Asus TS500-E4 Server 1.4 Rear panel features

1.4 Rear panel features

The rear panel includes a slot for the motherboard rear I/O ports, expansion slots, a chassis lock and intrusion switch, a vent for the system fan, and power supply module.

									Power supply module
									Power supply module
									Power connector
									Power connector
PS/2 keyboard port									PS/2 mouse port
PS/2 keyboard port									PS/2 mouse port
USB 2.0 ports
USB 2.0 ports
Serial port									12 cm system fan
Serial port									12 cm system fan
VGA port
VGA port
Gigabit LAN ports

Expansion slots

1-	Chapter 1: Product introduction

Contents

Page E2785 First Edition September 1.Chapter 1: Product Introduction 2.Chapter 2: Hardware setup 3.Chapter 3: Installation options 4.Chapter 4: Motherboard information 5.Chapter 5: BIOS information Page 6.Chapter 6: RAID configuration 7.Chapter 7: Driver installation 7.3.1 Windows 2000/Server Appendix: Reference information A-2 A-3 A-4 Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical Safety Operation Safety CD-ROMDrive Safety Warning CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT Audience Contents 8.Appendix: Reference information Conventions References 1.ASUS Server Web-basedManagement (ASWM) user guide 2.ASUS websites Page Product introduction 1.1 System package contents 1.2 System specifications Specifications are subject to change without notice 1.3 Front panel features 1.4 Rear panel features 1.5 Internal features PX4 (4 hot-swapSAS configuration) 1.6 LED information 1.6.1 Front panel LEDs 1.6.2 Rear panel LEDs Hardware setup 2.1 Chassis cover 2.1.1 Removing the side cover 2.1.2 Reinstalling the side cover 2.2 Motherboard information 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) 2.3.1 Installing the CPU 3.Lift the load lever in the direction of the arrow to a 135º angle 4.Lift the load plate with your thumb and forefinger to a 100º angle (A) then push the PnP cap from the load plate window to remove (B) 6. Close the load plate (A), then push the load lever (B) until it snaps into the retention tab Notes on Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnology To use the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology on this motherboard: 2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan 3.Connect the fan cable to the 4‑pin connector labeled CPU_FAN1 2.4 System memory 2.4.1 Overview 2.4.2 Memory configurations Rank population DIMM installation reference table 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 2.5 Front panel assembly 2.5.1 Removing the front panel assembly Page 2.5.2 Reinstalling the front panel assembly 2.6 5.25-inchdrives Page Page 2.7 Hard disk drives 2.7.1 Installing a hot-swapSATA/SAS HDD Page 2.7.2 Installing an HDD dummy cover 2.8 Expansion cards 2.8.1 Installing an expansion card 2.8.2 Removing an expansion card 2.9 Cable connections 2.9.1 Motherboard layouts 2.9.2 SATA backplane connections Back side SATA backplane jumper settings and HDD ID assignments 2.9.3 SAS backplane connections • the SAS interface of the backplane connects to a SAS/RAID card Connect to SAS/RAID card 1.Connect the SAS cable to the SAS control card 2.Then connect another side of the SAS cable to the SAS backplane 3.The picture shows the SAS backplane connects to SAS control card 2.10 Removable components 2.10.1 Chassis fan Page 2.10.2 HDD blower 6.Remove the blower from the case To reinstall the HDD blower: 1. Replace the blower into the case 2.Secure the blower to the case with the two screws you removed earlier Page 2.10.3 SATA/SAS backplane To reinstall a SATA/SAS backplane: 2.10.4 MemCool FB-DIMMfan kit Page Page 2.10.5 Floppy disk drive Page 2.10.6 Front I/O board Page 2.10.7 Chassis footpads and roller wheels To install the chassis wheels: 1.Lay the chassis in its side each hole when placing screws 3.Secure each wheel to the bottom of the chassis using four screws 4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 to install the other three wheels 2.10.8 Power supply unit Page Page Page Installation option 3.1.1 Removing the footpads or roller wheels 3.1.2 Removing the top cover 3.1.3 Attaching the rack rails 3.2 Installing ASUS certified CPU heatsink and fan assembly Page Motherboardinfo 4.1 Motherboard layouts Layout contents 4.2 Jumpers 2. LAN bandwidth setting (3-pinLAN_BW1) LAN_BW1 DSBV-DLAN bandwidth setting 3. USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34) DSBV-DUSB device wake up DSBV-DKeyboard power setting Page Page 4.3 Connectors 4.3.1 Rear panel connectors 4.3.2 Internal connectors Only connects SATA1, SATA2, SATA3 , and SATA4 are working in TS500-E4/PA4model 4. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pinHDLED1) HDLED1 DSBV-Dstorage card activity LED connector Page CPU and system fan connectors DSBV-DFan connectors 8. Power supply SMBus connector (5-pinPSUSMB1) DSBV-DPower supply SMBus connector 9.SSI power connectors (24-pinATXPWR1, 8-pinATX12V1, 4-pinATX12V2) DSBV-DATX power connectors Page Page 13.System panel connector (20-1pin PANEL1) This connector supports several chassis-mountedfunctions •System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity LED (Red 2-pinIDE_LED) This 2-pinconnector is for the HDD Activity LED. Connect the HDD 14.System panel auxiliary connector (20-2pin AUX_PANEL1) AUX_PANEL1 1.Front panel SMB (6-1pin FPSMB) These leads connect the front panel SMBus cable 2.LAN activity LED (2-pinLAN1_LED, LAN2_LED) BIOS information 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk DOS environment Windows® XP environment Windows® 2000 environment 5.1.2Updating the BIOS using the Phoenix Phlash16 Utility 5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Page 5.1.4 ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet 5.Follow the screen instructions to complete the update process Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file To update the BIOS through a BIOS file: Select Update BIOS from a file option from the drop 3.Locate the BIOS file from the Open window, then click Save 5.2 BIOS setup program 5.2.1 BIOS menu screen 5.2.2 Menu bar 5.2.3 Legend bar 5.2.4 Menu items 5.2.5 Sub-menuitems 5.2.6 Configuration fields 5.2.7 Pop-upwindow 5.2.8 General help 5.3 Main menu 5.