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Asus rs100-e7-pi2 [16/130] Internal features

Chapter 1: Product introduction1-6

1.6 Internal features

The barebone server includes the basic components as shown.

The barebone server does not include a oppy disk drive. Connect a USB oppy

disk drive to any of the USB ports on the front or rear panel if you need to use a

oppy disk.

Turn off the system power and detach the power supply before removing or

replacing any system component.

*WARNING

HAZARDOUS MOVING PARTS

KEEP FINGERS AND OTHER BODY PARTS AWAY

1. PCI Express x16 Riser Card (at x16 link)

2. System Fan (x2) (9GV0412P3J051)

3. ASUS P8B-M Server Board

4. Power Supply

5. HDD Tray 2 (hidden) and Slim-type Optical

Drive (optional)

6. HDD Tray 1

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First edition march 2011 2
Chapter 1 product introduction 3
Chapter 2 hardware setup 3
Contents 3
Chapter 3 rackmount installation 4
Chapter 4 motherboard info 4
Chapter 5 bios setup 4
Contents 4
Chapter 7 driver installation 5
Chapter6 raidconfiguration 5
Contents 5
Canadian department of communications statement 7
Federal communications commission statement 7
Notices 7
Class 1 laser product 8
Electrical safety 8
Operation safety 8
Safety information 8
About this guide 9
Audience 9
Contents 9
Conventions 10
References 10
Typography 10
Chapter 1 11
Product introduction 11
Before requesting support from the asus technical support team you must take note of the product s 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 12
Check your system package for the following items 12
Rs100 e7 pi2 12
Serial number label 12
System package contents 12
Xxs0xxxxxxxxxx 12
Lga1155 lynnfield clarkdale 13
Processors plus other latest technologies through the chipsets onboard 13
Systemspecifications 13
The asus rs100 e7 pi2 is a 1u barebone server system featuring the asus p8b m server board the server supports intel 13
Asus rs100 e7 pi2 1 5 15
Front panel features 15
Rear panel features 15
Refer to section 1 front panel leds for the led descriptions 15
The barebone server displays a simple yet stylish front panel with easily accessible features the power and reset buttons led indicators optical drive and twp usb ports are located on the front panel 15
The port is for asus asmb5 ikvm controller card only 15
The ports for the ps 2 keyboard ps 2 mouse usb vga and gigabit lan do not appear on the rear panel if motherboard is not present 15
The rear panel includes the expansion slot and system power socket the i o shield with openings for the rear panel connectors on the motherboard are also placed in the rear panel 15
Turn off the system power and detach the power supply before removing or replacing any system component 15
Internal features 16
Front panel leds 17
Lan rj 45 leds 17
Led information 17
Chapter 2 19
Hardware setup 19
Chassis cover 20
Firmly hold the cover and slide it toward the rear panel for about half an inch until it is disengaged from the chassis 20
Lift the cover from the chassis 20
Removing the chassis cover 20
To remove the chassis cover 20
Use a phillips screwdriver to remove the three screws on the chassis cover 20
Reinstalling the chassis cover 21
Secure the cover with three screws 22
Central processing unit cpu 23
Installing the cpu 23
Locate the cpu socket on the motherboard 23
Press the load lever with your thumb a and then move it to the right b until it is released from the retention tab 23
The motherboard comes with a surface mount lga1155 socket designed for the intel 23
To install a cpu 23
Xeon e3 1200 core i3 2100 processor 23
Installing the cpu heatsink and airduct 26
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 28
Memoryconfigurations 28
Overview 28
System memory 28
The figure illustrates the location of the ddr3 dimm sockets 28
The motherboard comes with four double data rate 3 ddr3 dual inline memory modules dimm sockets 28
You may install 1gb 2gb 4gb and 8gb unbuffered with ecc ddr3 dimms into the dimm sockets using the memory configurations in this section 28
Installing a dimm 29
Removing a dimm 29
Hard disk drives 30
Installing a hard disk drive to the hdd tray 1 30
Installing a hard disk drive to the hdd tray 2 31
Expansion card 33
Installing an expansion card 33
After installing the expansion card configure the it by adjusting the software settings 35
Assign an irq to the card refer to the following tables 35
Configuringanexpansioncard 35
Install the software drivers for the expansion card 35
Standard interrupt assignments 35
Turn on the system and change the necessary bios settings if any see chapter 5 for information on bios setup 35
Cable connections 36
Standard cables connected to the motherboard 36
Chassis fans 37
Removable optional components 37
Optical disk drive odd 38
Installing asmb5 series management board optional 40
Chapter 3 41
Rackmount installation 41
Attaching the rails to the rack 42
Rackmount rail kit items 42
Chapter 4 47
Motherboard info 47
Motherboard layout 48
Layout contents 49
Jumpers 50
Internal connectors 55
Atx power connectors 24 pin atxpwr1 8 pin atx12v1 60
These connectors are for an atx 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 60
Bios setup 63
Chapter 5 63
Asus crashfree bios 3 utility 64
Managing and updating your bios 64
Recoveringthebiosfromausbflashdrive 64
Asus ez flash utility 65
Bupdater utility 66
Updatingthebiosfile 66
