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Asus ts700-e7-rs8 [157/198] Chapter 6

TS700-E7/RS8

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Chapter 6

When you are nished, you will see the following screen in Volumes eld and you

can change related items in the Volume Properties eld.

6.4.2 Change Volume Type

When you have created the RAID set, you can view or change its related items in

the Volume Properties eld.

To change the type in Volume Properties:

1. Click the SAS array items you want to change in Volumes eld.

2 From the Volume Properties eld, select Type:RAID 1 Change type.

Содержание

E7331 first edition may 2012 2
Chapter 1 product introduction 1 1 3
Chapter 2 hardware setup 2 1 3
Contents 3
Chapter 3 installation options 3 1 4
Chapter 4 motherboard info 4 1 4
Chapter 5 bios setup 5 1 4
Chapter 6 raid configuration 6 1 5
Appendices a 1 6
Chapter 7 driver installation 7 1 6
Electrical safety 7
Operation safety 7
Safety information 7
About this guide 8
How this guide is organized 8
Where to find more information 8
Conventions used in this guide 9
To ensure that you perform certain tasks properly take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual 9
Typography 9
Ts700 e7 rs8 specifications summary 10
Ts700 e7 rs8 specifications summary 11
Ts700 e7 rs8 specifications summary 12
Chapter 1 13
Package contents 13
Product introduction 13
Ts700 e7 rs8 13
Chapter 1 14
Serial number label 14
Chapter 1 15
Front panel features 15
Refer to section 1 front panel leds for the led descriptions 15
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Chapter 1 16
Chapter 1 product introduction 16
Rear panel features 16
Chapter 1 17
Internal features 17
Chapter 1 18
Chapter 1 product introduction 18
Front panel leds 18
Led information 18
Chapter 1 19
Rear panel leds 19
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Chapter 1 20
Chapter 1 product introduction 20
Chapter 2 21
Chassis cover 21
Hardware setup 21
Removing the side cover 21
Chapter 2 22
Reinstalling the side cover 22
Central processing unit cpu 23
Chapter 2 23
Installing the cpu 23
Locate the cpu socket on the motherboard 23
The motherboard comes with a surface mount lga2011 socket designed for the inte 23
To install a cpu 23
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Xeon e5 2600 family processor 23
Chapter 2 24
Chapter 2 25
Chapter 2 26
Chapter 2 27
Chapter 2 28
Installing the cpu heatsink and fan connector 28
Chapter 2 29
Overview 29
System memory 29
Chapter 2 30
Chapter 2 hardware setup 30
Memory configurations 30
You may install 2gb 4gb 8gb and 16gb rdimms or 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 30
A2 a1 b2 b1 c2 c1 d2 d1 31
A2 a1 b2 b1 c2 c1 d2 d1 e2 e1 f2 f1 g2 g1 h2 h1 31
Chapter 2 31
Memory population table 31
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Chapter 2 32
Installing a dimm on a single clip dimm socket 32
Chapter 2 33
Front panel assembly 33
Removing a dimm from a single clip dimm socket 33
Removing the front panel assembly 33
5 5 inch drives 34
Chapter 2 34
Reinstalling the front panel assembly 34
Chapter 2 35
Installing a 5 5 inch drive 35
Installing the hdd module cage 35
Sata sas hard disk drives 35
Chapter 2 36
Removing the hdd module cage 36
Chapter 2 37
Installing a hot swap sata sas hard disk drive 37
Chapter 2 38
Chapter 2 39
Removing and reinstalling the backplane 39
Chapter 2 40
Expansion cards 40
Installing an expansion card 40
Chapter 2 41
Installing an asus pike raid card 41
Chapter 2 42
Installing asmb6 management board 42
After installing the expansion card configure it by adjusting the software settings 43
Assign an irq to the card refer to the following tables 43
Chapter 2 43
Configuring an expansion card 43
Install the software drivers for the expansion card 43
Standard interrupt assignments 43
These irqs are usually available for isa or pci devices 43
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Turn on the system and change the necessary bios settings if any see chapter 5 for information on bios setup 43
Chapter 2 45
Front side 45
Sata sas backplane connections 45
Standard cables connected to the motherboard 45
Back side 46
Chapter 2 46
Chapter 2 hardware setup 46
Each sata sas 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 46
The back side of the sata sas backplane faces the rear panel when installed this side includes the power connectors and sata sas interfaces for the motherboard serial ata connectors or the sas card 46
Chapter 2 47
Chassis footpads 47
Redundant power supply module 47
Removable components 47
Remove the two screws that secure the right side cover 47
Removing the front system fan 47
System fan 47
System fans front and rear 47
To remove the front system fan 47
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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 following components 47
Chapter 2 48
Removing the rear system fan 48
Chapter 2 49
Chassis footpads 49
Redundant power supply module 49
Chapter 2 50
Chapter 2 51
Fan duct 51
Chapter 2 52
Chapter 2 hardware setup 52
Chapter 3 53
Installation options 53
