Contents

 

2.8.5

Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card (optional)...................

2-24

3.1

Friction Rail Kit Installation Guide..............................................

3-2

 

3.1.1

Attaching the fixing latches to the server.........................

3-2

3.2

Ball-bearing rail kit items (optional)............................................

3-5

 

3.2.1

Attaching the rails to the server.......................................

3-5

 

3.2.2

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

3-6

 

3.2.3

Rackmounting the server.................................................

3-7

4.1

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

4-2

4.2

Jumpers

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

4-4

4.3

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

4-8

4.4

Internal LEDs...............................................................................

4-13

Chapter 5:BIOS setup

 

5.1

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

5-2

 

5.1.1

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

5-2

 

5.1.2

ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility...................................................

5-3

 

5.1.3

BUPDATER utility............................................................

5-4

5.2

BIOS setup program.....................................................................

5-6

 

5.2.1

BIOS menu screen..........................................................

5-7

 

5.2.2

Menu bar.........................................................................

5-7

 

5.2.3

Menu items......................................................................

5-8

 

5.2.4

Submenu items................................................................

5-8

 

5.2.5

Navigation keys...............................................................

5-8

 

5.2.6

General help....................................................................

5-8

 

5.2.7

Configuration fields..........................................................

5-8

 

5.2.8

Pop-up window................................................................

5-8

 

5.2.9

Scroll bar.........................................................................

5-8

5.3

Main menu.....................................................................................

5-9

5.4

Advanced menu..........................................................................

5-10

 

5.4.1

CPU Configuration.........................................................

5-10

 

5.4.2

CPU Power Management Configuration.......................

5-12

 

5.4.3

Chipset Configuration....................................................

5-14

 

5.4.4

PCH SATA Configuration...............................................

5-22

 

5.4.5

PCH SCU SAS Configuration........................................

5-23

 

5.4.6

PCI Subsystem Settings................................................

5-23

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