Document Outline

• 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
  • 1.5 Rear panel features
  • 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 Motherboard overview
  • 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
    • 2.3.1 CPU installation
    • 2.3.2 CPU heatsink and fan assembly installation
  • 2.4 System memory
    • 2.4.1 Overview
    • 2.4.2 Memory Configurations
    • 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM
    • 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM
  • 2.5 Front panel assembly
    • 2.5.1 Removing the front panel assembly
    • 2.5.2 Reinstalling the front panel assembly
  • 2.6 5.25-inch drives
  • 2.7 SATA hard disk drives
    • 2.7.1 Installing the HDD module cage
    • 2.7.2 Removing the HDD module cage
    • 2.7.3 Installing a hot-swap SATA hard disk drive
    • 2.7.4 Removing and reinstalling the backplane
  • 2.8 Expansion cards
    • 2.8.1 Installing an expansion card
    • 2.8.2 Configuring an expansion card
  • 2.9 Cable connections
    • 2.9.1 Motherboard connections
    • 2.9.2 SATA backplane connections
  • 2.10 Removable components
    • 2.10.1 Removing rear system fan
    • 2.10.2 Removing front system fan
  • 2.11 Installing the ASMB6 management board
• Chapter 3: Motherboard Info
  • 3.1 Motherboard layout
  • 3.2 Jumpers
  • 3.3 Onboard buttons and switches
  • 3.4 Onboard LEDs
  • 3.5 Connectors
    • 3.5.1 Rear panel connectors
    • 3.5.2 Audio I/O connections
    • 3.5.4 Internal connectors
• Chapter 4: BIOS setup
  • 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
    • 4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
    • 4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility
    • 4.1.3 BUPDATER utility
  • 4.2 BIOS setup program
    • 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen
    • 4.2.2 Menu bar
    • 4.2.3 Menu items
    • 4.2.4 Submenu items
    • 4.2.5 Navigation keys
    • 4.2.6 General help
    • 4.2.7 Configuration fields
    • 4.2.8 Pop-up window
    • 4.2.9 Scroll bar
  • 4.3 Main menu
    • 4.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
    • 4.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
  • 4.4 Ai Tweaker menu
    • 4.4.1 DRAM Timing Control
  • 4.5 Advanced menu
    • 4.5.1 CPU Configuration
    • 4.5.2 CPU Power Management Configuration
    • 4.5.3 Chipset Configuration
    • 4.5.4 PCH SATA Configuration
    • 4.5.5 PCH SCU SAS Configuration
    • 4.5.6 PCI Subsystem Settings
    • 4.5.7 USB Configuration
    • 4.5.8 ACPI Settings
    • 4.5.9 WHEA Configuration
    • 4.5.10 APM
    • 4.5.11 Serial Port Console Redirection
    • 4.5.12 Onboard LAN Configuration
    • 4.5.13 Marvell SATA Configuration
    • 4.5.14 Onboard Devices Configuration
    • 4.5.15 Runtime Error Logging
  • 4.6 Server Management menu
    • 4.6.1 System Event Log
    • 4.6.2 BMC network configuration
  • 4.7 Event Logs menu
    • 4.7.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings
  • 4.8 Boot menu
  • 4.9 Monitor menu
  • 4.10 Security menu
  • 4.11 Tool menu
  • 4.12 Exit menu
• Chapter 5: RAID configuration
  • 5.1 RAID configurations
    • 5.1.1 RAID definitions
    • 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
    • 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
  • 5.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility
    • 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set
    • 5.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration
    • 5.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives
    • 5.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives
    • 5.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency
    • 5.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration
    • 5.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set
    • 5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache
  • 5.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU/SATA Option ROM Utility
    • 5.3.1 Creating a RAID set
    • 5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set
    • 5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set
    • 5.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID
    • 5.3.5 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility
    • 5.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID
    • 5.3.7 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility
    • 5.1.5 Marvell RAID utility
  • 5.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Utility (Windows)
    • 5.4.1 Creating a RAID set
    • 5.4.2 Change Volume Type
    • 5.4.3 Delete volume
    • 5.4.4 Preferences
• Chapter 6: Driver installation
  • 6.1 RAID driver installation
    • 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
    • 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver
  • 6.2 Intel® Chipset Device Software installation
  • 6.3 Intel@ Network Connections Software installation
  • 6.4 Audio driver installation
  • 6.5 Intel® C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers installation
  • 6.6 Marvell Magni installation
  • 6.7 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 installation
  • 6.8 Marvell Storage Utility installation
  • 6.9 Asmedia ASM104x USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver installation
  • 6.10 Intel® WG82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver installation
  • 6.11 VGA driver installation
  • 6.12 Management applications and utilities installation
    • 6.12.1 Running the support DVD
    • 6.12.2 Drivers menu
    • 6.12.3 Utilities menu
    • 6.12.4 Make disk menu
    • 6.12.5 Contact information
• Chapter 7: Multiple GPU technology support
  • 7.1 AMD® CrossFireX™ technology
    • 7.1.1 Requirements
    • 7.1.2 Before you begin
    • 7.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX™ graphics cards
    • 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers
    • 5.1.5 Enabling the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology
  • 7.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology
    • 7.2.1 Requirements
    • 7.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards
    • 7.2.3 Installing three SLI-ready graphics cards
    • 7.2.4 Installing four SLI-ready graphics cards
    • 7.2.5 Installing the device drivers
    • 7.2.6 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology
  • 7.3 NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology
    • 7.3.1 Requirements
    • 7.3.2 Installing CUDA-ready graphics cards