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User Guide - Page 4
... the rack 3-4 3.2 Installing optional ball-bearing rail kit items 3-5 3.2.1 Attaching the rails to the server 3-5 3.2.2 Attaching the rack rails 3-6 3.2.3 Mounting the server to the rack 3-7
Chapter 4: Motherboard information 4.1 Motherboard layouts 4-2 4.2 Jumpers 4-4 4.3 Internal connectors 4-8
Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 5-2
5.1.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility...
User Guide - Page 6
... the Drive Assignment 6-13 6.2.4 Viewing the Controller Configuration 6-14
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 7-4 7.2 AMD® processor driver installation 7-14 7.3 LAN driver installation 7-15 7.4 ATI SM Bus controller driver installation 7-19 7.5 Display driver installation...
User Guide - Page 33
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Floppy Disk Controller
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System CMOS/Real Time Clock
9*
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ACPI Mode when used
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IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
11*
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IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
12*
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PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
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Numeric Data Processor
14*
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Primary IDE Channel
15*
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Secondary IDE Channel
* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.
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User Guide - Page 70
... 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 106
... large drive volume, making the small-sized disk drives more useful. The disk drives in this mode need not to be identical in size or speed.
If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive.
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Chapter 6: RAID...
User Guide - Page 120
... not include a floppy drive. You have to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk.
When you use a SATA optical drive and PROMISE RAID, you cannot boot into FreeDOS using this support CD. Either reset SATA Port1-4 in BIOS to [IDE] and boot again or create the RAID driver in another computer.
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® or Red...
User Guide - Page 122
...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 123
... Device Driver Wizard window appears. Click Next. 8. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the 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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User Guide - Page 124
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
Promise AHCI Compatible RAID Controller item should appear.
The screen differs based on the ...
User Guide - Page 125
... Yes using the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press .
Main Menu
Do you have a driver disk?
Yes
No
5. Press to continue.
Insert Driver Disk
Insert your driver disk into /dev/sda and press "OK" to continue.
OK
Cancel
6. Select No and press to continue.
More Driver Disks?
Do you wish to load any more driver disks?
Yes
No
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User Guide - Page 127
... 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 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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User Guide - Page 129
...) 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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User Guide - Page 130
... .
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...
User Guide - Page 131
6. The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system as shown below.
Please choose the Driver Update medium.
sda: USB Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, ASUS DRW-1612BLT sdb: Disk, Promise 1X2 Morror/RAID1 sd3: Disk, Promise RAID Console other device
OK
Back
7. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation.
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User Guide - Page 132
... AMD® processor driver on the system. You need to manually install the AMD® processor driver on a Windows Server 2003 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...
User Guide - Page 133
... the optical drive. The DVD
automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file AUTORUN.EXE and double-click the AUTORUN.EXE and follow step 4 to run the installation.
3. Click Intel® PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapters Driver.
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User Guide - Page 134
4. When the Intel® Network Connections - InstallShield Wizard window appears, click Next to start the installation.
5. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next to continue.
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Chapter 7: Driver installation
User Guide - Page 137
... is enabled in your computer.
If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file AUTORUN.EXE and double-click the AUTORUN.EXE to run the support DVD.
3. Click the item ATI SM Bus Controller Driver from the menu, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
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User Guide - Page 138
... Display driver installation
This section provides instructions on how to install the ASPEED display driver. To install the ASPEED display driver on a Windows® OS:
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...
User Guide - Page 141
... of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to run the DVD.
7.6.2 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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