Asus RS520-E8-RS12-EV2, User Manual

Page 1: ...Server User Guide RS520 E8 RS8 V2 RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 ...

Page 2: ...ption 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 Specifications 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...

Page 3: ...hassis cover 2 2 2 2 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 3 2 2 1 Installing the CPU 2 3 2 3 System memory 2 9 2 3 1 Overview 2 9 2 3 2 Memory Configurations 2 9 2 3 3 Installing a DIMM 2 11 2 3 4 Removing a DIMM 2 11 2 4 Hard disk drives 2 12 2 4 1 Installing a 3 5 inch HDD 2 12 2 4 2 Installing a 2 5 inch SSD RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 only 2 13 2 5 Expansion slot 2 15 2 5 1 Installing an expansion card to the ...

Page 4: ... 2 5 1 1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 5 2 5 1 2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility 5 3 5 1 3 BUPDATER utility 5 4 5 2 BIOS setup program 5 6 5 2 1 BIOS menu screen 5 7 5 2 2 Menu bar 5 7 5 2 3 Menu items 5 8 5 2 4 Submenu items 5 8 5 2 5 Navigation keys 5 8 5 2 6 General help 5 8 5 2 7 Configuration fields 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 ...

Page 5: ...llaneous Configuration 5 38 5 5 9 Server ME Configuration 5 38 5 5 10 Runtime Error Logging Support 5 39 5 6 Server Mgmt menu 5 39 5 7 Event Logs menu 5 44 5 7 1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings 5 44 5 7 2 View Smbios Event Log 5 45 5 8 Monitor menu 5 46 5 9 Security menu 5 47 5 10 Boot menu 5 50 5 11 Tool menu 5 51 5 12 Exit menu 5 52 Chapter 6 RAID Configuration 6 1 Setting up RAID 6 2 6 1 1 RAI...

Page 6: ... Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 6 31 6 4 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Windows 6 32 6 4 1 Creating a RAID set 6 33 6 4 2 Changing a Volume Type 6 35 6 4 3 Deleting a volume 6 36 6 4 4 Preferences 6 37 Chapter 7 Driver Installation 7 1 RAID driver installation 7 2 7 1 1 Creating a RAID driver disk 7 2 7 1 2 Installing the RAID controller driver 7 4 7 2 Management applications and ...

Page 7: ...the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Canadian Department of Communi...

Page 8: ... 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...

Page 9: ...pal waste Australia statement notice From 1 January 2012 updated warranties apply to all ASUS products consistent with the Australian Consumer Law For the latest product warranty details please visit http support asus com Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any ...

Page 10: ...ptions 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 Information This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus an...

Page 11: ...mphasize 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 re...

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Page 13: ...1 Product Introduction This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports Chapter 1 Product Introduction ...

Page 14: ...80 mm x 38 mm 1 x Power sharing Board 1 x Air duct 1 x 770W Redundant Power Supply 8 x Hot swap 3 5 inch HDD Trays 1 x SATA SAS back panel 1 x Front I O Board 4 x System Fans 80 mm x 38 mm 1 x Power sharing Board 1 x Air duct Accessories 1 x Support DVD 1 x ASWM Enterprise DVD 1 x ASMB8 DVD 2 x Bag of Screws 2 x AC Power Cable 1 x Support DVD 1 x ASWM Enterprise DVD 1 x ASMB8 DVD 1 x Bag of Screws...

Page 15: ... you must take note of the product s serial number containing 12 characters such as xxS0xxxxxxxx shown as the figure below With the correct serial number of the product ASUS Technical Support team members can then offer a quicker and satisfying solution to your problems xxS0xxxxxxxx RS520 E8 RS8 V2 xxS0xxxxxxxx RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 ...

Page 16: ...64GB 32GB LRDIMM Refer to www asus com for the latest memory AVL update Expansion Slots follow SSI Location Total PCI PCI E Slots 3 1 Slot Type Low profile 1 x PCI E Gen3 x16 x8 link 2 x PCI E Gen3 x8 x8 link 1 x PCI E Gen3 x8 x8 Gen3 link for OCP Mezzanine Supports MCB 10G series 10 Gigabit s series Gigabit Ethernet LAN card Optional Storage SATAController Intel C612 9 x SATA 6 Gbps ports 8 x 2 m...

Page 17: ...012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 RedHat Enterprise Linux CentOS Unbuntu VMWare Citrix XenServer Support versions are subject to change without notice Refer to www asus com for updates Management Solution Software ASWM Enterprise Out of Band Remote Management ASMB8 iKVM for KVM over Internet Dimension HH x WW x DD 615 mm x 444 mm x 88 mm Net Weight Kg CPU DRAM HDD not included 23 K...

Page 18: ...tem power and detach the power supply before removing or replacing any system component RS500 E8 RS8 V2 RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 1 2 3 4 HDD Bay 1 HDD Bay 5 HDD Bay 2 HDD Bay 6 HDD Bay 3 HDD Bay 7 HDD Bay 4 HDD Bay 8 Slim optical drive optional Refer to 1 7 LED information Power button Location button Reset button 2 x USB 3 0 ports VGA port USB 2 0 ports Reset button HDD Bay 5 HDD Bay 6 HDD Bay 7 HDD Bay...

Page 19: ...or technicians only RS520 E8 RS8 V2 RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 1 2 3 4 Redundant power supply PS 2 keyboard mouse cpmbo port Power connector LAN port 2 Serial port optional LAN port 1 2 x USB 3 0 ports DM management LAN port Mezzanine 10G dual port LAN card optional Redundant power supply PS 2 keyboard mouse cpmbo port Power connector LAN port 1 LAN port 2 2 x USB 3 0 ports DM management LAN port VGA port ...

Page 20: ... a simple but useful device that is conveniently located on the front panel of the server that you can pull out or easily slide back in It has a piece of paper that allows you to write down important information about the server RS520 E8 RS8 V2 RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 ...

Page 21: ...tional 6 System fans 7 Asset Tag 8 Hot swap 3 5 inch HDD Bay RS520 E8 RS8 V2 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 The barebone server does not include a floppy disk drive Connect a USB floppy disk drive to any of the USB ports on the front or rear panel if you need to use a floppy disk WARNING HAZARDOUS MOVING PARTS KEEP FINGERS AND OTHER BODY PARTS AWAY Turn off the system power and detach the power supply befo...