Preparing the system for rack mounting 53
Removing the footpads 53
Removing the top cover 53
Attaching the inner rail to the server 54
Attaching the rails to the rack 54
Chapter 3 54
Chapter 3 55
Mounting the server to the rack 55
Chapter 3 56
Chapter 3 installation options 56
Motherboard info 57
Chapter 4 58
Chapter 4 motherboard info 58
Layout contents 58
Chapter 4 59
Jumpers 59
Chapter 4 60
Chapter 4 61
Chapter 4 62
Chapter 4 63
Internal connectors 63
Chapter 4 64
Chapter 4 65
Chapter 4 66
Chapter 4 67
24 pin eatxpwr1 8 pin eatx12v1 eatx12v2 psusmb1 24 pin eatxpwr1 8 pin eatx12v1 eatx12v2 psusmb1 68
Chapter 4 68
Chapter 4 motherboard info 68
Eatx power connectors 68
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 68
Chapter 4 69
Chapter 4 70
Asus crashfree bios 3 71
Bios setup 71
Chapter 5 71
Managing and updating your bios 71
Chapter 5 72
Recovering the bios from a usb flash drive 72
Asus ez flash 2 73
Chapter 5 73
Bupdater 74
Chapter 5 74
Updating the bios file 74
Chapter 5 75
Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the bios to prevent system boot failure 75
The utility returns to the dos prompt after the bios update process is completed reboot the system from the hard disk drive 75
The utility verifies the file then starts updating the bios file 75
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Bios setup program 76
Chapter 5 76
Entering bios at startup 76
Entering bios setup after post 76
Bios menu screen 77
Chapter 5 77
Menu bar 77
The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items 77
To select an item on the menu bar press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 77
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Chapter 5 78
Configuration fields 78
General help 78
Menu items 78
Navigation keys 78
Pop up window 78
Scroll bar 78
Submenu items 78
Allows you to set the system date 79
Allows you to set the system time 79
Chapter 5 79
Main menu 79
System date day xx xx xxxx 79
System time xx xx xx 79
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When you enter the bios setup program the main menu screen appears the main menu provides you with an overview of the basic system information and allows you to set the system date time language and security settings 79
Advanced menu 80
Be cautious when changing the settings of the advanced menu items incorrect field values can cause the system to malfunction 80
Chapter 5 80
Chapter 5 bios setup 80
Cpu configuration 80
The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system devices 80
Active processor cores all 81
Allows you to enable or disable the inte 81
Allows you to use inte 81
Chapter 5 81
Configuration options all 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81
Configuration options disabled enabled 81
Configuration options enterprise high performance hpc custom 81
Enter to view the socket s specific cpu information 81
Execute disable bit enabled 81
Hyper threading enabled 81
Hyper threading technology function when disabled only one thread per activated core is enabled 81
Limit cpuid maximum disabled 81
Recommended prefetch settings 81
Server class custom 81
Setting this item to enabled allows legacy operating system to boot even without support for cpus with extended cpuid functions 81
Socket 1 cpu information 81
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Xd can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting os windows server 2003 sp1 windows xp sp2 suse linux 9 redhat enterprise 3 update 3 81
Adjacent cache line prefetch enabled 82
Chapter 5 82
Dcu ip prefetcher enabled 82
Dcu streamer prefetcher enabled 82
Hardware prefetcher enabled 82
Local apic mode disabled 82
Virtualization technology enabled 82
Allows you to change p state coordination type 83
Allows you to enable disable cpu c3 acpi c2 report 83
Allows you to enable disable cpu c6 acpi c3 report 83
Allows you to enable disable inte 83
Allows you to enable power management features 83
Chapter 5 83
Configuration options disabled enabled 83
Configuration options disabled energy efficient custom 83
Configuration options hw_all sw_all sw_an 83
Cpu c3 report disabled 83
Cpu c6 report enabled 83
Cpu power management configuration 83
Eist enabled 83
P state coordination hw_all 83
Power technology custom 83
Speedstep 83
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Turbo mode enabled 83
Chapter 5 84
Allows you to select the qpi link frequency configuration options auto 6 gt s 7 gt s fast mode only 8 gt s fast mode only 85
Allows you to select the qpi link speed 85
Chapter 5 85
Chipset configuration 85
Configuration options disabled enabled 85
Configuration options slow fast 85
Isoc enabled 85
Qpi configuration 85
Qpi link frequency select auto 85
Qpi link speed mode fast 85
Qpi link0p disabled 85
Qpi link0s disabled 85
Qpi link1 enabled 85
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Allows you to enable disable the compatibility revision id crid functionality mentioned in sandybridge bios specification 86
Allows you to force ddr speed configuration options auto force ddr3 800 force ddr3 1066 force ddr3 1333 force ddr3 1600 force ddr3 1866 86
