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... Mounting the server to the rack 3-4
Chapter 4: Motherboard information 4.1 Motherboard layouts 4-2 4.2 Jumpers 4-5 4.3 Internal connectors 4-11 4.4 Internal LEDs 4-19
Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 5-2
5.1.1 AFUDOS utility 5-2 5.1.2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 5-4 5.2 BIOS setup program 5-5 5.2.1 BIOS menu screen 5-6 5.2.2 Menu bar 5-6 5.2.3 Navigation keys...
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... BIOS Setup Utility 6-33
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 7-14
7.3 LAN driver installation 7-16
7.4 VGA driver installation 7-19
7.5 Mellanox ConnectX QDR PCI Gen2 Channel Adapter driver installation (For RS724Q-E6/RS12 only...
User Guide - Page 34
... for information 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
4*
12
Communications Port (COM1)
5*
13
--
6
14
Floppy Disk Controller
7*
15
--
8
3
System CMOS...
User Guide - Page 69
....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 71
... 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 104
... 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 106
... 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...
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...provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.
7.1.1 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...
User Guide - Page 140
... a RAID driver disk in Windows® environment 1. Start Windows®. 2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 3. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then select the type of RAID driver disk you
want to create. 4. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. 5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus...
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...driver...
3. The next screen appears. Press to specify an additional device.
Windows Setup
Setup could not determine the type 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, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers...
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...hardware support disk
into Drive A: * Press ENTER when ready.
ENTER=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit
5. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list, and then press .
6. The Windows® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the RAID driver disk. When the next screen appears, press to continue installation.
7. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions...
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...Custom (advanced).
3. Click Load Driver.
4. A message appears, reminding you to insert the installation media containing the driver of the RAID controller driver. If you have only one optical drive installed in your system, eject the Windows OS installation disc and replace with the motherboard Support DVD into the optical drive. Click Browse to continue.
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... of the Support DVD, and then click OK to continue.
6. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list and click Next. 7. When the system finishes loading the RAID driver, replace the motherboard
Support DVD with the Windows Server installation disc. Select the drive to install Windows and click Next.
8. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue...
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... 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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User Guide - Page 147
... 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...
User Guide - Page 150
... 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 152
... 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 158
... Channel Adapter driver installation (For RS724Q-E6/RS12 only)
This section provides instructions on how to install the Mellanox driver.
7.5.1 Windows operating system
You need to manually install the Mellanox driver on a Windows® operating system. To install the Mellanox driver 1. Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD...
User Guide - Page 162
...other Mellanox, OEM, OFED, or distribution IB packages will be removevd. Press to continue.
6. The system starts uninstalling the previous version of OFED.
7. When the installation finishes, reboot your system to complete the installation.
If your system has the latest firmware, no firmware update will occur. To force firmware update, type --force-fw-update.
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