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Workstation ESC2000 G2

User Guide

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Copyright 2012 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (ASUS). ASUS provides this manual as is without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASUS, its directors, officers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption 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 ae 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 for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual, including the products and software described in it. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. 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.

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Contents

Notices ....................................................................................................... viii Safety information ...................................................................................... ix About this guide .......................................................................................... x

Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 System package contents ........................................................... 1-2 1.2 Serial number label ...................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Systemspecifications ................................................................. 1-3 1.4 Front panel features ..................................................................... 1-5 1.5 Rear panel features ...................................................................... 1-6 1.6 Internal features ........................................................................... 1-7 1.7 LED information ........................................................................... 1-8

1.7.1 Front panel LEDs ............................................................ 1-8 1.7.2 Rear panel LEDs ............................................................. 1-8

Chapter 2: Hardware setup 2.1 Chassis cover ............................................................................... 2-2

2.1.1 Removing the side cover ................................................ 2-2 2.1.2 Reinstalling the side cover .............................................. 2-3

2.2 Motherboard overview ................................................................. 2-4 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 2-5

2.3.1 CPU installation .............................................................. 2-6 2.3.2 CPU heatsink and fan assembly installation ................... 2-8

2.4 System memory ......................................................................... 2-10 2.4.1 Overview ....................................................................... 2-10 2.4.2 Memory Configurations ................................................. 2-10 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM ...........................................................2-11 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM ........................................................ 2-12

2.5 Front panel assembly ................................................................ 2-13 2.5.1 Removing the front panel assembly .............................. 2-13 2.5.2 Reinstalling the front panel assembly ........................... 2-13

2.6 5.25-inch drives .......................................................................... 2-14 2.7 SATA hard disk drives ............................................................... 2-15

2.7.1 Installing the HDD module cage ................................... 2-15 2.7.2 Removing the HDD module cage ................................. 2-16 2.7.3 Installing a hot-swap SATA hard disk drive ................... 2-16

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2.7.4 Removing and reinstalling the backplane ..................... 2-18 2.8 Expansion cards ........................................................................ 2-19

2.8.1 Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-20 2.8.2 Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-21

2.9 Cable connections ..................................................................... 2-22 2.9.1 Motherboard connections ............................................. 2-22 2.9.2 SATA backplane connections ....................................... 2-23

2.10 Removable components ............................................................ 2-25 2.10.1 Removing rear system fan ............................................ 2-25 2.10.2 Removing front system fan ........................................... 2-26

2.11 Installing the ASMB6 management board ............................... 2-27

Chapter 3: Motherboard Info 3.1 Motherboard layout ...................................................................... 3-2 3.2 Jumpers ........................................................................................ 3-5 3.3 Onboard buttons and switches .................................................. 3-8 3.4 Onboard LEDs .............................................................................. 3-9 3.5 Connectors ................................................................................. 3-14

3.5.1 Rear panel connectors .................................................. 3-14 3.5.2 Audio I/O connections ................................................... 3-15 3.5.4 Internal connectors ....................................................... 3-18

Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 4-2

4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 4-2 4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility .................................................. 4-3 4.1.3 BUPDATER utility............................................................ 4-4

4.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................... 4-6 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen .......................................................... 4-7 4.2.2 Menu bar ......................................................................... 4-7 4.2.3 Menu items ..................................................................... 4-8 4.2.4 Submenu items ............................................................... 4-8 4.2.5 Navigation keys ............................................................... 4-8 4.2.6 General help ................................................................... 4-8 4.2.7 Configuration fields ......................................................... 4-8 4.2.8 Pop-up window ............................................................... 4-8

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4.2.9 Scroll bar ......................................................................... 4-8 4.3 Main menu .................................................................................... 4-9

4.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] ......................................... 4-9 4.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx] ................................................... 4-9

4.4 Ai Tweaker menu ........................................................................ 4-10 4.4.1 DRAM Timing Control .................................................. 4-12

4.5 Advanced menu ......................................................................... 4-14 4.5.1 CPU Configuration ........................................................ 4-14 4.5.2 CPU Power Management Configuration ....................... 4-17 4.5.3 Chipset Configuration ................................................... 4-20 4.5.4 PCH SATA Configuration .............................................. 4-26 4.5.5 PCH SCU SAS Configuration ....................................... 4-27 4.5.6 PCI Subsystem Settings ............................................... 4-28 4.5.7 USB Configuration ........................................................ 4-31 4.5.8 ACPI Settings ................................................................ 4-32 4.5.9 WHEA Configuration ..................................................... 4-33 4.5.10 APM .............................................................................. 4-34 4.5.11 Serial Port Console Redirection .................................... 4-35 4.5.12 Onboard LAN Configuration .......................................... 4-38 4.5.13 Marvell SATA Configuration .......................................... 4-38 4.5.14 Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 4-39 4.5.15 Runtime Error Logging .................................................. 4-40

4.6 Server Management menu ........................................................ 4-41 4.6.1 System Event Log ......................................................... 4-42 4.6.2 BMC network configuration ........................................... 4-43

4.7 Event Logs menu ....................................................................... 4-44 4.7.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings ............................. 4-45

4.8 Boot menu .................................................................................. 4-47 4.9 Monitor menu ............................................................................. 4-50 4.10 Security menu ............................................................................ 4-52 4.11 Tool menu ................................................................................... 4-53 4.12 Exit menu .................................................................................... 4-54

Chapter5: RAIDconfiguration 5.1 RAIDconfigurations .................................................................... 5-2

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5.1.1 RAID definitions .............................................................. 5-2 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks ....................................... 5-3 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ........................................ 5-3

5.2 LSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility ................................... 5-4 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set ........................................................ 5-5 5.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration ........................5-11 5.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives ........................................... 5-12 5.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives ................................................. 5-16 5.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency ..................... 5-18 5.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration ....................................... 5-21 5.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set ...................... 5-22 5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache .................................................... 5-23

5.3 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU/SATA Option ROM Utility ..................................................................... 5-24

5.3.1 Creating a RAID set ...................................................... 5-25 5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set ............................................... 5-26 5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set ...................................................... 5-28 5.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID ........................................ 5-29 5.3.5 Exiting the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility ........ 5-29 5.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID ..................................................... 5-30 5.3.7 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility ............ 5-32 5.1.5 Marvell RAID utility ........................................................ 5-33

5.4 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Utility (Windows) ................................................................................... 5-37

5.4.1 Creating a RAID set ...................................................... 5-38 5.4.2 Change Volume Type .................................................... 5-40 5.4.3 Delete volume ............................................................... 5-41 5.4.4 Preferences ................................................................... 5-42

Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation ............................................................... 6-2

6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk ............................................ 6-2 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver ................................ 6-4

6.2 Intel Chipset Device Software installation ............................. 6-13 6.3 Intel@ Network Connections Software installation.................. 6-15

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6.4 Audio driver installation ............................................................ 6-18 6.5 Intel C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers installation ..................................................................... 6-20 6.6 Marvell Magni installation ......................................................... 6-21 6.7 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 installation . 6-22 6.8 Marvell Storage Utility installation ........................................... 6-25 6.9 Asmedia ASM104x USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver installation .................................................................................. 6-29 6.10 Intel WG82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver installation ............ 6-32 6.11 VGA driver installation............................................................... 6-35 6.12 Management applications and utilities installation ................ 6-38

6.12.1 Running the support DVD ............................................. 6-38 6.12.2 Drivers menu ................................................................. 6-38 6.12.3 Utilities menu ................................................................ 6-39 6.12.4 Make disk menu ............................................................ 6-39 6.12.5 Contact information ....................................................... 6-39

Chapter 7: Multiple GPU technology support 7.1 AMD CrossFireX technology ................................................. 7-2

7.1.1 Requirements .................................................................. 7-2 7.1.2 Before you begin ............................................................. 7-2 7.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX graphics cards .................... 7-3 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers ............................................. 7-4 5.1.5 Enabling the AMD CrossFireX technology ................. 7-4

7.2 NVIDIA SLI technology ........................................................... 7-5 7.2.1 Requirements .................................................................. 7-5 7.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards .......................... 7-5 7.2.3 Installing three SLI-ready graphics cards ........................ 7-6 7.2.4 Installing four SLI-ready graphics cards .......................... 7-7 7.2.5 Installing the device drivers ............................................. 7-8 7.2.6 Enabling the NVIDIA SLI technology ......................... 7-8

7.3 NVIDIA CUDA technology .................................................... 7-11 7.3.1 Requirements .................................................................7-11 7.3.2 Installing CUDA-ready graphics cards ...........................7-11

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Notices

Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

This device may not cause harmful interference, and This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause

undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturers instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, 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 Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the users authority to operate this equipment.

REACH Complying with the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals) regulatory framework, we publish the chemical substances in our products at ASUS REACH website at http://green.asus.com/english/REACH.htm.

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Safety information

Electrical Safety Before installing or removing signal cables, ensure that the power cables for the system

unit and all attached devices are unplugged. To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet

before relocating the system. When adding or removing any additional devices to or from the system, contact a

qualified service technician or your dealer. Ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible, disconnect all power cables from the existing system before you service.

If the power supply is broken, do not try to fix it by yourself. Contact a qualified service technician or your dealer.

Operation Safety Servicing of this product or units is to be performed by trained service personnel only. Before operating the server, carefully read all the manuals included with the server

package. Before using the server, make sure 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 the server on a stable surface.

This product is equipped with a three-wire power cable and plug for the users safety. Use the power cable with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid electrical shock.

Lithium-Ion Battery Warning CAUTION! Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturers instructions.

CD-ROM Drive Safety Warning

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

Heavy System CAUTION! This server system is heavy. Ask for assistance when moving or carrying the system.

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DO NOT throw the motherboard in municipal waste. This product has been designed to enable proper reuse of parts and recycling. This symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the product (electrical and electronic equipment) should not be placed in municipal waste. Check local regulations for disposal of electronic products.

DO NOT throw the mercury-containing button cell battery in municipal waste. This symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the battery should not be placed in municipal waste.

About this guide

Audience This user guide is intended for system integrators, and experienced users with at least basic knowledge of configuring a server.

Contents This guide contains the following parts:

1. Chapter 1: Product Introduction This chapter describes the general features of the server, including sections on front panel and rear panel specifications.

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

3. Chapter 3: Motherboard information This chapter includes the motherboard layout and brief descriptions of the jumpers and internal connectors.

4. Chapter 4: BIOS information This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus and describes the BIOS parameters.

5. Chapter5:RAIDconfiguration This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities.

6. Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components.

7. Chapter 7: Multiple GPU technology support This chapter describes how to install and configure multiple ATI CrossFireX/ NVIDIA SLI graphics cards and NVIDIA CUDA technology.

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Conventions To make sure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual.

Typography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select.

Italics Used to emphasize a word or a phrase.

Keys enclosed in the less-than and greater- than sign means that you must press the enclosed key.

Example: means that you must press the Enter or Return key.

If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are linked with a plus sign (+).

Example:

Command Means that you must type the command exactly as shown, then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets.

Example: At the DOS prompt, type the command line: format A:/S

DANGER/WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task.

NOTE: Tips and additional information to help you complete a task.

IMPORTANT: Instructions that you MUST follow to complete a task.

CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to complete a task.

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Wheretofindmoreinformation Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates. 1. ASUS websites

The ASUS website provides updated information on ASUS hardware and software products. Refer to the ASUS contact information.

2. Optional documentation Your product package may include optional documentation, such as warranty flyers, that may have been added by your dealer. These documents are not part of the standard package.

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If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

1.1 System package contents

Check your system package for the following items.

1.2 Serial number label Before requesting support from the ASUS Technical Support team, you must take note of the products serial number containing 14 characters such as xxS0xxxxxxxxxx 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.

Model Name ESC2000 G2 Chassis ASUS T50A Pedestal 5U Rackmount Chassis Motherboard ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS workstation motherboard Component 1 x 1350W 80+ Gold Single Power Supply

4 x hot-swap HDD trays 1 x Front I/O Board 1 x System Fan (Rear: 1 x 120mm x 38mm)

Accessories 1 x ESC2000 G2 Users Guide 1 x ESC2000 G2 Support DVD 2 x COM port cables 1 x VGA cable with bracket 1 x ASWM Enterprise DVD 1 x bag of screws 1 x AC power cable

Optional Items Cooler for CPU 150W upgrade kit System Fan (Front: 1 x 80mm x 25mm)

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1.3 Systemspecifications

The ASUS ESC2000 G2 is a workstation featuring the ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS motherboard. The workstation supports Intel LGA2011 Xeon E5-2600 processor family, plus other latest technologies through the chipsets onboard.

Model Name ESC2000 G2

Processor / System Bus

2 x Socket LGA2011 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 processor family (TDP=150W) QPI 6.4/7.2/8.0GT/s

Core Logic Intel C602 Chipset

Memory

Total Slots 8 (4-channel per CPU, 4 DIMM per CPU)

Capacity Maximum up to 64GB (UDIMM) Maximum up to 256GB (RDIMM) Maximum up to 256GB (LRDIMM)

Memory Type

DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 RDIMM DDR31066/1333/1600/1866(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/ 2133 (O.C.) ECC UDIMM/Non-ECC UDIMM DDR3 1066/1333 LRDIMM

*Refer to www.asus.com for detailed memory AVL CPU support list.

Memory Size 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB (RDIMM) 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB (UDIMM) 8GB, 16GB and 32GB (LRDIMM)

Expansion Slots

Total PCI/PCI-X/ PCI-E Slots 7

Slot Type

4 x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots (dual at x16/x16, quad at x8/x8/x8/x8) 2 x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots (at x16 mode) 1 x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slot (at x8 mode)

Storage SATA Controller

Intel C602-A: AHCI - 4 x SATA 3.0Gb/s ports - 2 x SATA 6.0Gb/s ports - Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 for Windows only) - LSI MegaRAID (supports RAID 0, 1, and 10 for Linux/Windows)

SCU - 4 x SATA 3.0Gb/s ports - Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (for Windows only) supports software RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 for all SATA ports

Marvell 88E9230 SATA controller: - 4 x SATA 6.0Gb/s ports (supports software RAID 0, 1, and 10 for Windows only)

Networking LAN 2 x Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN controller (continued on the next page)

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HDD Bays 4 x Hot-swap 3.5 HDD Bays Graphic cards ASpeed AST2300 16MB

Auxiliary Storage FDD / CD / DVD 3 x 5.25 media bays (Optional: No ODD/DVD-RM)*

*DVD-RW default for North America

Front Panel I/O

2 x USB 3.0 ports (blue) 2 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x Line In 1 x Line Out

Rear Panel I/O

1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse combo port 1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical) 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (blue) 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 2 x RJ45 ports (Intel LAN) 8-channel Audio I/O

OS Support

Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 32/64-bit RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop WS 6.0 32/64-bit RedHat Enterprise Linux AS5.7/6.2 32/64-bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11.1 32/64-bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.2 32/64-bit CentOS 5.7/6.1 32/64-bit VMWare ESX4.1/ESXi4.1

Management Solution

Software ASWM Enterprise Out-of-Band Remote Management

optional 1 x ASMB6-iKVM-over-internet

Dimension (HH x WW x DD) 445mm x 217.5mm x 545mm Net Weight Kg (CPU, DRAM & HDD not included) 17.2 Kg

Power Supply 1350W (80+) Gold Single Power Supply Power Rating Input: 115-240Vac, 14.5-6.5A, 50-60Hz, Class I

Environment

Operating temperature: 10C35C Non-operating temperature: -40C70C Non-operating humidity: 20%90% (Non- condensing)

*Specificationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

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1.4 Front panel features

Refer to section 1.7.1 Front panel LEDs for the LED descriptions.

Power button

Reset button

Security lock

Headphone outputjack

Microphone jack

Optical drive

Empty 5.25-inch bays

HDD access LED

Power LED

USB 2.0 ports

4-bay HDD cage

USB 3.0 ports

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1.5 Rear panel features

1350W 80+Single power supplyPower connector

Expansion slots

Chassis intrusion switch

Chassis lock

120mm x 38mm system fan

PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port

USB 2.0 ports

8-channel audio ports

USB 2.0 ports

USB 3.0 ports LAN1 (RJ-45) port

LAN2 (RJ-45) port

Power switch

Optical S/PDIF Out port

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1.6 Internal features

The barebone workstation does not include a floppy disk drive and an optical disc drive. Connect a USB floppy disk drive or a USB ODD to any of the USB ports on the front or rear panel if you need to use a floppy disk or a optical disc.

*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 component.

1. 1350W 80+ Gold Single Power supply unit 2. 120mm x 38mm system fan 3. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS motherboard 4. Expansion card locks 5. Optical drive 6. 2 x 5.25-inch drive bays 7. 4-bay HDD module 8. SATA/SAS backplane board

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1.7 LED information

1.7.1 Front panel LEDs

The Power and HDD Access LEDs are visible even if the system front bezel is closed.

