Asus RS700X7PS4 Chapter 7:, Driver installation

Contents

6.3	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM Utility..............		6-24
	6.3.1	Creating a RAID set.......................................................	6-25
	6.3.2	Creating a Recovery set................................................	6-26
	6.3.3	Deleting a RAID set.......................................................	6-28
	6.3.4	Resetting disks to Non-RAID.........................................	6-29
	6.3.5	Recovery Volume Options.............................................	6-30
	6.3.6	Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility........	6-31
	6.3.7	Rebuilding the RAID......................................................	6-31
	6.3.8	Setting the Boot array in the 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 software installation...............................		7-15
7.3	Intel@ Network Connections Software installation..................		7-18
7.4	VGA driver installation...............................................................		7-21
7.5	Intel® C600 Series Chipset SCU SATA RAID Drivers...............		7-24

7.6Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 installation.. 7-25

7.7	Intel® WG82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver installation............		7-28
7.8	Management applications and utilitiesinstallation..................		7-32
	7.8.1	Running the support DVD..............................................	7-32
	7.8.2	Drivers menu.................................................................	7-32
	7.8.3	Utilities menu.................................................................	7-33
	7.8.4	Make disk menu............................................................	7-33
	7.8.5	Contact information.......................................................	7-33
ASUS contact information........................................................................			A-1

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Contents

Page Page Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware setup Chapter 3: Installation options Chapter 4: Motherboard Info Chapter 5: Chapter 6: RAID configuration Chapter 7: Driver installation Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical Safety Operation Safety Audience Contents Conventions Typography References Product introduction 1.1System package contents 1.2Serial number label 1.3System specifications Page 1.4Front panel features 1.5Rear panel features 1.6Internal features 1.7.1Front panel LEDs 1.7.2LAN (RJ-45)LEDs 1.7.3HDD status LED Hardware setup Removing the rear cover 2.2.1Installing the CPU Page Page Page Page 2.2.2Installing the CPU heatsink and airduct 2.3.1Overview 2.3.2Memory Configurations Page 2.3.3Installing a DIMM 2.4Hard disk drives Page 2.5.1Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket Page 2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 2.6Cable connections Standard cables connected to the motherboard 2.7SATA/SAS backplane cabling 2.8.1System fans 2.8.2Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card (optional) optionsInstallation 3.1.1Attaching the fixing latches to the server Page Page Motherboard Info 4.1Motherboard layout Layout contents Page 4.2Jumpers Page Page Page 4.3Internal connectors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 4.4Internal LEDs Page Page Page BIOS setup 5.1.1ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 5.1.2ASUS EZ Flash Utility 5.1.3BUPDATER utility Page 5.2BIOS setup program 5.2.1BIOS menu screen 5.2.2Menu bar 5.2.3Menu items 5.2.4Submenu items 5.2.5Navigation keys 5.2.6General help 5.2.7Configuration fields 5.3.1System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 5.3.2System Time [xx:xx:xx] 5.4.1CPU Configuration Socket 1 CPU Information Hyper Threading [Enabled] Active Processor Cores [All] Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] 5.4.2CPU Power Management Configuration Turbo Mode [Enabled] P-STATECoordination [HW_ALL] CPU C3 Report [Disabled] CPU C6 Report [Enabled] CPU C7 Report [Disabled] 5.4.3Chipset Configuration Memory Configuration Compatibility RID [Enabled] Memory Mode [Independent] DDR Speed [Auto] Channel Interleaving [Auto] Patrol Scrub [Disabled] Demand Scrub [Enabled] Data Scrambling [Enabled] Device Tagging [Disabled] Thermal Throtting [CLTT] DIMM Information CPU IIO Bridge Configuration Intel(R) I/OAT [Disabled] DCA Support [Enabled] VGA Priority [offboard] PCH Configuration PCH Compatibility RID [Disabled] Deep Sx [Disabled] SCU devices [Enabled] Onboard SATA RAID Oprom [Enabled] High Precision Event Timer Configuration High Precision Timer [Enabled] Intel(R) VT for Directed I/O Configuration Intel(R) VT-d[Disabled] 5.4.4PCH SATA Configuration 5.4.5PCH SCU Configuration 5.4.6PCI Subsystem Settings PCI Express Settings PCI Express Link Register Settings ASPM Support [Disabled] PCIE Slot Option Rom Configuration Launch Storage 0pROM [Enabled] PCIE1 Option Rom [Enabled] PCIE2 Option Rom [Enabled] PCIE3 Option Rom [Enabled] 5.4.7Intel TXT(LT-SX)Configuration 5.4.8USB Configuration 5.4.9Trusted Computing 5.4.10ACPI Settings 5.4.11WHEA Configuration 5.4.12APM setting 5.4.13Serial Port Console Redirection COM2 Console Redirection [Enabled] Page 5.4.14Onboard LAN Configuration 5.4.15ME Subsystem 5.4.16Legacy Devices Configuration 5.4.17Runtime Error Logging 5.5Server Mgmt menu O/S Watchdog Timer [Disabled] O/S Wtd Timer Timeout [10 minutes] O/S Wtd Timer Policy [Reset] 5.5.1System Event Log 5.5.2BMC network configuration 5.6.1Change Smbios Event Log Settings View Smbios Event Log View System Event Log 5.7Boot menu Setup Prompt Timeout [xx] Bootup NumLock State [On] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] CSM16 Module Version Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] Boot Device Seeking [Endless PXE] UEFI Boot [Disabled] Boot Option Priorities 5.8Monitor menu CPU 1/2; TR1 1/2 Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU FAN1/2 Speed; FRNT FAN1–4Speed; REAR FAN1/2 Speed [xxxx RPM] or [N/A] FAN Speed Control [Generic Mode] 5.9Security menu Administrator Password User Password 5.10Tool menu ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility 5.11Exit menu Discard Changes & Exit Save Changes & Reset Discard Changes & Reset Restore Defaults Boot Override Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Page RAID configuration 6.1.1RAID definitions 6.1.2Installing hard disk drives 6.1.3RAID controller selection 6.1.4Setting the RAID item in BIOS 6.2LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility 6.2.1Creating a RAID set Page Page Page Page Using New Configuration 6.2.2Adding or viewing a RAID configuration 6.2.3Initializing the virtual drives Page Using the Objects command Page 6.2.4Rebuilding failed drives Page 6.2.5Checking the drives for data consistency Page Page 6.2.6Deleting a RAID configuration 6.2.7Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 6.2.8Enabling WriteCache 6.3Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM Utility 6.3.1Creating a RAID set 6.3.2Creating a Recovery set Page 6.3.3Deleting a RAID set 6.3.4Resetting disks to Non-RAID 6.3.5Recovery Volume Options 6.3.6Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility 6.3.7Rebuilding the RAID Rebuilding the RAID with a new hard disk 6.3.8Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility Page Driver installation 7.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk LSI 2008 SAS2 Driver Page 7.1.2Installing the RAID controller driver Page Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS Page Page Page Page Preparing the Linux Driver SUSE Linux 11 OS Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 7.4VGA driver installation Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 7.8.1Running the support DVD 7.8.2Drivers menu 7.8.3Utilities menu 7.8.4Make disk menu 7.8.5Contact information Page ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taiwan) ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (China) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)