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Chapter 6: Driver installation

Use the USB drive to provide the third-party driver during the OS installation.

Press <F6>, select

Yes

from the menu, then press <Enter>.

Installing SUSE 11 Linux OS

To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server OS:

Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD.

Use the arrow keys to select

Installation

from the

Boot Options

menu.

Summary of Contents for P9D-I

Page 1: ...Motherboard P9D I ...

Page 2: ...HANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN T...

Page 3: ...contents 1 3 1 3 Serial number label 1 4 1 4 Special features 1 4 1 4 1 Product highlights 1 4 1 4 2 Innovative ASUS features 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Information 2 1 Before you proceed 2 3 2 2 Motherboard overview 2 4 2 2 1 Placement direction 2 4 2 2 2 Screw holes 2 4 2 2 3 Motherboard layout 2 5 2 2 4 Layout contents 2 6 2 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 8 2 3 1 Installing the CPU 2 8 2 3 2 Insta...

Page 4: ...wering off the computer 3 4 3 2 1 Using the OS shut down function 3 4 3 2 2 Using the dual function power switch 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS setup 4 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4 3 4 1 1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 4 3 4 1 2 ASUS EzFlash Utility 4 4 4 1 3 BUPDATER utility 4 5 4 2 BIOS setup program 4 7 4 2 1 BIOS menu screen 4 8 4 2 2 Menu bar 4 8 4 2 3 Menu items 4 9 4 2 4 Submenu items 4 9 4 2 5 ...

Page 5: ...ion Detail 4 28 4 5 Event Logs menu 4 29 4 6 Boot menu 4 30 4 7 Monitor menu 4 33 4 8 Security 4 34 4 9 Tool menu 4 37 4 10 Exit menu 4 37 Chapter 5 RAID Configuration 5 1 Setting up RAID 5 3 5 1 1 RAID definitions 5 3 5 1 2 Installing hard disk drives 5 4 5 1 3 Setting Jumpers 5 4 5 1 4 Setting the RAID mode in BIOS 5 4 5 1 5 RAID configuration utilities 5 4 5 2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Ut...

Page 6: ... 4 1 Creating a RAID set 5 43 5 4 2 Changing a Volume Type 5 45 5 4 3 Deleting a volume 5 46 5 4 4 Preferences 5 47 Chapter 6 Driver installation 6 1 RAID driver installation 6 3 6 1 1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6 3 6 1 2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6 5 6 2 Management applications and utilities installation 6 14 6 3 Running the Support DVD 6 14 6 4 Installing the LAN driver 6 22 6 5 Ins...

Page 7: ... on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Canadian Department of Com...

Page 8: ...efore installing the motherboard and adding devices on it carefully read all the manuals that came with the package Before using the product make sure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables are not damaged If you detect any damage contact your dealer immediately To avoid short circuits keep paper clips screws and staples away from connectors slots sockets and circuitry Avoid dust ...

Page 9: ...cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure If you require assistance please call ASUS Customer Serv...

Page 10: ... Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided Chapter 5 RAID configuration This chapter provides instructions for setting up creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities Chapter 6 Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components Appendix Reference information This appendix includes addi...

Page 11: ...information to help you complete a task Typography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select Italics Used to emphasize a word or a phrase Key Keys enclosed in the less than and greater than sign means that you must press the enclosed key Example Enter means that you must press the Enter or Return key Key1 Key2 Key3 If you must press two or more keys simultaneously the key names are linked wi...

Page 12: ...logy Enterprise RSTe supports software RAID 0 1 10 5 Windows LSI MegaRAID driver supports software RAID 0 1 10 Windows Linux Networking LAN 2 x Intel I210AT Graphic VGA Aspeed AST2300 32MB Onboard I O Connectors PSU Connector 24 pin ATX power connector 4 pin ATX 12V power connector USB Connector Header 1 x USB 2 0 pin header up to 2 devices Fan Header 2 x 4 pin headers Chassis Intruder 1 Front LAN...

Page 13: ...emperature FAN RPM Environment Operation temperature 10o C 35o C 50o F 95o F Non operation temperature 40o C 70o C 40o F 158o F Non operation humidity 20 90 Non condensing Specifications are subject to change without notice ...

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Page 15: ...Chapter 1 Product Introduction ...

Page 16: ...y 1 1 1 Welcome 1 3 1 2 Package contents 1 3 1 3 Serial number label 1 4 1 4 Special features 1 4 This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports This chapter contains the following sections ...

Page 17: ...rboard and hardware devices on it check the items in your package with the list below 1 2 Package contents Check your motherboard package for the following items If any of the above items is damaged or missing contact your retailer Items Standard Gift Box Pack Standard Bulk Pack I O Shield 1 1 SATA 3G cable 2 SATA 6G cable 2 Application CD Support CD 2 2 ASWM Enterprise SDVD 1 1 Documentation User...