LED Icon Display status Description Power LED ON System power ON

HDD Access LED OFF Blinking

No activity Read/write data into the HDD

Drive status LED

Green

Red Green/Red blinking

Bridge board connected to backplane Installed HDD is in good condition HDD failure HDD rebuilding using the RAID card

Drive Status LED

Power LED

HDD Access LED

1.7.2 Rear panel LEDs

Activity Link LED Speed LED Status Description Status Description OFF No link OFF 10 Mbps connection ORANGE Linked ORANGE 100 Mbps connection BLINKING Data activity GREEN 1 Gbps connection

SPEED LED

ACT/LINK LED

LAN port

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2.1 Chassis cover

2.1.1 Removing the side cover Ensure that you unplug the power cord before removing the side cover.

Take extra care when removing the side cover. Keep your fingers from components inside the chassis that can cause injury, such as the CPU fan, rear fan, and other sharp-edged parts.

The images of the workstation shown in this section are for reference purpose only and may not exactly match the model you purchase.

To remove the side cover:

1. Remove the two screws that secure the left side cover of the chassis.

2. Slide the side cover for about half an inch toward the rear until it disengaged from the chassis. Carefully lift the side cover and set it aside.

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2.1.2 Reinstalling the side cover To reinstall the side cover:

1. Match and insert the lower sliding edge of the side cover to the chassis edge.

2. Position the side cover to the chassis.

4. Drive in the two screws you removed earlier to secure the side cover.

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2.2 Motherboard overview The barebone server comes with the Z9PE-D8 WS motherboard already installed. The motherboard is secured to the chassis by ten (10) screws as indicated by the circles in the illustration below.

Refer to Chapter 3: Motherboard Information for detailed information on the motherboard.

Ensure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing any motherboard component or connection. Failure to do so can cause you physical injury and damage the motherboard components.

Place this side towards the rear of the chassis

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2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA2011 socket designed for the Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

Ensure that all power cables are unplugged 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. ASUS will process Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) requests only if the motherboard comes with the cap on the LGA2011 socket.

The product warranty does not cover damage to the socket contacts resulting from incorrect CPU installation/removal, or misplacement/loss/incorrect removal of the PnP cap.

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2.3.2 CPU heatsink and fan assembly installation

Apply the Thermal Interface Material to the CPU heatsink and CPU before you install the heatsink and fan if necessary.

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2.4 System memory

2.4.1 Overview The motherboard comes with eight (four DIMM per CPU) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.

A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2 DIMM but is notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR2 DIMM socket. DDR3 modules are developed for better performance with less power consumption.

The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:

A DDR3 module is notched differently from a DDR or DDR2 module. DO NOT install a DDR or DDR2 memory module to the DDR3 slot.

2.4.2 MemoryConfigurations You may install 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB* RDIMMs or 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB* with ECC/Non-ECC UDIMMs or 8GB, 16GB and 32GB* LR-DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory configurations in this section.

1CPUConfiguration(mustonCPU1) DIMM_A1 DIMM_B1 DIMM_C1 DIMM_D1

1 DIMMs X 2 DIMMs X X 4 DIMMs X X X X

*Refer to ASUS Server AVL for latest update.

Install the DIMMs starting from slot A1 (CPU1) and E1 (CPU2).

Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility, it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.

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2CPUConfiguration DIMM_A1 DIMM_B1 DIMM_C1 DIMM_D1

1 DIMMs X 2 DIMMs X 4 DIMMs X X 8 DIMMs X X X X

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1 DIMMs 2 DIMMs X 4 DIMMs X X 8 DIMMs X X X X

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

Ensure to unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other 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 clip outward.

2. Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the DIMM slot key on the socket. 2

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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 avoid damaging the DIMM.

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2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

1. Press the retaining clip outward to unlock the DIMM.

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Support the DIMM lightly with your fingers when pressing the retaining clip. The DIMM might get damaged when it flips out with extra force.

Always insert the DIMM into the socket VERTICALLY to prevent DIMM notch damage.

3. Hold the DIMM by both of its ends, then insert the DIMM vertically into the socket. Apply force to both ends of the DIMM simultaneously until the retaining clip snaps back into place, and the DIMM cannot be pushed in any further to ensure proper sitting of the DIMM.

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2.5 Front panel assembly Before you can install a 5.25-inch drive, you should first remove the front panel assembly (front bezel and front panel cover).

2.5.1 Removing the front panel assembly To remove the front panel assembly:

1. Locate the three hooked tabs on the chassis side rail. 2. Shift the hooked tabs and take off the front bezel.

2.5.2 Reinstalling the front panel assembly To reinstall the front panel assembly:

1. Hook the other side of the front panel assembly to the chassis.

2. Swing the front panel assembly and snap it back into place.

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2.6 5.25-inch drives

Installing a 5.25-inch drive

1. Unscrew and remove the metal cover of the bay where you want to install the 5.25-inch drive, and take off the plastic cover on the front bezel at the same position.

2. Insert the drive into the bay and slide the bay lock to the right until it clicks in place.

Ensure to unplug the power cable before installing or removing any system components. Failure to do so may cause damage to the motherboard and other system components!

The system comes with three 5.25-inch drive bays located on the upper front part of the chassis. An optical drive that comes standard/ optional with the system package occupies the uppermost bay (labeled 1). The lower bays (labeled 2 and 3) are available for additional 5.25-inch optical, zip, or floppy disk drives.

You must remove the front panel assembly before installing a 5.25-inch drive.

3. Connect the SATA cable to the SATA connector on the back of the drive.

4. Connect a power plug from the power supply to the power connector on the back of the drive.

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2.7 SATA hard disk drives The hard disk drive module cage on the front panel, including externally removable trays for mounting SATA hard disk drives, allows you to access the drive trays by simply opening the front bezel.

An HDD module cage comes with a SATA backplane. Ensure of the type of HDD module cage you purchase before buying hard disks.

2.7.1 Installing the HDD module cage

1. Examine the chassis and ensure the bay space is free of wires and other obstructions.

2. Level the HDD module cage latch counterclockwise.

3. Insert the HDD module cage into the bay.

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4. When the HDD module cage is completed inserted, the cage latch will be pushed back clockwise.

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5. Lock the cage latch properly. 6. Connect the appropriate cables to the

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2.7.3 Installing a hot-swap SATA hard disk drive

1. Release a drive tray by pushing the spring lock to the right, and then pulling the tray lever outward. The drive tray ejects slightly after you pull out the lever.

2.7.2 Removing the HDD module cage

1. Disconnect the all cables from the SATA backplane on the HDD module cage. 2. Level the HDD module cage latch

counterclockwise. The HDD module cage will be pushed out of the chassis.

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3. Completely pull out the HDD module cage.

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2. Firmly hold the tray lever and pull the drive tray out of the bay.

3. Take note of the drive tray holes. Each side has three holes to fit different types of hard disk drives. Use two screws on each side to secure the hard disk drive.

4. Place a SATA hard disk drive on the tray, and then secure it with four screws.

5. Carefully insert the drive tray and push it all the way to the depth of the bay until just a small fraction of the tray edge protrudes.

When installed, the SATA connector on the drive connects to the SATA interface on the backplane.

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2.7.4 Removing and reinstalling the backplane

DO NOT remove the backplane unless necessary!

1. Remove all hot-swap HDD trays from the chassis.

2. Disconnect all cables from the SATA backplane.

3. Loosen the four screws on the backplane.

6. Push the tray lever until it clicks, and secures the drive tray in place. The drive tray is correctly placed when its front edge aligns with the bay edge.

7. Repeat steps 1 to 6 if you wish to install a second SATA drive.

4. Firmly hold the backplane, lift it up and remove it from the module.

5. Follow the previous instructions in reverse to reinstall the backplane.

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2.8 Expansion cards The system is designed with an expansion card lock on the rear panel for you to install or remove an expansion card in less steps.

Ensure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing expansion cards. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard and other system components!

Slot No. Slot Description

1 PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x16/ x8 mode, auto-switch to x8 mode when slot 2 is occupied) 2 PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x8 mode) 3 PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x16/ x8 mode; auto-switch to x8 mode when slot 4 is occupied) 4 PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x8 mode) 5 PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x16 mode) 6 PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x8 mode) 7 PCI-E x16 (Gen3 x16 mode)

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4. Remove the metal slot cover opposite the slot where you wish to install an expansion card.

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Expansion card locks

5. Align the card golden fingers with the slot, and then press firmly until the card is completely seated on the slot.

2.8.1 Installing an expansion card

1. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that came with it and make the necessary hardware settings for the card.

2. Lay the system on its side on a flat, stable surface. 3. Push down the expansion card lock latch (step a) and lift up the expansion card lock

(step b), as shown in the right figure.

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6. Restore the expansion card lock to its original position. A light click indicates that the card is locked in place.

2.8.2 Configuringanexpansioncard After installing the expansion card, configure the it by adjusting the software settings.

1. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. See Chapter 4 for information on BIOS setup.

2. Install the software drivers for the expansion card.

IRQ assignments for this motherboard

A B C D E F G H PCIEx16_1 shared PCIEx16_2 shared PCIEx16_3 shared PCIEx16_4 shared PCIEx16_5 shared PCIEx16_6 shared PCIEx16_7 shared Marvell9230 shared VIA1394 shared Asmedia USB3.0-1 shared Asmedia USB3.0-2 shared LAN1 (82574L) shared LAN2 (82574L) shared SATA Controller 1 shared SATA Controller 2 shared USB 2.0 Controller 1 shared USB 2.0 Controller 2 shared HD Audio shared

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2.9 Cable connections

2.9.1 Motherboard connections

The bundled system cables are pre-connected before shipment. You do not need to disconnect these cables unless you will remove pre-installed components to install additional devices.

Refer to Chapter 3 for detailed information on the connectors.

Standard cables connected to the motherboard 1. System fan connectors (from power supply to motherboard) 2. 8-pin 12V power connectors (from power supply to motherboard) 3. 24-pin ATX power connector (from system fan to motherboard) 4. Front panel USB connectors (from motherboard to front I/O board) 5. SATA connectors (from motherboard to SATA backplane) 6. System/Auxiliary panel connectors (from motherboard to front I/O board) 7. Front panel audio connector (from motherboard to front I/O board)

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2.9.2 SATA backplane connections An SATA backplane comes pre-installed in the ESC2000 G2. The SATA backplane has four 22-pin SATA connectors to support Serial ATA hard disk drives. The backplane design incorporates a hot swap feature to allow easy connection or removal of SATA hard disks. The LEDs on the backplane connect to the front panel LEDs to indicate HDD status. See section 1.7 LED information for details.

Front side The front side of the SATA backplane faces the front panel when installed. This side includes four SATA connectors for the hot swap drive trays.

HDD Device Front side connector Back side connector HDD 1 HDD1 CON1 HDD 2 HDD2 CON2 HDD 3 HDD3 CON3 HDD 4 HDD4 CON4

Drive status LEDs

HDD1

HDD2

HDD3

HDD4

Each SATA connector is labeled (HDD1, HDD2, HDD3, HDD4) so you can easily determine their counterpart connectors at the back side of the backplane. Refer to the table for reference.

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Back side The back side of the SATA backplane faces the rear panel when installed. This side includes the power connectors and SATA interfaces for the motherboard Serial ATA connectors.

Connectors Description U1 Connects to 4-pin plug of the power supply

CON1/CON2/ CON3/CON4 Connects to SATA/SAS connectors on the motherboard

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2.10 Removable components You may need to remove previously installed system components when installing or removing system devices, or when you need to replace defective components. This section tells how to remove the front and rear system fans.

2.10.1 Removing rear system fan To remove the rear system fan:

1. Unplug the system fan cable from the CHA_FAN1 connector on the motherboard.

2. Shift the two hooked tabs leftward and rightward respectively.

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3. Carefully take off the system fan. 4. Follow the previous instructions in

reverse to reinstall the rear system fan.

2.10.2 Removing front system fan To remove the front system fan:

1. Remove the two screws that secure the right side cover.

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2. Locate the front system fan near the 5.25-inch drive bays.

3. Squeeze the front system fan latches (step a) and pull out the front system fan (step b), as shown in the right figure.

4. Follow the previous instructions in reverse to reinstall the front system fan.

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2.11 Installing the ASMB6 management board Follow the steps below to install an optional ASMB management board on your motherboard.

1. Locate the ASMB6 header on the motherboard.

2. Orient and press the ASMB6 management card in place

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3.1 Motherboard layout

Refer to 3.5 Connectors for more information about rear panel connectors and internal connectors.

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Layout contents

Jumpers Page 1. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) 3-5 2. VGA Controller setting (DIAG_VIEW1) 3-6 3. SMBUS connection setting (TESLA_M_SW) 3-6 4. LSI MegaRAID or Intel RSTe selection jumper (3-pin RAID_

SEL1) 3-7

5. ME firmware force recovery setting (3-pin ME_RCVR1) 3-7

Internal connectors Page 1. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1) 3-21 2. USB connectors (10-1 pin USB78, USB910; A-type USB 12/11) 3-22 3. USB connectors (USB3_34) 3-22 4. CPU, front and rear fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN1-2,

FRNT_FAN1-4, REAR_FAN1-2) 3-21

5. Power supply SMBus Connector (PSUSMB1) 3-23 6. Serial port connectors (10-1 pin COM1/COM2) 3-23 7. Serial ATA 6.0/3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-2 [blue];

7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [black]) 3-19

8. Marvell Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2/ E3/E4 [gray])

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9. Serial ATA SCU connectors (7-pin SATA_SCU1-4 [black]) 3-19 10. EATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR1, 8-pin EATX12V1/

EATX12V2) 3-20

11. System panel connector (20-1 pin PANEL1) 3-24 12. Auxiliary panel connector (20-2 pin AUX_PANEL1) 3-25 13. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT) 3-26 14. IEEE 1394a port connectors (10-1 pin IE1394_1/2) 3-26 15. VGA connector (VGA_HDR1) 3-27 16. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP) 3-27 17. ASMB6 header (ASMB6) 3-28

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Slots/Socket Page 1. CPU sockets 2-5 2. DDR3 sockets 2-10 3. PCI Express x8 / PCI Express x16 slots 2-19

Onboard Buttons/switches Page 1. Power on button 3-8 2. Reset button 3-8

Onboard LEDs Page 1. Standby power LEDs 3-9 2. DIMM Error LED (ERR_DIMM) 3-9 3. Baseboard Management Controller LED (BMC_LED1) 3-10 4. Q-Code LED (LED1_LED2) 3-11

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3.2 Jumpers 1. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1)

This jumper allows you to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS. You can clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and system setup parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data. The onboard button cell battery powers the RAM data in CMOS, which include system setup information such as system passwords.

Except when clearing the RTC RAM, never remove the cap on CLRTC jumper default position. Removing the cap will cause system boot failure!

If the steps above do not help, remove the onboard battery and move the jumper again to clear the CMOS RTC RAM data. After the CMOS clearance, reinstall the battery.

You do not need to clear the RTC when the system hangs due to overclocking. For system failure due to overclocking, use the C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) feature. Shut down and reboot the system so the BIOS can automatically reset parameter settings to default values.

Due to the chipset behavior, AC power off is required to enable C.P.R. function. You must turn off and on the power supply or unplug and plug the power cord before rebooting the system.

To erase the RTC RAM:

1. Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord. 2. Move the jumper cap from pins 1-2 (default) to pins 2-3. Keep the cap on pins 2-3

for about 510 seconds, then move the cap back to pins 1-2. 3. Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer. 4. Hold down the key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re-

enter data.

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2. VGA controller setting (DIAG_VIEW1) This jumper allows you to enable o disable the onboard VGA controller. Set to pins 1-2 to activate the VGA feature.

3. SMBUS connection setting (TESLA_M_SW) This jumper allows you to select the connection to BMC or PHC for PCIE 1/3/5/7 SMBUS.

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4. LSIMegaRAIDorIntelRSTeselectionjumper(3-pinRAID_SEL1) This jumper allows you to select the PCH SATA RAID mode to use LSI MegaRAID software or Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 RAID. Place the jumper caps over pins 12 if you want to use the LSI MegaRAID software RAID Utility (default); otherwise, place the jumper caps to pins 23 to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise Option ROM Utility.

5. MEfirmwareforcerecoverysetting(3-pinME_RCVR1) This jumper allows you to force Intel Management Engine (ME) boot from recovery mode when ME become corrupted.

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3.3 Onboard buttons and switches

Onboard buttons and switches allow you to fine-tune performance when working on a bare or open-case system. This is ideal for overclockers and gamers who continually change settings to enhance system performance.