Allows you to select different channel interleaving setting 86
Allows you to select different rank interleaving setting 86
Allows you to select the mode for memory initializaton configuration options independent mirroring lock step sparing 86
Channel interleaving auto 86
Chapter 5 86
Chapter 5 bios setup 86
Compatibility rid enabled 86
Configuration options auto 1 way 2 way 3 way 4 way 86
Configuration options auto 1 way 2 way 4 way 8 way 86
Configuration options enabled disabled 86
Ddr speed auto 86
Memory configuration 86
Memory mode independent 86
Rank interleaving auto 86
Allow 2x refresh enabled 87
Altitude 300 m 87
Chapter 5 87
Data scrambling enabled 87
Demand scrub enabled 87
Device tagging disabled 87
Enable high temp disabled 87
Memory hot sensor support enabled 87
Patrol scrub disabled 87
Thermal throtting cltt 87
Allows you to enable disable inte 88
Allows you to enable disable the direct cache access support 88
Allows you to prioritize between the onboard and the 1st offboard video device 88
Chapter 5 88
Chapter 5 bios setup 88
Configuration options disabled enabled 88
Configuration options onboard offboard 88
Cpu iio bridge configuration 88
Dca support enabled 88
Dimm information 88
I o accelaration technology 88
Intel r i oat disabled 88
Vga priority offboard 88
Allows you to enable disable the onboard sata raid option rom if launch storage oprom is enabled configuration options disabled enabled 89
Allows you to enable disable the patsburg scu devices 89
Chapter 5 89
Configuration options disabled enabled 89
Configuration options disabled enabled in s5 enabled in s4 and s5 89
Configuration options enabled disabled 89
Deep sx disabled 89
Mobile platforms support deep s4 s5 in dc only and desktop platforms support deep s4 s5 in ac only 89
Onboard sata raid oprom enabled 89
Pch compatibility rid disabled 89
Pch configuration 89
Scu devices enabled 89
Support for pch compatibility 89
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Audio configuration 90
Azalia hd audio enabled 90
Chapter 5 90
High precision event timer configuration 90
High precision timer enabled 90
Intel r vt d disabled 90
Intel r vt for directed i o configuration 90
Allows you to set the sata configuration 91
Chapter 5 91
Configuration options disabled ide mode ahci mode raid mode 91
Pch sata configuration 91
Sata mode ahci mode 91
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S m a r t status check enabled 92
Sata controller 1 enhanced 92
Sata controller 2 enhanced 92
Staggered spin up disabled 92
Chapter 5 93
In case of multiple option roms legacy and efi compatible specifies what pci option rom to launch configuration options legacy rom efi compatible rom 93
Pch scu configuration 93
Pci rom priority efi compatible rom 93
Pci subsystem settings 93
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Chapter 5 94
Load rt32 image enabled 94
Pci latency timer 32 pci bus clocks 94
Perr generation disabled 94
Serr generation disabled 94
Vga palette snoop disabled 94
Allows you to set the aspm level 95
Aspm support disabled 95
Auto bios auto configure 95
Chapter 5 95
Configuration options disabled auto force l0s 95
Disabled disabled aspm 95
Force l0s force all links to l0s state 95
Pci express link register settings 95
Pci express settings 95
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Allows you to enable or disable boot option for legacy mass storage device with option rom configuration options disabled enabled 96
Chapter 5 96
Chapter 5 bios setup 96
Configuration options disabled enabled 96
Launch storage oprom enabled 96
Pcie slot option rom configuration 96
Pcie1 option rom enabled 96
Pcie2 option rom enabled 96
Pcie3 option rom enabled 96
Pcie4 option rom enabled 96
Pcie5 option rom enabled 96
Pcie6 option rom enabled 96
Pike option rom enabled 96
Allows you to enable or disable inte 97
Allows you to enable or disable intel lan1 function configuration options disabled enabled 97
Chapter 5 97
Configuration options disabled enabled 97
Configuration options pxe iscsi 97
Intel lan rom type pxe 97
Intel lan1 enable enabled 97
Intel lan2 enable enabled 97
Lan1 option rom support enabled 97
Lan2 function configuration options disabled enabled 97
Lan2 option rom support enabled 97
Onboard lan configuration 97
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Allows you to enable or disable inte 98
Chapter 5 98
Chapter 5 bios setup 98
Configuration options disabled enabled 98
Intel lan3 enable enabled z9pe d16 only 98
Intel lan4 enable enabled z9pe d16 only 98
Intel txt lt sx configuration 98
Lan3 function 98
Lan3 option rom support enabled z9pe d16 only 98
Lan4 function 98
Lan4 option rom support enabled z9pe d16 only 98
The inte 98
Txt lt sx configuration automatically detects and displays the inte 98
Txt lt sx hardware support 98
Allows you to enable or disable legacy usb device support 99
Chapter 5 99
Configuration options 1 sec 5 sec 10 sec 20 sec 99
Configuration options 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec 40 sec 99
Configuration options enabled disabled auto 99
Device reset time out 20 sec 99
Ehci hand off disabled 99
Legacy usb support enabled 99
The time out value for control bulk and interrupt transfer 99
This is a workaround for 0ses without ehci ownership change should be claimed by ehci driver configuration options disabled enabled 99
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Usb configuration 99
Usb hardware delays and time outs 99
Usb mass storage device start unit command time out 99
Usb transfer time out 20 sec 99
Allows you to enable or disable onboard usb 3 4 5 6 10 100
Allows you to enable or disable rear usb 1 and 2 100
Allows you to enable or disable the tpm support 100
Allows you to enable or disable usb ehci support 100
Chapter 5 100
Chapter 5 bios setup 100
Configuration options disabled enabled 100
Ehci controller 1 2 enabled 100
Onboard usb 3 4 5 6 10 enabled 100
Rear usb 1 and 2 enabled 100
Tpm support enabled 100
Trusted computing 100
Usb ports configuration 100
Acpi settings 101
Acpi sleep state s1 cpu stop clock 101
Allows you to enable or disable bios acpi auto configuration 101
Allows you to enable or disable lock legacy resources 101
Allows you to enable or disable system ability to hibernate os s4 sleep state this option may be not effective with some os 101
Allows you to set the acpi sleep state 101
Chapter 5 101
Configuration options disabled enabled 101
Configuration options suspend disabled s1 cpu stop clock s3 suspend to ram 101
Enable acpi auto configuration disabled 101
Enable hibernation enabled 101
Lock legacy resources disabled 101
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Apm setting 102
Chapter 5 102
Disabled disables rtc to generate a wake event 102
Disabled disables the pcie devices to generate a wake event 102
Enabled enables the pcie devices to generate a wake event 102
Enabled when set to enabled the items rtc alarm date days and hour minute second will become user configurable with set values 102
Power on by pcie disabled 102
Power on by rtc disabled 102
Restore ac power loss last state 102
Whea configuration 102
Whea support enabled 102
Allows you to enable or disable the console redirection feature 103
Allows you to set the terminal type vt100 ascii char set 103
Ansi extended ascii char set 103
Chapter 5 103
Configuration options disabled enabled 103
Console redirection disabled 103
Console redirection settings 103
Serial port console redirection 103
Terminal type vt utf8 103
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 103
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Vt utf8 uses utf8 encoding to map unicode chars onto 1 or more bytes 103
Vt100 extends vt100 to support color function keys et 103
Chapter 5 104
Chapter 5 105
Console redirection disabled 105
Console redirection enabled 105
Console redirection settings 105
Serial port for out of band management 105
Windows emergency management services ems 105
Chapter 5 106
Chapter 5 bios setup 106
Legacy devices configuration 106
Me subsystem 106
Serial port 1 2 configuration 106
Chapter 5 107
Device mode standard serial port mode 107
Pci error logging support disabled 107
Runtime error logging 107
Runtime error logging support disabled 107
Serial port enabled 107
Allows you to configure how the system should respond if the os boot watchdog timer expires 108
Allows you to configure the duration of the o s boot watchdog timer 108
Chapter 5 108
Chapter 5 bios setup 108
Configuration options 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes 108
Configuration options do nothing reset power down 108
Configuration options enabled disabled 108
If enabled this item starts a bios timer that can only be shut off by intel management software after the os loads it helps determine that the os is sucessfully loaded and follows the o s boot watchdog timer policy 108
O s watchdog timer disabled 108
O s wtd timer policy reset 108
O s wtd timer timeout 10 minutes 108
Server mgmt menu 108
The following two items appear only when you set o s watchdog timer to enabled 108
The server mgmt menu appears only when you install asmb card on the motherboard 108
The server mgmt menu displays the server mgmt status and allows you to change the settings 108
Allows you to choose the action in erasing sel 109
Allows you to choose the action when sel is full 109
Allows you to enable disable all features of system event logging during bootup configuration options disabled enabled 109
Chapter 5 109
Configuration options do nothing erase immediately 109
Configuration options no es on next reset es on every reset 109
Erase sel no 109
Sel components disabled 109
System event log 109
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When sel is full do nothing 109
Allows you to key in the gateway ip address key in the gateway ip address gateway ip address 110
Allows you to key in the station ip address 110
Allows you to key in the subnet mask key in the subnet mask subnet mask 110
Allows you to select the static or dynamic lan settings 110
Bmc network configuration 110
Chapter 5 110
Chapter 5 bios setup 110