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Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the bios to prevent system boot failure 67
The bios update is finished please restart your system 67
The utility returns to the dos prompt after the bios update process is completed reboot the system from the hard disk drive 67
The utility verifies the file then starts updating the bios file 67
Bios setup program 68
Advanced for changing the advanced system settings 69
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Bios menu screen 69
Boot for changing the system boot configuration 69
Event logs for changing the event log settings 69
Exit for selecting the exit options 69
Main for changing the basic system configuration 69
Menu bar 69
Monitor for displaying the system temperature power status and changing the fan settings 69
The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items 69
To select an item on the menu bar press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 69
Tool for configuring options for special functions 69
Configurationfields 70
General help 70
Menu items 70
Navigation keys 70
Pop up window 70
Scroll bar 70
Submenu items 70
Allows you to set the system date 71
Allows you to set the system time 71
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If you have forgotten your bios password erase the cmos real time clock rtc ram to clear the bios password see section 2 jumpers for information on how to erase the rtc ram 71
Main menu 71
Security 71
System date day xx xx xxxx 71
System time xx xx xx 71
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 71
The security menu items allow you to change the system security settings 71
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 71
Administrator password 72
User password 72
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Change smbios event log settings 73
Erase event log no allows you to select the options for erasing smbios event log configuration options no yes next reset yes every reset 73
Event logs menu 73
Keys to adjust the value the values range from 0 to 99 73
Keys to adjust the value the values range from 1 to 255 73
Smbios event log enabled allows you to enable or disable all features of smbios event logging configuration option disabled enabled 73
The event logs menu items allow you to change the event log settings and view the system event logs 73
When log is full do nothing allows you to select the options for reaction when the event logs are full configuration options do nothing erase immediately 73
View smbios event log 74
View system event log 74
Acpi settings 75
Acpi sleep state s3 suspend to ram 75
Advanced menu 75
Allows you to enable or disable acpi auto configuration configuration options disabled enabled 75
Allows you to set the acpi sleep state configuration options suspend disabled s1 cpu stop clock s3 suspend to ram 75
Enableacpiautoconfigurationdisabled 75
The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system devices 75
14 chapter 5 bios setup 76
Allows you to enable or disable the tpm support configuration options disabled enabled 76
Allows you to enable or disable the windows hardware error architecture support configuration options disabled enabled 76
Tpm support disabled 76
Trusted computing 76
Whea support enabled 76
Wheaconfiguration 76
Active processor cores all 77
Allows you to choose the number of cpu cores to activate in each processor package configuration options all 1 2 3 77
Allows you to enable or disable the cpu thermal monitor function configuration options disabled enabled 77
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Cpuconfiguration 77
Hyper threading enabled 77
Intel adaptive thermal monitor enabled 77
Limit cpuid maximum disabled 77
Setting this item to enabled allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for cpus with extended cpuid functions configuration options disabled enabled 77
The items in this menu show the cpu related information that the bios automatically detects some items may not appear if your cpu does not support the related functions 77
This item appears only when you install a cpu with hyper threading support and allows you to enable or disable the intel hyper threading technology function when disabled only one thread per activated core is enabled configuration options enabled disabled 77
Cpu c1e enabled 78
Cpu c3 report enabled 78
Cpu c6 report enabled 78
Enhanced intel speedstep technology enabled 78
Execute disable bit enabled 78
Intel virtualization tech enabled 78
Package c state limit no limit 78
Turbo mode enabled 78
Allows you to decide which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device configuration options pci peg peg pci 79
Allows you to enable or disable the dmi gen2 configuration options disabled enabled 79
Allows you to enable or disable the high precision event timer configuration options enabled disabled 79
Allows you to enable or disable the vt d configuration options disabled enabled 79
Allows you to select the options for the low mmio align configuration options 64m 1024m 79
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Dmi gen2 enabled 79
High precision timer enabled 79
Initiate graphic adapter peg pci 79
Low mmio align 64m 79
North bridge 79
South bridge 79
The north bridge is built in the cpu 79
Vt d disabled 79
18 chapter 5 bios setup 80