1. Power-on button The motherboard comes with a power-on button that allows you to power up or wake up the system. The button also lights up when the system is plugged to a power source indicating that you should shut down the system and unplug the power cable before removing or plugging in any motherboard component. The illustration below shows the location of the onboard power-on button.

2. Reset button Press the reset button to reboot the system.

Z9PE-D8 Power on button

Z9PE-D8 WS Reset button

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3.4 Onboard LEDs

1. Standby Power LEDs The motherboard comes with a standby power LED that lights up to indicate that the system is ON, in sleep mode, or 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 shows the location of the onboard LED. The Standby Power LEDs will light up once the system is connected to a power source

Z9PE-D8 WS Onboard LED

2. DIMM Error LED (ERR_DIMM)

These LEDs light up to indicate an error in its nearby DIMM.

Enabled only with ASMB6-i KVM on-board.

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3. Baseboard Management Controller LED (BMC_LED1) The BMC LED works with the ASUS ASMB6 management device and indicates its initiation status. When the PSU is plugged and the system is OFF, ASUS ASMB6 management device starts system initiation for about one (1) minute. The BMC LED blinks after system initiation finishes.

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4. Q-Code LEDs The Q-Code LED design provides you the 2-digit display, allowing you to know the system status. Refer to the Q-Code table below for details.

Q-Code table

Code Description 00 Not used 01 Power on. Reset type detection (soft/hard). 02 AP initialization before microcode loading 03 System Agent initialization before microcode loading 04 PCH initialization before microcode loading 06 Microcode loading 07 AP initialization after microcode loading 08 System Agent initialization after microcode loading 09 PCH initialization after microcode loading 0A Initialization after microcode loading 0B Cache initialization 0C 0D Reserved for future AMI SEC error codes 0E Microcode not found 0F Microcode not loaded 10 PEI Core is started 11 14 Pre-memory CPU initialization is started 15 18 Pre-memory System Agent initialization is started 19 1C Pre-memory PCH initialization is started 2B 2F Memory initialization 30 Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below)

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Q-Code table (continued)

Code Description 31 Memory Installed 32 36 CPU post-memory initialization 37 3A Post-Memory System Agent initialization is started 3B 3E Post-Memory PCH initialization is started 4F DXE IPL is started

50 53 Memory initialization error. Invalid memory type or incompatible memory speed

54 Unspecified memory initialization error 55 Memory not installed 56 Invalid CPU type or Speed 57 CPU mismatch 58 CPU self test failed or possible CPU cache error 59 CPU micro-code is not found or micro-code update is failed 5A Internal CPU error 5B Reset PPI is not available 5C 5F Reserved for future AMI error codes E0 S3 Resume is stared (S3 Resume PPI is called by the DXE IPL) E1 S3 Boot Script execution E2 Video repost E3 OS S3 wake vector call E4 E7 Reserved for future AMI progress codes E8 S3 Resume Failed E9 S3 Resume PPI not Found EA S3 Resume Boot Script Error EB S3 OS Wake Error EC EF Reserved for future AMI error codes F0 Recovery condition triggered by firmware (Auto recovery) F1 Recovery condition triggered by user (Forced recovery) F2 Recovery process started F3 Recovery firmware image is found F4 Recovery firmware image is loaded F5 F7 Reserved for future AMI progress codes F8 Recovery PPI is not available F9 Recovery capsule is not found FA Invalid recovery capsule FB FF Reserved for future AMI error codes 60 DXE Core is started 61 NVRAM initialization 62 Installation of the PCH Runtime Services

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Q-Code table (continued)

ACPI/ASL Checkpoints

Code Description AC Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) AD Ready To Boot event AE Legacy Boot event AF Exit Boot Services event B0 Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin B1 Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End B2 Legacy Option ROM Initialization B3 System Reset B4 USB hot plug B5 PCI bus hot plug B6 Clean-up of NVRAM B7 Configuration Reset (reset of NVRAM settings) B8 BF Reserved for future AMI codes D0 CPU initialization error D1 System Agent initialization error D2 PCH initialization error D3 Some of the Architectural Protocols are not available D4 PCI resource allocation error. Out of Resources D5 No Space for Legacy Option ROM D6 No Console Output Devices are found D7 No Console Input Devices are found D8 Invalid password D9 Error loading Boot Option (LoadImage returned error) DA Boot Option is failed (StartImage returned error) DB Flash update is failed DC Reset protocol is not available

Code Description 0x01 System is entering S1 sleep state 0x02 System is entering S2 sleep state 0x03 System is entering S3 sleep state 0x04 System is entering S4 sleep state 0x05 System is entering S5 sleep state 0x10 System is waking up from the S1 sleep state 0x20 System is waking up from the S2 sleep state 0x30 System is waking up from the S3 sleep state 0x40 System is waking up from the S4 sleep state 0xAC System has transitioned into ACPI mode. Interrupt controller is in PIC mode. 0xAA System has transitioned into ACPI mode. Interrupt controller is in APIC mode.

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3.5 Connectors

3.5.1 Rear panel connectors

Rear panel connectors 1. PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port 6. USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4

2. LAN (RJ-45) port 2* 7. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2 3. LAN (RJ-45) port 1* 8. USB 3.0 ports 1 and 2 4. USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6 9. Audio I/O ports** 5. Optical S/PDIF out port

*and**:RefertothetablesonthenextpageforLANportandaudioportdefinitions.

Due to USB 3.0 controller limitation, USB 3.0 devices can only be used under Windows OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation.

USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only.

We strongly recommend that you connect USB 3.0 devices to USB 3.0 ports for faster and better performance for your USB 3.0 devices.

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**Audio2,4,6,or8-channelconfiguration Port Headset

2-channel 4-channel 6-channel 8-channel

Light Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In Lime Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Mic In Orange Center/Subwoofer Center/Subwoofer Black Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Gray Side Speaker Out

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Activity Link LED Speed LED Status Description Status Description OFF No link OFF 10 Mbps connection ORANGE Linked ORANGE 100 Mbps connection BLINKING Data activity GREEN 1 Gbps connection

3.5.2 Audio I/O connections

Audio I/O ports

Connect to Headphone and Mic

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Connect to Stereo Speakers

Connect to 2.1 channel Speakers

Connect to 4.1 channel Speakers

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Connect to 5.1 channel Speakers

Connect to 7.1 channel Speakers

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3.5.4 Internal connectors 1. Marvell Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2/E3/E4 [gray])

These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables.

For high performance of ASUS SSD Caching, please connect one HDD and one SSD to Marvell SATA6G_E1/E2/E3/E4 connectors.

For SSD Caching setup, you can use more than one SSD and only one HDD.

You cannot use ASUS SSD Caching and Marvell RAID at the same time.

For regular usage, the SATA6G_E1/E2/E3/E4 connectors are recommended for data drivers.

You must install Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives.

Press + during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a RAID configuration.

If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using the motherboard support DVD and load the driver during OS installation. For 32/64bit Windows XP OS, load first the Marvell shared library driver, and then load Marvell 92xx SATA Controller Driver. For Windows Vista / Windows 7 OS, load only the Marvell 92xx SATA Controller Driver.

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2. Serial ATA 6.0/3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-2 [blue]; 7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [black]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s hard disk drives and optical disc drives via Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s signal cables.

3. Serial ATA SCU connectors (7-pin SATA_SCU1-4 [black]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk drives and optical disc drives via Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables.

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4. EATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR1, 8-pin EATX12V1/EATX12V2) These connectors are for an EATX power supply plugs. The power supply plugs are designed to fit these connectors in only one orientation. Find the proper orientation and push down firmly until the connectors completely fit.

DO NOT forget to connect the 24+8+8-pin power plugs; otherwise, the system will not boot up.

Use of a 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 EATX2.0 PSU or later version.

Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system.

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5. CPU, front and rear fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN1-2, FRNT_FAN14, REAR_FAN1-2) 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 jumpers! DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors!

All fans feature the ASUS Fan Speed Control technology.

6. 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.

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7. USB connectors (10-1 pin USB78, USB910; A-Type USB12/11) These connectors are for USB 2.0 ports. Connect the USB module cables to connectors USB78 and USB910, then install the modules to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. These USB connectors comply with USB 2.0 specification that supports up to 480 Mbps connection speed.

8. USB connectors (USB3_34) This connector is for USB 3.0 ports. Connect the USB module cable to connector USB3_34.

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9. Power supply SMBus Connector (PSUSMB1) This connector supplies power for low-speed system management communications.

10. Serial port connectors (10-1 pin COM1/COM2) These connectors are for the serial (COM) ports. Connect the serial port module cable to one of these connectors, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis.

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11. System panel connector (20-1 pin PANEL1) This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions.

(1) System power LED (3-pin PLED) This 3-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector. The system power LED lights up when you turn on the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep mode.

(2) System warning speaker (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.

(3) Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin HDDLED) This 2-pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to this connector. The HDD LED lights up or flashes when data is read from or written to the HDD.

(4) Power button/soft-off button (2-pin PWRSW) This connector is for the system power button. Pressing the power button turns the system on or puts the system in sleep or soft-off mode depending on the BIOS settings. Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system is ON turns the system OFF.

(5) Reset button (2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power.

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12. Auxiliary panel connector (20-2 pin AUX_PANEL1) This connector is for additional front panel features including front panel SMB, locator LED and switch, chassis intrusion, and LAN LEDs.

(1) Front panel SMB (6-1 pin FPSMB) These leads connect the front panel SMBus cable.

(2) LAN activity LED (2-pin LAN12_LED)

These leads are for Gigabit LAN activity LEDs on the front panel.

(3) Chassis intrusion (4-1 pin CHASSIS)

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.

(4) Locator LED (2-pin LOCATORLED1 and 2-pin LOCATORLED2)

These leads 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.

(5) Locator Button/Swich (2-pin LOCATORBTN)

These leads are for the locator button on the front panel. This button queries the state of the system locator.

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13. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT) This connector is for an additional Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) port(s). Connect the S/PDIF Out module cable to this connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis.

14. IEEE 1394a port connectors (10-1 pin IE1394_1/2) These connectors are for IEEE 1394a port. Connect the IEEE 1394a module cable to this connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis.

The S/PDIF module is purchased separately.

The IEEE 1394a module is purchased separately.

Never connect a USB cable to the IEEE 1394a connector. Doing so will damage the motherboard!

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15. VGA connector (VGA_HDR1) This connector supports the VGA High Dynamic-Range interface.

16. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP) This connector is for a chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module that supports either HD Audio or legacy AC`97 audio standard. Connect one end of the front panel audio I/O module cable to this connector.

We recommend that you connect a high-definition front panel audio module to this connector to avail of the motherboards high-definition audio capability.

If you want to connect a high-definition front panel audio module to this connector, set the Front Panel Type item in the BIOS setup to [HD]; if you want to connect an AC'97 front panel audio module to this connector, set the item to [AC97]. By default, this connector is set to [HD].

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17. ASMB6 header (ASMB6) This connector supports the ASUS Server Management Board 6 series.

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

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4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup:

1. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (To recover the BIOS using a bootable USB flash disk drive when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)

2. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a USB flash disk.) 3. BUPDATER utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable USB flash disk

drive.)

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable USB flash disk drive in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the BUPDATER utility.

4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using a USB flash drive that contains the updated BIOS file.

Prepare a USB flash drive containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.

RecoveringtheBIOSfromaUSBflashdrive To recover the BIOS from a USB flash drive:

1. Insert the USB flash drive with the original or updated BIOS file to one USB port on the system.

2. The utility will automatically 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.

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4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility The ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility feature allows 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 to the USB port. 2. Enter the BIOS setup program. Go to the Tool menu to select ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility

and press to enable it.

Flash Info

MODEL: Z9PE-D8 WS VER: 0405 DATE: 03/19/2012

Exit

[Enter] Select or Load [Tab] Switch [Up/Down/PageUp/PageDown/Home/End] Move [Esc] Exit [F2] Backup

File Path:\

Drive Info Folder Info

fs0:\ 12/09/10 10:23p 4194304 Z9PE-D8 WS.ROM

ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 Utility V01.04

File Info

MODEL: VER: DATE:

Help Info

3. Press to switch to the Drive Info field. 4. Press the Up/Down arrow keys to find the USB flash disk that contains the latest BIOS,

and then press . 5. Press to switch to the Folder Info field. 6. Press the Up/Down arrow keys to find the BIOS file, and then press to perform

the BIOS update process. Reboot the system when the update process is done.

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4.1.3 BUPDATER utility

The succeeding BIOS screens are for reference only. The actual BIOS screen displays may not be the same as shown.

The BUPDATER utility allows you to update the BIOS file in DOS environment using a bootable USB flash disk drive with the updated BIOS file.

UpdatingtheBIOSfile To update the BIOS file using the BUPDATER utility:

1. Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com and download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. Save the BIOS file to a bootable USB flash 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].ROM

where [filename] is the latest or the original BIOS file on the bootable USB flash disk drive, then press .

A:\>BUPDATER /i[file name].ROM

This function can support devices such as a USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition only.

DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure!

Ensure to load the BIOS default settings to ensure system compatibility and stability. Press and select Yes to load the BIOS default settings.

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The utility verifies the file, then starts updating the BIOS file.

DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure!

5. The 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:\>

ASUSTek BIOS Update for DOS V1.06 (03/19/2012)

Current ROM Update ROM

Note Writing BIOS:

FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A

PATH:

BOARD: Z9PE-D8 WS VER: 0405 DATE: 03/19/2012

BOARD: Z9PE-D8 WS VER: 0405 DATE: 03/19/2012

WARNING! Do not turn off power during flash BIOS

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4.2 BIOS setup program This motherboard supports a programmable firmware chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS.

Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to Run Setup. This section explains how to configure your system using this utility.

Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program, you can change the configuration of your computer in the future. For example, you can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the firmware chip.

The firmware chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program. Press 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 , 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 program is designed to make it as easy to use as possible. Being a menu-driven program, it lets you scroll through the various sub-menus and make your selections from the available options using the navigation keys.

The default BIOS settings for this motherboard apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance. If the system becomes unstable after changing any BIOS settings, load the default settings to ensure system compatibility and stability. Press and select Yes to load the BIOS default settings.

The BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference purposes only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen.

Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard.

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4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

Navigation keys

General helpMenu bar ConfigurationfieldsMenu items

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Set the Date, Use Tab to switch between Data elements.

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BIOS Information BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Core Version 4.6.4.1 Compliancy UEFI 2.1; PI 0.9 BIOS Version 0208 x64 Build Date 03/19/2012

System Date [Thu 03/29/2012] System Time [18:23:29]

Access Level Administrator

Memory Information Total Memory 16384 MB (DDR3)

Processor CPU Speed 2200 MHz Count: 2

4.2.2 Menu bar The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items:

Main For changing the basic system configuration Ai Tweaker For changing the Ai Tweaker settings Server Mgmt For changing the server management settings Advanced For changing the advanced system settings Event 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 the desired item is highlighted.

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4.2.3 Menu items The highlighted item on the menu bar displays the specific items for that menu. For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items.

The other items (Event Logs, Advanced, Monitor, Boot, Tool, and Exit) on the menu bar have their respective menu items.

4.2.4 Submenu items A solid triangle before each item on any menu screen means that the item has a submenu. To display the submenu, select the item and press .

4.2.5 Navigation keys At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are the navigation keys for the BIOS setup program. Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings.

4.2.6 General help At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item.

4.2.7 Configurationfields 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 selected. To change the value of a field, select it and press to display a list of options.

4.2.8 Pop-up window Select a menu item and press to display a pop-up window with the configuration options for that item.

4.2.9 Scroll bar A scroll bar appears on the right side of a menu screen when there are items that do not fit on the screen. Press the Up/Down arrow keys or

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4.3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the 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.

4.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Allows you to set the system date.

4.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx] Allows you to set the system time.

The Server Management tab and menu appear only when you install the ASMB card on the motherboard.

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BIOS Information BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Core Version 4.6.4.1 Compliancy UEFI 2.1; PI 0.9 BIOS Version 0208 x64 Build Date 03/19/2012

System Date [Thu 03/29/2012] System Time [15:07:28]

Access Level Administrator

Memory Information Total Memory 16384 MB (DDR3)

Processor CPU Speed 2200 MHz Count: 2

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4.4 Ai Tweaker menu The Ai Tweaker menu items allow you to configure overclocking-related items.

Be cautious when changing the settings of the Ai Tweaker menu items. Incorrect field values can cause the system to malfunction.

The configuration options for this section vary depending on the CPU and DIMM model you installed on the motherboard.

