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Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. ii Contents Notices ............................................................................................... vii Safety information ............................................................................ viii About this guide ................................................................................. ix Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 System package contents .................................................... 1-2 System specifications .......................................................... 1-3 Front panel features ............................................................. 1-4 Rear panel features .............................................................. 1-4 Internal features ................................................................... 1-5 LED information .................................................................... 1-5 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.3 Rear panel LEDs ...................................................... 1-5 Front panel LEDs .................................................... 1-6 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs .................................................. 1-6 Chapter 2: Hardware setup 2.1 Chassis cover ....................................................................... 2-2 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.4 2.5 Removing the cover ................................................ 2-2 Installing the cover ................................................. 2-3 Installing the CPU .................................................... 2-4 Installing the CPU heatsink and airduct .................. 2-6 DIMM sockets location ............................................ 2-8 Memory configurations ........................................... 2-8 Installing a DIMM ..................................................... 2-9 Removing a DIMM ................................................... 2-9 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................. 2-4 System memory ................................................................... 2-8 Hard disk drives .................................................................. 2-10 Expansion slot .................................................................... 2-12 2.5.1 2.5.2 2.5.3 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket ................................................. 2-12 Reinstalling the riser card bracket ........................ 2-14 Configuring an expansion card .............................. 2-15 2.6 2.7 Cable connections .............................................................. 2-16 SATA backplane cabling ..................................................... 2-17 iii Contents 2.8 Removable components ..................................................... 2-18 2.8.1 2.8.2 2.8.3 2.8.4 2.8.5 2.8.6 System fans .......................................................... 2-18 System fan with dummy case .............................. 2-20 Device fan ............................................................. 2-21 Power supply module ............................................ 2-22 Optical drive ......................................................... 2-23 Motherboard ......................................................... 2-25 Chapter 3: Installation options 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Rackmount rail kit items ....................................................... 3-2 Rack rails assembly .............................................................. 3-2 Attaching the rails to the rack ............................................. 3-3 Rackmounting the server ..................................................... 3-4 Chapter 4: Motherboard information 4.1 4.2 4.3 Motherboard layout .............................................................. 4-2 Jumpers ................................................................................ 4-4 Connectors ........................................................................... 4-9 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................ 5-2 5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 5.1.4 5.2 5.2.1 5.2.2 5.2.3 5.2.4 5.2.5 5.2.6 5.2.7 5.2.8 5.2.9 5.3 5.3.1 5.3.2 iv Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................. 5-2 AFUDOS utility ........................................................ 5-3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................ 5-6 ASUS Update utility ................................................ 5-8 BIOS menu screen ................................................. 5-12 Menu bar ............................................................... 5-12 Navigation keys .................................................... 5-12 Menu items ........................................................... 5-13 Sub-menu items ................................................... 5-13 Configuration fields .............................................. 5-13 Pop-up window ..................................................... 5-13 Scroll bar .............................................................. 5-13 General help .......................................................... 5-13 System Time ......................................................... 5-14 System Date ......................................................... 5-14 BIOS setup program ........................................................... 5-11 Main menu .......................................................................... 5-14 Contents 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5 5.3.6 5.4 5.4.1 5.4.2 4.4.3 5.4.4 5.4.5 5.4.6 5.5 5.5.1 5.5.2 5.6 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.6.3 5.7 Legacy Diskette A ................................................ 5-14 IDE Configuration .................................................. 5-15 Primary/Secondary/Third IDE Master/Slave ......... 5-16 System Information .............................................. 5-18 MPS Configuration ................................................ 5-19 Remote Access Configuration .............................. 5-20 CPU Configuration ................................................. 5-21 Chipset Configuration ........................................... 5-23 Onboard Devices Configuration ............................ 5-27 PCI/PnP Configuration .......................................... 5-28 APM Configuration ................................................ 5-30 Hardware Monitor ................................................. 5-32 Boot Device Priority .............................................. 5-34 Boot Settings Configuration ................................. 5-35 Security ................................................................ 5-36 Advanced menu .................................................................. 5-19 Power menu ........................................................................ 5-29 Boot menu .......................................................................... 5-34 Exit menu ........................................................................... 5-39 Chapter 6: RAID configuration 6.1 Setting up RAID .................................................................... 6-2 6.1.1 6.1.2 6.1.3 6.1.4 6.2 6.2.1 6.2.2 6.2.3 6.2.4 6.2.5 6.2.6 6.2.7 6.2.8 6.2.9 RAID definitions ...................................................... 6-2 Installing hard disk drives ....................................... 6-3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ................................ 6-3 RAID configuration utility ........................................ 6-3 Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set ............................. 6-5 Creating a RAID 10 set ......................................... 6-11 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration ............... 6-15 Initializing the logical drives .................................. 6-18 Rebuilding failed drives ......................................... 6-23 Checking the drives for data consistency ............ 6-25 Deleting a RAID configuration ............................... 6-28 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set ............. 6-29 Enabling the WriteCache ...................................... 6-30 LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility ...................... 6-4 v Contents 6.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility .............. 6-31 6.3.1 6.3.2 6.3.3 6.3.4 6.3.5 6.3.6 6.3.7 6.4 Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe) .............................. 6-32 Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror) .............................. 6-34 Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe + Mirror) .............. 6-35 Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity) .............................. 6-36 Deleting a RAID set ............................................... 6-37 Resetting disks to Non-RAID ................................ 6-38 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager ............ 6-38 Global Array Manager ......................................................... 6-39 Chapter 7: Driver installation 7.1 RAID driver installation ......................................................... 7-2 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.2 7.2.1 7.2.2 7.3 7.3.1 7.3.2 7.3.3 7.4 7.4.1 7.4.2 7.4.3 7.4.4 7.4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk ..................................... 7-2 Installing the RAID controller driver ........................ 7-3 Windows® 2000/2003 Server .............................. 7-12 Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 ................................ 7-13 Windows® 2000 Server ........................................ 7-14 Windows® 2003 Server ........................................ 7-15 Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 ................................ 7-15 Running the support CD ....................................... 7-16 Drivers menu ........................................................ 7-16 Management Software menu ................................ 7-17 Utilities menu ........................................................ 7-17 Contact information ............................................. 7-17 LAN driver installation ........................................................ 7-12 VGA driver installation ........................................................ 7-14 Management applications and utilities installation ............. 7-16 Appendix: Reference information A.1 A.2 Intel® EM64T ........................................................................ A-2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) .................... A-2 A.2.1 A.2.2 A.3 A.4 A.5 System requirements ............................................. A-2 Using the EIST ........................................................ A-3 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ...................................... A-4 Block diagram ....................................................................... A-5 Power supply specifications ................................................. A-6 A.1.1 A.1.2 General description ................................................. A-6 Specifications ......................................................... A-6 vi Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two co ...