Page 22: ...8 Asset Tag 9 Hot swap 3 5 inch HDD Bay 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 1 2 3 9 The barebone server does not include a floppy disk drive Connect a USB floppy disk drive to any of the USB ports on the front or rear panel if you need to use a floppy disk WARNING HAZARDOUS MOVING PARTS KEEP FINGERS AND OTHER BODY PARTS AWAY Turn off the system power and detach the power supply before removing or replacing any system...

Page 23: ...ing LAN is transmitting or receiving data ON LAN connection is present 3 4 Blinking LAN is transmitting or receiving data Location LED 1 2 3 4 RESET ON Location switch is pressed OFF Normal status Press the location switch again to turn off RS520 E8 RS8 V2 LAN4 LED for Mezzanine card LAN3 LED for Mezzanine card 1 2 3 4 RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 LAN2 LED LAN1 LED Message LED HDD Access LED Power button wit...

Page 24: ...a activity GREEN 1 Gbps connection 1 7 3 HDD status LED HDD status LED HDD activity LED HDD LED Description HDD Status LED GREEN Power ON HDD detected RED RAID disk has failed and should be swapped immediately Error detected in the installed HDD Blinking GREEN RED RAID rebuilding OFF No HDD installed HDD Activity LED Blinking GREEN Read write data from to HDD SPEED LED ACT LINK LED SPEED LED ACT L...

Page 25: ...This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing or removing system components Chapter 2 Hardware Information 2 Hardware Information ...

Page 26: ...hassis There is no need to remove the thunbscrews just loose them 1 2 3 4 Screws 2 Firmly hold the rear cover and slide it towards the back panel for about half an inch to the front cover Front cover side thumbscrew 3 Remove the rear cover from the chassis The chassis is covered with a layer of film Before starting up the system remove the film to avoid overheating ...

Page 27: ...before installing the CPU Upon purchase of the motherboard ensure that the PnP cap is on the socket and the socket contacts are not bent Contact your retailer immediately if the PnP cap is missing or if you see any damage to the PnP cap socket contacts motherboard components ASUS shoulders the repair cost only if the damage is shipment transit related Keep the cap after installing the motherboard ...

Page 28: ...therboard Before installing the CPU ensure that the socket box is facing toward you and the triangle mark is on the lower left position Triangle mark 3 Press the right load lever down A then move it to the left B until it is released from the retention tab C Load lever ...

Page 29: ... is released from the retention tab F then gently pull it until it is fully extended 5 Gently push the right load lever down to slightly lift the load plate G Do not insert the load lever into the retention tab 6 Hold the edge then gently lift the load plate H Load plate Load lever edge of the Load plate ...

Page 30: ...ket to prevent bending the CPU pins on the socket 7 Get the CPU 8 Align and position the CPU over the socket ensuring that the triangle mark on the CPU matches the triangle mark on the socket box Triangle mark 9 Install the CPU into the slot 10 Gently push the load plate just enough to let it sit on top of the CPU ...

Page 31: ...s fixed and tucked securely under the lever J then the PnP cap will eject automatically PnP cap Retention tab Load lever edge of load plate 12 Push the right load lever down K ensuring that the edge of the load plate is fixed and tucked securely under the lever L then insert the right load lever under the retention tab M ...

Page 32: ...ly some Thermal Interface Material to the exposed area of the CPU that the heatsink will be in contact with The Thermal Interface Material is toxic and inedible DO NOT eat it If it gets into your eyes or touches your skin wash it off immediately and seek professional medical help 14 Install the heatsink according to the illustrations below 15 Recover the air duct when the CPU and DIMMs are install...

Page 33: ...e location of the DDR4 DIMM sockets 2 3 2 Memory Configurations You may install 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB and 32 GB RDIMMs or 32 GB 64 GB LR DIMMs and NVDIMM into the DIMM sockets using the memory configurations in this section Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency For optimum compatibility it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor Start installing the DIMMs in slots A2 ...

Page 34: ...DIMMs P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Single CPU configuration must be installed on CPU1 DIMM A2 A1 B2 B1 C2 C1 D2 D1 1 DIMM P 1 DIMM P 2 DIMMs P P 4 DIMMs P P P P 8 DIMMs P P P P P P P P Dual CPU configuration You can refer to the following recommended memory population for a dual CPU configuration Single CPU configuration You can refer to the following recommended memory population for a single ...

Page 35: ...er system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the motherboard and the components 1 Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward 2 Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the DIMM slot key on the socket A DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it fits in only one direction DO NOT force a DIMM into a socket in the wrong direction to avoi...

Page 36: ...ts to the motherboard SATAII SAS ports via SATAII SAS backplane 1 2 3 Slide the HDD into the drive tray with the SATA port facing towards the back of the expansion slot Ensure that the screw holes on the HDD matches the screw holes on the tray 4 Secure the HDD in the HDD tray with four screws two on each side Tray lever Spring lock 2 4 1 Installing a 3 5 inch HDD To install a 3 5 inch HDD 1 Press ...

Page 37: ...h of the bay A and push the tray lever until it clicks and secures the drive tray in place B The drive tray is correctly placed when its front edge aligns with the bay edge A B When installed the SATA II SAS connector on the drive connects to the SATA II SAS interface on the backplane 6 Repeat steps 1 to 5 to install other 3 5 inch SATA II SAS HDDs 2 Firmly hold the tray lever then pull the drive ...

Page 38: ...ure that the SSD is fitted firmly inside the drive tray and that the four screws of the SSD matches the four screws holes of the drive tray 5 Carefully insert the drive tray and push it all the way to the depth of the bay A Lock the secure tab to secure the drive tray in place B A B When installed the connector on the drive connects to the connector on the backplane 6 Repeat steps 1 to 5 to instal...

Page 39: ...l Low Profile PCI Express expansion cards 2 5 1 Installing an expansion card to the PCI E slot To install an expansion card 1 Remove two screws on the bracket and put it aside The steps below are only for RS520 E8 RS8 V2 2 Remove the screws that secure the metal cover to the chassis 3 Remove the metal cover then set it aside for future use ...

Page 40: ...6 4 Insert the expansion card into the PCI E slot Ensure that the golden fingers are totally inserted into the slot Secure it with the screws removed before 5 Reinstall the bracket Secure it with two screws to complete the installation ...

Page 41: ... an ASUS PIKE II card RS520 E8 RS8 only You can install an ASUS PIKE II card on the provided PCI E slot onboard To install an ASUS PIKE II card 1 Remove the default cable from the motherboard and the backplane 2 Remove two screws on the bracket and put it aside ...

Page 42: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Information 2 18 3 Remove the bracket and remove the screws that secure the metal cover to the chassis 4 Remove the metal cover then set it aside for future use ...