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Target CPU Turbo-Mode Speed : 2500MHz

Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] CPU Ratio [Auto] DRAM Timing Control CPU1 Voltage [Auto] VCORE_CPU1 +0.930 V CPU1 VSA Voltage [Auto] VSA_CPU1 +0.896 V CPU2 Voltage [Auto] VCORE_CPU2 +0.928 V CPU2 VSA Voltage [Auto] VSA_CPU2 +0.884 V DRAM Voltage (CHA, CHB) [Auto] +VDDQ_AB_CPU1 +1.474 V DRAM Voltage (CHC, CHD) [Auto] +VDDQ_CD_CPU1 +1.476 V DRAM Voltage (CHE, CHF) [Auto] +VDDQ_EF_CPU2 +1.474 V DRAM Voltage (CHG, CHH) [Auto] +VDDQ_GH_CPU2 +1.476 V Clock Spread Spectrum [Disabled]

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Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] Allows you to select the CPU overclocking options to achieve the desired CPU internal frequency. Select any of these preset overclocking configuration options:

[Auto] Loads the optimal settings for the system. [Manual] Allows you to individually set overclocking parameters.

BCLK Frequency [XXX] Allows you to adjust the CPU and VGA frequency to enhance the system performance. Set Ai Overclock Tuner to [Manual] to show BCLK Frequency. Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. You can also key in the desired value using the numeric keypad. The values range from 80.0MHz to 300.0MHz.

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CPU Ratio [Auto] This item allows users adjust the maximum non-turbo CPU ratio. Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 12 to 57 with 1 interval.

CPU1 Voltage [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 0.800V to 1.520V with 0.005V interval.

CPU1 VSA Voltage [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 0.800V to 1.520V with 0.005V interval.

CPU2 Voltage [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 0.800V to 1.520V with 0.005V interval.

CPU2 VSA Voltage [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 0.800V to 1.520V with 0.005V interval.

DRAM Voltage (CHA, CHB) [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 1.20V to 1.90V with 0.005V interval.

DRAM Voltage (CHC, CHD) [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 1.20V to 1.90V with 0.005V interval.

DRAM Voltage (CHE, CHF) [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 1.20V to 1.90V with 0.005V interval.

DRAM Voltage (CHG, CHH) [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 1.20V to 1.90V with 0.005V interval.

Clock Spread Spectrum [Disabled] [Disabled] Enhances BCLK overclocking ability. [Enabled] For [EMI] control.

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Min=0.800V Max=1.520V Standard=By CPU Increment=0.005V =/-:Raise/Reduce

: Select Screen : Select Item Enter: Select Item +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit

Primary Timings DRAM CAS# Latency [Auto] DRAM CAS# Latency 9 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [Auto] DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay 9 DRAM RAS# PRE Time [Auto] DRAM RAS# PRE Time 9 DRAM RAS# ACT Time [Auto] DRAM RAS# ACT Time 24 DRAM COMMAND Mode [Auto] DRAM COMMAND Mode 1

Secondary Timings DRAM RAS# to RAS# Delay [Auto] DRAM RAS# to RAS# Delay 4 DRAM REF Cycle Time [Auto] DRAM REF Cycle Time 74 DRAM WRITE Recovery Time [Auto] DRAM WRITE Recovery Time 10 DRAM READ to PRE Time [Auto] DRAM READ to PRE Time 5 DRAM FOUR ACT WIN Time [Auto] DRAM FOUR ACT WIN Time 20 DRAM WRITE to READ Delay [Auto] DRAM WRITE to READ Delay 5

4.4.1 DRAM Timing Control

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DRAM Write Latency [Auto] DRAM Write Latency 7

Use the scroll to view items.

Primary Timings

DRAM CAS# Latency [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 3 to 15 with 1 interval.

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 4 to 15 with 1 interval.

DRAM RAS# PRE Time [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 4 to 15 with 1 interval.

DRAM RAS# ACT Time [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 4 to 40 with 1 interval.

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DRAM COMMAND Mode [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 1 to 3 with 1 interval.

Secondary Timings

DRAM RAS# to RAS# Delay [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 4 to 7 with 1 interval.

DRAM REF Cycle Time [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 48 to 255 with 1 interval.

DRAM WRITE Recovery Time [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 5 to 31 with 1 interval.

DRAM READ to PRE Time [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 4 to 15 with 1 interval.

DRAM FOUR ACT WIN Time [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 16 to 63 with 1 interval.

DRAM WRITE to READ Delay [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 4 to 15 with 1 interval.

DRAM WRITE Latency [Auto] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 1 to 15 with 1 interval.

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4.5 Advanced 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.

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CPU Configuration Parameters CPU Configuration CPU Power Management Configuration Chipset Configuration PCH SATA Configuration PCH SCU SAS Configuration PCI Subsystem Settings USB Configuration ACPI Settings WHEA Configuration APM Serial Port Console Redirection Onboard LAN Configuration Marvell SATA Configuration Onboard Devices Configuration Runtime Error Logging

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Advanced

Socket specific CPU Information CPU Confguration

Socket 1 CPU Information Socket 2 CPU Information

CPU Speed 2200 MHz

64-bit Supported

Hyper Threading [Enabled] Active Processor Cores [All] Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] Server Class [Custom] Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] DCU Streamer Prefetcher [Enabled] DCU IP Pretetcher [Enabled] Intel Virtualization Technology [Enabled] Local APIC Mode [Auto]

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Socket 1 CPU Information Enter to view socket specific CPU Information.

Socket 1 CPU Information

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz

CPU Signature 206d6 Microcode Patch 613 Max CPU Speed 2200 MHz Min CPU Speed 1200 MHz Processor Cores 6 Intel HT Technology Supported Intel VT-X Technology Supported

L1 Data Cache 32 kB x 8 L1 Code Cache 32 kB x 8 L2 Cache 256 kB x 8 L3 Cache 20480 kB

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Socket 2 CPU Information Enter to view socket specific CPU Information.

Socket 2 CPU Information

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz

CPU Signature 206d6 Microcode Patch 613 Max CPU Speed 2200 MHz Min CPU Speed 1200 MHz Processor Cores 8 Intel HT Technology Supported Intel VT-X Technology Supported

L1 Data Cache 32 kB x 8 L1 Code Cache 32 kB x 8 L2 Cache 256 kB x 8 L3 Cache 20480 kB

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Hyper Threading [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable the Intel Hyper-Threading Technology function. Enable for Windows XP and Linux or disable for other OS. When disabled, only one thread per activated core is enabled.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Active Processor Cores [All] This item sets the number of cores to enable in each processor package. Configuration options: [All] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Setting this item to [Enabled] allows legacy operating system to boot even without support for CPUs with extended CPUID functions.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] XP 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]

Server Class [Custom] Use Intel recommended prefetch settings.

Configuration options: [Enterprise] [High Performance(HPC)] [Custom]

You can only customize the items below when you enable the Server Class to [Custom].

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] This item allows you to turn on/off the mid level cache(L2) streamer prefetcher.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] This item allows you to turn on/off prefetching of adjacent cache lines.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

DCU Streamer Prefetcher [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable prefetching of next L1 data line based upon multiple loads in same cache line.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

DCU IP Prefetcher [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable prefetching of next L1 line based upon sequential load history.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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Intel Virtualization Technology [Enabled] When this item is enabled, VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Local APIC Mode [Auto] Allows you to enable one or both the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controllers (APIC) with APIC ID values greater than 254.

Configuration options: [Auto] [xAPIC] []x2APIC]

Enable the power management features

CPU Power Management Confguration

Power Technology [Custom] Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technolog [Enabled] Turbo Mode [Enabled] P-STATE Coordination [HW_ALL] CPU C3 Report [Disabled] CPU C6 Report [Enabled] CPU C7 Report [Disabled] Package C State limit [C6] Energy Performance [Balanced Performance] Factory long duration power limit 95 Watts Long Duration Power Limit 0 Factory long duration maintained 1000 ms Long Duration Maintained 0 Recommended short duration power1 1.2 * Long Duration Short Duration Power Limit 0

4.5.2 CPUPowerManagementConfiguration

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Power Technology [Custom] This item allows you to enable power management features.

Configuration options: [Disable] [Energy Efficient] [Custom]

You can only customize the items below when you enable the Power Technology to [Custom].

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology [Enabled] Enable Intel SpeedStep for allowing the system operation system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and cores frequency to result in decreased average power consumption and decreased average heat production. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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Turbo Mode [Enabled] This item automatically allows processor cores to run faster than the base operating frequency if its operating below power, current, and temperature specification limit.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

P-STATE Coordination [HW_ALL] This item allows you to change P-STATE Coordination type.

Configuration options: [HW_ALL] [SW_ALL] [SW_ANY]

CPU C3 Report [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable CPU C3(ACPI C2) report.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

CPU C6 Report [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable CPU C6(ACPI C3) report.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Power Technology [Custom] This item allows you to enable power management features.

Configuration options: [Disable] [Energy Efficient] [Custom]

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology [Enabled] Enable Intel SpeedStep for allowing the system operation system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and cores frequency to result in decreased average power consumption and decreased average heat production.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Turbo Mode [Enabled] This item automatically allows processor cores to run faster than the base operating frequency if its operating below power, current, and temperature specification limit.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

P-STATE Coordination [HW_ALL] This item allows you to change P-STATE Coordination type.

Configuration options: [HW_ALL] [SW_ALL] [SW_ANY]

CPU C3 Report [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable CPU C3(ACPI C2) report.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

CPU C6 Report [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable CPU C6(ACPI C3) report.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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CPU C7 Report [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable CPU C7(ACPI C3) report.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Package C State limit [C6] This item allows you to set package C State limit.

Configuration options: [C0] [C2] [C6] [C7] [No Limit]

Energy Performance [Balanced Performance] This item allows you to optimize between performance and power savings.

Configuration options: [Performance] [Balanced Performance] [Balanced Energy] [Energy Efficient]

Factory long duration power limit 95Watts Long Duration Power Limit 0 Allows you to set long duration power limit in watts. Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value.

Factory long duration maintained 1000 ms Long Duration Maintained 0 Allows you to set time window which the long duration power is maintained. Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value.

Recommended short duration power1 1.2 * Long Duration Short Duration Power Limit 0 Allows you to set short duration power limit in watts. Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value.

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QPI Configuration Memory Configuration CPU II0 Bridge Configuration PCH Configuration Intel(R) VT for Directed I/O Configuration

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Advanced

QPI Configuration Page

QPIConfiguration

Current QPI Link Speed Fast Current QPI Link Freq 7.2 GT/s Isoc [Enabled] QPI Link Speed Mode [Fast] QPI Link Frequency Select [Auto] QPI Link0s [Disabled] QPI Link0p [Disabled] QPI Link1 [Enabled]

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Enable/Disable Isoc

Isoc [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

QPI Link Speed Mode [Fast] This item allows you to select the QPI link speed as either the fast mode or slow mode.

Configuration options: [Slow] [Fast]

QPI Link Frequency Select [Auto] This item allows for selecting the QPI link frequency

Configuration options: [Auto] [6.4 GT/s] [7.2 GT/s (Fast Mode Only)] [8.0 GT/s (Fast Mode Only)]

QPI Link0s [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

QPI Link0p [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

QPI Link1 [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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MemoryConfiguration

Support for Compatibility Revision ID(CRID) Functionality mentioned in Sandybridge bios spec

Compatibility RID [Enabled] Memory Configuration

Total Memory 16384 MB (DDR3) Current Memory Mode Independent Currently Memory Speed 1333 MHz Mirroring Not Possible Sparing Not Possible Memory Mode [Independent] Numa [Enabled] DDR Speed [Auto] Channel Interleaving [Auto] Rank Interleaving [Auto] Patrol Scrub [Disabled] Demand Scrub [Enabled] Data Scrambling [Enabled] Device Tagging [Disabled] Thermal Throttling [CLTT] Enable High Temp. [Disabled] Allow 2x Refresh [Enabled] Altitude [300 M] Memory HOT sensor support [Enabled] DIMM Information

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Compatibility RID [Enabled] Supports compatibility revision ID (CRID) functionality mentioned in Sandybridge BIOS spec.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Memory Mode [Independent] Select the mode for memory initializaton.

Configuration options: [Independent]

Numa [Enalbled] Allows you to disable or enable Non Uniform Memory Access.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

DDR Speed [Auto] This item allows you to configure force DDR speed.

Configuration options: [Auto] [Force DDR3 800] [Force DDR3 1066] [Force DDR3 1333] [Force DDR3 1600] [Force DDR3 1866] [Force DDR3 2133] [Force DDR3 2400] [Force DDR3 2666]

Channel Interleaving [Auto] Select different channel interleaving setting.

Configuration options: [Auto] [1 Way] [2 Way] [3 Way] [4 Way]

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Rank Interleaving [Auto] Select different rank interleaving setting.

Configuration options: [Auto] [1 Way] [2 Way] [4 Way] [8 Way]

Patrol Scrub [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable Patrol Scrub.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Demand Scrub [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable Demand Scrubbing Feature.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Data Scrambling [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable Data Scrambling.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Device Tagging [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable Device Tagging.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Thermal Throttling [CLTT] Configuration options: [Disabled] [OLTT] [CLTT]

Enable High Temp. [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable high temperature mode.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Allow 2x Refresh [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable refreshing function.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Altitude [300 M] Shows system altitude above the sea level in meters.

Configuration options: [Auto] [300 M] [900 M] [1500 M] [3000 M]

Memory Hot sensor support [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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DIMM Information

CPU1 DIMM Information

DIMM_A1 Present 8192 MB(Indep

DIMM_B1 Not Present

DIMM_C1 Not Present

DIMM_D1 Not Present

CPU2 DIMM Information

DIMM_E1 Not Present

DIMM_F1 Not Present

DIMM_G1 Present 8192 MB Inde[

DIMM_H1 Not Present

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Intel(R) I/OAT [Disabled] DCA Support [Enabled] VGA Priority [Offboard] TargetVGA VGA From CPU

CPUIIOBridgeConfiguration

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Intel(R) I/OAT [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable Intel I/O accelaration technology.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

DCA Support [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable direct cache access support.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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PCHConfiguration

Support for PCH Compatibility Revision ID(CRID) Functionality.

Name Patsburg Stepping 06 (C1 Stepping)

SB Chipset Configuration PCH Compatibility RID [Disabled]

Deep Sx [Disabled] SCU devices [Enabled] Onboard SATA RAID Oprom [Enabled]

Audio Configuration Azalia HD Audio [Enabled]

High Precision Event Timer Configuration High Precision Timer [Enabled] : Select Screen

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PCH Compatibility RID [Disabled] This item allows support for PCH compatibility.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Deep Sx [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled in S5 (Battery)] [Enabled in S5] [Enabled in S4 and S5 (Battery)] [Enabled in S4 and S5]

Mobile platforms support deep S4/S5 in DC only and desktop platforms support deep S4/S5 in AC only.

SCU devices [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable Patsburg SCU devices.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Onboard SATA RAID Oprom [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable onboard SATA RAID option rom if Launch Storage Oprom is enabled.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

VGA Priority [offboard] This item allows you to decide the priority between onboard and 1st offboard video device found.

Configuration options: [Onboard] [Offboard]

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AudioConfiguration

Azalia HD Audio [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable Azalia HD Audio.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

HighPrecisionEventTimerConfiguration

High Precision Timer [Enabled] This item allows you to enable/disable High Precision Event Timer.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

The following item appears only when you set Intel(R) VT-d to [Enabled].

Coherency Support [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable VT-d Engine Coherency support.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

ATS Support [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable VT-d Engine address translation services (ATS) support.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Intel(R) VT-d [Enabled]

Intel(R) VT-d [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable Intel VT-d.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

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Enables or Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Configuration.

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SATA Mode [AHCI Mode] This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode]

If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, set this item to [IDE Mode].

If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), keep the default setting [AHCI Mode]. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands.

If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID Mode].

AHCI Mode Allows you to enable the Aggressive Link Power Management and support Staggered Spin-up.

S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled] S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system. When read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to report warning messages during the POST.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

4.5.4 PCHSATAConfiguration

(1)IDE Mode. (2)AHCI Mode. (3)RAID Mode.

SATA Port1 ST3500320AS(500GB) SATA Port2 Not Present SATA Port3 Not Present SATA Port4 Not Present SATA Port5 ASUS DRW ATAPI SATA Port6 Not Present

SATA Mode [AHCI Mode] S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]

Aggressive Link Power Management[Enabled]

Port1 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Port2 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Port3 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Port4 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Port5 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Port6 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]

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Aggressive Link Power Management [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Port 1-6 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

IDE Mode Allows you to to enable or disable the SATA controllers.

Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced] This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. Set to [Enhanced] to support two SATA 6.0 Gb/s and two SATA 3.0 Gb/s devices. Set to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Up to four SATA devices are supported under these operating systems.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enhanced] [Compatible]

Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. Set to [Enhanced] to support two SATA 3.0 Gb/s devices.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enhanced]

S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled] S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system. When read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to report warning messages during the POST.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

4.5.5 PCHSCUSASConfiguration The PCH SCU SAS configuration items appears only when you have installed the ASRK Module (optional) on the motherboard.

