Asus RS540-E8-RS36-ECP [4/202] Contents

Contents

2.5 Expansion slot ..........................................................................................2-18

2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the PCI-E slot .......................... 2-18

2.5.2 Installing an M.2 expansion card............................................... 2-20

2.5.3 Installing a Mezzanine card....................................................... 2-21

2.5.4 Conguring an expansion card ................................................. 2-23

2.6 Cable connections ...................................................................................2-24

2.7 Backplane cabling ...................................................................................2-25

2.8 Removable/optional components ...........................................................2-27

2.8.1 System fans .............................................................................. 2-27

2.8.2 Redundant power supply module.............................................. 2-28

Chapter 3: Installation Options

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

3.1.1 Attaching the rack rails ............................................................... 3-2

3.1.2 Mounting the server to the rack................................................... 3-4

Chapter 4: Motherboard Information

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

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

4.3 Internal connectors ....................................................................................4-8

4.4 Onboard LEDs .......................................................................................... 4-18

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 2 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

5.2.2 Menu bar ..................................................................................... 5-7

5.2.3 Menu items..................................................................................5-8

5.2.4 Submenu items ........................................................................... 5-8

5.2.5 Navigation keys ........................................................................... 5-8

5.2.6 General help................................................................................5-8

5.2.7 Conguration elds ..................................................................... 5-8

5.2.8 Pop-up window............................................................................5-8

5.2.9 Scroll bar ..................................................................................... 5-8