Page 43: ...nnector 1 5 Prepare your ASUS PIKE II card 6 Insert the expansion card into the PCI E slot Ensure that the golden fingers are totally inserted into the slot 7 Secure the ASUS PIKE II card with the screw removed before and reinstall the bracket then connect the two mini SAS HD cables to the ASUS PIKE II card ...

Page 44: ... the two bracket screws removed before 9 Connect connector 1 on the ASUS PIKE II card to connector 1 on the backplane and connector 2 on the ASUS PIKE II card to connector 2 on the backplane using two mini SAS HD cables Backplane connector 2 Backplane connector 1 ...

Page 45: ...he screw on the M 2 socket and put it aside 2 Prepare your M 2 expansion card 3 Align and insert the M 2 card into the M 2 slot onboard as shown 4 Secure the M 2 card with a screw to complete the installation Please pay attention when removing the screw the stand screw might be removed together with it Ensure that the M 2 card is positioned between the screw and the stand screw before securing it ...

Page 46: ...ove the slot bay from the Mezzanine card expansion slot 3 Match and insert the four 4 screw holes on the Mezzanine card into the four 4 stand screws on the chassis then insert the Mezzanine card to the slot on the motherboard AUXLED_CON1 2 Prepare your Mezannine card and the signal cable Connect the signal transmission end white to the AUXLED_CON header on the card ...

Page 47: ...e the Mezzanine card with the four 4 bundled screws 5 Connect the signal end black to the OCP_LED1 header on the motherboard OCP_LED1 The two ends of the signal cable are different in size and color for easy recognition Please refer to your exact cable ...

Page 48: ... drivers for the expansion card Standard Interrupt assignments These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices IRQ Priority Standard function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 ACPI Mode when used 10 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steeri...

Page 49: ...tandard cables connected to the motherboard 1 24 pin ATX power connector from power supply to motherboard 2 8 pin 12V power connector from power supply to motherboard 3 System fan connector from system fan to motherboard 4 USB connector from motherboard to front I O board 5 SATA ports connectors system default from motherboard to SATA SAS backplane 6 System auxiliary panel connector from motherboa...

Page 50: ...2G 35 R20E connect to the 8 pin power connector MSAS_HD1 MSAS_HD2 RS520 E8 RS8 V2 connect to mini SAS HD connectors 1 and 2 on the backplane With two mini SAS HD cables connected a total number of 8 SAS SATA HDDs can be supported SAS SATA expander on the rear panel ...

Page 51: ...ions BPSMB1 connect to the SMB 6 1 pin FPSMB connector on the auxiliary panel connect to the 8 pin power connector connect to mini SAS HD connectors 1 and 2 on the backplane With two mini SAS HD cables connected a total number of 12 SAS SATA HDDs can be supported SAS SATA expander on the rear panel MSAS_HD1 MSAS_HD2 MSAS_HD3 ...

Page 52: ...tem fans 1 Insert the fan into the fan cage The airflow directional arrow on the fan side should point towards the CPU heatsink 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 Slim type optical drive optional 3 Redundant power supply module optional Ensure that the system is turned off be...

Page 53: ...ive cover to the chassis 2 Secure two screws on each side of the optical drive to secure it into the expansion bracket 3 Place the slim optical drive into the expansion bay 4 Ensure the expansion tray is completely inserted into the bay The drive tray is correctly placed when its front edge aligns with the bay edge To install the optional optical drive ...

Page 54: ...remove or uninstall the slim type optical disk drive 1 Locate the optical drive eject latch at the back of the optical drive bay 2 Press the optical drive eject latch to the right then push the slim type optical drive towards the front panel ...

Page 55: ... replace a failed redundant power supply module 1 Press the secure tab to the left using your thumb and hold the power supply module lever using other fingers 2 Pull the power supply module out of the system chassis B 3 Insert the replacement power supply module into the chassis A B ...

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Page 57: ...This chapter describes how to install the optional components and devices into the barebone server 3 Installation Options Chapter 3 Installation Options ...

Page 58: ...ditional support and stability to the server The tool less rail kit package includes Installing the tool less rack rail To install the tool less rack rails into the rack 1 Secure the two fixing 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 scr...

Page 59: ... lock then insert the studs into the selected square mounting holes on the rack post 5 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 6 Optional Use the rail screw and rail washer that comes with the kit to secure the rack rail to the rack post 7 Perform steps 3 to 5 for the other rack rail Ensure that t...

Page 60: ...iew 1 2 3 4 Ensure that the rack rail cabinet and the rack posts are stable and standing firmly on a level surface We strongly recommend that at least two able bodied persons perform the steps described in this guide We recommend the use an appropriate lifting tool or device if necessary ...

Page 61: ...This chapter includes the motherboard layout and brief descriptions of the jumpers and internal connectors 4 Motherboard Information Chapter 4 Motherboard Information ...

Page 62: ... 3 pin CLRTC1 4 4 2 VGA controller setting 3 pin VGA_SW1 4 5 3 LAN controller setting 3 pin LAN_SW1 LAN_SW2 4 5 4 ME firmware force recovery setting 3 pin ME_RCVR1 4 6 5 DDR4 thermal event setting 3 pin DIMMTRIP1 4 6 6 RAID configuration utility selection 3 pin RAID_SEL1 4 7 7 BMC Setting 3 pin BMC_EN1 4 7 ...

Page 63: ...ATX12V2 4 12 10 System panel connector 20 1 pin PANEL1 4 13 11 Auxiliary panel connector 20 2 pin AUX_PANEL1 4 14 12 VGA connector 10 1 pin VGA_HDR1 4 15 13 Hard disk activity LED connector 4 pin HDLED1 4 15 14 Chassis Intrusion 2 pin INTRUSION1 4 16 15 ISATA ISSATA connectors ISATA ISSATA 4 16 16 M 2 NGFF connector NGFF1 4 17 17 Mezzanine PCI card connector MEZZ1 4 17 Onboard LEDs Page 1 Standby ...

Page 64: ... computer and unplug the power cord 2 Move the jumper cap from the default pins 1 2 to pins 2 3 Keep the cap on pins 2 3 for about 5 to 10 seconds then move the cap back to pins 1 2 3 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 4 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data DO NOT remove the cap on CLRTC jumper default position except when clearing the RTC R...

Page 65: ...s jumper allows you to enable or disable the onboard VGA controller Set to pins 1 2 to activate the VGA feature 3 LAN controller setting 3 pin LAN_SW1 LAN_SW2 These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the onboard LAN_SW1 or LAN_SW2 Set to pins 1 2 to activate the Gigabit LAN feature ...