Device1 Not Present Device2 Not Present Device3 Not Present Device4 Not Present

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4.5.6 PCI Subsystem Settings

In case of multiple Option ROMs (Legacy and EFI Compatible), specifies what PCI option ROM to lanuch.

PCI Bus Driver Version V 2.05.00

PCI Option ROM Handling PCI ROM Priority [EFI Compatible ROM]

PCI Common Settings

PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clocks] VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] PERR# Generation [Disabled] SERR# Generation [Disabled] Load RT32 Image [Enabled]

PCI Express Settings PCIE Slot Option Rom Configuration : Select Screen

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PCI ROM Priority [EFI Compatible ROM] This item specifies which PCI option ROM to launch between multiple option ROMs (Legacy and EFI Compatible).

Configuration options: [Legacy ROM] [EFI Compatible ROM]

PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clocks] This item configures the value to be programmed into PCI Latency Timer Register. Configuration options: [32 PCI Bus Clocks] [64 PCI Bus Clocks] [96 PCI Bus Clocks] [128 PCI Bus Clocks] [160 PCI Bus Clocks] [192 PCI Bus Clocks] [224 PCI Bus Clocks] [248 PCI Bus Clocks]

VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] This item enables or disables VGA pallette register snooping. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

PERR# Generation [Disabled] This item enables or disables PCI device to generate PERR#. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

SERR# Generation [Disabled] This item enables or disables PCI device to generate SERR#. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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PCI Express Settings

Enables or Disables PCI Express Device Relaxed Ordering.

PCI Express Link Register Settings

ASPM Support [Disabled] WARNING: Enabling ASPM may cause some PCI-E device to fail

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ASPM Support [Disabled] This item allows you to set the ASPM level.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] [Force L0s]

[Force L0s] Force all links to L0s state. [Auto] BIOS auto configure. [Disabled] Disabled ASPM.

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PCIESlotOptionROMConfiguration

Enable or Disable Boot Option for Legacy Mass Storage Devices with Option ROM.

Legacy OpROM Support Launch Storage OpROM [Enabled]

PCIE1 Option Rom [Enabled] PCIE2 Option Rom [Enabled] PCIE3 Option Rom [Enabled] PCIE4 Option Rom [Enabled] PCIE5 Option Rom [Enabled] PCIE6 Option Rom [Enabled] PCIE7 Option Rom [Enabled]

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Launch Storage OpROM [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable boot option for Legacy Mass Storage devices with Option ROM.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

PCIE1 Option Rom [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

PCIE2 Option Rom [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

PCIE3 Option Rom [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

PCIE4 Option Rom [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

PCIE5 Option Rom [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

PCIE6 Option Rom [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

PCIE7 Option Rom [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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4.5.7 USBConfiguration

Enabled Legacy USB support. AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications.

USB Configuration

USB Devices: 1 Keyboard, 1 Mouse, 2 Hubs

Legacy USB Support [Enabled] USB3.0 Support [Enabled] XHCI Hand-off [Enabled] EHCI Hand-off [Disabled] USB Hardware Delays and Time-outs USB transfer time-out [20 sec] Device reset time-out [20 sec] Device power-up delay [Auto] USB Ports Configuration

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Legacy USB Support [Enabled] This item enables or disables Legacy USB device support. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto]

USB3.0 Support [Enabled] This item enables or disables USB3.0 (XHCI) Controller support. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

XHCI Hand-off [Enabled] This is a workaround for OSes without XHCI ownership change should be claimed by XHCI driver. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

EHCI Hand-off [Disabled] This is a workaround for OSes without EHCI ownership change should be claimed by XHCI driver. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

USB Hardware Delays and Time-outs USB transfer time-out [20 sec] This item sets the time-out value for control, bulk, and interrupt transfer. Configuration options: [1 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]

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Enable/Disable USB 2.0 (EHCI) Support.

EHCI Controller 1 [Enabled] EHCI Controller 2 [Enabled]

USB Port 1 [Enabled] USB Port 2 [Enabled] USB Port 3 [Enabled] USB Port 4 [Enabled] USB Port 5 [Enabled] USB Port 6 [Enabled] USB Port 7 [Enabled] USB Port 8 [Enabled] USB Port 9 [Enabled] USB Port 10 [Enabled] USB Port 11 [Enabled] USB Port 12 [Enabled] USB Port 13 [Enabled] USB Port 14 [Enabled]

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EHCI Controller 1/2 [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable USB 2.0 (EHCI) Support. If we disable the EHCI Controller in BIOS > South Bridge > USB configuration, the USB device will all disable in OS.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

USB Port 1/14 [Enabled] These items allow you to enable or disable USB ports 1 to 14.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

4.5.8 ACPI Settings

Enables or Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Configuration.

ACPI Settings

Enable ACPI Auto Configuration [Disabled]

Enable Hibernation [Enabled] ACPI Sleep State [S3 (Suspend to RAM)] Lock Legacy Resources [Disabled]

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EnableACPIAutoConfiguration[Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable BIOS ACPI Auto Configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Enable Hibernation [Enabled] Enables or disables system ability to Hibernate (0S/S4 sleep state). This option may be not effective with some OS.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

ACPI Sleep State [S3 (Suspend to RAM)] Allows you to set the ACPI Sleep State.

Configuration options: [Suspend Disabled] [S1 (CPU Stop Clock)] [S3 (Suspend to RAM)]

Lock Legacy Resources [Disabled] Allows to enable or disable Lock Legacy Resources.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

The following item appears only when you set EnabledACPIAutoConfigurationto [Disabled].

4.5.9 WHEAConfiguration

Enable or disable Windows Hardware Error Architecture.

WHEA Support [Enabled]

WHEA Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Windows Hardware Error Architecture support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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4.5.10 APM

Restrore AC Power Loss [Last State] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] Power On By PCIE [Disabled] Power On By Ring [Disabled] Power On By RTC [Disabled]

Restore AC Power Loss [Last State] When set to [Power Off], the system goes into off state after an AC power loss. When set to [Power On], the system will reboot after an AC power loss. When set to [Last State], the system goes into either off or on state, whatever the system state was before the AC power loss. Configuration options: [Power Off] [Power On] [Last State]

Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] [Disabled] Disables the PS/2 Keyboard from generating a wake event. [Enabled] Enables the PS/2 Keyboard to generate a wake event.

Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] [Disabled] Disables the PS/2 Mouse from generating a wake event. [Enabled] Enables the PS/2 Mouse to generate a wake event.

Power On By PCIE [Disabled] [Disabled] Disables the PCIE devices from generating a wake event. [Enabled] Enables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event.

Power On By Ring [Disabled] [Disabled] Disables the Ring devices from generating a wake event. [Enabled] Enables the Ring devices to generate a wake event.

Power On By RTC [Disabled] [Disabled] Disables RTC from generating a wake event. [Enabled] When set to [Enabled], the items RTC Alarm Date (Days) and Hour/

Minute/Second will become user-configurable with set values.

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4.5.11 Serial Port Console Redirection

COM1 Console Redirection [Disabled] Console Redirection Settings

COM2 Console Redirection [Enabled] Console Redirection Settings

Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/ Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) Console Redirection [Disabled] Console Redirection Settings

Console Redirection Settings This item becomes configurable only when you enable the Console Redirection item. The settings specify how the host computer and the remote computer (which the user is using) will exchange data. Both computers should have the same or compatible settings.

Terminal Type [VT-UTF8] Allows you to set the terminal type. [VT100] ASCII char set [VT100+] Extends VT100 to support color, function keys, etc. [VT-UTF8] Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode chars onto 1 or more bytes [ANSI] Extended ASCII char set

Bits per 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]

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The following item appears only when you set Console Redirection to [Enabled].

COM1 Console Redirection [Disabled] This item enables or disables the console redirection feature.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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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] No parity bit [Even] Parity bit is 0 if the num of 1s in the data bits is even [Odd] Parity bit is 0 if num of 1s in the data bits is odd [Mark] Parity bit is always 1 [Space] Parity bit is always 0

Stop Bits [1] Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet. (A start bit indicates the beginning.) The standard setting is 1 stop bit. Communication with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit. Configuration options: [1] [2] Flow Control [VT100] Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port.

Configuration options: [VT100] [Hardware RTS/CTS] [Software Xon/Xoff]

Recorder Mode [Disabled] With this mode enabled, only text will be sent. This is to capture Terminal data.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Recorder 100x31 [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable extended terminal resolution.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Legacy OS Redirction Resolution [80x24] This item configures the number of rows and columns supported on legacy OS.

Configuration options: [80x24] [80x25]

COM2 Console Redirection [Disabled] Enables or disables the console redirection feature.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Console Redirection Settings Please refer to the description of the Console Redirection Settings item under COM1 for details.

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Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/ Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) Console Redirection [Disabled] Enables or disables the console redirection feature.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Console Redirection Settings Out-of-Band Mgmt Port [COM1] Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port.

Configuration options: [COM1] [COM2]

Terminal Type [VT-UTF8] Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow 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 [VT100] Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port.

Configuration options: [VT100] [Hardware RTS/CTS] [Software Xon/Xoff]

The following item appears only when you set Console Redirection to [Enabled].

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4.5.12 OnboardLANConfiguration

Onboard LAN Configuration INTEL W82574L OpROM1 [PXE] INTEL W82574L OpROM2 [PXE]

INTEL W82574L OpROM1 [PXE] This item launched INTEL W82574L OpROM1.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [PXE] [iSCSI]

INTEL W82574L OpROM2 [PXE] This item launched INTEL W82574L OpROM2.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [PXE] [iSCSI]

4.5.13 MarvellSATAConfiguration

Marvell SATA Configuration Marvell Storage Controller [Enabled] Marvell Storage OPROM [Enabled]

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Marvell Storage Controller [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Marvell Storage OPROM [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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4.5.14 OnboardDevicesConfiguration

Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port 2 Configuration VIA 1394 Controller [Enabled] Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller [Enabled] Asmedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging S [Enabled]

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Set Parameters of serial Port 1(COM1).

SerialPort1/2Configuration This item allows you to set parameters of serial ports 1 and 2.

Serial Port [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable the Serial Port.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Device Mode [Standard Serial Port Mode] This item allows you to change the serial port mode.

Configuration options: [Standard Serial Port Mode]

VIA 1394 Controller [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable VIA 1394.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable Asmedia USB 3.0.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Asmedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging S [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable Asmedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging S.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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4.5.15 Runtime Error Logging

Runtime Error Logging Support [Disabled]

Runtime Error Logging Support [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable Runtime Error Logging Support.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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The following item appears only when you set Runtime Error Logging Support to [Enabled].

PCI Error Logging Support [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable PCI Error Logging.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled].

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4.6 Server Management menu

The Server Management menu displays the server management status, and allows you to change the settings.

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If enabled, starts a BIOS timer which can only be shut off by Intel Management Software after the OS loads. Helps determine that the OS successfully loaded or follows the O/S Boot Watchdog Timer policy.

BMC Firmware Version: -

O/S Watchdog Timer [Disabled] O/S Wtd Timer Timeout [10 minutes] O/S Wtd Timer Policy [Reset]

System Event Log BMC network configuration

O/S Watchdog Timer [Disabled] If enabled, starts a BIOS timer which can only be shut off by Intel Management Software after the OS loads. Helps determine that the OS sucessfully loaded or follows the O/S Boot Watchdog TImer Policy.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

O/S Wtd Timer Timeout [10 minutes] Allows to configure the length of the O/S Boot Watchdog Timer. Not available if O/S Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled.

Configuration options: [5 minutes] [10 minutes] [15 minutes] [20 minutes]

O/S Wtd Timer Policy [Reset] Allows to configure how the system should respond if the OS Boot Watchdog Timer expires. Not available if O/S Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled.

Configuration options: [Do Nothing] [Reset] [Power Down]

The Server Management menu appears only when you install ASMB card on the motherboard.

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Server Mgmt

Change this to enable or disable all features of system Event Logging during boot.

Enabling/Disabling Options

SEL Components [Disabled] Erasing Settings Erase SEL [No] When SEL is Full [Do Nothing]

Note: All values changed here do not take effect

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SEL Components [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable all features of system Event Logging during boot. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Erase SEL [No] Allows to choose options for erasing SEL.

Configuration options: [No] [Yes, On next reset] [Yes, On every reset]

When SEL is Full [Do Nothing] Allows to choose options for reactions to a full SEL.

Configuration options: [Do Nothing] [Erase Immediately]

The following items appears only when you set SEL Components to [Enabled].

All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted.

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Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically(by BIOS or BMC). Unspecified option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS phase

BMC network configuration

Lan1

Lan1 IP Address in BMC: 000.000.000.000 Lan1 Subnet Mask in BMC: 000.000.000.000 Lan1 Gateway Address in BMC: 000.000.000.000 Lan1 MAC Address in BMC: 00.00.00.00.00.00 Lan1 Address Source in BMC: DHCP Mode

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ConfigurationAddresssource[PreviousState] Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically(by BIOS or BMC). Unspecified option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS phase.

Configuration options: [Previous State] [Static Mode] [DHCP Mode]

The following items appears only when you set ConfigurationAddresssource to [Static Mode].

Station IP address [0.0.0.0] Allows to input Station IP address.

Subnet mask [0.0.0.0] Allows to input Subnet mask.

Gateway IP address [0.0.0.0] Allows to input Gateway IP address.

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All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted.

4.7 Event Logs menu The Event Logs allows you to change or view the event log settings.

The Event Logs menu appears when the ASMB card is not installed on the motherboard.

Change Smbios Event Log Settings Press to change the Smbios Event Log configuration.

For more information on this configuration, refer to 4.7.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings.

View Smbios Event Log Press to view all smbios event logs.

View System Event Log Press to view all system event logs.

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Press to change the Smbios Log configuration.

Change Smbios Event Log Settings View System Event Log View System Event Log

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Change this to enable or disable all features of Smbios Event Logging during boot.

Enabling/Disabling Options

Smbios Event Log [Enabled]

Erasing Settings Erase Event Log [No] When Log is Full [Do Nothing]

Smbios Event Log Standard Settings Log System Boot Event [Disabled] MECI 1 METW 60

Custom Option Log OEM Codes [Enabled] Convert OEM Codes [Disabled] Note: All values changed here do not take effect

until computer is restarted.

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Enabling/Disabling Options

Smbios Event Log [Enabled] Change this to enable 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] This item allows you to choose options for reactions to a full Smbios Event Log.

Configuration options: [Do Nothing] [Erase Immediately]

Smbios Event Log Standard Settings

Log System Boot Event [Disabled] This item allows you to choose options to enable/disable logging of System boot event.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

MECI [1] This item allows you to set Mutiple Event Count Increment (MECI). The number of occurrences of a duplicate event that must pass before the multiplt-event counter associated with the log entry is updated, specified as a numeric value in the range 1 to 255.

METW [60] This item allows you to set 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.

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Custom Options

Log OEM Codes [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable the logging of EFI Status Codes as OEM Codes (if not already converted to legacy).

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Convert OEM Codes [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable the converting of EFI Status Codes to Standard Smbios Types (Not all may be translated).

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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Setup Prompt Timeout [xx] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key.

Bootup NumLock State [On] This item allows you to select the power-on state for the NumLock.

Configuration options: [Off] [On]

Full Screen Logo [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

1. Set Full Screen Logo to [Enabled] to use the ASUS MyLogo2 feature.

2. Set Full Screen Logo to [Disabled] to select the desired Post Report waiting time from 1~10 sec.

Post Report [5 sec] Allows you to select a desired post report waiting time. This item only appears when you set the Full Screen Logo to [Disabled].

Configuration options: [1 sec] - [10 sec] [Until Press ESC

4.8 Boot menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options.

Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0xFFFF) means indefinite waiting.

Boot Configuration Setup Prompt Timeout 1 Bootup NumLock State [On]

Full Screen Logo [Enabled]

CSM16 Module Version 07.67

GateA20 Active [Upon Request] Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS] Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] Boot Device Seeking [Endless PXE] UEFI Boot [Disabled]

Boot Option Priorities Boot Option #1 [P4: ASUS DRW-24...] Boot Option #2 [P0: ST3500320AS...] Boot Option #3 [IBA GE Slot 0600 v...]

CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities Hard Drive BBS Priorities Network Device BBS Priorities

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CSM16 Module Version GateA20 Active [Upon Request] [Upon Request] GA20 can be disabled using BIOS services. [Always] Do not allow disable GA20; this optionis useful when any RT code is

executed above 1MB.

Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS] Allows you to set the display mode for Options ROM.

Configuration options: [Force BIOS] [Keep Current]

Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] Allows Option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Boot Device Seeking [Endless PXE] [Endless PXE] Continuous seek remote boot image until boot image found or user abort

(press Ctrl+Alt+Del). [Normal] Seek remote boot image once then stop.

UEFI Boot [Disabled] Enables or disables UEFI Boot.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

To select the boot device during system startup, press when ASUS Logo appears.

