User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Notices
- Federal Communications Commission Statement
- Canadian Department of Communications Statement
- Safety information
- Electrical Safety
- Operation Safety
- About this guide
- Product introduction
- 1.1 System package contents
- 1.2 System specifications
- 1.3 Front panel features
- 1.4 Rear panel features
- 1.5 Internal features
- 1.6 LED information
- 1.6.1 Rear panel LEDs
- 1.6.2 Front panel LEDs
- 1.6.3 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs
- Hardware setup
- 2.1 Chassis cover
- 2.1.1 Removing the cover
- 2.1.2 Installing the cover
- 2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 2.2.1 Installing the CPU
- 2.2.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and airduct
- 2.3 System memory
- 2.3.1 DIMM sockets location
- 2.3.2 Memory configurations
- 2.3.3 Installing a DIMM
- 2.3.4 Removing a DIMM
- 2.4 Hard disk drives
- 2.5 Expansion slot
- 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket
- 2.5.2 Reinstalling the riser card bracket
- 2.5.3 Replacing the optional riser card
- 2.5.4 Configuring an expansion card
- 2.6 Cable connections
- 2.7 SATA backplane cabling
- 2.8 Removable components
- 2.8.1 System fans
- 2.8.2 System fan with dummy case
- 2.8.3 Device fan
- 2.8.4 Power supply module
- 2.8.5 Optical drive
- 2.8.6 Motherboard
- Installation options
- 3.1 Rackmount rail kit items
- 3.2 Rack rails assembly
- 3.3 Attaching the rails to the rack
- 3.4 Rackmounting the server
- Motherboard info
- 4.1 Motherboard layout
- 4.2 Jumpers
- 4.3 Connectors
- BIOS setup
- 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
- 5.1.2 AFUDOS utility
- 5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
- 5.2 BIOS setup program
- 5.2.1 BIOS menu screen
- 5.2.2 Menu bar
- 5.2.3 Navigation keys
- 5.2.4 Menu items
- 5.2.5 Sub-menu items
- 5.2.6 Configuration fields
- 5.2.7 Pop-up window
- 5.2.8 Scroll bar
- 5.2.9 General help
- 5.3 Main menu
- 5.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
- 5.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
- 5.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [Disabled]
- 5.3.4 Primary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave
- 5.3.5 IDE Configuration
- 5.3.6 System Information
- 5.4 Advanced menu
- 5.4.1 USB Configuration
- 5.4.2 MPS Configuration
- 5.4.3 CPU Configuration
- 5.4.6 Chipset Configuration
- 5.4.7 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 5.4.8 PCI/PnP Configuration
- 5.5 Server menu
- 5.5.1 Remote Access Configuration
- 5.6 Power menu
- 5.6.1 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
- 5.6.2 APM Configuration
- 5.6.3 Hardware Monitor
- 5.7 Boot menu
- 5.7.1 Boot Device Priority
- 5.7.2 Hard Disk Drives
- 5.7.3 Boot Settings Configuration
- 5.7.4 Security
- 5.8 Exit menu
- RAID Configuration
- 6.1 Setting up RAID
- 6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives
- 6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
- 6.1.4 RAID configuration utilities
- 6.2 LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility
- 6.2.1 Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set
- 6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration
- 6.2.3 Initializing the logical drives
- 6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives
- 6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency
- 6.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration
- 6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set
- 6.2.8 Enabling the WriteCache
- 6.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
- 6.3.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe)
- 6.3.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror)
- 6.3.3 Deleting a RAID set
- 6.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID
- 5.3.5 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
- 6.4 Global Array Manager
- Driver installation
- 7.1 RAID driver installation
- 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
- 7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver
- 7.2 Intel® chipset software installation
- 7.3 LAN driver installation
- 7.4 VGA driver installation
- 7.4.1 Windows® Server
- 7.5 Management applications and utilities installation
- 7.5.1 Running the support CD
- 7.5.2 Drivers menu
- 7.5.3 Management Software menu
- 7.5.4 Utilities menu
- 7.5.5 Contact information
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