Document Outline

• Contents
  • Notices
  • Safety information
  • About this guide
• Chapter 1: Product introduction
  • 1.1 System package contents
  • 1.2 Serial number label
  • 1.3 System specifications
  • 1.4 Front panel features
    • 1.4.1 Four Hot-Swap HDD Devices
    • 1.4.2 Eight Hot-Swap HDD Devices
  • 1.5 Rear panel features
    • 1.5.1 Single power supply (PA4 model)
    • 1.5.2 Redundant Power Supply (RX8 model)
  • 1.6 Internal features
  • 1.7 LED information
    • 1.7.1 Front panel LEDs
    • 1.7.2 Rear panel LEDs
• Chapter 2: Hardware setup
  • 2.1 Chassis cover
    • 2.1.1 Removing the side cover
    • 2.1.2 Reinstalling the side cover
  • 2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
    • 2.2.1 Installing the CPU
    • 2.2.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
  • 2.3 System memory
    • 2.3.1 Overview
    • 2.3.2 Memory configurations
    • 2.3.3 Memory mirroring and sparing technology
    • 2.3.4 Installing a DIMM
    • 2.3.5 Removing a DIMM
  • 2.4 Front panel assembly
    • 2.4.1 Removing the front panel assembly
    • 2.4.2 Reinstalling the front panel assembly
  • 2.5 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch drives
    • 2.5.1 Installing a 5.25-inch drive
    • 2.5.2 Installing a 3.5-inch drive
  • 2.6 SATA/SAS hard disk drives
    • 2.6.1 Hot-swap HDD module
  • 2.7 Expansion cards
    • 2.7.1 Installing an expansion card
    • 2.7.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card
    • 2.7.3 Configuring an expansion card
  • 2.8 Cable connections
    • 2.8.1 Motherboard connections
    • 2.8.2 SATA/SAS backplane connections
  • 2.9 Removable components
    • 2.9.1 System fan
    • 2.9.2 Chassis footpads
    • 2.9.3 Power supply unit
• Chapter 3: Installation options
  • 3.1 Preparing the system for rack mounting
  • 3.2 Attaching the inner rail to the server
  • 3.3 Attaching the rails to the rack
  • 3.4 Mounting the server to the rack
• Chapter 4: Motherboard Info
  • 4.1 Motherboard layout
  • 4.2 Jumpers
  • 4.3 Internal connectors
• Chapter 5: BIOS setup
  • 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
    • 5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
    • 5.1.2 AFUDOS utility
    • 5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
  • 5.2 BIOS setup program
    • 5.2.1 BIOS menu screen
    • 5.2.2 Menu bar
    • 5.2.3 Navigation keys
    • 5.2.4 Menu items
    • 5.2.5 Sub-menu items
    • 5.2.6 Configuration fields
    • 5.2.7 Pop-up window
    • 5.2.8 Scroll bar
    • 5.2.9 General help
  • 5.3 Main menu
    • 5.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
    • 5.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
    • 5.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [Disabled]
    • 5.3.4 SATA1–6; PATA Master/Slave
    • 5.3.5 IDE Configuration
    • 5.3.6 System Information
  • 5.4 Advanced menu
    • 5.4.1 USB Configuration
    • 5.4.2 CPU Configuration
    • 5.4.3 Chipset
    • 5.4.4 Onboard Device Configuration
    • 5.4.5 PCIPnP
  • 5.5 Server menu
    • 5.5.1 ASF Support [Enabled]
    • 5.5.2 Remote Access Configuration
  • 5.6 Power menu
    • 5.6.1 ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled]
    • 5.6.2 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
  • 5.7 Boot menu
    • 5.7.1 Boot Device Priority
    • 5.7.2 Boot Settings Configuration
    • 5.7.3 Security
  • 5.8 Exit menu
• Chapter 6: RAID configuration
  • 6.1 Setting up RAID
    • 6.1.1 RAID definitions
    • 6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives
    • 6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
    • 6.1.4 RAID configuration utilities
  • 6.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility
    • 6.2.1 Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set
    • 6.2.2 Creating a RAID 10 set
    • 6.2.3 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration
    • 6.2.4 Initializing the logical drives
    • 6.2.5 Rebuilding failed drives
    • 6.2.6 Checking the drives for data consistency
    • 6.2.7 Deleting a RAID configuration
    • 6.2.8 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set
    • 6.2.9 Enabling the WriteCache
  • 6.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
    • 6.3.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe)
    • 6.3.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror)
    • 6.3.3 Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe + Mirror)
    • 6.3.4 Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity)
    • 6.3.5 Deleting a RAID set
    • 6.3.6 Resetting disks to Non-RAID
    • 6.3.7 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
• Chapter 7: Driver installation
  • 7.1 RAID driver installation
    • 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
    • 7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver
  • 7.2 Intel® chipset device installation
  • 7.3 LAN driver installation
  • 7.4 VGA driver installation
    • 7.4.1 Windows® Server
  • 7.5 Management applications and utilities installation
    • 7.5.1 Running the support CD
    • 7.5.2 Drivers menu
    • 7.5.3 Management Software menu
    • 7.5.4 Utilities menu
    • 7.5.5 Contact information