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 5.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx] 5.3.3 Floppy A [1.44/1.25 MB 3 1/2”] 5.3.4 IDE Configuration SATA Controller Mode Option [Enhanced] SATA RAID Enable [Disabled] SATA AHCI Enable [Disabled] 5.3.5IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave; SATA Port 1/2/3/4 5.3.6 System Information Processor Information Displays the auto-detectedCPU specification System Memory Information Displays the auto-detectedsystem memory information 5.4 Advanced menu 5.4.1 Advanced Processor Options Scroll down to display the following item: Multiprocessor Specification [1.4] Frequency Ratio [Default] Hyperthreading [Enabled] Numbers of Stop Grant [Per Core] 5.4.2 Chipset Configuration Crystal Beach Configure Enable [Enabled] SERR Signal Condition [Single Bit] Demand Scrub Enable [Enabled] Patrol Scrub Enable [Enabled] 4GB PCI Hole Granularity [256 MB] 5.4.3 PCI Configuration Optional ROM Scan [Enabled] 5.4.4 ICH USB Control Sub-Menu 5.4.5 Peripheral Devices Configuration Base I/O address [3F8] Interrupt [IRQ 4] Mode [Normal] Interrupt [IRQ 3] Interrupt [IRQ 7] Mode [ECP] DMA channel [DMA 3] 5.4.6 ACPI Configuration 5.4.7 Power On Configuration 5.4.8 Hardware Monitor Scroll down to display more items: The following screens appear when you install Intel® 5100 series CPU CPU1/2 Domain 0/1 Temperature (CPU1/2 Throttle Temperature Margin), SYSTEM1/2 Temperature CPU _ FAN1/ 2 Speed , FRN _ FAN1/2/3/ 4 Speed REAR_FAN1/2 Speed Smart Fan Control [Smart Fan II] 5.5 Server menu 5.5.1 Console Redirection Baud Rate [115.2K] Console Type [PC-ANSI,7bit] Flow Control [CTS/RTS] Console connection [Direct] Continue C.R. after POST [Off] 5.5.2 DMI Event Logging 5.6 Security menu 2.In the Enter current password field, type in your current password. Press <Enter A note about passwords Forgot your password Password Check [Setup] 5.7 Boot menu 5.7.1 Boot Device Priority 5.7.2 Boot Features 5.8 Exit menu Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page RAID Configuration 6.1 Setting up RAID 6.1.1 RAID definitions 6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives 6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 6.1.4 RAID configuration utilities 6.2 LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility (Only for PA4 Model) To enter the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility: 1.Turn on the system after installing all the SATA hard disk drives 6.2.1 Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set 4.Select all the drives required for the RAID set, then press <Enter The configurable array appears on screen Page Page Page Using New Configuration To create a RAID set using the New Configuration option: 2.Use the arrow keys to select New Configuration, then press <Enter 3.Follow steps 3 to 7 of the previous section 4.Select Size from the Logical Drive menu, then press <Enter 6.2.2 Creating a RAID 10 set Page Page Page 6.2.3 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration Page Page 6.2.4 Initializing the logical drives Page Using the Objects command Page Page 6.2.5 Rebuilding failed drives Page 6.2.6 Checking the drives for data consistency Page Page 6.2.7 Deleting a RAID configuration 6.2.8 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 6.2.9 Enabling the WriteCache 6.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manage Option ROM Utility (Only for PA4 model) To enter the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility: 1.Turn on the system after installing all Serial ATA hard disk drives 2.During POST, press <Ctrl+I> to display the utility main menu 6.3.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe) Page 6.3.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror) 6.3.3 Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe + Mirror) 6.3.4 Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity) 6.3.5 Deleting a RAID set 6.3.6 Resetting disks to Non-RAID 6.3.7 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 6.4 Global Array Manager Page Driver Installation 7.1 RAID driver installation 7.1.1 Create a RAID driver disk (PA4 model) 7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver Page Page Page Red Hat® Enterprise ver Page Page SuSE Linux Page 7.2 LAN driver installation 7.2.1 Windows 2000/Server Page Page Page 7.2.2 Red Hat/SuSE Linux 7.3 VGA driver installation 7.3.1 Windows 2000/Server Page Page Page Reference info A.1 670 W single power supply A.1.1 General description A.1.2 Specifications 2. Make sure that the DIMMs are properly installed on the sockets The system does not perform 1. Check the memory modules power-on self tests (POST) after it was turned on