Configuration address source previous state 110
Configuration options previous state static mode dhcp mode 110
Gateway ip address 0 110
Station ip address 0 110
Subnet mask 0 110
All the changes will take effect after restarting the system 111
Allows you to enable disable all features of smbios event logging during bootup configuration options disabled enabled 111
Change smbios event log settings 111
Chapter 5 111
Enabling disabling options 111
Event logs menu 111
Smbios event log enabled 111
The event logs menu allows you to change or view the event log settings 111
To change the smbios event log configuration 111
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Chapter 5 112
View smbios event log 112
View system event log 112
Allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature 113
Allows you to select the power on state for the numlock 113
Always does not allow disabling ga20 this option useful when any rt code is executed above 1mb 113
Boot menu 113
Bootup numlock state on 113
Chapter 5 113
Configuration options disabled enabled 113
Configuration options off on 113
Full screen logo enabled 113
Gatea20 active upon request 113
Keys to adjust the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key 113
Setup prompt timeout xx 113
The boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options 113
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Upon request ga20 can be disabled using bios services 113
Boot device seeking endless pxe 114
Boot option priorities 114
Chapter 5 114
Endless pxe continuous search for the remote boot image until 114
Interrupt 19 capture enabled 114
Normal searches for the remote boot image once then stops 114
Option rom messages force bios 114
To abort the search 114
Uefi boot disabled 114
Chapter 5 115
Cpu 1 2 tr1 1 2 temperature xxx c xxx f xxx c xxx f 115
Cpu fan1 2 speed frnt fan1 4 speed rear fan1 2 speed xxxx rpm or n a 115
Monitor menu 115
Scroll down to display the following items 115
The monitor menu displays the system temperature power status and allows you to change the fan settings 115
The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the cpu and motherboard component temperatures 115
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 115
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Allows you to configure the asus smart fan feature that smartly adjusts the fan speeds for more efficient system operation 116
Chapter 5 116
Chapter 5 bios setup 116
Configuration options generic mode high speed mode full speed mode 116
Fan speed control generic mode 116
If you have forgotten your bios password erase the cmos real time clock rtc ram to clear the bios password 116
Security menu 116
The administrator or user password items on top of the screen show 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 116
The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators 116
The security menu items allow you to change the system security settings 116
Vtt_cpu voltage vcore1 2 voltage vddq_ab_cpu1 voltage vddq_cd_cpu1 voltage vddq_ef_cpu2 voltage vddq_gh_ cpu2 voltage 5vsb voltage 5v voltage 12v voltage 3 v voltage vbat voltage 3 vsb voltage 116
Administrator password 117
Chapter 5 117
User password 117
Asus ez flash 2 utility 118
Chapter 5 118
Tool menu 118
A confirmation window appears select es to save changes and exit 119
A confirmation window appears select yes to discard changes and exit 119
Attempts to launch efi shell application shellx64 efi from one of the available filesystem devices 119
Boot override 119
Chapter 5 119
Discard changes exit 119
Exit menu 119
From the legend bar to exit 119
Launch efi shell from filesystem device 119
Save changes reset 119
The exit menu items allow you to save or discard your changes to the bios items 119
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 119
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Chapter 5 120
Discard changes reset 120
Restore defaults 120
Chapter 6 121
Raid configuration 121
Raid definitions 121
Setting up raid 121
Chapter 6 122
Installing hard disk drives 122
Setting the raid item in bios 122
Chapter 6 123
Lsi software raid configuration utility 123
Raid configuration utilities 123
At the bottom of the screen is the legend box the keys on the legend box 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 124
Chapter 6 124
Chapter 6 raid configuration 124
Refer to the management menu descriptions on the next page 124
Chapter 6 125
Creating a raid set 125
In easy configuration the virtual drive parameters are set automatically 125
In new configuration you manually set the virtual drive parameters 125
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 125
To create a raid set using the easy configuration option 125
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Using easy configuration 125
When selected the drive indicator changes from ready to onlin ax y where x is the array number and y is the drive number 125
Again the virtual drive information appears including a virtual drive menu that allows you to change the virtual drive parameters 126
Chapter 6 126
Chapter 6 raid configuration 126
