Asus ts700-e7-rs8 [3/198] Contents

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Contents

Safety information ..................................................................................................... vii

About this guide ....................................................................................................... viii

TS700-E7/RS8 specications summary .................................................................... x

Chapter 1: Product introduction 1-1

1.1 Package contents.......................................................................................1-1

1.2 Serial number label .................................................................................... 1-2

Chapter 2: Hardware setup 2-1

2.1 Chassis cover ............................................................................................. 2-1

2.1.1 Removing the side cover............................................................. 2-1

2.1.2 Reinstalling the side cover .......................................................... 2-2

2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................................. 2-3

2.2.1 Installing the CPU ....................................................................... 2-3

2.2.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan connector ........................... 2-8

2.3 System memory ......................................................................................... 2-9

2.3.1 Overview ..................................................................................... 2-9

2.3.2 Memory Congurations ............................................................. 2-10

2.6.1 Installing the HDD module cage................................................ 2-15

2.6.2 Removing the HDD module cage.............................................. 2-16

2.6.3 Installing a hot-swap SATA/SAS hard disk drive ....................... 2-17

2.6.4 Removing and reinstalling the backplane ................................. 2-19

2.7 Expansion cards ...................................................................................... 2-20

2.7.1 Installing an expansion card......................................................2-20

2.7.2 Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card.......................................... 2-21

2.7.3 Installing ASMB6 management board ....................................... 2-22

2.7.5 Conguring an expansion card ................................................. 2-23