Asus P7F-C, P7F-C/SAS 13

This chapter describes the motherboard		1
This chapter describes the motherboard
features and the new technologies it supports.
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Contents

Page Page Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: RAID configuration Chapter 6: Driver installation Appendix: Reference information Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement REACH Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized Where to find more information Conventions used in this guide P7F-CSeries specifications summary Page Page Chapter summary 1.1Welcome 1.2Package contents 1.4.1Product highlights DDR3 memory support PCIe Marvell 88E8056 LAN Solution Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology support (P7F-C/SASmodel only) Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) USB 2.0 technology Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring Hardware2 information Page 2.1Before you proceed Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3Motherboard layout P7F-C/4L 2.2.4Layout contents Page 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan 2.3.4Installing the CPU heatsink in rack 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory Configurations 2.4.3Installing a DIMM 2.4.4Removing a DIMM 2.5.1Installing an expansion card 2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 2.5.3Interrupt assignments 2.5.4PCI Express x16 slots (x8 link) 2.5.5PCI slots 2.5.6Installing i Button 2.5.7Connect Thermal sensor cable 2.6Jumpers Page Page Page 2.7.1Rear panel connectors 2.7.2Internal connectors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 3.1Starting up for the first time 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2Using the dual function power switch Page Page 4.1.1ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 4.1.2BUPDATER utility Page 4.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 4.2BIOS setup program 4.2.1BIOS menu screen 4.2.2Menu bar 4.2.3Navigation keys 4.2.4Menu items 4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields 4.2.7Pop-upwindow 4.2.8Scroll bar 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3SATA1—6 DMA Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] 4.3.4Storage Configuration 4.3.5AHCI Configuration 4.3.6System Information 4.4.1CPU Configuration C1E Support [Enabled] Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Intel(R) Virtualization Tech [Enabled] Execute-DisableBit Capability [Enabled] Intel(R) HT Technology [Enabled] Active Processor Cores [All] A20M [Disabled] Intel(R) SpeedStep (TM) Tech [Enabled] C State package limit setting [Auto] C1 Auto Demotion [Enabled] C3 Auto Demotion [Enabled] 4.4.2Chipset Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] DRAM Margin Ranks [Disabled] MRC Serial Debug Message Level [Disabled] Memory ECC Function [Enabled] 4.4.3Onboard Devices Configuration Onboard LAN1/2/3/4 Boot ROM [PXE] LSI 1068E Boot ROM [Enabled] Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] Parallel Port Address [378] 4.4.4USB Configuration 4.4.5PCIPnP 4.4.6ACPI Configuration Chipset ACPI Configuration Energy Lake Feature [Disabled] APIC ACPI SCI IRQ [Disabled] High Performance Event Timer [Enabled] HPET Memory Address [FED00000h] 4.4.7Event Log Configuration 4.4.8Intel VT-dConfiguration [Disabled] 4.4.9SR-IOVSupprted [Disabled] 4.5.1Remote Access Configuration Serial port number [COM2] Serial Port Mode [57600 8,n,1] Flow Control [Hardware] Redirection After BIOS POST [Disabled] Terminal Type [VT-UTF8] 4.6.1APM Configuration Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] RTC Alarm Date [15] System Time [12:30:30] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled] 4.6.2Hardware Monitor 4.7.1Boot Device Priority 4.7.2Hard Disk Drives; CDROM Drives 4.7.3Boot Settings Configuration 4.7.4Security User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password Password Check [Setup] 4.8.1ASUS EZ Flash Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page Page Page 5.1.1RAID definitions 5.1.2Installing hard disk drives 5.1.3Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5.1.4RAID configuration utilities 5.2Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility 5.2.1Creating a RAID set 5.2.2Creating a Recovery set Page 5.2.3Deleting a RAID set 5.2.4Resetting disks to Non-RAID 5.2.5Recovery Volume Options 5.2.6Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 5.2.7Rebuilding the RAID Rebuilding the RAID with a new hard disk 5.2.8Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 5.3.1Integrated Mirroring Page Page Page 5.3.2Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Page Page 5.3.3Integrated Striping (IS) volume Page Page 5.3.4Managing Arrays Page Managing hot spares Synchronizing the array Activating an array Deleting an array 5.3.5Viewing SAS topology 5.3.6Global Properties Boot Information Display Mode Support Interrupt Restore Defaults 5.4LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (P7F-C/4Lmodel only) Utility 5.4.1Creating a RAID set Page Page Page Using New Configuration Page 5.4.2Adding or viewing a RAID configuration 5.4.3Initializing the virtual drives Page Using the Objects command Page 5.4.4Rebuilding failed drives Page 5.4.5Checking the drives for data consistency Page Page 5.4.6Deleting a RAID configuration 5.4.7Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 5.4.8Enabling WriteCache Page Page Page 6.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk PCH LSI RAID Driver LSI 1068E SAS Driver Page 6.1.2Installing the RAID controller driver Page Page Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 4.7/4.8 Page Page Page Page Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS Page Page SUSE Linux OS Page 6.2Intel® chipset device installation Page 6.3LAN driver installation Page 6.4.1Windows® Server Page 6.5.1Running the support DVD 6.5.2Drivers menu 6.5.3Utilities menu 6.5.4Make disk menu 6.5.5Contact information Page Appendix summary Page A.2 P7F-C/4LSeries block diagram