Page 66: ...overy setting 3 pin ME_RCVR1 This jumper allows you to force Intel Management Engine ME boot from recovery mode when ME becomes corrupted 5 DDR4 thermal event setting 3 pin DIMMTRIP1 This jumper allows you to enable or disable DDR4 DIMM thermal sensing event pin ...

Page 67: ... you create disk arrays Place the jumper caps over pins 1 2 to use the third party software LSI MegaRAID software RAID Configuration Utility otherwise place the jumper caps to pins 2 3 to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM Utility 7 BMC Setting 3 pin BMC_EN1 This jumper allows you to enable or disable the Baseboard Management Controller ASMB8 ...

Page 68: ...hat allows up to 6 Gbps of data transfer rate The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of Serial ATA hard disks installed 2 Power Supply SMBus connector 5 pin PSUSMB1 This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus to the PSU power supply unit to read PSU information Devices communicate with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices using the SMBus interface This connecto...

Page 69: ...that supports up to 480 Mb s connection speed 4 USB 3 0 connector 20 1 pin USB3_34 This connector allows you to connect a USB 3 0 module for additional USB 3 0 front or rear panel ports With an installed USB 3 0 module you can enjoy all the benefits of USB 3 0 including faster data transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps faster charging time for USB chargeable devices optimized power efficiency and backwar...

Page 70: ...AN2 FRNT_FAN3 FRNT_FAN4 FRNT_FAN5 REAR_FAN1 REAR_FAN2 The fan connectors support cooling fans Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard ensuring that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector DO NOT forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors Insufficient air flow inside the system may damage the motherboard components These are not jumpe...

Page 71: ...e connectors then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis 8 Trusted Platform Module connector 20 1 pin TPM1 This connector supports a Trusted Platform Module TPM system which can securely store keys digital certificates passwords and data A TPM system also helps enhance network security protects digital identities and ensures platform integrity ...

Page 72: ...irmly until the connectors completely fit DO NOT forget to connect the 24 pin and the 8 pin power plugs otherwise the system will not boot up Use of a power supply unit PSU with a higher power output is recommended when configuring a system with more power consuming devices The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate This motherboard supports ATX2 0 PSU or later ve...

Page 73: ...r 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector is for the chassis mounted system warning speaker The speaker allows you to hear system beeps and warnings 4 Hard disk drive activity LED 2 pin HDLED This 2 pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to this connector The HD LED lights up or flashes when data is read from or written to the HDD 5 Power button soft off button 2 p...

Page 74: ...2 LAN activity LED 2 pin LAN1_LINKACTLED LAN2_LINKACTLED These connectors are for Gigabit LAN activity LEDs on the front panel 3 Locator LED 2 pin LOCATORLED1 LOCATORLED2 These connectors are for the locator LED1 and LED2 on the front panel Connect the Locator LED cables to these 2 pin connector The LEDs will light up when the Locator button is pressed 4 Locator Button Switch 2 pin LOCATORBTN Thes...

Page 75: ...the VGA High Dynamic Range interface 13 Hard disk activity LED connector 4 pin HDLED1 This LED connector is for the storage add on card cable connected to the SATA or SAS add on card The read or write activities of any device connected to the SATA or SAS add on card causes the front panel LED to light up ...

Page 76: ... SATA 6Gb s ports and Intel RAID 14 Chassis Intrusion 2 pin INTRUSION1 These leads are for the intrusion detection feature for chassis with intrusion sensor or microswitch When you remove any chassis component the sensor triggers and sends a high level signal to these leads to record a chassis intrusion event The default setting is short CASEOPEN and GND pin by jumper cap to disable the function ...

Page 77: ...F1 This connector allows you to install an M 2 device 17 Mezzanine PCI card connector MEZZ1 The MEZZ1 connector supports Open Compute Project OCP cards This connector supports type 2242 devices on both PCI E and SATA interface The M 2 NGFF device is purchased separately ...

Page 78: ...SMB8 4 4 Onboard LEDs 1 Standby Power LED SBPWR1 The motherboard comes with a standby power LED The green LED lights up to indicate that the standby mode of the system is ON the system is in sleep mode or the system is in soft off mode This is a reminder that you should shut down the system and unplug the power cable before removing or plugging in any motherboard component The illustration below s...

Page 79: ...ight up to indicate failure on either CPU1 CPU2 or both 4 Location LED LOCLED1 This onboard LED lights up when the Location button on the server is pressed or when triggered by a system management software The Location LED helps visually locate and quickly identify the server in error on a server rack ...

Page 80: ...warning LEDs light up to indicate failure on the corresponding DIMMs The warning LEDs only functions when you enable the ASUS ASMB8 6 CATT LED CATTERR_LED1 The CATT LED indicates that the system has experienced a fatal or catastrophic error and cannot continue to operate 6 CATT LED CATTERR_LED1 The CATT LED indicates that the system has experienced a fatal or catastrophic error and cannot continue...

Page 81: ... 4 21 7 Message LED MESLED1 This onboard LED lights up to red when there is temperature warning or a BMC event log is generated 8 OCPLAN Activity LED connector 4 pin OCP_LED1 OCPLAN LED connector supports ASUS MCB 10G 2S OCP card Active LED ...

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Page 83: ...This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided 5 BIOS Setup Chapter 5 BIOS Setup ...

Page 84: ...atically recover the BIOS It resets the system when the BIOS recovery finished 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 file Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable USB fl...

Page 85: ...ows you to update the BIOS without having to use a DOS based utility Before you start using this utility download the latest BIOS from the ASUS website at www asus com To update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2 Utility 1 Insert the USB flash disk that contains the latest BIOS file into the USB port 2 Enter the BIOS setup program Go to the Tool menu then select ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility Press Enter ASUS Tek...

Page 86: ... disk drive 2 Copy the BUPDATER utility BUPDATER exe from the ASUS support website at support asus com to the bootable USB flash disk drive you created earlier 3 Boot the system in DOS mode then at the prompt type BUPDATER i filename CAP where filename is the latest or the original BIOS file on the bootable USB flash disk drive then press Enter A BUPDATER i file name CAP This function can support ...

Page 87: ...he 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 finished Please restart your system C ASUS Tek EzFlash Utility Start programming the Flash DO NOT SHUTDOWN THE SYSTEM Write 25 Current Platform Platform Z10PR D16 Version 0401 Build Date 09 05 2013 New Platform Platform Z10PR D16 Version 0606 Build Date 03 2...

