Document Outline

• Safety information
  • About this guide
  • TS700-E7/RS8 specifications summary
• Product introduction
  • 1.1 Package contents
  • 1.2 Serial number label
  • 1.3 Front panel features
  • 1.4 Rear panel features
  • 1.5 Internal features
  • 1.6 LED information
    • 1.6.1 Front panel LEDs
      • 1.6.2 Rear panel LEDs
• 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 connector
  • 2.3 System memory
    • 2.3.1 Overview
      • 2.3.2 Memory Configurations
      • 2.3.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket
  • 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 drives
  • 2.6 SATA/SAS hard disk drives
    • 2.6.1 Installing the HDD module cage
      • 2.6.2 Removing the HDD module cage
      • 2.6.3 Installing a hot-swap SATA/SAS hard disk drive
      • 2.6.4 Removing and reinstalling the backplane
  • 2.7 Expansion cards
    • 2.7.1 Installing an expansion card
      • 2.7.2 Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card
      • 2.7.3 Installing ASMB6 management board
      • 2.7.5 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 Redundant power supply module
      • 2.9.4 Fan Duct
• Installation options
  • 3.1 Preparing the system for rack mounting
    • Removing the footpads
      • Removing the top cover
  • 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
• Motherboard info
  • 4.1 Motherboard layout
  • 4.2 Jumpers
  • 4.3 Internal connectors
• BIOS setup
  • 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
    • 5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
      • 5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2
      • 5.1.3 BUPDATER
  • 5.2 BIOS setup program
    • 5.2.1 BIOS menu screen
      • 5.2.2 Menu bar
      • 5.2.3 Menu items
      • 5.2.4 Submenu items
      • 5.2.5 Navigation keys
      • 5.2.6 General help
      • 5.2.7 Configuration fields
      • 5.2.8 Pop-up window
      • 5.2.9 Scroll bar
  • 5.3 Main menu
    • 5.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
      • 5.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
  • 5.4 Advanced menu
    • 5.4.1 CPU Configuration
      • 5.4.2 CPU Power Management Configuration
      • 5.4.3 Chipset Configuration
      • 5.4.4 PCH SATA Configuration
      • 5.4.5 PCH SCU Configuration
      • 5.4.6 PCI Subsystem Settings
      • 5.4.7 Onboard LAN Configuration
      • 5.4.8 Intel TXT(LT-SX) Configuration
      • 5.4.9 USB Configuration
      • 5.4.10 Trusted Computing
      • 5.4.11 ACPI Settings
      • 5.4.12 WHEA Configuration
      • 5.4.13 APM setting
      • 5.4.14 Serial Port Console Redirection
      • 5.4.15 ME Subsystem
      • 5.4.16 Legacy Devices Configuration
      • 5.4.17 Runtime Error Logging
  • 5.5 Server Mgmt menu
    • 5.5.1 System Event Log
      • 5.5.2 BMC network configuration
  • 5.6 Event Logs menu
    • 5.6.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings
  • 5.7 Boot menu
  • 5.8 Monitor menu
  • 5.9 Security menu
  • 5.10 Tool menu
    • ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility
  • 5.11 Exit menu
• RAID configuration
  • 6.1 Setting up RAID
    • 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 set
      • 6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration
      • 6.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives
      • 6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives
      • 6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency
      • 6.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration
      • 6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set
      • 6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache
  • 6.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU/SATA Option ROM Utility
    • 6.3.1 Creating a RAID set
      • 6.3.2 Creating a Recovery set
      • 6.3.3 Deleting a RAID set
      • 6.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID
      • 6.3.5 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility
      • 6.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID
      • 6.3.7 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility
  • 6.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Utility (Windows)
    • 6.4.1 Creating a RAID set
      • 6.4.2 Change Volume Type
      • 6.4.3 Delete volume
      • 6.4.4 Preferences
• 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 software installation
  • 7.3 Intel@ Network Connections Software installation
  • 7.4 VGA driver installation
  • 7.5 Intel® C600 Series Chipset SCU SATA RAID Driver
  • 7.6 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • 7.7 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 installation
  • 7.8 Intel® I350 Gigabit Adapters Driver installation
  • 7.9 Management applications and utilities installation
    • 7.9.1 Running the support DVD
      • 7.9.2 Drivers menu
      • 7.9.3 Utilities menu
      • 7.9.4 Make disk menu
      • 7.9.5 Contact information
• Appendices
  • Notices
  • ASUS contact information