Contents

2.8

Expansion cards.........................................................................

2-21

 

2.8.1

Installing an expansion card..........................................

2-21

 

2.8.2

Removing an expansion card........................................

2-22

2.9

Cable connections......................................................................

2-23

 

2.9.1

Motherboard connections..............................................

2-23

 

2.9.2

SATA/SAS backplane connections ...............................

2-24

2.10

Removable components............................................................

2-28

 

2.10.1

System fan.....................................................................

2-28

 

2.10.2

HDD blower (optional)...................................................

2-30

 

2.10.3

SATA/SAS backplane....................................................

2-33

 

2.10.4

Floppy disk drive............................................................

2-35

 

2.10.5

Front I/O board..............................................................

2-37

 

2.10.6

Chassis footpads and roller wheels...............................

2-39

 

2.10.7

Power supply unit..........................................................

2-41

Chapter 3:Installation options

 

3.1

Preparing the system for rack mounting....................................

3-2

 

3.1.1

Removing the footpads or roller wheels..........................

3-2

 

3.1.2

Removing the top cover...................................................

3-2

3.2

Attaching the mounting ears.......................................................

3-3

3.3

Attaching the inner rail to the server..........................................

3-4

3.4

Attaching the rack rails................................................................

3-5

3.5

Mounting the server to the rack..................................................

3-7

3.6

Installing the cable manager.......................................................

3-8

Chapter 4:Motherboard infomation

 

4.1

Motherboard layouts....................................................................

4-2

4.2

Jumpers

.........................................................................................

4-4

4.3

Connectors....................................................................................

4-7

 

4.3.1

Rear panel connectors....................................................

4-7

 

4.3.2

Internal connectors..........................................................

4-8

Chapter 5:BIOS information

 

5.1

Managing and updating your BIOS.............................................

5-2

 

5.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk.......................................

5-2

 

5.1.2

AFUDOS utility................................................................

5-3

 

5.1.3

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility.......................................

5-6

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