Asus RS700A-E11-RS12U [4/186] Chapter 3 installation options

Contents

2.6.4 Installing an ethernet expansion card to the butterfly riser card

bracket ...................................................................................... 2-22

2.6.5 Installing an ASUS PIKE II card ................................................ 2-23

2.6.6 Installing an M.2 (NGFF) card ................................................... 2-26

2.6.7 Configuring an expansion card ................................................. 2-27

2.7 Cable connections ...................................................................................2-28

2.8 Backplane cabling ...................................................................................2-29

2.9 Storage device configuration and cabling ............................................2-30

2.9.1 12 x SATA storage device configuration and cabling ............... 2-31

2.9.2 4 x NVMe storage device configuration and cabling ................. 2-35

2.9.3 8 x NVMe storage device configuration and cabling ................. 2-39

2.9.4 12 x NVMe storage device configuration and cabling ............... 2-43

2.9.5 8 x SAS and 4 x SATA storage device configuration and

cabling ....................................................................................... 2-47

2.10 Removable/optional components ...........................................................2-52

2.10.1 System fans .............................................................................. 2-52

2.10.2 Redundant power supply module.............................................. 2-56

Chapter 3: Installation Options

3.1 Tool-less Friction Rail Kit ..........................................................................3-2

3.1.1 Installing the tool-less rack rail .................................................... 3-2

3.2 Rail kit dimensions ....................................................................................3-4

3.3 Cable management arm (optional for 1200 mm rack rails) ....................3-5

3.3.1 Attaching the cable management arm ........................................ 3-5

Chapter 4: Motherboard Information

4.1 Motherboard layout ....................................................................................4-2

4.2 Jumpers ......................................................................................................4-4

4.3 Internal LEDs .............................................................................................. 4-9

4.4 Internal connectors ..................................................................................4-11

Chapter 5: BIOS Setup

5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ..........................................................5-2

5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility................................................... 5-2

5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility ................................................................. 5-3

5.1.3 BUPDATER utility ....................................................................... 5-4

5.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................5-6

5.2.1 BIOS menu screen ...................................................................... 5-7