To access Windows OS in Safe Mode, please press after POST.

Boot Option #1/#2/#3/#4 [IBA GE Slot 0600 v...] Configuration options: [SATA P2: ASUS ...] [SATA P3: WDC WD80...] [AMI Virtual CDROM...] [IBA GE Slot 0600 v...]

These items appear only when you connect SATA ODD or hard drive to the SATA ports.

CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities Hard Drive BBS Priorities Network Device BBS Priorities These settings allow you to set the booting order of the SATA devices.

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Setup Mode [EZ Mode] [Advanced Mode] Sets Advanced Mode as the default screen for entering the BIOS setup

program. [EZ Mode] Sets EZ Mode as the default screen for entering the BIOS setup program.

Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Select [Disabled] to disallow this function.

To select the boot device during system startup, press when ASUS Logo appears. To access Windows OS in Safe Mode, press after POST.

Boot Override These items displays the available devices. The number of 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.

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4.9 Monitor menu The Monitor menu displays the system temperature/power status, and allows you to change the fan settings.

CPU1 Temperature 90.0C/194.0F CPU2 Temperature 90.0C/194.0F TR1 Temperature 18.0C/64.4F TR2 Temperature 6.0C/42.8F CPU FAN1 Speed 3658 RPM CPU FAN2 Speed 3678 RPM FRNT FAN1 Speed N/A FRNT FAN2 Speed N/A FRNT FAN3 Speed N/A FRNT FAN4 Speed N/A REAR FAN1 Speed N/A REAR FAN2 Speed N/A +VTT_CPU +1.026 V VCORE_CPU1 +0.996 V VCORE_CPU2 +0.996 V VSA_CPU1 +0.898 V VSA_CPU2 +0.912 V +VDDQ_AB_CPU1 +1.510 V +VDDQ_CD_CPU1 +1.526 V +VDDQ_EF_CPU2 +1.474 V +VDDQ_GH_CPU2 +1.474 V +5VSB +4.921 V +5V +4.966 V +12V +11.592 V +3.3V +3.264 V

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CPU 1/2; TR1 1/2 Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU and motherboard component temperatures. Select Ignore if you do not wish to display the detected temperatures.

CPU FAN1/2 Speed; FRNT FAN14 Speed; REAR FAN1/2 Speed [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the speed of CPU fans, front fans, and rear fan in rotations per minute (RPM). If the fan is not connected to the motherboard, the field shows N/A.

Use the scroll to view items.

VBAT +3.168 V +3.3VSB +3.234 V

FAN Speed Control [Generic Mode]

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+VTT_CPU Voltage, VCORE1/2 Voltage, VSA_CPU1/2, +VDDQ_AB_CPU1 Voltage, +VDDQ_CD_CPU1 Voltage, +VDDQ_EF_CPU2 Voltage, +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.

FAN Speed Control [Generic Mode] This item allows you to configure the ASUS Smart Fan feature that smartly adjusts the fan speeds for more efficient system operation. Configuration options: [Generic Mode] [High Speed Mode] [Full Speed Mode]

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4.10 Security menu The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings.

If you have forgotten your BIOS password, erase the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM to clear the BIOS password. See section 2.6 Jumpers for information on how to erase the RTC RAM.

The Administrator or User Password items on top of the screen show the default Not Installed. After you set a password, these items show Installed.

Administrator Password If you have set an administrator password, we recommend that you enter the administrator password for accessing the system. Otherwise, you might be able to see or change only selected fields in the BIOS setup program.

To set an administrator password:

1. Select the Administrator Password item and press . 2. From the Create New Password box, key in a password, then press . 3. Confirm the password when prompted.

To change an administrator password:

1. Select the Administrator Password item and press . 2. From the Enter Current Password box, key in the current password, then press

. 3. From the Create New Password box, key in a new password, then press . 4. Confirm the password when prompted.

To clear the administrator password, follow the same steps as in changing an administrator password, but press when prompted to create/confirm the password. After you clear the password, the Administrator Password item on top of the screen shows Not Installed.

Set Setup Administrator Password

Password Description

If ONLY the Administrator's password is set, then this only limits access to Setup and is only asked for when entering Setup If ONLY the User's password is set, then this is a power on password and must be entered to boot or enter Setup. In Setup the User will have Administrator rights The password length must br in the following range: Minimum length 3 Maximum length 20

Administrator Password User Password

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User Password If you have set a user password, you must enter the user password for accessing the system. The User Password item on top of the screen shows the default Not Installed. After you set a password, this item shows Installed.

To set a user password:

1. Select the User Password item and press . 2. From the Create New Password box, key in a password, then press . 3. Confirm the password when prompted.

To change a user password:

1. Select the User Password item and press . 2. From the Enter Current Password box, key in the current password, then press

. 3. From the Create New Password box, key in a new password, then press . 4. Confirm the password when prompted.

To clear the user password, follow the same steps as in changing a user password, but press when prompted to create/confirm the password. After you clear the password, the User Password item on top of the screen shows Not Installed.

4.11 Tool menu The Tool menu items allow you to configure options for special functions. Select an item then press to display the submenu.

Be used to update BIOS ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility

ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility This item allows you to run ASUS EZ Flash BIOS ROM Utility when you press . Check section 4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility for details.

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4.12 Exit menu The Exit menu items allow you to save or discard your changes to the BIOS items.

Pressing does not immediately exit this menu. Select one of the options from this menu or from the legend bar to exit.

Discard Changes & Exit This option allows you to exit the Setup program without saving your changes. When you select this option or if you press , a confirmation window appears. Select Yes to discard changes and exit.

Save Changes & Reset Once you are finished making your selections, choose this option from the Exit menu to ensure the values you selected are saved. When you select this option or if you press , a confirmation window appears. Select Yes to save changes and exit.

Discard Changes & Reset This option allows you to reset the Setup program without saving your changes. When you select this option, a confirmation window appears. Select Yes to discard changes and reset.

Restore Defaults This option allows you to restore/load defaults values for all the setup options. When you select this option, a confirmation window appears. Select Yes to load optimized defaults.

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.

Exit system setup without saving any changes.

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This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities.

Chapter 5

R A ID c o n fi g u ra ti o n

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5.1 RAIDconfigurations The system supports the following SATA RAID solutions:

LSIMegaRAIDsoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility with RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support (for both Linux and Windows OS).

Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU / SATA Option ROM Utility with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 support (for Windows OS only).

Marvell RAID utility with RAID 0 and RAID 1 support.

You must install Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using Windows XP SP3 or later versions.

Due to Windows XP / Vista limitation, a RAID array with the total capacity over 2TB cannot be set as a boot disk. A RAID array over 2TB can only be set as a data disk only.

Intel SATA ports do not support AHCI and RAID modes on Windows XP.

If you want to install a Windows operating system to a hard disk drive included in a RAID set, you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Refer to section 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk for details.

5.1.1 RAIDdefinitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.

RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive.

RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.

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 new drives for this setup.

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5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The system supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.

To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration: 1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.

5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID set(s) using SATA HDDs. To do this:

1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Go to the Advanced menu > SATAConfiguration, and then press . 3. Set the SATA Mode item to [RAID Mode]. 4. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup.

Refer to Chapter 4 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup.

Due to chipset limitation, when set any of SATA ports to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together.

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5.2 LSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility The LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 10 set(s) from SATA hard disk drives connected to the SATA connectors supported by the system southbridge chip.

To enter the LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility:

1. Turn on the system after installing all the SATA hard disk drives. 2. During POST, the LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility automatically

detects the installed SATA hard disk drives and displays any existing RAID set(s). Press + to enter the utility.

LSI MegaRAID Software RAID BIOS Version A.10 09231523R LSI SATA RAID Found at PCI Bus No:00 Dev No:1F Device present at Port 0 ST3160812AS 152114MB Device present at Port 1 ST3160812AS 152114MB Device present at Port 2 ST3160812AS 152114MB Device present at Port 3 ST3160812AS 152114MB Press Ctrl-M or Enter to run LSI Software RAID Setup 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 configuration utility, the boot priority of the SATA optical drive has to be manually adjusted. Otherwise, the system will not boot from the connected SATA ODD.

3. The utility main window appears. Use the arrow keys to select an option from the Management Menu and then press . Refer to the Management Menu descriptions on the next page.

At the bottom of the screen is the legend box. The keys on the legend box allow you to navigate through the setup menu options or execute commands. The keys on the legend box vary according to the menu level.

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Configure VD(s)

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5.2.1 Creating a RAID set The LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility allows you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 10 set using two types of configurations: Easy and New.

In EasyConfiguration, the virtual drive parameters are set automatically.

In NewConfiguration, you manually set the virtual drive parameters.

UsingEasyConfiguration To create a RAID set using the EasyConfiguration option:

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure>EasyConfiguration, and then press .

Menu Description Configure Allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 10 set using the Easy

Configuration or the New Configuration 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 of a

created RAID set

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Defines Physical Arrays. An Array Will Automatically Become A VD

Configuration Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View/Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive

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3. Select all the drives required for the RAID set, and then press to configure array setting.

4. Press to select the configurable array.

2. The ARRAY SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the SATA ports. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the drives you want to include in the RAID set, and then press . When selected, the drive indicator changes from READY to ONLIN A[X]-[Y], where X is the array number, and Y is the drive number.

The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen.

You need at least two identical hard disk drives when creating a RAID 1 set.

You need at least four identical hard disk drives when creating a RAID 10 set.

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Easy Configuration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU Select Configurable Array(s)

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5. Press again, the virtual drive information appears including a Virtual Drive menu that allows you to change the virtual drive parameters.

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0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE

Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO

Choose RAID Level For This VD

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6. Select RAID from the Virtual Drive sub-menu, and then press . 7. Select the RAID level from the menu, and then press .

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Choose RAID Level For This VD

RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1

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8. Select Units from the Virtual Drive sub-menu, and then press . 9. Select the units for virtual drive size from the menu, and then press .

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Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO

Select Units For VD Size

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Select Units For VD Size MB GB TB

10. When creating a RAID 1 or a RAID 10 set, select DWC from the Virtual Drive menu, and then press .

When creating a RAID 0 set, proceed to step 12. 11. Select On to enable the Disk Write Cache setting, and then press .

Enabling DWC can improve the performance, but with the risk of data loss.

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Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO

Disk Write Cache Setting Of VD

Change DWC Off On

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12. When finished setting the selected virtual drive configuration, select Accept from the menu, and then press .

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LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status

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Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO

Accept This VD Configuration And Go To Next VD

Cursor Keys, SPACE-(De)Select F2-ChIdInfo F3-SlotInfo F10-Configure Esc-Quit

13. Follow step 2 to 10 to configure additional virtual drives. 14. Press to finish RAID configuration. When prompted to save configuration, select

Yes from the menu, and then press .

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Select Yes Or No

Configuration Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View/Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive

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UsingNewConfiguration When a RAID set already exists, using the NewConfiguration command erases the existing RAID configuration data. If you do not want to delete the existing RAID set, use the View/AddConfiguration command to view or create another RAID configuration.

To create a RAID set using the NewConfiguration option:

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure>NewConfiguration, and then press .

Management Menu Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency

Clear Existing Configuration And Start A New Configuration

Configuration Menu Easy Configuration N w Configuration View/Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive

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2. Follow step 2 to 9 of the previous section: UsingEasyConfiguration. 3. Select Size from the Virtual Drive menu, and then press . 4. Key-in the desired virtual drive size, and then press .

5. Follow step 10 to 14 of the previous section: UsingEasyConfiguration to create the RAID set.

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D N L I N

D N L I N

E a s y C o n f i g u r a t i o n - A R R A Y Virtual Drive(s) Configured

LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status

0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE

V i r t u a l RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO

Enter VD Size:

Enter VD Size: 152146_

Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option

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5.2.2 AddingorviewingaRAIDconfiguration You can add a new RAID configuration or view an existing configuration using the View/Add Configuration command.

AddinganewRAIDconfiguration To add a new RAID configuration:

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure>View/AddConfiguration, and then press .

2. The ARRAY SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the SATA ports. Select the drive(s) you want to include in the RAID set, then press . When selected, the drive indicator changes from READY to ONLIN A[X]-[Y], where X is the array number, and Y is the drive number.

The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen.

3. Follow step 3 to 12 of section 5.2.1CreatingaRAIDset:UsingEasyConfiguration to add a new RAID set.

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View/Add to The Existing Configuration

Configuration Menu Easy Configuration N w Configuration View/Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive

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View/Add Configuration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU

PORT #

ONLIN A00-00

ONLIN A00-01

READY

READY

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5.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives After creating the RAID set(s), you must initialize the virtual drives. You may initialize the virtual drives of a RAID set(s) using the Initialize or Objects command on the Management Menu.

Using the Initialize command To initialize the virtual drive using the Initialize command:

1. From the Management Menu, select Initialize, and then press .

2. The screen displays the available RAID set(s) and prompts you to select the virtual drive to initialize. Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive selection, and then press .

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Initialize VD(s)

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Select VD

Virtual Drive(s) Configured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status

0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE

Virtual Drives Virtual Drive 0

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3. Press to start initialization. When prompted, select Yes from the Initialize? dialog box, and then press .

Initializing a virtual drive erases all data on the drive.

4. A progress bar appears on screen. If desired, press to abort initialization. When initialization is completed, press .

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Virtual Drive(s) Configured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status

0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE

Virtual Drives Virtual Drive 0

Initialize? Yes No

Init Will Destroy Data On Selected VD(s)

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Virtual Drive(s) Configured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 10 154494MB 4 64 KB ONLINE

Virtual Virtual Drive 0

Init Of VD Is In Process

VD 0 Initialization Complete. Press Esc..

100% Completed

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UsingtheObjectscommand To initialize the virtual drives using the Objects command

1. From the Management Menu, select Objects>VirtualDrive, and then press .

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Change VD Parameters

Objects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive

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2. Select the virtual drive to initialize from the Virtual Drives sub-menu, and then press .

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Select VD

Objects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive

Virtual Drive(1) Virtual Drive 0

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3. Select Initialize from the pop-up menu, and then press to start initialization.

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Initilize VD

Objects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive

Virtual Drive(1) Virtual Drive 0

Initialize Check Consistency View/Update Parameters

Virtual Drive(0)

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4. When prompted, press the to select Yes from the Initialize? dialog box, and then press .

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Init Will Destroy Data On Selected VD(s)

Objects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive

Virtual Drive(1) Virtual Drive 0

Initialize Check Consistency View/Update Parameters

Virtual Drive(0)

Initialize? Yes No

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5. A progress bar appears on screen. If desired, press to abort initialization. When initialization is completed, press .

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5.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives You can manually rebuild failed hard disk drives using the Rebuild command in the Management Menu.

To rebuild a failed hard disk drive:

1. From the Management Menu, select Rebuild, and then press .

2. The PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the SATA ports. Select the drive you want to rebuild, and then press .

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Rebuild PD(s)

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Port # 1 DISK 77247MB HDS728080PLA380 PF20A60A

REBUILD - PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU

PORT # ONLIN A00-00

FAIL A00-01

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3. After selecting the drive to rebuild, press . When prompted, press to rebuild the drive.

4. When rebuild is complete, press any key to continue.

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Port # 1 DISK 77247MB HDS728080PLA380 PF20A60A

REBUILD - PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU

PORT # ONLIN A00-00

R B L D

0

Rebuilding Of Drive Will Take A Few Minutes. Start Rebuilding Drive (Y/N)?

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5.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency You can check and verify the accuracy of data redundancy in the selected virtual drive. The utility can automatically detect and/or detect and correct any differences in data redundancy depending on the selected option in the Objects>Adapter menu.

The Check Consistency command is available only for virtual drives included in a RAID 1 or RAID 10 set.

Using the Check Consistency Command To check data consistency using the Check Consistency command

1. From the Management Menu, select Check Consistency, and then press .

2. The screen displays the available RAID set(s) and prompts you to select the virtual drive to check. Press to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive sub- menu, and then press .

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CC Of VD(s)

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Select VD

Virtual Drive(s) Configured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status

0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE

Virtual Drives Virtual Drive 0

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3. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select Yes from the Consistency Check? dialog box, and then press .

A progress bar appears on screen.

4. While checking the disk consistency, press to display the following options. Stop - Stops the consistency check. The utility stores the percentage of

disk checked, and when you restart checking, it continues from the last percentage completed rather than from zero percent.

Continue - Continues the consistency check.

Abort - Aborts the consistency check. When you restart checking, it continues from zero percent.

5. When checking is complete, press any key to continue.

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Virtual Drive(s) Configured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 10 154494MB 4 64 KB ONLINE

Virtual Drives Virtual Drive 0

Consistency Check? Yes No

Select VD

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Virtual Drive(s) Configured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 10 154494MB 4 64 KB ONLINE

Virtual Virtual Drive 0

CC Under Process

VD 0 Consistency Check. Press Esc to Abort.

