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....3 SATA/SCSI backplane 2-35 2.10.4 Floppy disk drive 2-37 2.10.5 Front I/O board 2-39 2.10.6 Chassis footpads and roller wheels 2-41 2.10.7 Power supply unit 2-43
Chapter 3: Installation option Preparing the system for rack mounting 3-2
Chapter 4: Motherboard info 4.1 Motherboard layouts 4-2 4.2 Jumpers 4-5 4.3 Internal connectors 4-10
Chapter 5: BIOS information 5.1 Managing and updating...
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... a RAID set 6-49 6.4.10 Verifying a RAID set hard disk drive 6-50 6.4.11 Making a RAID set bootable 6-51
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 7-12 7.2.1 Windows® 2000/2003 Server 7-12 7.2.2 Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 7-13 7.3 VGA driver...
TS300-E3 - Page 9
... hard disk drives as RAID sets. 7. Chapter 7: Driver installation This chapter provides information on how to create a RAID set and how to install the drivers for system components. This chapter also describes the software applications that the barebone server supports. 8. Appendix: Reference information This section provides information about the power supply unit and a troubleshooting guide for...
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... Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
• When using the connectors in IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector. Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector SATA1/SATA2 SATA3/SATA4
Setting Master Slave
Use Boot disk Data disk
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A:\>afudos /iP5MT.rom
Use the appropriate BIOS file depending on your motherboard model (e.g. P5MT.ROM or P5MTS.ROM)
4. The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS.
A:\>afudos /iP5MT.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 fl...
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... in the support CD that comes with the motherboard package.
ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network 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...
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... the BIOS version that you wish to download. Click Next.
5. Follow the screen instructions to complete the update process.
The ASUS Update utility is capable of updating itself through the Internet. Always update the utility to avail all its features.
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file To update the BIOS through a BIOS file:
1. Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows®...
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.... Select the Load Setup Defaults item under the Exit Menu. See section "5.8 Exit Menu."
• The BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference purposes only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen.
• Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard.
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... the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager or if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 configurations using the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility.
The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that enhance storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands.
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... in the Intel® ICH7R
Southbridge supports up to two SATA hard disk drives and RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 configurations.
P5MT-S model
• Adaptec AIC-7901 PCI-X SCSI controller supports SCSI hard disk drives and RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 configurations.
6.1.1 RAID definitions
RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in...
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... independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides 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 CD or from the Internet.
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® 2000...
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... 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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... RAID driver, select LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID.
• For Adaptec® AIC-7901X SCSI RAID driver, select Adaptec HostRAID U320 Diver ver. 1.02 for Windows 2000/XP/2003.
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...
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... Driver Wizard window appears. Click Next.
8. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the floppy disk drive.
9. Select the option "Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), 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 , then select Properties from the menu.
2. Click the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button. 3. Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers.
• For P5MT model, the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID item should appear.
• For P5MT-S model, the ...
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4. When prompted, insert the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive, then press .
5. When prompted, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium, select OK, then press .
The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system.
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... LAN driver installation
This section provides instructions on how to install the Broadcom® Gigabit LAN controller drivers.
7.2.1 Windows® 2000/2003 Server
To install the Broadcom® Gigabit LAN controller driver on a Windows® 2000/2003 Server OS:
1. Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive...
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... extract the TAR files:
tar xvzf bcm5700-.tar.gz
2. Build the driver bcm5700.o as a loadable module for the running kernel:
cd bcm5700-/src make
3. Test the driver by loading it:
insmod bcm5700.o
4. Install the driver and main page:
make install
5. Refer to Red Hat distribution documentation to configure the network protocol and address.
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... Adapter (VGA) driver.
7.3.1 Windows® 2000 Server
You need to manually install the ATI® RAGE XL VGA driver on a Windows® 2000 Server operating system. To install the ATI® RAGE XL 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...
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... VGA driver during system installation. There is no need to install an additional driver(s) to support the onboard VGA.
7.3.3 Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0
The Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 operating system automatically recognizes the ATI® RAGE XL VGA driver during system installation. There is no need to install an additional driver(s) to support the onboard VGA.
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