Allows you to set the sata configuration configuration options disabled ide mode ahci mode raid mode 80
If you want the serial ata hard disk drives to use the advanced host controller interface ahci set this item to 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 80
If you want to create raid sets with lsi megaraid utility or intel 80
If you want to use the serial ata hard disk drives as parallel ata physical storage devices keep the default setting ide mode 80
Sata mode ide mode 80
Sataconfiguration 80
Serial ata controller 0 enhanced 80
Serial ata controller 1 enhanced 80
Storage technology from the serial ata hard disk drives set this item to raid mode 80
This item appears only when you set the sata mode item to ide mode set to enhanced to support two sata 3 gb s devices configuration options disabled enhanced 80
This item appears only when you set the sata mode item to ide mode set to enhanced to support two sata 6 gb s and two sata 3 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 80
While entering setup the bios automatically detects the presence of sata devices the sata port items show not present if no sata device is installed to the corresponding sata port 80
Allows you to enable or disable support for legacy usb devices setting to auto allows the system to detect the presence of usb devices at startup if detected the usb controller legacy mode is enabled if no usb device is detected the legacy usb support is disabled configuration options disabled enabled auto 81
Allows you to enable or disable the intel trusted execution technology txt feature configuration options disabled enabled 81
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Intel txt lt support disabled 81
Inteltxt lt configuration 81
Legacy usb support enabled 81
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 81
S m a r t status check enabled 81
The intel txt lt support item requires a trusted platform module tpm to be installed on the motherboard to enable 81
The usb devices item shows the auto detected values if no usb device is detected the item shows none 81
Usbconfiguration 81
Device power up delay auto 82
Device power up delay in seconds xx 82
Device reset time out 20 sec 82
Ehci hand off disabled 82
Intel w82574l oprom1 oprom2 pxe 82
Onboarddevicesconfiguration 82
Serialport1 2configuration 82
Usb transfer time out 20 sec 82
Eup ready disabled 83
Power on by pci disabled 83
Power on by pcie disabled 83
Power on by ring disabled 83
Restore ac power loss power off 83
Com1 console redirection disabled 84
Console redirection settings 84
Power on by rtc disabled 84
Redirection after bios post disabled 84
Serial port console redirection 84
Com2 console redirection enabled 85
Console redirection settings 85
24 chapter 5 bios setup 86
Allows you to configure the asus smart fan feature that smartly adjusts the fan speeds for more efficient system operation configuration options full speed mode high density mode generic mode whisper mode 86
Cpu fan1 speed frnt fan1 3 speed rear fan1 speed xxxx rpm or ignore n a 86
Cpu mb tr1 temperature xxx c xxx f xxx c xxx f 86
Fan speed control generic mode 86
Monitor menu 86
The monitor menu displays the system temperature power status and allows you to change the fan settings 86
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 86
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 86
The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators select ignore if you do not want to detect this item 86
Vcore1 voltage 3 v voltage 5v voltage 12v voltage vbat voltage 3vsb voltage 1 v ichvoltage 86
Allows option roms to trap interrupt 19 configuration options disabled enabled 87
Allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature configuration options disabled enabled 87
Allows you to select the power on state for the numlock configuration options off on 87
Allows you to set the display mode for options rom configuration options force bios keep current 87
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Boot menu 87
Bootup numlock state on 87
Efi boot disabled 87
Enables or disables efi boot configuration options disabled enabled 87
Full screen logo enabled 87
Interrupt 19 capture enabled 87
Keys to adjust the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key 87
Option rom messages force bios 87
Set this item to enabled to use the asus mylogo2 feature 87
Setup prompt timeout xx 87
The boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options 87
Boot device seeking endless pxe 88
Boot option priorities 88
Boot override 88
Cd dvd rom drives bbs priorities hard drive bbs priorities 88
Network device bbs priorities 88
Asus ez flash utility 89
Discard changes exit 89
Exit menu 89
Launchefishellfromfilesystemdevice 89
Save changes reset 89
Tool menu 89
Chapter 6 91
Raidconfiguration 91
Raiddefinitions 92
Setting up raid 92
Installing hard disk drives 93
Raidconfigurationutilities 93
Setting the raid item in bios 93
4 chapter 6 raid configuration 94
Install all the serial ata hard disk drives 94
Option rom utility 94
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 94
Rapid storage technology 94
Rapid storage technology option rom utility 94
Rapid storage technology option rom utility allows you to create raid 0 94
The intel 94
The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to move through the navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to move through the menus and select the menu options 94
