Asus Pedestal/5U Rackmount Server TS500-E5 - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
2.5 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch drives ....................................................... 2-14
2.5.1
Installing a 5.25-inch drive ............................................ 2-14
2.5.2 Installing a 3.5-inch drive .............................................. 2-15
2.6 SATA/SAS hard disk drives ....................................................... 2-16
2.6.1
Hot-swap HDD module ................................................. 2-16
2.7 Expansion cards ........................................................................ 2-20
2.7.1
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-20
2.7.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card .................................. 2-21
2.7.3 Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-22
2.8 Cable connections ..................................................................... 2-23
2.8.1
Motherboard connections ............................................. 2-23
2.8.2 SATA/SAS backplane connections .............................. 2-24
2.9 Removable components ............................................................ 2-26
2.9.1
System fan .................................................................... 2-26
2.9.2 Chassis footpads .......................................................... 2-28
2.9.3 Power supply unit .......................................................... 2-29
Chapter 3: Installation options
3.1 Preparing the system for rack mounting ................................... 3-2
3.2 Attaching the inner rail to the server ......................................... 3-2
3.3 Attaching the rails to the rack ..................................................... 3-3
3.4 Mounting the server to the rack .................................................. 3-4
Chapter 4: Motherboard Info
4.1 Motherboard layout ...................................................................... 4-2
4.2 Jumpers ........................................................................................ 4-4
4.3 Internal connectors ...................................................................... 4-9
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 5-2
5.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 5-2
5.1.2 AFUDOS utility ................................................................ 5-3
5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 5-6
5.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................... 5-7
5.2.1
BIOS menu screen .......................................................... 5-8
5.2.2 Menu bar ......................................................................... 5-8
5.2.3 Navigation keys ............................................................... 5-8