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User Guide - Page 4
...Device fan 2-22 Power supply module 2-23 Optical drive 2-24 Motherboard 2-27
Chapter 3: Installation options 3.1 Rackmount rail kit items 3-2 3.2 Rack rails assembly 3-2 3.3 Attaching the rails to the rack 3-3 3.4 Rackmounting the server 3-4
Chapter 4: Motherboard information 4.1 Motherboard layout 4-2 4.2 Jumpers 4-4 4.3 Connectors 4-9
Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5.1 Managing and updating...
User Guide - Page 6
... the Boot array use MB BIOS Setup Utility 6-42
Chapter 7: Driver installation 7.1 RAID driver installation 7-2
7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 7-2 7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 7-3 7.2 LAN driver installation 7-13 7.2.1 Windows® 2000/2003 Server 7-13 7.2.2 Red Hat® Enterprise AS4.0 update 2 7-14 7.3 VGA driver installation 7-15 7.3.1 Windows® 2000/Server 2003...
User Guide - Page 32
...BIOS setup.
2. Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the following tables.
3. Install the software drivers for the expansion card.
Standard interrupt assignments
IRQ
Priority
Standard function
0
1
System Timer
1
2
Keyboard Controller
2
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Programmable Interrupt
3*
11
Communications Port (COM2)
4*
12
Communications Port (COM1)
5*
13
Sound Card (sometimes LPT2)
6
14
Floppy Disk...
User Guide - Page 70
... latest or the original BIOS file on the bootable floppy disk, then press .
A:\>afudos /i8036A0.ROM
The utility verifies the file, then starts updating the BIOS file.
A:\>afudos /i8036A0.ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING!! Do not turn off power during flash BIOS Reading file ....... done...
User Guide - Page 71
... Insert 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].
3. Follow the instructions in the previous section to update the BIOS file.
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User Guide - Page 73
... or an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears. 2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
Quit all Microsoft® Windows® applications before you update the BIOS using this utility.
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User Guide - Page 75
... Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows® desktop by clicking Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate. The ASUS Update main window appears.
2. Select Update BIOS from a file option from the drop‑down menu, then click Next.
3. Locate the BIOS file from the Open window, then click Save. 4. Follow the screen instructions to complete the update process.
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User Guide - Page 76
... 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 108
... chip comes with the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Utility and the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager. These utilities support SATA hard disk drives and allow creation of RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or software RAID 5 (Intel® Matrix Storage Manager only) configuration.
6.1.1 RAID definitions
RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel...
User Guide - Page 109
... 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 on each drive.
6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS...
User Guide - Page 150
... Flash AMI BIOS for RS120-E4/PA4 F) Broadcom ASF Firmware Update G) Write RS120-E4/PA4 FRU Please choose A to G:
6. Place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive, then select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create by typing the number before the option
7. Press . 8. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.
For systems with Red Hat® Enterprise versions...
User Guide - Page 151
... 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.
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User Guide - Page 152
4. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the floppy disk drive, then press .
5. There are two items to select : LSI Logic SATA RAID
Select "LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID" for Windows 2000 or 32bit Windows 2003 Server OS from the list, then press . For 64bit Windows 2003 Server OS, please select "LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID ( Intel IA32E )" item.
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Chapter 7: Driver installation
User Guide - Page 153
... the Intel SATA Driver for windows, first. Then, select the "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)" from the list.
6. The Windows® 2000/2003 Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the RAID driver disk. When prompted, press to continue installation.
7. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue.
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User Guide - Page 154
...174; 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 Next.
8. Insert the RAID driver disk you...
User Guide - Page 161
... detects the LAN controllers and displays a New Hardware Found window. Click Cancel to close this window.
• If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support CD to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Doubleclick the ASSETUP.EXE to run the CD.
3. Click the Broadcom Lan Driver option to begin installation.
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User Guide - Page 162
...Click Next when the InstallShield Wizard window appears. Follow screen instructions to continue installation.
7.2.2 Red Hat® Enterprise AS4.0 update 2
Follow these instructions when installing the Broadcom® Gigabit LAN controller base driver for the Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 operating system.
Building the driver from the TAR file
Install first the Kernel Development tools before...
User Guide - Page 163
.... To install the ATI® ES1000 VGA driver: 1. Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator 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. The Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
3. Click the item ATI ES1000 from the menu.
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4. The ATI Software window appears. Follow the screen instructions to complete installation.
5. Select Yes to accept the terms of the License Agreement and continue the process.
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Chapter 7: Driver installation
User Guide - Page 170
...; Xeon 3000 series and Xeon X3200 series CPU that supports the Intel® EM64T.
2. Install a 64-bit operating system (Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows® Server 2003 x64 Edition).
3. Install the 64-bit drivers for the motherboard components and devices from the support CD.
4. Install the 64-bit drivers for expansion cards or add-on devices, if any.
Refer to the expansion...