Page 88: ...un 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 first two failed The Setup pr...

Page 89: ...t Logs For changing the event log settings Monitor For displaying the system temperature power status and changing the fan settings Security For changing the security settings Boot For changing the system boot configuration Tool For configuring options for special functions Exit For selecting the exit options To select an item on the menu bar press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until...

Page 90: ...ngs 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 fields show the values for the menu items If an item is user configurable you can change the value of the field opposite the item You cannot select an item that is not user configurable A configurable field is enclosed in brackets and is highlighted when se...

Page 91: ...e 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 ...

Page 92: ...dvanced 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 field values can cause the system to malfunction ...

Page 93: ...iguration options Disabled Enabled Enable Hibernation Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the ability of the system to hibernate OS Sleep State Configuration options Disabled Enabled This option may be not effective with some OS 5 4 2 Smart Settings SMART Self Test Disabled Allows you to run SMART Self Test on all HDDs during POST Configuration options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 94: ...ial Port 2 Serial Port Enabled Allows you to enable or disable Serial Port Configuration options Disabled Enabled Change Settings Auto Allows you to choose the setting for Super IO device Configuration 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 ...

Page 95: ...able Intel I210 Lan2 Enable Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Intel LAN Configuration options Disabled Enabled Intel LAN ROM Type PXE Allows you to select the Intel LAN ROM type Configuration options Disabled PXE iSCSI 5 4 4 Intel LAN I210 Configuration ...

Page 96: ... second 57600 Selects serial port transmission speed The speed must be matched on the other side Long or noisy lines may require lower speeds Configuration options 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Data Bits 8 Configuration options 7 8 Parity None A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors Mark and Space parity do not allow for error detection None None Even parity ...

Page 97: ...erminals Configuration options Disabled Enabled Recorder Mode Disabled With this mode enabled only text will be sent This is to capture Terminal data Configuration options Disabled Enabled Legacy OS Redirection Resolution 80x24 This allows you to set the number of rows and columns supported on the Legacy OS Configuration options 80x24 80x25 Putty Keypad VT100 This allows you to select the Function...

Page 98: ...low for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port Configuration 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 Configuration options 9600 19200 57600 115200 Flow Control None Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services EMS allow for remote m...

Page 99: ...er loss Configuration options Power Off Power On Last State Power On By PCIE Disabled Disabled Disables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event Enabled Enables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event Power On By Ring Disabled Disabled Disables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event Enabled Enables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event Power On By RTC Disabled Disabled Disables RTC to ge...

Page 100: ...ding 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 Configuration 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 Configuration options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 101: ... Ipv4 PXE Support Enabled Enables or disables the Ipv4 PXE Boot Support If disabled Ipv4 PXE boot option will not be created Configuration options Disabled Enabled Ipv6 PXE Support Enabled Enables or disables the Ipv6 PXE Boot Support If disabled Ipv6 PXE boot option will not be created Configuration options Disabled Enabled PXE boot wait time 0 Wait time to press ESC key to abort the PXE boot Med...

Page 102: ...isplay mode for option ROM Configuration options Force BIOS Keep Current Boot Option filter Legacy only This option allows you to control the Legacy UEFI ROMs priority Configuration 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 Configuration options UEFI Legacy Other PCI device L...

Page 103: ...E8 RS8 V2 RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 5 21 5 4 10 Trusted Computing Configuration Security Device Support Disabled Allows you to enable or disable the BIOS support for security device Configuration options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 104: ...bled EHCI Hand off Disabled This is a workaround for 0Ses without EHCI hand off support The EHCI ownership change should be claimed by EHCI driver Configuration options Disabled Enabled USB Mass Storage Driver Support Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the USB Mass Storage drvier support Configuration options Disabled Enabled Port 60 64 Emulation Enabled This allows you to enable the I O port...

Page 105: ... sec 5 sec 10 sec 20 sec Device reset time out 20 sec USB mass storage device start unit command time out Configuration options 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec 40 sec Device power up delay Auto This is the maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the host controller Configuration options Auto Manual 5 4 12 iSCSI Configuration Allows you to configure the iSCSi parameters ...

Page 106: ...5 24 Chapter 5 BIOS Setup 5 5 IntelRCSetup menu ...

Page 107: ...is enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Execute Disable Bit Enabled XD can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting OS Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows XP SP2 SuSE Linux 9 2 Redhat Enterprise 3 Update 3 Configuration options Disabled Enabled Enable Intel TXT Support Disabled Forces the XD feature log to always return 0 when disabled Conf...

Page 108: ... L1 line based upon sequential load history Configuration options Disabled Enabled DCU Mode 32K 8Way Without ECC Configuration options 32K 8Way Without ECC 16K 4Way With ECC Direct Cache Access DCA Auto This Item allows you to enable or disable Direct Cache Access Configuration options Auto Disabled Enabled DCA Prefetch Delay 32 This Item allows you to set the time for the DCA Prefetch delay Help ...

Page 109: ...n options Disabled Enabled CPU Advanced PM Turning This item allows you to set additional CPU Power Management settings Energy Perf BIAS Energy Performance Tuning Disabled Allows your system to select from BIOS or operating system to choose enable energy performance bias tuning Configuration options Disabled Enabled Energy Performance Bias setting Balanced Performance Allows you to set the Energy ...

Page 110: ...ad Configuration Balanced Optimization for the workload characterization Configuration options Balanced I O sensitive Averaging Time Window 23 This is used to control the effective window of the average for CO and PO time PO TotalTimeThreshold Low 35 The HW switching mechanism disables the performance setting 0 when the total PO time is less than this threshold PO TotalTimeThreshold High 58 The HW...

Page 111: ...tem allows you to select the QPI link speed as either the fast mode or slow mode Configuration options Slow Fast Link Frequency Select Auto This item allows you for selecting the QPI link frequency Configuration options Auto 6 4 GT s 8 0 GT s 9 6 GT s QPI Link0p Enable Enable Configuration options Disable Enable QPI Link1 Enable Enable Configuration options Disable Enable QPI Status ...

Page 112: ...r Enabled Allows you to enable or disable halt on mem Training Error Configuration options Disabled Enabled ECC Support Auto Allows you to enable or disable the ECC support Configuration options Auto Disabled Enabled Enhanced Log Parsing Disabled Allows you to enable or disable the Enhanced Log Parsing Configuration options Auto Disabled Enabled Data Scrambling Auto Allows you to enable disable da...