The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen 126
To configure array setting 126
To select the configurable array 126
You need at least four identical hard disk drives when creating a raid 10 you need at least four identical hard disk drives when creating a raid 10 set 126
You need at least two identical hard disk drives when creating a raid 1 set you need at least two identical hard disk drives when creating a raid 1 set 126
Chapter 6 127
Ld raid ize stripes stripsz status 127
Ld raid size stripes stripsz status 127
Raid level 127
Select units for vd size 127
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Virtual drive s configured 127
Chapter 6 128
Chapter 6 raid configuration 128
Enabling dwc can improve the performance but with the risk of data loss 128
When creating a raid 0 set proceed to step 12 when creating a raid 0 set proceed to step 12 128
When creating a raid 1 or a raid 10 set select dwc from the virtual drive 128
When finished setting the selected virtual drive configuration select accept 128
Chapter 6 129
Follow steps 2 to 12 to configure additional virtual drives 129
To create a raid set using the new configuration option 129
To finish raid configuration when prompted to save 129
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Using new configuration 129
When a raid set already exists using the new configuration command erases the existing raid configuration data if you do not want to delete the existing raid set use the view add configuration command to view or create another raid configuration 129
Adding a new raid configuration 130
Adding or viewing a raid configuration 130
Chapter 6 130
Chapter 6 raid configuration 130
Follow step 10 to 14 of the previous section using easy configuration to create the raid set 130
Follow steps 2 to 9 of the previous section using easy configuration 130
Ou can add a new raid configuration or view an existing configuration using the view add configuration command 130
To add a new raid configuration 130
Chapter 6 131
Follow steps 3 to 12 of section 6 creating a raid set using easy configuration to add a new raid set 131
The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen 131
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When selected the drive indicator changes from ready to onlin ax y where x is the array number and y is the drive number 131
After creating the raid set s you must initialize the virtual drives ou may initialize the virtual drives of a raid set s using the initialize or objects command on the management menu 132
Chapter 6 132
Chapter 6 raid configuration 132
Initializing the virtual drives 132
To initialize the virtual drive using the initialize command 132
Using the initialize command 132
Chapter 6 133
Initializing a virtual drive erases all data on the drive 133
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Chapter 6 134
Chapter 6 raid configuration 134
To initialize the virtual drives using the objects command 134
Using the objects command 134
Chapter 6 135
Initialize 135
To start initialization 135
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Virtual drive 0 135
Chapter 6 136
Chapter 6 raid configuration 136
Rebuilding failed drives 136
To rebuild a failed hard disk drive 136
You can manually rebuild failed hard disk drives using the rebuild command in the management menu 136
Chapter 6 137
To rebuild the drive 137
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When rebuild is complete press any key to continue 137
Adapter menu 138
Chapter 6 138
Chapter 6 raid configuration 138
Checking the drives for data consistency 138
To check data consistency using the check consistency command 138
Using the check consistency command 138
Chapter 6 139
Chapter 6 140
Using the objects command 140
Chapter 6 141
Deleting a raid configuration 141
Press any key to continue 141
The utility clears all the current array s the utility clears all the current array s 141
To delete a raid configuration 141
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Chapter 6 142
Chapter 6 raid configuration 142
Ou must have created a new raid configuration before you can select the boot drive from a raid set see section 5 creating a raid set using new configuration for details 142
Selecting the boot drive from a raid set 142
The virtual drive is selected as boot drive press any key to continue 142
To select the boot drive from a raid set 142
Chapter 6 143
Enabling writecache 143
The writecache function is recommended for raid 1 and raid 10 sets 143
To display the adapter properties 143
To enable writecache 143
To turn on the option 143
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When finished press any key to continue 143
When you enable writecache you may lose data when a power interruption occurs while transmitting or exchanging data among the drives 143
You may manually enable the raid controller s writecache option after creating a raid set to improve the data transmission performance 143
Chapter 6 144
Rapid storage technology enterprise scu sata option rom utility 144
Chapter 6 145