The raid bios setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen 94
To display the utility main menu 94
To enter the intel 94
Turn on the system 94
After completing your selection 95
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Creating a raid set 95
The following screen appears 95
To create a raid set 95
To select the hard disk drives you want to include in the raid set the select disks screen appears 95
Creating a recovery set 96
8 chapter 6 raid configuration 98
Deleting a raid set 98
Take caution when deleting a raid set you will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you delete a raid set 98
The following screen appears 98
The following warning message appears 98
To delete a raid set 98
To return to the delete volume menu 98
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Resetting disks to non raid 99
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 99
The following screen appears 99
To reset a raid set hard disk drive 99
To reset the raid set drive s a confirmation message appears 99
To return to the utility main menu 99
To select 99
10 chapter 6 raid configuration 100
After completing your selection and return to the utility main menu 100
If you have created a recovery set you can configure more recovery set options following the descriptions in the section 100
Recovery volume options 100
See section 6 creating a recovery set to create a recovery set before continue 100
The following screen appears 100
The select recovery volume screen appears 100
To configure a recovery set 100
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Exiting the intel 101
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 101
Rapid storage technology utility 101
Rebuilding the raid 101
Rebuilding the raid with other non raid disk 101
Select a destination disk with the same size as the original hard disk 101
The following warning message appears 101
This option is only for the raid 1 set 101
To enter the intel rapid storage technology option rom utility 101
To exit 101
To exit the utility 101
To rebuild the raid with other non raid disk 101
To return to the utility main menu 101
12 chapter 6 raid configuration 102
Exit intel rapid storage technology and reboot the system 102
From the view menu select advanced mode to display the details of the intel rapid storage console 102
From the volumes view option select raid volume to view the rebuilding status when finished the status is changed to normal 102
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 102
Intel rapid storage console or click the intel rapid storage technology tray icon to load the intel rapid storage manager utility 102
Reboot the system and then follow the steps in section rebuilding the raid with other non raid disk 102
Rebuilding the raid with a new hard disk 102
Remove the failed sata hard disk and install a new sata hard disk of the same specification into the same sata port 102
Select a destination disk with the same size as the original hard disk 102
The utility immediately starts rebuilding after the disk is selected the status of the degraded raid volume is changed to rebuild 102
To rebuild the raid with a new hard disk 102
Under microsof 102
Setting the boot array in the bios setup utility 103
Chapter 7 105
Driver installation 105
C20x intel raid driver 106
Creating a raid driver disk 106
Raid driver installation 106
C20x lsi raid driver 107
Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk 107
Locate the raid driver and place a blank high density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive 107
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Boot the computer using the windows 109
During windows 109
Installing the raid controller driver 109
Server 2003 xp installation disc 109
Server 2003 xp os 109
Server 2003 xp os installation 109
Setup starts 109
The windows 109
To install the raid controller driver when installing windows 109
To specify an additional device 109
When the message press f6 if you need to install a third party scsi or raid driver appears at the bottom of the screen 109
During windows 111
Server 2008 os installation 111
Enterprise linux os 5 113
Red hat 113
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Boot the system from the suse os installation cd 115
Suse linux 11 os 115
To install the raid controller driver when installing suse linux enterprise server os 115
Use the arrow keys to select installation from the boot options menu 115
12 chapter 7 driver installation 116
Sda usb floppy other device 116
Chipset device software 118
Installation 118
Lan driver installation 120
Vga driver installation 123
Drivers menu 126
Management applications and utilities installation 126
Place the support dvd to the optical drive the dvd automatically displays the drivers menu if autorun is enabled in your computer 126
Running the support dvd 126
The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices install the necessary drivers to activate the devices 126
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 126
Contact information 127
Make disk menu 127
Utilities menu 127
Asus contact information 128
Asustek computer inc 128
Asustek computer inc china 128
Asustek computer inc taiwan 128
Technical support 128
Asus computer gmbh germany and austria 129
Asus computer international america 129
Technical support 129

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