Page 113: ...tage and valid offset values is from 25 100 DIMM Tem Stat xx Allows you to select DIMMTEMPSTAT as temp_mid or tem_hi Memory Power Savings Mode Auto Allows you to configure the CKE and other related Memory Power Savings features Configuration options Auto Disabled APD On User Defined Reserve Reserved Memory Power Savings Advanced Options CK in SR Auto Configuration options Auto Driven Tri State Pul...

Page 114: ... RAS Configuration RAS Mode Disabled Allows you to enable or disable RAS Modes Enabling Sparing and Mirroring is not supported In case enabled Sparing will be selected Configuration options Disabled Mirror Lockstep Mode Memory Rank Sparing Disabled Allows you to enable or disable Memory Rank Sparing Configuration options Disabled Enabled Correctable Error Threshold 32767 Allows you to set the Corr...

Page 115: ... ROM Disabled Allows you to enable or disable the PCIE1 PCIE2 PCIE3 PCIE4 PCIE6 Option ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled Intel VT for Directed I O VT d Intel VT for Directed I O VT d Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I O Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Express Global Options TX EQ WA Enabled Use special table for TX_EQ and ...

Page 116: ...ly This option enables or disables the ASPM support for all downstream devices Configuration options Disabled L1 Only DeepSx Power Policies Disabled Allows you to configure the DeepSx Mode configuration Configuration options Disabled Enabled in S5 Enabled in S4 and S5 PCI Express Configuration ...

Page 117: ... sSATA Configuration sSATA Controller Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the sSATA Controller Configuration options Disabled Enabled Configure sSATA as AHCI Allows you to identify the SATA port is connected to Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive Configuration options IDE AHCI RAID SATA Mode options SATA LED locate Enabled If enabled LED SGPIO hardware is attached Configuration options Disabl...

Page 118: ... the SATA port is connected to Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive Configuration options IDE AHCI RAID Support Aggressive Link Power Management Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Suport Aggressive Link Power SALP Management Configuration options Disabled Enabled SATA Port 1 6 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 Port 6 Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the SATA port Configuration opt...

Page 119: ...ed The following items appears only when the USB Ports Per Port Disable Control is set to Enabled USB Port 1 2 3 4 Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled USB 3 0 Port 1 2 Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Platform Thermal Configuration PCH Thermal Device Auto Allows you to enable or disable the PCH Thermal Device D31 F6 Configuration options Auto Disabled Enabled ...

Page 120: ... Allows you to select the video type Configuration options Onboard Device Offboard Device 5 5 9 Server ME Configuration Displays the Server ME Technology parameters on your system Alert Enable Lock Disabled Allows you to lock all Alert Enable settings Configuration options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 121: ...isabled Enabled 5 6 Server Mgmt menu The Server Management menu displays the server management status and allows you to change the settings OS Watchdog Timer Disabled This item allows you to start a BIOS timer which can only be shut off by Intel Management Software after the OS loads Configuration options Disabled Enabled The following items is configurable only when the OS Watchdog Timer is set t...

Page 122: ... log configuration SEL Components Enabled Allows you to enable or disable all features of system Event Logging during boot Configuration options Disabled Enabled The following items appears only when you set SEL Components to Enabled All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted Erase SEL No Allows you to choose options for erasing SEL Configuration options No Yes On next ...

Page 123: ...ou to view the system event log records IPv6 BMC Network Configuration This item allows you to configure the parameter settings of IPv6 BMC network IPv6 Display Full Field Enable Displays the full or brief IPv6 Field Configuration options Disable Enable IPv6 Display Full Formula Enable Displays the full or brief IPv6 Formula Configuration options Disable Enable IPv6 Display Letter Case Upper Case ...

Page 124: ...C Lan IP address IPv6 BMC LAN IP Prefix Length Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan IP Prefix Length IPv6 BMC LAN Default Gateway Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan Default Gateway IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings Allows you to enter IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings IPv6 BMC LAN Link IP Address Allows you to enter IPv6 BMC LAN Link IP address IPv6 BMC LAN Link IP Prefix Length Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan Link IP...

Page 125: ...ing items appear only when you set IP BMC Lan IP Address Source to Static IPv6 BMC LAN IP Address Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan IP address IPv6 BMC LAN IP Prefix Length Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan IP Prefix Length IPv6 BMC LAN Default Gateway Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan Default Gateway IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings Allows you to enter IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings IPv6 BMC LAN Link IP Address...

Page 126: ... or disable all features of Smbios Event Logging during boot Configuration 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 Configuration options No Yes Next reset Yes Every reset When Log is Full Do Nothing Allows you to choose options for reactions to a full Smbios Event Log Confi...

Page 127: ...c value in the range 1 to 255 METW 60 Mutiple Event Time Windows METW The number of minutes which must pass between duplicate log entries which utilize a multiple event counter The value ranges from 0 to 99 minutes Custom Option Log OEM Codes Enabled Enable or disable the logging of EFI Status Codes as OEM Codes if not already converted to legacy Configuration options Disabled Enabled Convert OEM ...

Page 128: ...ltage VDDQ_GH_CPU2 Voltage 5VSB Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 3 3V Voltage VBAT Voltage 3 3VSB Voltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators CPU FAN1 2 FRNT FAN1 mode Generic Mode Allows you to configure the ASUS Smart Fan feature that smartly adjusts the fan speeds for more efficient system operation Configuration options Gen...

Page 129: ...Enter 2 From the Create New Password box key in a password then press Enter 3 Confirm 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 Confirm the password when prompted ...

Page 130: ...assword box key in a new password then press Enter 4 Confirm the password when prompted To clear a user password 1 Select the Clear User Password item and press Enter 2 Select Yes from the Warning message window then press Enter Secure Boot Menu This item allows you to customize the Secure Boot settings Secure Boot Disabled Secure Boot can be enabled if the system is running in User mode with enro...

Page 131: ... This item will ask you if you want to Install Factory Default secure keys Select Yes if you want to load the default secure keys otherwise select No Save All Secure Boot Variables This item will ask you if you want to save all secure boot variables Select Yes if you want to save all secure boot variables otherwise select No Platform Key PK Key Exchange Key KEK Authorized Signatures DB Authorized ...

Page 132: ... Disabled POST Report 5 sec Allows you to set the desired POST Report waiting time from 1 to 10 seconds Configuration options 1 sec 10 sec Until Press ESC Chassis Intrusion Warning Allows you to set an action when chassis intrusion has occurred Configuration options Warning Halt Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices The number of de...