Install all the serial ata hard disk drives 145
Rapid storage technology enterprise scu option rom utility 145
The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to move through the menus and select the menu options 145
The raid bios setup screthe raid bios setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen 145
The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for raid configuration 145
To display the utility main menu 145
To enter the inte 145
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Turn on the system 145
After completing your selection 146
Chapter 6 146
Chapter 6 raid configuration 146
Creating a raid set 146
The following screen appears 146
To create a raid set 146
To select the hard disk drives you want to include in the raid set the select disks screen appears 146
Chapter 6 147
Creating a recovery set 147
Chapter 6 148
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Deleting a raid set 149
Take caution when deleting a raid set you will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you delete a raid set 149
The following screen appears 149
The following warning message appears 149
To delete a raid set 149
To return to the delete volume menu 149
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Resetting disks to non raid 150
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 150
The following screen appears 150
To reset a raid set hard disk drive 150
To reset the raid set drive s a confirmation message appears 150
To return to the utility main menu 150
To select 150
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Exiting the inte 151
Rapid storage technology utility 151
Rebuilding the raid 151
Rebuilding the raid with other non raid disk 151
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Rebuilding the raid with a new hard disk 152
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Setting the boot array in the bios setup utility 153
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Rapid storage technology enterprise utility 154
Windows 154
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Creating a raid set 155
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Click ok when finished 156
Confirm the volume creation than click create volume to continue 156
Change volume type 157
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Delete volume 159
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E mail preferences 160
Preferences 160
System preferences 160
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Creating a raid driver disk 161
Driver installation 161
Raid driver installation 161
C60x intel raid driver 162
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Follow the screen instructions to create the driver disk 162
Locate the raid driver and place a blank high density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive 162
Lsi 2008 sas2 driver 162
To enter the sub menu 162
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Installing the raid controller driver 164
Server 2008 os installation 164
Window 164
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Enterprise linux os 5 166
Red ha 166
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Select the device that will serve as the source for the driver disk choose one 169
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Preparing the linux driver 171
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Installing suse 11 linux os 172
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Chipset device software installation 175
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Network connections software installation 178
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Vga driver installation 181
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C600 series chipset scu sata raid driver 184
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Microsoft net framework 3 sp1 185
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Installation 186
Rapid storage technology enterprise 3 186
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I350 gigabit adapters driver installation 189
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Drivers menu 193
Management applications and utilities installation 193
Place the support dvd to the optical drive the dvd automatically displays the drivers menu if autorun is enabled in your computer 193
Running the support dvd 193
The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices install the necessary drivers to activate the devices 193
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 193
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Contact information 194
Make disk menu 194
Utilities menu 194
Appendices 195
Federal communications commission statement 195
Notices 195
Appendices 196
Asus recycling takeback services 196
Canadian department of communications statement 196
Asus computer gmbh germany and austria 197
Asus computer international america 197
Asus contact information 197
Asustek computer inc 197
Technical support 197

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