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User Guide - Page 6
...a RAID driver disk 6-1 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-4 6.2 LAN driver installation 6-14 6.2.1 Windows® 2000/2003 Server 6-14 6.2.2 Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 6-15 6.3 VGA driver installation 6-16 6.3.1 Windows® 2003 Server 6-16 6.3.2 Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 4.0 6-17 6.4 Management applications and utilities installation 6-18 6.4.1 Running the support...
User Guide - Page 10
...8226; Chapter 4: BIOS setup Tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
• Chapter 5: RAID configuration Provides information on RAID configurations for this motherboard.
• Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides information on RAID and LAN driver installation for this motherboard.
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... card
After installing the expansion card, configure it by adjusting the software settings.
1. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. See Chapter 4 for information on BIOS setup.
2. Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the tables on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for the expansion card.
When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support...
User Guide - Page 71
... the motherboard support CD to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier.
3. Boot the system in DOS mode, then at the prompt type: afudos /i[filename] where [filename] is the latest or the original BIOS file on the bootable floppy disk.
A:\>afudos /iP5BPE4L.ROM
4. The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS.
A:\>afudos /iP5BPE4L.ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS...
User Guide - Page 72
... the USB flash drive to an available USB port, then place the
motherboard support CD to the optical drive. 3. Boot the system from the support CD, then select the FreeDOS
command prompt. 4. At the DOS prompt, replace the prompt with the USB flash disk
drive letter, then type: afudos /i[filename] 5. Follow the instructions in the previous section to update the BIOS
file.
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User Guide - Page 75
... can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the firmware hub.
The firmware hub on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you...
User Guide - Page 104
... with Intel® ICH7R chipset.
The Intel® ICH7R Soutbridge chip comes with the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID and the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager. These utilities allow you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets.
For P5BV-E/SAS only: LSI SAS1064E PCI-E four-port, 3.0 Gbit/s SAS/SATA controller supports four additional SAS/SATA hard drives that allows you to leave...
User Guide - Page 105
5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector ...
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5.2.5 Deleting a RAID set
Take caution when deleting a RAID set. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you delete a RAID set.
To delete a RAID set:
1. From the utility main menu, select 2. Delete RAID Volume, then press to display this screen.
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
[ DELETE...
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... and P5BP-E/4L only)
The LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 set(s) from SATA hard disk drives connected to the SATA connectors supported by the motherboard Southbridge chip.
The LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID automatically configures a RAID 1 (Mirrored) set when the SATA is configured as RAID in the BIOS and you installed two hard disk drives...
User Guide - Page 162
... the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the system/motherboard support CD or from the Internet.
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® 2003 or...
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7. Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the folppy disk drive.
8. Press . 9. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.
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User Guide - Page 165
... install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® 2000/2003 Server OS: 1. Boot the computer using the Windows® 2000/2003 Server installation CD. The Windows® 2000/2003 Setup starts.
2. Press when the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." appears at the bottom of the screen.
3. When prompted, press to specify an additional device...
User Guide - Page 167
... BIOS setup utility of IDE Configuration, first install the Intel SATAAHCI Driver during windows setup. Then, select the "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7RDH)" from the list. Refer to section "6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk" to create the Intel SATA Driver for windows system.
6. The Windows® 2000/2003 Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the RAID driver disk...
User Guide - Page 168
...click the My Computer icon on the Windows® desktop , then select Properties from the menu.
4. Click the Hardware tab then click the Device Manager button to display the list of devices installed in the system.
5. Right-click the RAID controller item, then select Properties.
6. Click the Driver tab, then click the Update Driver button.
7. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard window appears. Click...
User Guide - Page 169
...the RAID controller driver installation: 1. Right-click the My Computer icon on the Windows® desktop , then select
Properties from the menu. 2. Click the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button. 3. Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers. The LSI Logic
Embedded SATA RAID or Intel® 8201 GR/GH SATA RAID items should appear.
4. Right-click the RAID controller...
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4. When prompted, insert the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive, then press .
5. When prompted, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium, select OK, then press .
The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system.
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User Guide - Page 175
6.2 LAN driver installation
This section provides instructions on how to install the Broadcom BCM5721 LAN controller driver.
6.2.1 Windows® 2000/2003 Server
To install the Broadcom BCM5721 LAN controller driver on a Windows® 2000/2003 Server OS:
1. Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive. The CD
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User Guide - Page 177
... privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive. The support
CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
Windows® automatically detects the VGA controller and displays a New Hardware Found window. Click Cancel to close this window.
3. Click the item XGI VOLARI Z9s from the Drivers menu.
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4. The XGI VOLARI Z9s window appears. Click Next. Follow screen instructions to complete installation.
6.3.2 Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 4.0
The Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 4.0 operating system automatically recognizes the XGI Graphics driver during system installation. There is no need to install an additional driver(s) to support the onboard VGA.
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