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... SNMP traps.
Backplane
A circuit board with sockets in which additional devices can be plugged.
Event Notifier
This sends a message to administrators/users When sensors detect changes in the system.
IIS
Internet Information Server. A web server built into Windows NT and later.
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface. It is a type of firmware which continues to monitor...
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Contents
2.5.6 PCI slots 2-19 2.5.7 PIKE slot 2-19 2.5.8 Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card 2-20 2.5.9 Installing ASMB5 management card 2-21 2.5.10 Connecting the thermal sensor cable 2-21 2.6 Jumpers 2-22 2.7 Connectors 2-28 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 2-28 2.7.2 Internal connectors 2-29
Chapter 3: Powering up 3.1 Starting up for the first time 3-3 3.2 Powering off the computer 3-4
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... the BIOS Setup Utility 5-34
Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-6 6.2 Intel® chipset device software installation 6-14 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-16 6.4 VGA driver installation 6-19 6.5 Management applications and utilities installation 6-22 6.5.1 Running the support...
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... provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components.
• Appendix: Reference information This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when configuring the motherboard.
Where to find more information
Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates.
1. ASUS websites The ASUS website...
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... SATA 3Gb/s ports - Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RST) supports
software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 (Windows)
Networking Graphic
SAS Controller
LAN VGA
LSI MegaRAID driver: - Supports software RAID 0, 1 & 10 (Windows &
Linux)
Optional: ASUS PIKE 2108 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card ASUS PIKE 2008 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card ASUS PIKE 1068E 8-port SAS RAID card...
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... 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 "Share IRQ" or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable.
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... 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 chip.
The firmware chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you...
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...174; Matrix Storage Technology from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID Mode].
Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. Set to [Enhanced] to support two SATA 6.0 Gb/s and two SATA 3.0 Gb/s devices. Set to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Up to four SATA devices are supported under these operating...
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... want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support DVD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive.
• Please refer to chapter 2 for how to select the RAID configuration utility. Move the jumper to choose between LSI MegaRAID and Intel® Rapid RAID.
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... SATA hard disk drives.
2. During POST, the LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility automatically detects the installed SATA hard disk drives and displays any existing RAID set(s). Press + to enter the utility.
LSI MegaRAID Software RAID BIOS Version A.10 09231523R
LSI SATA RAID Found at PCI Bus No:00 Dev No:1F
Device present at Port 0
ST3160812AS
152114MB
Device present at Port...
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Chapter summary
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6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.2 Intel chipset device software installation 6-16 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-18 6.4 VGA driver installation 6-21 6.5 Management application and utilities installation 6-24
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... the instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
The system does not include a floppy drive. You have to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk.
If you have created RAID sets with the LSI Software RAID configuration utility, the boot priority of the SATA optical disk drive has to be manually adjusted...
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... 10 SP2 32 bit SLES 10 SP2 64 bit SLES 10 SP3 32 bit SLES 10 SP3 64 bit SLES 11 32 bit
6. Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
7. Press . 8. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.
6-4
Chapter 6: Driver installation
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...of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s):
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, DVD-ROM drives, or special
disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press...
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...Upgrade Device Driver Wizard window appears. Click Next. 8. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the USB floppy disk drive. 9. Select the option Install the software automatically (Recommended), and
then click Next. 10. The wizard searches the RAID controller drivers. When found, click Next to
install the drivers. 11. Click Finish after the driver installation is done.
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To verify the RAID controller driver installation: 1. Right-click the My Computer icon on the Windows® desktop, and then select
Properties from the menu. 2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button. 3. Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers, and then the
Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller item should appear.
The screen differs...
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... the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press .
Main Menu
Do you have a driver disk?
Yes
No
5. Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the USB floppy disk drive, select OK, then press .
Insert Driver Disk
Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to continue.
OK
Back
The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system.
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...) 1024 X768
DVD
Default No
3. Press , then select Yes from the menu. Press .
Boot from Hard Disk Installation Repair Installed System Rescue System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test
Boot Options |
F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode English(US) 1024 X768
F4 Source DVD
Yes No File URL
F5 Kernel F6 Driver Default No
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... .
Boot from Hard Disk Installation Repair Installed System Rescue System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test
Boot Options acpi=off apic=bigsmp brokenmodules=ahci
F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source F5 Kernel F6 Driver
English(US) 1024 X768
DVD
Default Yes
5. When below screen appears, select the USB floppy disk drive (sda) as the driver update medium. Select...
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...Intel® chipset device software on the system. You need to manually install the Intel® chipset device software on a Windows operating system. To install the Intel® chipset device software: 1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support
DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if...