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TS500-E5

Pedestal/5U Rackmount Server

User Guide

Contents

TS500-E5 User Guide Page Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware setup Chapter 3: Installation options Chapter 4: Chapter 5: BIOS setup 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 1.4.1Four Hot-SwapHDD Devices 1.4.2Eight Hot-SwapHDD Devices 1.5.1Single power supply (PA4 model) 1.5.2Redundant Power Supply (RX8 model) 1.6Internal features 1.7.1Front panel LEDs 1.7.2Rear panel LEDs Hardware setup 2.1.1Removing the side cover 2.1.2Reinstalling the side cover 2.2.1Installing the CPU Page Page 2.2.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan 2.3.1Overview 2.3.2Memory configurations Rank population DIMM installation reference table 2.3.3Memory mirroring and sparing technology Page 2.3.4Installing a DIMM 2.3.5Removing a DIMM 2.4.1Removing the front panel assembly 2.4.2Reinstalling the front panel assembly 2.5.1Installing a 5.25-inchdrive 2.5.2Installing a 3.5-inchdrive 2.6.1Hot-swapHDD module To install a SATA/SAS hard disk drive: Page Removing and reinstalling the backplane 2.7.1Installing an expansion card 2.7.2Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card 2.7.3Configuring an expansion card 2.8.1Motherboard connections 2.8.2SATA/SAS backplane connections Back side 2.9.1System fan Page 2.9.2Chassis footpads 2.9.3Power supply unit Page Installation options Removing the footpads Removing the top cover 3.3Attaching the rails to the rack 3.4Mounting the server to the rack Motherboard info 4.1Motherboard layout Layout contents 4.2Jumpers Page Page Page Page 4.3Internal connectors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page BIOS setup 5.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 5.1.2AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file Updating the BIOS file using a USB flash drive 5.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 5.2BIOS setup program 5.2.1BIOS menu screen 5.2.2Menu bar 5.2.3Navigation keys 5.2.4Menu items 5.2.5Sub-menuitems 5.2.6Configuration fields 5.2.7Pop-upwindow 5.2.8Scroll bar 5.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 5.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 5.3.3Legacy Diskette A [Disabled] 5.3.4SATA1–6;PATA Master/Slave PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] 5.3.5IDE Configuration 5.3.6System Information 5.4.1USB Configuration USB Functions [Enabled] LegacyUSB Support [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] BIOS EHCI Hand-Off[Enabled] 5.4.2CPU Configuration Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Intel(R) Virtualization Tech [Enabled] Execute-DisableBit Capability [Enabled] Core Multi-Processing[Enabled] Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. [Enabled] 5.4.3Chipset Patrol Scrubbing [Enabled] Demand Scrubbing [Disabled] Channel Dependent Sparing [Disabled] Channel 0 [Enabled] Channel Specific Sparing [Disabled] 5.4.4Onboard Device Configuration 5.4.5PCIPnP 5.5.1ASF Support [Enabled] 5.5.2Remote 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] 5.6.1ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled] 5.6.2ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 5.6.3APM Configuration Restore on AC Power Loss [Last State] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Resume On PME [Disabled] Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled] 5.6.4Hardware Monitor Hardware Temperature Configuration Hardware Fan Configuration Hardware Voltage Configuration 5.7.1Boot Device Priority 5.7.2Boot Settings Configuration 5.7.3Security User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password Password Check [Setup] 5.8Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults RAID configuration 6.1.1RAID definitions 6.1.2Installing hard disk drives 6.1.3Setting the RAID item in BIOS 6.1.4RAID configuration utilities 6.2LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility 6.2.1Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set Page Page Page Page Using New Configuration 6.2.2Creating a RAID 10 set Page Page Page 6.2.3Adding or viewing a RAID configuration Page Page 6.2.4Initializing the logical drives Page Using the Objects command Page Page 6.2.5Rebuilding failed drives Page 6.2.6Checking the drives for data consistency Page Page 6.2.7Deleting a RAID configuration 6.2.8Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 6.2.9Enabling the WriteCache Page 6.3.1Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe) Page 6.3.2Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror) 6.3.3Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe + Mirror) 6.3.4Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity) 6.3.5Deleting a RAID set 6.3.6Resetting disks to Non-RAID 6.3.7Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Driver installation 7.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk ICH9R INTEL RAID Driver ICH9R LSI RAID Driver Broadcom ASF Firmware Update Page 7.1.2Installing the RAID controller driver To an existing Windows® Server OS Page Red Hat® Enterprise Page Page SuSE Linux Page 7.2Intel® chipset device installation Page Page 7.3LAN driver installation Page Page 7.4.1Windows® Server Page 7.5.1Running the support CD 7.5.2Drivers menu 7.5.3Management Software menu 7.5.4Utilities menu 7.5.5Contact information