Page 133: ...BA GE Slot 0700 v CD DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities Hard Drive BBS Priorities Network Device BBS Priorities These items appear only when you connect SATA ODD or hard drive to the SATA ports and allow you to set the booting order of the SATA devices 5 11 Tool menu The Tool menu items allow you to configure options for special functions Select an item then press Enter to display the submenu ASUS EZ Fl...

Page 134: ...o the BIOS items Save Changes Reset Exit System setup after saving the changes Discard Changes Exit Exit System setup without saving any changes Save Changes Reset Reset the system setup after saving the changes Discard Changes Reset Reset system setup without saving any changes Save Options Save Changes Save changes done so far to any of the setup options Discard Changes Discard changes done so f...

Page 135: ...s Restore the User Defaults to all the setup options Boot Override These items displays the available devices The device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system Click an item to start booting from the selected device Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Attempts to launch EFI Shell application shellx64 efi from one of the available filesystem de...

Page 136: ...5 54 Chapter 5 BIOS Setup ...

Page 137: ...6 RAID Configuration This chapter provides instructions for setting up creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities Chapter 6 RAID Configuration ...

Page 138: ...sting 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 configuration you get all the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and three ne...

Page 139: ... 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 C602 chipset Refer to the succeeding section for details on how to use the RAID configuration utility 6 1 2 Installing hard disk drives The motherboard supports Serial ATA for RAID set configuration For optim...

Page 140: ...ng RAID set s Press Ctrl M to enter the utility The LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility automatically configures to RAID 1 when the SATA to RAID Mode is enabled The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen due to the controller version difference When you create RAID sets with the LSI MegaRAID software RAID conf...

Page 141: ...figuration command This menu also allows you to view add or clear RAID configurations or select the boot drive Initialize Allows you to initialize the virtual drives of a created RAID set Objects Allows you to initialize virtual drives or change the virtual drive parameters Rebuild Allows you to rebuild failed drives Check Consistency Allows you to check the data consistency of the virtual drives ...

Page 142: ...ing a RAID 1 set You need at least four identical hard disk drives when creating a RAID 10 set SPACE Sel ENTER EndArray F10 Configure F2 Drive Info F3 Virtual Drives F4 HSP LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Port 2 DISK 74 74GB HDS728080PLA380 05 01C05 Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARR...

Page 143: ...ation ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10...

Page 144: ... Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE MB GB TB Select Units For VD Size RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter ...

Page 145: ...ebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Config...

Page 146: ...ursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Clear Existing Configuration And Start A New Configuration Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive Configurat...

Page 147: ...bottom of the screen 3 Follow step 3 to 12 of section 6 2 1 Creating a RAID set Using Easy Configuration to add a new RAID set Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R View Add to The Existing Configuration Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management M...

Page 148: ...e Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive selection and then press Space Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Initialize VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu SPACE De Select F10 Initialize LSI Software...

Page 149: ...estroy Data On Selected VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 Virtual Drives Yes No Initialize SPACE De Select F10 Initialize LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R ...

Page 150: ...Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Change VD Parameters Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Objects Press ENTER To Select A VD Del To Delete A VD LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Select VD Con...

Page 151: ...S Version A 10 09231523R Initialize VD Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Objects Virtual Drive 0 Virtual Drive 1 Initialize Check Consistency View Update Parameters Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS V...

Page 152: ...Space Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Rebuild VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu SPACE De Select F10 Start Rebuild F2 Drive Information F3 View Virtual Drives LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS...

Page 153: ...10 Start Rebuild F2 Drive Information F3 View Virtual Drives LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Port 1 DISK 77247MB HDS72808PLA380 PF20A60A Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu REBUILD PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 FAIL A00 01 0 1 PORT Rebuilding of Drive Will Take A Few Minutes Start Rebuilding D...

Page 154: ...2 The screen displays the available RAID set s and prompts you to select the virtual drive to check Press Space to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive sub menu and then press F10 Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R CC of VD s Configure Initialize Objects Re...

Page 155: ...elect F10 Initialize LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Select VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 10 154494MB 2 64KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 Virtual Drives Yes No Consistency Check SPACE De Select F10 ...

Page 156: ...ects and then select Virtual Drive from the sub menu 2 Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive you want to check and then press Enter 3 Select Check Consistency from the pop up menu and then press Enter 4 When prompted use the arrow keys to select Yes from the dialog box to check the drive 5 When checking is complete press any key to continue ...

Page 157: ...n Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Clear Existing Configuration Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive Configuration Menu Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C ...

Page 158: ...o Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Select A Boot VD Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive Configuration Menu Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And...

Page 159: ...es 4 Select Disk WC and then press Enter to turn on the option Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Disk Write Cache Off Write Through or On Write Back Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Objects Re...

Page 160: ...o display the utility main menu Before you proceed ensure that you have installed the Serial ATA hard disk drives have set the correct jumper settings of the motherboard and have set the correct SATA mode in the BIOS setup You can refer to sections Installing hard disk drives Setting Jumpers and Setting the RAID mode in BIOS for more information ESC Exit ENTER Select Menu Select Intel R Rapid Stor...

Page 161: ...ter when you are done ESC Previous Menu ENTER Select Change Intel R Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM 3 6 0 1023 Copyright C 2003 12 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 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...

Page 162: ...igher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing 7 In the Capacity field item key in the RAID volume capacity that you want to use and press Enter The default value field 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...

Page 163: ... 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 Copyright C 2003 12 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 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 Delet...

Page 164: ...pace A small triangle before the Port number marks the selected drive Press Enter when you are done 3 Press Y in the confirmation 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 ...

Page 165: ...on RAID SATA Hard Disk available the utility will prompt you to rebuild the RAID Press the up down arrow keys to select the destination disk then Press Enter to start the rebuilding process or press ESC to exit 6 3 4 Exiting the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility To exit the utility 1 From the utility main menu select 4 Exit then press Enter 2 Press Y to exit or pres...

Page 166: ...ded 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 specification 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 dis...

Page 167: ...e boot array in the BIOS Set at least one of the arrays bootable to boot from the hard disk 1 Reboot the system and press Del to enter the BIOS setup utility during POST 2 Go to the Boot menu and select the boot option priority 3 Use up down arrow keys to select the boot priority and press Enter See the Boot menu section of Chapter 4 for more details 4 From the Exit menu select Save Changes Exit t...

Page 168: ...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 configured 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 s...

Page 169: ...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 ...

Page 170: ... 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 ...

Page 171: ...ower 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 T...

Page 172: ...that you back up all your important data from your hard drives To delete a volume 1 From the utility main menu select the volume exp Volume_0000 in Volumes field 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 field The following screen appears ...