85 % Completed

The Data On The Drives Is Inconsistency. Repair Done!

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UsingtheObjectscommand To check data consistency using the Objects command

1. From the Management Menu, select Objects, 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 .

3. Select Check Consistency from the pop-up menu, and then press . 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.

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5.2.6 DeletingaRAIDconfiguration To delete a RAID configuration:

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure > ClearConfiguration, and then press .

2. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select Yes from the ClearConfiguration? dialog box, and then press .

The utility clears all the current array(s). 3. Press any key to continue.

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Clear Existing Configuration

Configuration Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View/Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive

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Clear Existing Configuration

Configuration Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View/Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive

Clear Configuration? Yes No

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5.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set You must have created a new RAID configuration before you can select the boot drive from a RAID set. See section 5.2.1CreatingaRAIDset:UsingNewConfiguration for details.

To select the boot drive from a RAID set:

1. From the Management Menu, select Configure > Select Boot Drive, and then press .

2. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select the bootable virtual drive from the list, then press .

3. The virtual drive is selected as boot drive. Press any key to continue.

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Select A Boot VD

Configuration Menu Easy Configuration N w Configuration View/Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive

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Select A Boot VD

Configuration Menu Easy Configuration N w Configuration View/Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive

Bootable VDs(1):Current Boot VD(0) Boot Drive 0

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5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache You may manually enable the RAID controllers WriteCache option after creating a RAID set to improve the data transmission performance.

When you enable WriteCache, you may lose data when a power interruption occurs while transmitting or exchanging data among the drives.

The WriteCache function is recommended for RAID 1 and RAID 10 sets.

To enable WriteCache:

1. From the Management Menu, select Objects > Adapter, select an existing adapter, and then press to display the adapter properties.

2. Select Disk WC, and then press to turn on the option.

5. When finished, press any key to continue.

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Disk Write Cache - Off(Write Through) or On(Write Back)

Objects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive

Adapter 0 Rebuild Rate = 30 Chk Const Rate = 30 FGI Rate = 30 BGI Rate = 30 Disk WC = Off Read Ahead = On Bios State = Enable Cont On Error = Yes Fast Init = Enable Auto Rebuild = On Auto Resume = Enable Disk Coercion = 1GB Factory Default

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3. From the Management Menu, select Objects > Virtual Drive, select an existing adapter and press . Select View/Update Parameters and press to display the adapter properties.

4. Select Disk WC, and then press to turn on the option.

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Disk Write Cache Setting of VD

Objects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive

Virtual Drive RAID = 0 Size = 148.580GB Stripe Size = 64KB #Stripes = 2 State = OPTIMAL Spans = 1 Disk WC = On Read Ahead = On

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5.3 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU/SATA Option ROM Utility

The Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU / SATA Option ROM utility allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 1+0), and RAID 5 set(s) from Serial ATA hard disk drives that are connected to the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge.

You can create RAID mode by use of onboard AHCI SATA ports.

To use onboard SATA ports:

1. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives. 2. Turn on the system. During POST, press, to enter BIOS. Go to Advanced

Menu > PCHSATAConfiguration > SATA Mode, then press . 3. Set SATA Mode to RAID Mode and save, then reboot system. 4. During POST, press to display the utility main menu.

To use SCU SATA ports:

1. Install all the SATA hard disk drives. 2. Turning on the system. During POST, press to enter BIOS. Go to Advanced

Menu > PCHSCUSATAConfiguration, then press . 3. Confirm all the SATA hard disk drives you installed are correctly displayed, then reboot

system. 4. During POST, press to display the utility main menu.

To enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA/SCU Option ROM utility: 1. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives. 2. Turn on the system. 3. During POST, press to display the utility main menu.

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[ MAIN MENU ]

1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

RAID Volumes: None defined. Physical Disks: ID Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 2 ST3300656SS 397600009846UEDY 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 3 ST3300656SS GWC50000991756G6 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

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The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for RAID configuration.

The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to move through the menus and select the menu options.

The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen.

5.3.1 Creating a RAID set To create a RAID set:

1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID Volume and press . The following screen appears:

2. Enter a name for the RAID set and press . 3. When the RAID Level item is selected, press the up/down arrow key to select a RAID

level to create, and then press . 4. When the Disks item is selected, press to select the hard disk drives you want

to include in the RAID set. The SELECT DISKS screen appears:

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[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ HELP ]

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is 16 characters or less.

[]Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

Name: Volume0 RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe) Disks: Select Disks Strip Size: 128KB Capacity: 0.0 GB Sync: N/A Create Volume

[ SELECT DISKS ]

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status 0 ST3160812AS 9LS0HJA4 149.0GB Non-RAID Disk 1 ST3160812AS 9LS0F4HL 149.0GB Non-RAID Disk 2 ST3160812AS 3LS0JYL8 149.0GB Non-RAID Disk 3 ST3160812AS 9LS0BJ5H 149.0GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume.

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5. Use the up/down arrow key to select a drive, and then press to select. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press after completing your selection.

6. Use the up/down arrow key to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0, 10 and 5 only),and then press . The available stripe size values range from 4KB to 128KB. The following are typical values:

RAID 0: 128KB RAID 10: 64KB RAID 5: 64KB

We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing.

WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N):

9. Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or to go back to the CREATE VOLUME menu.

7. When the Capacity item is selected, enter the RAID volume capacity that you want and press . The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity.

8. When the Create Volume item is selected, press . The following warning message appears:

5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set To create a recovery set:

1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID Volume and press . The following screen appears.

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[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ HELP ]

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is 16 characters or less.

[]Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

Name: Volume0 RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe) Disks: Select Disks Strip Size: 128KB Capacity: 0.0 GB Sync: N/A Create Volume

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2. Enter a name for the recovery set and press . 3. When the RAID Level item is selected, press the up/down arrow keys to select

Recovery, and then press . 4. When the Disks item is selected, press to select the hard disk drives you want

to include in the recovery set. The SELECT DISKS screen appears.

5. Use the up/down arrow keys to select a drive, press to select a Master disk, and then press to select a Recovery disk. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press after completing your selection.

6. When the Sync item is selected, use the up/down arrow keys to select a sync option that you want and press .

7. When the Create Volume item is selected, press . The following warning message appears.

[ SELECT DISKS ] Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status 0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 2 ST3300656SS 397600009846UEDY 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 3 ST3300656SS GWC50000991756G6 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 1 Master and 1 Recovery disk to create volume.

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WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N):

8. Press to create the recovery set and return to the main menu, or to go back to the CREATE VOLUME menu.

If a recovery set is created, you cannot add more RAID sets even when you have more non-RAID disks installed in your system.

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5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set

Take caution when deleting a RAID set. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you delete a RAID set.

To delete a RAID set:

1. From the utility main menu, select 2. Delete RAID Volume and press . The following screen appears:

2. Use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set you want to delete, and then press . The following warning message appears:

3. Press to delete the RAID set and return to the utility main menu, or press to return to the DELETE VOLUME menu.

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[ 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)

[]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu [DEL]-Delete Volume

Name Level Drives Capacity Status Bootable Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) 2 298.0GB Normal Yes

ALL DATA IN THE VOLUME WILL BE LOST! (This does not apply to Recovery volumes)

Are you sure you want to delete volume Volume0? (Y/N):

[ DELETE VOLUME VERIFICATION ]

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5.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID Take caution before you reset a RAID volume hard disk drive to non-RAID. Resetting a RAID volume hard disk drive deletes all internal RAID structure on the drive.

To reset a RAID set hard disk drive:

1. From the utility main menu, select 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press . The following screen appears.

2. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the RAID set drive(s) you want to reset, and then press to select.

3. Press to reset the RAID set drive(s). A confirmation message appears. 4. Press to reset the drive(s) or press to return to the utility main menu.

Resetting RAID disk will remove its RAID structures and revert it to a non-RAID disk.

WARNING: Resetting a disk causes all data on the disk to be lost. (This does not apply to Recovery volumes)

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.

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[ RESET RAID DATA ]

5.3.5 Exiting the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility To exit the utility:

1. From the utility main menu, select 4. Exit, and then press . The following warning message appears.

2. Press to exit or press to return to the utility main menu.

Are you sure you want to exit? (Y/N):

[ CONFIRM EXIT ]

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5.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID

This option is only for the RAID 1 set.

Rebuilding the RAID with other non-RAID disk If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in the RAID 1 array failed, the system displays the status of the RAID volume as Degraded during POST. You can rebuild the RAID array with other installed non-RAID disks.

To rebuild the RAID with other non-RAID disk:

1. At the prompt, press + to enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM utility.

2. If there is a non-RAID SATA Hard Disk available, the utility will prompt to rebuild the RAID. Press , and then use up/down arrow keys to select the destination disk or press to exit.

Select a destination disk with the same size as the original hard disk.

[ DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED ]

[]-Previous/Next [ENTER]-Select [ESC]-Exit

"Degraded" volume and disk available for rebuilding detected. Selecting a disk initiates a rebuild. Rebuild completes in the operating system.

Select the port of destination disk for rebuilding (ESC to exit): Port Drive Model Serial # Size X XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB

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3. The utility immediately starts rebuilding after the disk is selected. The status of the degraded RAID volume is changed to Rebuild.

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[ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] RAID Volumes: * = Data is Encrypted ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable 0 Volume0 RAID1(Mirror) N/A 149.0GB Rebuild Yes Physical Devices: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 1 ST3160812AS 9LS0F4HL 149.0GB Member Disk(0) 2 ST3160812AS 3LS0JYL8 149.0GB Member Disk(0)

Volumes with Rebuild status will be rebuilt within the operating system.

[]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu

4. Exit Intel Rapid Storage Technology and reboot the system. 5. Select Start>Programs>IntelRapidStorage>IntelRapidStorageConsole or

click the Intel Rapid Storage Technology tray icon to load the Intel Rapid Storage Manager utility.

6. From the View menu, select Advanced Mode to display the details of the Intel Rapid Storage Console.

7. From the Volumes view option, select RAID volume to view the rebuilding status. When finished, the status is changed to Normal.

Rebuilding the RAID with a new hard disk If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in the RAID array failed, the system displays the status of the RAID volume as Degraded 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 and then follow the steps in section Rebuilding the RAID with other non-RAID disk.

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5.3.7 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility You can set the boot priority sequence in the BIOS for your RAID arrays when creating multi- RAID using the Intel Rapid Storage Technology.

To set the 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 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 . See section 4.7

Boot menu for details. 4. From the Exit menu, select Save Changes & Exit, then press . 5. When the confirmation window appears, select Yes, then press .

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5.1.5 Marvell RAID utility The onboard Marvell SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller allows you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 10 array using two SATA hard disk drives. Refer to Chapter 2 of your system user manual for the exact location of the Marvell SATA 6.0 Gb/s connector.

To enter the Marvell utility, press + during POST.

All exisiting data on the hard disk drives will be erased when creating or deleting a RAID array. Ensure that you have back up all your data in your hard disk drives before making any change to the drive status.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2011 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Topology Information

Help Marvell RAID on chip controller. ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return

HBA 0: Marvell 0 Virtual Disks Free Physical Disks PD 0: ST3160812AS PD 8: ST3160812AS

Vendor ID : 1B4B Device ID : 9130 Revision ID : B1 BIOS Version : 1.0.0.1028 Firmware Version: 2.2.0.1105 PCIe Speed Rate : 5.0Gbps Configure SATA as: AHCI Mode

Create a RAID Array 1. Move the selection bar to HBA 0: Marvell 0 and press . 2. Select ConfigurationWizard and press .

3. Press to select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. An asterisk (*) appears in front of the selected hard drive. After selecting all the drives needed for the RAID array, press to continue.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2011 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Configure->Select free disks

Help

Use space bar to select the free disks to be used in the array. ENTER: Operation SPACE: Select F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return

HBA 0: Marvell 0 Virtual Disks Free Physical Disks * PD 0: ST3160812AS PD 8: ST3160812AS

Port ID : 0 PD ID : 0 Type : SATA PD Status : Unconfigured Size : 152626MB Feature Support : MCQ 3G 48Bits Current Speed : 3G Model : ST3160812AS Serial : 9LS0F4HL FW Version : 3.AAE

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4. Use the up or down arrow key to move the selection bar and press to configure further RAID settings.

RAID Level: Select a RAID Level. Configuration options: [RAID 0] [RAID 1] [RAID 10] [HyperDuo]

Stripe Size: Specifies the size of single data block on the virtual disk. In general, a larger stripe size is recommended for applications requiring large data transfers such as audio, video, and graphics. A smaller stripe size is better for applications with content in much smaller size, such as e-mails and documents.

Configuration options: [32K] [64K] Gigabyte Rounding: In the event of a single physical disk failure in a RAID 1 virtual

disk, Gigabyte Rounding allows the replacement physical disk to be of a size slightly smaller than the existing physical disk. The capacity of the rebuilt virtual disk equals to the size of the smaller physical disk included in the RAID 1 array. The configuration options represent the tolerance value of drive capacity difference.

Configuration options: [None] [1G] [10G] Name: Enter a name with 110 letters (no special characters) for the RAID array. 5. Move the selection bar to Next and press . The following warning message

appears:

Do you want to create this virtual disk ?

Yes No

Create Virtual Disk

Press to create the RAID array, or press to cancel. The new RAID array appears under Virtual Disks, as shown in the image below.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2011 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Configure->Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk

Help

Virtual disk configurations. ENTER: Select F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return

HBA 0: Marvell 0 Virtual Disks Free Physical Disks * PD 0: ST3160812AS * PD 8: ST3160812AS

RAID Level : RAID 0 Max Size(MB) : 305253 Stripe Size : 64KB Gigabyte Rounding : 1G Quick Init : Yes Name : Default Threshold(%) : 90 Next

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6. Press . The following warning message appears:

Press to save the RAID setting and exit the Marvell RAID utility.

Do you want to exit from Marvell BIOS Setup?

Yes No

Exit

Delete an existing RAID Array 1. Select the RAID array to delete and press . Select Delete and press .

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2011 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Help Delete the selected virtual disk. ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return

HBA 0: Marvell 0 Virtual Disks VD 0: New_VD PD 0: ST3160812AS PD 8: ST3160812AS Free Physical Disks

ID : 0 Name : New_VD Status : Functional Stripte Size : 64K RAID Mode : RAID0 Size : 304128MB BGA Status : N/A Number of PDs : 2 Members : 0 8

Topology Information

[Delete]

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2011 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Help

Marvell RAID on chip controller. ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return

HBA 0: Marvell 0 Virtual Disks VD 0: New_VD PD 0: ST3160812AS PD 8: ST3160812AS Free Physical Disks

Vendor ID : 1B4B Device ID : 9130 Revision ID : B1 BIOS Version : 1.0.0.1028 Firmware Version: 2.2.0.1105 PCIe Speed Rate : 5.0Gbps Configure SATA as: AHCI Mode

Topology Information

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Do you want to delete this virtual disk ?

Yes No

Delete Virtual Disk

2. The following warning message appears:

Press to delete the selected RAID array. The following warning message appears:

Do you want to delete MBR from this virtual disk ?

Yes No

Delete MBR

Press to delete the Master Boot Record (MBR) from the selected RAID array.

3. Press . The following warning message appears:

Press to save the RAID setting and exit the Marvell RAID utility.

Do you want to exit from Marvell BIOS Setup?

Yes No

Exit

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5.4 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Utility (Windows)

The Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise utility allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 1+0), and RAID 5 set(s) from Serial ATA hard disk drives that are connected to the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge.

Before you using Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise utility, you need to change BIOS setting first:

1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Go to the AdvancedMenu>ChipsetConfiguration>PCHConfiguration>

Onboard SATA Oprom, then press . 3. Set Onboard SATA Oprom to [Enabled]. 4. Press to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup.

You can click Rescan to re-scan any attached hard disks.

1. Turn on the system to Windows desktop. 2. Click the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise icon to display the main menu.

To enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise utility under Windows operating system:

You need to manually install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise utility on a Windows operating system. Please refer to the installation instructions in Chapter 6.

Your storage system is configured for data protection, increased performance and optimal data storage capacity. You can further optimize your storage system by creating additional volumes.

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5.4.1 Creating a RAID set To create a RAID set

1. From the utility main menu, select Create Volume and select volume type. 2. Then 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. Then click Next.

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If you hard disk with existing data and you dont want to keep data from one of the selected disks, choose NO in next column (If displayed).

If you want to Enable volume write-back cache or Initialize volume, you can click Advanced tab to slelect.

6. Confirm volume creation, than click Create Volume to continue.

This process could take a while depending on the number and size of the disks. You can contuine using other applications during this time.

7. When display Volume Ceation Complete message, you can click OK to finish.

You still need to partition your new volume using Windows Disk Management before adding any data.

