User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Setup
- 2.1 Chassis cover
- 2.2 Air ducts
- 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 2.4 System memory
- 2.5 Storage devices
- 2.6 Expansion slots
- 2.6.1 Installing an expansion card to the front PCIe expansion card bracket (on select models)
- 2.6.2 Installing an ASUS PIKE II or RAID card
- 2.6.3 Installing the Cache Vault Power Module
- 2.6.4 Installing an expansion card to the rear PCIe expansion card slots (on select models)
- 2.6.5 Installing an OCP 3.0 card to the rear OCP 3.0 socket board (on select models)
- 2.6.6 (optional) Installing the PFR module
- 2.7 Cable connections
- 2.8 Removable/optional components
- 2.9 Rail kit options
- Chapter 3: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
- 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 4.2 BIOS setup program
- 4.3 Main menu
- 4.4 Performance Tuning menu
- 4.5 Advanced menu
- 4.5.1 Trusted Computing
- 4.5.2 ACPI Settings
- 4.5.3 Redfish Host Interface Settings
- 4.5.4 Onboard LAN Configuration
- 4.5.5 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 4.5.6 SIO Configuration
- 4.5.7 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 4.5.8 USB Configuration
- 4.5.9 Network Stack Configuration
- 4.5.10 NVMe Configuration
- 4.5.11 APM Configuration
- 4.5.12 T1s Auth Configuration
- 4.5.13 Third-party UEFI driver configurations
- 4.6 Platform Configuration menu
- 4.7 Socket Configuration menu
- 4.8 Security menu
- 4.9 Boot menu
- 4.10 Tool menu
- 4.11 Event Logs menu
- 4.12 Server Mgmt menu
- 4.13 Save & Exit menu
- Chapter 5: RAID Configuration
- Chapter 6: Driver Installation
- Appendix
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2.8.4 GPU cards
• Use both of your hands in performing the following steps.
• Read the documentation that comes with your GPU card before installing them.
• When installing more than one GPU card, it is recommended to install the cards in
the following order: PCIE1 > PCIE2 > PCIE3 > PCIE4 > PCIE5 > PCIE6 > PCIE7 >
PCIE8. Refer to the
GPU SKU board
section for location of the PCIe slots.
To install a GPU card to the system:
1. Remove the screws on the sides of the chassis, then remove the metal bar as shown
in the illustration below.
2. Remove the screws from the metal covers, then remove the metal covers.
3. Prepare the appropriate GPU power cable depending on the type of GPU card.
Tesla/AMD
8pin to 8pin power cable
Quadro
6+2pin to 8pin power cable
12VHPWR
8pin to 12+4pin power cable