Processor

Up to 165w

Socket P0 (LGA3647)

UPI 10.4GT/s

DDR4 RDIMM * 2 Channel G

DDR4 2133/2400/2667 DDR4 RDIMM * 2

Channel A

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2

Channel B

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2

Channel C

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2

Channel D

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2

Channel E

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2

Channel F

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2 Channel H

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2 Channel I

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2 Channel J

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2 Channel K

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2 Channel L

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

DDR4 RDIMM * 2 Channel M

DDR4 2133/2400/2667

UPI 10.4GT/s

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x16

PCI-E x16 Slot2

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x16

PCI-E x16 Slot3

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x16

PCI-E x16 Slot4

PCI-E x8 MezzPCIE1

PCI-E x8 MezzPCIE2

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x16

PCI-E x24 Slot1

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x16

Intel I350 AM2

1G BASE-T LAN

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x4

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x8

Lewisburg

UPLINK

(GEN3 x4)

DMI3

SATA III

ISATA1 / ISATA2

SATA III

8 ports

SATA III

SSATA1 / SSATA2 / M2_NGFF1 / M2_NGFF2

(1 port is auto-swith between SSATA2 / M2_NGFF1)

sSATA III

3 ports

USB 2.0

USB3_1 / USB3_2 / OCUUSB1 / USB3_5 / USB78

High-Speed USB

7 ports

SPI Flash

256Mbits

LPC BUS

RGMII

FAN Control

NCSI

GPU Fan *6

Front Fan *8

Nuvoton

NCT6793D

Super IO

COM TPM Realtek RTL8211E

M2_NGFF2

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x4

M2_NGFF1

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x4

USB3_1 / USB3_2 / OCUUSB1 / USB3_5

Super Speed USB

5 portd

USB3.0

BMC

ASPEED AST2500

4Gb/8Gb DDR4 SDRAM

PCI EXPRESS GEN3 x1

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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.

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 A digital

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

reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a

commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency

energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause

harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential

area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct

the interference at his own expense.

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Canadian Department of Communications Statement

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

Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

REACH

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

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

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

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.

ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services

ASUS recycling and takeback programs come from our commitment to the highest standards

for protecting our environment. We believe in providing solutions for you to be able to

responsibly recycle our products, batteries, other components as well as the packaging

materials. Please go to http://csr.asus.com/english/Takeback.htm for detailed recycling

information in different regions.

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

https://www.asus.com/support/. 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

https://www.asus.com/support/.

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ASUS contact information

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

Address 4F, No. 150, Li-Te Rd., Peitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan

Telephone +886-2-2894-3447

Fax +886-2-2890-7798

Web site http://www.asus.com

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 4F, No. 150, Li-Te Rd., Peitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan

Telephone +886-2-2894-3447

Fax +886-2-2890-7798

Web site http://www.asus.com

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. 5077, Jindu Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China

Telephone +86-21-5442-1616

Fax +86-21-5442-0099

Web site http://www.asus.com.cn

Technical Support

Telephone +86-20-2804-7506 (400-620-6655)

Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

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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, 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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