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... card 2-17 2.7.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card 2-18 2.7.3 Installing i Button 2-19 2.7.4 Installing ASMB4 management board 2-20 2.7.5 Configuring an expansion card 2-21
2.8 Cable connections 2-22 2.8.1 Motherboard connections 2-22 2.8.2 SATA/SAS backplane connections 2-23
2.9 Removable components 2-25 2.9.1 System fan 2-25 2.9.2 Chassis footpads 2-27 2.9.3 Redundant power supply...
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... Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 6-33
Chapter 7: Driver installation
7.1 RAID driver installation 7-2
7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3
Creating a RAID driver disk 7-2 Windows® OS 7-5 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 7-8
7.1.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS 7-10
7.2 Intel chipset device software installation 7-12
7.3 LAN driver installation 7-16
7.4 Display driver installation 7-20...
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Floppy Disk Controller
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System CMOS/Real Time Clock
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ACPI Mode when used
10*
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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 73
.../iTS700E6.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 75
... 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 110
... 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...
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... 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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... 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 146
... 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, then press . 6. The Windows® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the RAID driver
disk. When next screen appears, press to continue installation. 7. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to...
User Guide - Page 149
... 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 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 install the RAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS:
1. Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation CD. 2. At the boot:, type linux dd, then press .
When you are installing RHEL AS5 and loading RAID driver, type after the boot: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2...... The number of ata varies with the hard disk drives you...
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.... Select OK, then press .
Please choose the Driver Update medium.
fd0: Floppy sr0: CD-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. * Select USB Disk if you are using a USB floppy.
6. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the OS installation.
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... on the system.
You need to manually install the Intel® chipset software on a Windows® XP / Server 2003 operating system. To install the Intel® chipset software:
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...
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4. The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software window appears. Click Next to start the installation.
5. Select Yes to accept the terms of the License Agreement and continue the process.
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... to install the Intel® Gigabit LAN controller driver on a Windows® XP/ Server 2003 OS:
1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive. The CD
automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. • Windows® automatically detects the LAN controllers and displays...
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7.4 Display driver installation
This section provides instructions on how to install the ASPEED display driver on a Windows® Server 2003 operating system. To install the ASPEED display 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 ...
User Guide - Page 165
...contents of the support CD to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to run the CD.
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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... 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 Matrix Storage Manager and LSI Embedded MegaRAID driver disk.
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...