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User Guide - Page 4
... series management board (optional)...2-20
Chapter 3: Installation options 3.1 Rackmount rail kit items (optional 3-2 3.2 Attaching the rails to the server 3-2 3.3 Attaching the rack rails 3-3 3.4 Rackmounting the server 3-4
Chapter 4: Motherboard information 4.1 Motherboard layouts 4-2 4.2 Jumpers 4-4 4.3 Internal connectors 4-9
Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS...
User Guide - Page 6
...; Matrix Storage Manager 6-30 Rebuilding the RAID 6-30 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 6-32
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 7-5 7.2 Intel® chipset device installation 7-12 7.3 LAN driver installation 7-14 7.4 VGA driver installation 7-17 7.5 Management...
User Guide - Page 32
... on 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
-
Programmable Interrupt
3*
11
Communications Port (COM2)
4*
12
Communications Port (COM1)
5*
13
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6
14
Floppy Disk Controller
7*
15...
User Guide - Page 61
.../iZ8NRD12.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 Reading flash ...... done
Advance Check ...... Erasing flash ...... done Writing flash ...... done Verifying flash .... done
Please restart your computer
A:\>
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User Guide - Page 63
... 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...
User Guide - Page 94
... tolerance, and higher storage capacity. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives
The motherboard supports SATA hard disk drives for RAID set configuration. For optimal performance...
User Guide - Page 96
... the 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.08 09161344R
LSI SATA RAID Found at PCI Bus No: Dev No:1F
Device present at Port 0
ST3160812AS
152114MB
Device present at Port...
User Guide - Page 126
... instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.
7.1.1
Creating a RAID driver disk
You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the system/motherboard support DVD or from the Internet.
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...
User Guide - Page 128
... screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
To create a RAID driver disk in Red Hat® Enterprise Linux server environment: 1. Insert a blank formatted high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive. 2. Decompress the file into the floppy disk from the following path in the support
DVD: For LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Driver...
User Guide - Page 129
...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...
User Guide - Page 130
...list, then press . 6. The Windows® 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.
To an existing Windows® Server OS
To install the RAID controller driver on an existing Windows® Server OS
1. Restart the computer, and then log in...
User Guide - Page 131
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 SATA RAID Controller item should appear.
The screen differs ...
User Guide - Page 132
Red Hat® Enterprise To install the RAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS
1. Boot the system from the Red Hat® Installation DVD. 2. At the boot:, type linux dd , then press .
- To install or upgrade in graphical mode, press the key. - To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - Use the function keys listed below...
User Guide - Page 135
... 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver
5. When below screen appears, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press .
Please choose the Driver Update medium.
fd0: Floppy sr0: DVD-ROM, TEAC DV-516E sda: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS sdb: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS Other device
OK
Back
The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system.
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User Guide - Page 136
... for the Intel® chipset on the system. You need to manually install the Intel® chipset software on a Windows Server operating system. To install the Intel® chipset device software: 1. Restart the computer, 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 Autorun is...
User Guide - Page 138
... 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 DVD to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Doubleclick the ASSETUP.EXE to run the DVD.
3. Click the Intel Network Connections Software to begin installation.
4. Click Install Drivers and Software...
User Guide - Page 141
.... To install the Aspeed® AST2050 VGA driver 1. Restart the computer, 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 Autorun is enabled in your computer. The Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
3. Click Next to start the installation.
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User Guide - Page 142
4. Click Install to update the VGA driver.
5. When the installation completes, click Finish to restart your computer before using the program.
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Chapter 7: Driver installation
User Guide - Page 143
... of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to run the DVD.
7.5.2 Drivers menu
The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.
The screen display and driver options vary under different operating system versions.
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User Guide - Page 144
... menu displays the software applications and utilities that the motherboard supports. Click an item to install.
7.5.4 Make disk menu
The Make disk menu contains items to create the Intel ICH10R and LSI MegaRAID driver disks.
7.5.5 Contact information
Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact information. You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide...