Manual
Table Of Contents
- About this guide
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware setup
- Chapter 3: Installation options
- Chapter 4: Motherboard info
- Chapter 5: BIOS setup
- 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 5.2 BIOS setup program
- 5.3 Main menu
- 5.4 Advanced menu
- 5.4.1 CPU Configuration
- 5.4.2 CPU Power Management Configuration
- 5.4.3 Chipset Configuration
- 5.4.4 PCH SATA Configuration
- 5.4.5 PCH SCU SAS Configuration
- 5.4.6 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 5.4.7 Onboard LAN Configuration
- 5.4.8 USB Configuration
- 5.4.9 Trusted Computing
- 5.4.10 ACPI Settings
- 5.4.11 WHEA Configuration
- 5.4.12 APM
- 5.4.13 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 5.4.14 ME Subsystem
- 5.4.15 Legacy Devices Configuration
- 5.4.16 Runtime Error Logging
- 5.5 Server Mgmt menu
- 5.6 Event Logs menu
- 5.7 Boot menu
- 5.8 Monitor menu
- 5.9 Security menu
- 5.10 Tool menu
- 5.11 Exit menu
- Chapter 6: RAID configuration
- Chapter 7: Driver installation
- 7.1 RAID driver installation
- 7.2 Intel® chipset device software installation
- 7.3 Intel@ Network Connections Software installation
- 7.4 VGA driver installation
- 7.5 Intel® C600 Series Chipset SCU SATA RAID Drivers
- 7.6 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 installation
- 7.7 Intel® I350 Gigabit Adapters Driver installation
- 7.8 Management applications and utilities installation
- Appendix: Reference information

Chapter 2: Hardware setup2-12
• *For the latest update, please refer to ASUS Server AVL on the website.
• Start installing the DIMMs from slot A1 (light blue).
• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility,
it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.
2CPUConguration
DIMM_E3 DIMM_E2 DIMM_E1 DIMM_F3 DIMM_F2 DIMM_F1
1 DIMMs
2 DIMMs
V
4 DIMMs
V V
8 DIMMs
V V
12 DIMMs
V V V V
16 DIMMs
V V V V
20 DIMMs
V V V V V V
24 DIMMs
V V V V V V
2CPUConguration
DIMM_G3 DIMM_G2 DIMM_G1 DIMM_H3 DIMM_H2 DIMM_H1
1 DIMMs
2 DIMMs
4 DIMMs
8 DIMMs
V V
12 DIMMs
V V
16 DIMMs
V V V V
20 DIMMs
V V V V
24 DIMMs
V V V V V V