Page 173: ...tem Preferences Allow you to set to show the notification 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 ...

Page 174: ...6 38 Chapter 6 RAID Configuration ...

Page 175: ... Driver Installation This chapter provides the instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components in both Linux and Windows Operating Systems Chapter 7 Driver Installation ...

Page 176: ...red when installing Windows XP Server 2003 or Linux operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS using the Makedisk application in the support DVD To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment 1 Place the motherboard support DVD in the optical drive 2 Restart the computer and then enter the BIOS Setup 3 Select the optical drive as ...

Page 177: ...disk drive 5 Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process Write protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection To create a RAID driver disk in Red Hat Enterprise Linux server environment 1 Insert a blank formatted high density floppy disk to the USB floppy disk drive 2 Type dd if XXX img of dev fd0 to decompress the file into the floppy disk from the following path in t...

Page 178: ...lation To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows Server 2008 OS 1 Boot the computer using the Windows Server 2008 OS installation disc Follow the screen instructions to start installing Windows Server 2008 2 When prompted to choose a type of installation click Custom advanced 3 Click Load Driver ...

Page 179: ...d Support DVD into the optical drive Click Browse to continue 5 Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support DVD then click OK to continue 6 Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list and click Next 7 When the system finishes loading the RAID driver replace the motherboard Support DVD with the Windows Server installation disc Select the drive to install Windows and cl...

Page 180: ...m the Red Hat OS installation CD 2 At the boot type linux dd noprobe ata1 noprobe ata2 then press Enter The number of ata varies with the hard disk drive number you have when building a RAID set For example if you want to build a RAID set with 6 hard disk drives type command line linux dd noprobe ata1 noprobe ata2 noprobe ata3 noprobe ata4 noprobe ata5 noprobe ata6 To install or upgrade in graphic...

Page 181: ...onscreen instructions to finish the OS installation 7 When the installation is completed DO NOT click Reboot Press Ctrl Alt F2 to switch to the command line interface from graphic user interface 8 Type the following commands when using a Legacy floppy mkdir mnt driver mount dev fd0 mnt driver cd mnt driver sh replace_ahci sh reboot Do you wish to load any more driver disks ...

Page 182: ...ller driver when installing Red Hat Enterprise OS 1 Boot the system from the Red Hat OS installation CD 2 Press Tab to edit options 3 While booting from DVD press ESC to give the third party driver Enter the following command at the boot Linux dd blacklist isci blacklist ahci nodmraid then press ENTER ...

Page 183: ...Enter 5 You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk Choose one you like to use and select OK then press Enter OK Cancel Main Menu Yes No Driver Disk Sou8rce You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk Which would you like to use sdc sdd sdb sr0 Do you have a driver disk ...

Page 184: ...r the RAID card are installed to the system 7 When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers select No then press Enter More Driver Disks Yes No Insert Driver Disk OK Back 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the OS installation Insert your driver disk into dev sdb and press OK to continue Do you wish to load any more driver disks ...

Page 185: ...reate a 64bit RAID driver for SUSE11 sp1 1 Copy the image file into the Linux system Example megasr 15 00 0120 2012 1 sles11 ga x86_64 img 2 Create a folder Example image 3 Mount the image file into the image folder using this command format mount oloop image file name image Example mount oloop megasr 15 15 00 0120 2012 1 sles11 ga x86__64 img image 4 Copy the contents of the image directory label...

Page 186: ...m the menu Press Enter Installing SUSE 11 Linux OS To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS 1 Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD 2 Use the arrow keys to select Installation from the Boot Options menu ...

Page 187: ... drive to provide the third party driver during the OS installation Type the command brokenmodules ahci in Boot Options field and press Enter 5 When below screen appears select the USB floppy disk drive sda as the driver update medium Select OK then press Enter Please choose the Driver Update medium sda USB Floppy other device OK Back ...

Page 188: ...DVD 1 The contents of the support DVD are subject to change at any time without notice Visit the ASUS website www asus com for the latest updates on software and utilities 2 The support DVD is supported on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 The support DVD that is bundled with your motherboard contains drivers management applications and utilities that you can install to maximize the f...

Page 189: ...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 ...

Page 190: ...driver disks 7 3 3 MakeDisk menu tab Press the arrow down button in the lower part of the menu to view more items 7 3 4 Manual menu The Manual menu provides the link to the Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter user guide You need an internet browser installed in your OS to view the User Guide ...

Page 191: ...E8 RS8 V2 RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 7 3 5 Contact information menu The Contact menu displays the ASUS contact information e mail addresses and useful links if you need more information or technical support for your motherboard ...

Page 192: ...puter and then log on with Administrator privileges 2 Insert the motherboard system support DVD to the optical drive The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the support DVD 3 C...

Page 193: ...ect Yes to accept the terms of the License Agreement and continue the process 6 Read the Readme File Information and press Next to continue the installation 7 Toggle Yes I want to restart the computer now and click Finish to complete the setup process ...

Page 194: ...el I350 AM1 I350 AM2 I210 X540 BT2 Gigabit Adapters Driver on the Windows operating system 1 Restart the computer 2 Log on with Administrator privileges 3 Insert the motherboard system support DVD to the optical drive If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the support D...

Page 195: ...nnections InstallShield Wizard window appears 7 Tick I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue 8 From the Setup Options window click Next to start the installation By default Intel R PROSet for Windows Device Manager and Windows PowerShell Module are ticked ...

Page 196: ...7 22 Chapter 7 Driver Installation 9 Click Install to start the installation 10 When the installation is done press Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 197: ...log on with Administrator privileges 2 Insert the motherboard system support DVD to the optical drive The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the support DVD 3 Click the ASPEED...

Page 198: ...7 24 Chapter 7 Driver Installation 6 Click Finish to complete the installation 5 Click Install to proceed with the installation ...

Page 199: ...apid Storage Technology enterprise 4 0 utility on a Windows operating system To install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4 0 utility 1 Restart the computer and then log on with Administrator privileges 2 Insert the motherboard system support DVD to the optical drive and find the utility menu 3 Click the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4 0 to begin installation 4 When the Wel...

Page 200: ...26 Chapter 7 Driver Installation 5 Read the Warning message and click Next to continue 6 Read the License Agreement and click Yes to continue 7 Read the Readme File Information and click Next to continue ...

Page 201: ...E8 RS8 V2 RS520 E8 RS12 EV2 9 Select Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to restart your computer before using the program 8 After completing the installation click Next to complete the setup process ...

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