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8. When you are finished, you will see the following screen in Volumes field and you can change related items in the Volume Properties field.

5.4.2 Change Volume Type When you are finished to create a RAID set, you can view or change related items in the Volume Properties field.

To change the type in Volume Properties:

1. Click the SAS array items you want to change in Volumes field. 2 From the Volume Properties field, select Type:RAID 1 Change type.

3. You can change the Name, Select the new volume type, and Select additional disks to include in the new volume if needed.

4. Then select the Data stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0, 10 and 5 only), and then click OK. The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB. The following are typical values:

RAID 0: 128KB RAID 10: 64KB RAID 5: 64KB

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We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing.

5.4.3 Delete volume

Take caution when deleting a volume. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives.Back up data before continuing.

To delete a volume:

1. From the utility main menu, select the volume (exp. Volume_0000) in Volumes field you want to delete.

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3. Click Yes to delete the volume and return to the utility main menu, or click No to return to the main menu.

2. Then select Delete volume in Volume Properties field. The following screen appears.

5.4.4 Preferences System Preferences Allow you set to show the notification area icon and show system information, warning, or errors.

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E-Mail Preferences Allow you set to sent e-mail of the following events:

Storage system information Storage system warnings Storage system errors

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This chapter provides information on how to install the drivers for system components. This chapter also describes the software applications that the barebone workstation supports.

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6.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides the instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.

6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk The system does not include a floppy drive. You have to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk.

If you have created RAID sets with the LSI Software RAID configuration utility, the boot priority of the SATA optical disk drive has to be manually adjusted. Otherwise, the system will not boot from the connected SATA ODD.

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required 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 the first boot priority to boot from the support DVD. Save

your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. Restart the computer. The Makedisk menu appears.

C600 INTEL RAID Driver Windows 32 bit (AHCI / AHCI RAID) Windows 64 bit (AHCI / AHCI RAID) Windows 32 bit (SCU RAID) Windows 64 bit (SCU RAID) Back Exit

5. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create and press to enter the sub-menu.

C60x INTEL RAID Driver

Create Driver Diskette Menu C60x INTEL RAID Driver Write DMI FreeDOS command prompt

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LSI 2008 SAS2 Driver

LSI 2008 SAS2 Driver Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit Windows Vista 64 bit Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Server 2008 64 bit Windows 7 32 bit Windows 7 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit RHEL 4 UP7 32 bit RHEL 4 UP7 64 bit RHEL 4 UP8 32 bit RHEL 4 UP8 64 bit Back Exit

6. Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.

7. Press . 8. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.

To create a RAID driver disk in Windows environment:

1. Start Windows. 2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 3. Go to the Make disk menu, and then select the type of RAID driver disk you want to

create. 4. Insert a floppy disk into the USB floppy 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 the support DVD:

For LSI MegaRAID Driver

\Drivers\C60x LSI RAID\Driver\makedisk\Linux

3. Eject the floppy disk.

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6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver

For Windows Server 2008 OS installation 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.

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4. A message appears, reminding you to insert the installation media containing the driver of the RAID controller driver. If you have only one optical drive installed in your system, eject the Windows OS installation disc and replace with the motherboard Support DVD into the optical drive. Click Browse to continue.

5. Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support DVD, and 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 click Next.

8. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue.

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3. Select Yes using the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press .

Main Menu

Do you have a driver disk?

Yes No

4. Insert the Red Hat Enterprise RAID driver disk to the USB floppy disk drive, select OK, then press .

The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system.

Insert Driver Disk

Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press OK to continue.

OK Back

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS 5.6 To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing Red Hat Enterprise OS:

1. Boot the system from the Red Hat OS installation CD. 2. At the boot:, type linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2..., then press

.

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 graphical mode, press the key. - To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - Use the function keys listed below for more information. [F1-Main] [F2-Options] [F3-General] [F4-Kernel] [F5-Rescue] boot: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2

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5. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press .

More Driver Disks?

Do you wish to load any more driver disks?

Yes No

6. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the OS installation. 7. When the installation is completed, DO NOT click Reboot. Press + +

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

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS 6.1 To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing Red Hat Enterprise OS:

1. Boot the system from the Red Hat OS installation CD. 2. Press to edit options.

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3. Enter the following command at the boot: Linux dd blacklist=isci blacklist=ahci nodmraid, then press .

4. Select Yes using the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press .

Main Menu

Do you have a driver disk?

Yes No

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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 .

OK Cancel

Driver Disk Source

You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk.

Which would you like to use? sdc sdd sdb sr0

6. Insert the Red Hat Enterprise RAID driver disk to the USB floppy disk drive, select OK, then press .

Insert Driver Disk

Insert your driver disk into /dev/sdb and press OK to continue.

OK Back

The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system.

7. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press .

More Driver Disks?

Do you wish to load any more driver disks?

Yes No

8. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the OS installation.

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Preparing the Linux Driver Ensure that there is another computer with a Linux-based OS to create the RAID driver. When creating the RAID driver, you may refer to the examples below which uses a 64bit SUSE Linux system to create 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 -o loop [image file name] image

Example: mount -o loop megasr-15-15.00.0120.2012-1-sles11-ga-x86__ 64.img image

4. Copy the contents of the image directory, labeled as 01, into a FAT32 USB drive.

5. Rename the 01 folder to CD Image.

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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.

3. Press , then select Yes from the menu. Press .

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4. Use the USB drive to provide the third-party driver during the OS installation. Type the command brokenmodules=ahci in Boot Options field, and press .

5. When below screen appears, select the USB floppy disk drive (sda) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press .

Please choose the Driver Update medium.

sda: USB Floppy other device

OK Back

6. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation.

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6.2 Intel Chipset Device Software installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel chipset device software on the system.

You need to manually install the Intel chipset device software on a Windows operating system.

To install the Intel chipset device software:

1. Restart the computer, 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. Click the item Intel Chipset Device Software from the menu.

4. The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software window appears. Click Next to start installation.

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5. Select 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 npw and click Finish to complete the setup process.

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6.3 Intel@ Network Connections Software installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel Network Connections Software on the system.

You need to manually install the Intel Network Connections Software on a Windows operating system. To install the Intel Network Connections Software:

1. Restart the computer, 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.

Windows automatically detects the LAN controllers and displays a New Hardware Found window. Click Cancel to close this window.

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 DVD.

3. Click the Intel Network Connections Software to begin installation.

4. Click Install Drivers and Software option to begin installation.

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4. Click Next when the Intel(R) Network ConnectionsInstallShield Wizard window appears.

5. Toggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue.

6. Click the Intel(R) PROSet for Windows Device Manager box, and then click Next to start the installation.

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7. Follow the screen instructions to complete installation.

8. When finished, press Finish to continue.

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6.4 Audio driver installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the ASUS MIO Audio card/ Realtek High Definition Audio driver.

You need to manually install the ASUSMIOAudiocard/RealtekHighDefinitionAudio driver on a Windows operating system.

To install theASUSMIOAudiocard/RealtekHighDefinitionAudio driver:

1. Restart the computer, 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. Click the ASUSMIOAudiocard/RealtekHighDefinitionAudio to begin installation.

4. When the RealtekHighDefinitionAudioDriverinstallation wizard appears, click Yes to start the installation.

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5. When the installation completes, click Yes, I want to restart my computer now to restart your computer before using the program.

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6.5 Intel C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers on the system.

You need to manually install the Intel C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers on a Windows operating system.

To install the drivers:

1. Restart the computer, 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. Click the item Intel C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers from the menu, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

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6.6 Marvell Magni installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the Marvell Magni software on the system.

You need to manually install the Marvell Magni software on a Windows operating system.

To install the Marvell Magni driver:

1. Restart the computer, 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. Click the item Marvell Magni software from the menu, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

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6.7 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 on the system.

You need to manually install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 utility on a Windows operating system.

To install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 utility:

1. Restart the computer, 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. Click the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 to begin installation.

4. When the Welcome to the Setup Program appears, click Next to start the installation.

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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.

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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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6.8 Marvell Storage Utility installation This section provides the instructions on how to install Marvell Storage Utility Driver.

To install the Marvell Storage Utility on a Windows OS:

1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The 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 AUTORUN.EXE and double-click the AUTORUN.EXE and follow step 4 to run the installation.

3. Click Marvell Storage Utility.

4. When the Marvell Storage Utility installation wizard appears, click Next to start the installation.

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5. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next to continue.

6. Select the programs you want to install and click Next to continue.

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7. Choose the destination folder to install and click Install to start the installation.

8. The programs you selected are being installed.

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9. Click Finish to complete the installation.

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6.9 Asmedia ASM104x USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install Asmedia ASM104x USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver.

To install the Asmedia ASM104x USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver on a Windows OS:

1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The 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 AUTORUN.EXE and double-click the AUTORUN.EXE and follow step 4 to run the installation.

3. Click Asmedia ASM104x USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver.

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4. When the Asmedia ASM104x USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver installation wizard appears, click Next to start the installation.

5. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next to continue.

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6. Click Finish to complete the installation and exit the wizard.

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6.10 Intel WG82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver installation

This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel WG82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver.

To install the Intel WG82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver on a Windows OS:

1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The 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 AUTORUN.EXE and double-click the AUTORUN.EXE and follow step 4 to run the installation.

3. Click Intel WG82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver.

4. When the Intel WG82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver installation wizard appears, click Next to start the installation.

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5. Click Modify to change custom setup and then click Next to continue.

6. Select the programs you want to install and click Next to continue.

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7. Click Install to begin installation.

8. Click Finish to complete the installation.

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To install the ASPEED VGA driver:

1. Restart the computer, 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. Click the ASPEED AST2300 Display Driver to begin installation.

6.11 VGA driver installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the ASPEED Video Graphics Adapter (VGA) driver.

ASPEED SDT2300 Display Driver will only appear if you use the onboard VGA chipset.

You need to manually install the ASPEED VGA driver on a Windows operating system.

4. When the ASPEED Graphics installation wizard appears, click Next to start the installation.

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6. Enter the user information and click Next to continue.

5. Toggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue.

7. Select a setup type and click Next to continue.

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9. When the installation completes, click Finish to restart your computer before using the program.

8. Click Install to start driver installation.

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6.12 Management applications and utilities installation

The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, management applications, and utilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features.

The contents of the support DVD are subject to change at any time without notice. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for updates.

6.12.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The 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.

6.12.2 Drivers menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.

The screen display and driver options vary under different operating system versions.

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6.12.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu displays the software applications and utilities that the motherboard supports. Click an item to install.

6.12.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create the Intel RAID driver disks.

6.12.5 Contact information Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact information. You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.

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This chapter describes how to install and configure multiple AMD CrossFireX/ NVIDIA SLI graphics cards and NVIDIA CUDA technology.

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7.1 AMD CrossFireX technology The motherboard supports the AMD CrossFireX technology that allows you to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Follow the installation procedures in this section.

7.1.1 Requirements

In Dual CrossFireX mode, you should have two identical CrossFireX-ready graphics cards or one CrossFireX-ready dual-GPU graphics card that are AMD certified.

Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the AMD CrossFireX technology. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com).

Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. See Chapter 2 for details.

7.1.2 Before you begin For AMD CrossFireX to work properly, you have to uninstall all existing graphics card drivers before installing AMD CrossFireX graphics cards to your system.

To uninstall existing graphics card drivers:

1. Close all current applications. 2. For Windows XP, go to ControlPanel>Add/RemovePrograms. For Windows 7, go to ControlPanel>Programs>ProgramsandFeatures. 3. Select your current graphics card driver/s. 4. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. For Windows 7, select Uninstall. 5. Turn off your computer.

We recommend that you install additional chassis fans for better thermal environment.

Visit the AMD Game website (http://game.amd.com) for the latest certified graphics card and the supported 3D application list.

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5. Connect two independent auxiliary power sources from the power supply to the two graphics cards separately.

6. Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the graphics card.

4. Align and firmly insert the CrossFireX bridge connector to the goldfingers on each graphics card. Ensure that the connector is firmly in place.

7.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX graphics cards

The following pictures are for reference only. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same.

1. Prepare two CrossFireX-ready graphics cards. 2. Insert the two graphics card into the

PCIEX16 slots. If your motherboard has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for multi-graphics card installation.

3. Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.

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2. The VISION Engine Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multi- graphics cards. Click Go to continue to the VISION Engine Control Center Advanced View window.

5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers.

Ensure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the AMD CrossFireX technology. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com).

5.1.5 Enabling the AMD CrossFireX technology After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX feature through the AMD Catalyst Control Center in Windows environment.

Launching the AMD VISION Engine Control Center

To launch the AMD VISION Engine Control Center:

1. Right-click on the Windows desktop and select AMD VISION Engine Control Center. You can also right-click the AMD icon in the Windows notificAMDon area and select Vision Engine Control Center.

Enabling Dual CrossFireX technology

1. In the Catalyst Control Center window, click GraphicsSettings>Performance >AMDCrossFireXTMConfiguration.

2. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to act as the display GPU.

3. Select Enable CrossFireXTM. 4. Click Apply, and then click OK to exit the

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7.2 NVIDIA SLI technology The motherboard supports the NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Follow the installation procedures in this section.

7.2.1 Requirements

In Dual SLI mode, you should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified.

In Triple SLI mode, you should have three identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified.

Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com).

Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system.

7.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards

The following pictures are for reference only. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same.

1. Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. Insert the two graphics card into the

PCIEX16 slots. If your motherboard has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for multi-graphics card installation.

3. Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.

We recommend that you install additional chassis fans for better thermal environment.

Visit the NVIDIA zone website (http://www.nzone.com) for the latest certified graphics card and supported 3D application list.

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4. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the goldfingers on each graphics card. Ensure that the connector is firmly in place.

5. Connect two independent auxiliary power sources from the power supply to the two graphics cards separately.

6. Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the graphics card.

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7.2.3 Installing three SLI-ready graphics cards

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1. Prepare three SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. Insert the three graphics card into the

PCIEX16 slots. If your motherboard has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for multi-graphics card installation.

3. Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.

4. Align and firmly insert the 3-Way SLI bridge connector to the goldfingers on each graphics card. Ensure that the connector is firmly in place.

5. Connect three independent auxiliary power sources from the power supply to the three graphics cards separately.

6. Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the graphics card.

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7.2.4 Installing four SLI-ready graphics cards

1. Prepare four SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. Insert the four graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. If your motherboard has more

than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for multi-graphics card installation.

3. Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots. 4. Align and firmly insert the 4-Way SLI bridge connector to the goldfingers on each

graphics card. Ensure that the connector is firmly in place. 5. Connect four independent auxiliary power sources from the power supply to the four

graphics cards separately. 6. Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the graphics card.

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7.2.5 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers.

Ensure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website at www.nvidia.com.

If you are using a Triple SLI system, ensure to install the NVIDIA 3-way SLI driver under Windows Vista. The NVIDIA 3-way SLI technology is supported by Windows Vista only.

7.2.6 Enabling the NVIDIA SLI technology After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the SLI feature in NVIDIA Control Panel under the Windows 7 operating system.

Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel You can launch the NVIDIA Control Panel by the following two methods.

A. Right click on the empty space of the Windows desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel.

The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step B5).

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B1. If you cannot see the NVIDIA Control Panel item in step (A), select Personalize.

B2. From the Personalization window, select Display Settings.

B3. From the Display Settings dialog box, click Advanced Settings.

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B4. Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab, and then click Start the NVIDIA Control Panel.

B5. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears.

Enabling SLI settings From the NVIDIA Control Panel window, select SetSLIConfiguration. Click Enable SLI and set the display for viewing SLI rendered content. When done, click Apply.

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7.3 NVIDIA CUDA technology The motherboard supports the NVIDIA CUDA technology and up to 4 NVIDIA Telsa computing processor cards, providing the optimum multi purpose computing performance. Follow the installation procedures in this section.

7.3.1 Requirements

32/64-bit Microsoft Windows XP/ Vista/ Linux RHEL5.X/ Open SuSE11.X OS The requirements of memory and power supply vary with the Telsa cards you installed.

We recommend that you install additional chassis fans for better thermal environment.

The installation steps might be a little different with the Telsa cards you selected and the VGA output functions. Visit http://www.nvidia.com for more details if needed.

Visit the NVIDIA CUDA Zone website at http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home.html for the latest driver, list of CUDA-certified graphics card and supported 3D application list.

7.3.2 Installing CUDA-ready graphics cards

The following pictures are for reference only. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the general installation steps remain the same.

1. Insert four Tesla computing processor card(s) into the PCIe x16_1, PCIe x16_2, PCIe x16_3, and PCIe x16_4 slot. Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slot.

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4. Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers.

5. To verify graphics card driver installation, right-click My Computer and select Properties from the menu. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager. Click the + sign before Displ

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