Page 18: ...ughout and improved performance on today s multi threaded software Intel EM64T The motherboard supports Intel processors with the Intel EM64T Extended Memory 64 Technology The Intel EM64T feature allows your computer to run on 64 bit operating systems and access larger amounts of system memory for faster and more efficient computing DDR3 memory support The motherboard supports ECC UDIMM DDR3 memor...

Page 19: ...TA products with a host of new features including Native Command Queuing NCQ Power Management PM Implementation Algorithm and Hot Swap Serial ATA allows thinner more flexible cables with lower pin count and reduced voltage requirements Serial ATA III technology The motherboard supports the Serial ATA III 6 Gb s technology through the Serial ATA interface and Intel C222 chipset Get enhanced scalabi...

Page 20: ...Product introduction 1 4 2 Innovative ASUS features ASUS Fan Speed technology The ASUS Fan Speed technology smartly adjusts the fan speeds according to the system loading to ensure quiet cool and efficient operation ...

Page 21: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Information ...

Page 22: ... 2 8 2 4 System memory 2 13 2 5 Expansion slots 2 15 2 6 Onboard LEDs 2 18 2 7 Jumpers 2 20 2 8 Connectors 2 23 This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components It includes description of the jumpers and connectors on the motherboard This chapter contains the following sections ...

Page 23: ... as the power supply case before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity Hold components by the edges to avoid touching the ICs on them Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came with the component Before you install or remove any component ensure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is detached...

Page 24: ...that you place it into the chassis in the correct orientation The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below 2 2 2 Screw holes Place four 4 screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis DO NOT overtighten the screws Doing so can damage the motherboard Ensure to unplug the chassis power cord before installing o...

Page 25: ...ASUS P9D I 2 5 2 2 3 Motherboard layout ...

Page 26: ...connectors Page 1 USB 3 0 ports 1 and 2 2 23 2 PS 2 keyboard mouse port 2 23 3 Digital Visual Interface DVI port 2 23 4 Video Graphics Adapter port 2 23 5 RJ 45 ports for LAN 2 23 6 Location LED 2 23 7 USB 2 0 ports 1 and 2 2 23 Slots Sockets Page 1 CPU sockets 2 8 2 DDR3 sockets 2 14 3 PCI Express x16 2 17 Onboard LEDs Page 1 Standby Power LED SB_PWR1 2 18 2 CPU Warning LED ERR_CPU1 2 18 3 Basebo...

Page 27: ...ctor Black 2 24 2 USB 2 0 connector 10 1 pin USB78 2 24 3 CPU front and rear fan connectors 4 pin CPU_FAN1 SYS_FAN1 2 25 4 Serial General Purpose Input Output connector 6 1 pin SGPIO1 2 25 5 ATX power connectors 24 pin EATXPWR1 4 pin EATX12V1 2 26 6 System panel connector 20 1 pin PANEL1 2 27 7 Auxiliary panel connector 20 2 pin AUX_PANEL1 2 28 ...

Page 28: ...eon E3 1200 v3 and Intel Core i3 processor Upon purchase of the motherboard ensure that the PnP cap is on the socket and the socket contacts are not bent Contact your retailer immediately if the PnP cap is missing or if you see any damage to the PnP cap socket contacts motherboard components ASUS will shoulder the cost of repair only if the damage is shipment transit related The product warranty d...

Page 29: ...b 3 Lift the load lever until the load plate is completely lifted Load plate 4 Position the CPU above the socket ensuring that the gold triangle mark is on the bottom left corner of the socket then fit the CPU notches to the socket s alignment keys The CPU fits in only one orientation DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins on the socket and damaging the CPU Gold triangle ...

Page 30: ...ap from the CPU socket Retention tab Load lever 7 Apply some Thermal Interface Material to the exposed area of the CPU that the heatsink will be in contact with ensuring that it is evenly spread in a thin layer Some heatsinks come with pre applied Thermal Interface Material If so skip this step The Thermal Interface Material is toxic and inedible DO NOT eat it If it gets into your eyes or touches ...

Page 31: ...e with the LGA775 and LGA1366 sockets in size and dimension Orient the heatsink and fan assembly such that the CPU fan cable is closest to the CPU fan connector To install the CPU heatsink and fan 1 Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU making sure that the four fasteners match the holes on the motherboard 2 Push down two fasteners at a time in a diagonal sequence to secure the heatsink a...

Page 32: ...plug this connector 2 3 3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan A A B B A A B B 4 Carefully remove the heatsink and fan assembly from the motherboard To uninstall the CPU heatsink and fan 1 Disconnect the CPU fan cable from the connector on the motherboard 2 Rotate each fastener counterclockwise 3 Pull up two fasteners at a time in a diagonal sequence to disengage the heatsink and fan assembly fro...

Page 33: ...ith less power consumption The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets 2 4 2 Memory Configurations You may install 2 GB 4 GB and 8 GB Unbuffered with ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory configurations in this section UDIMM DIMM Slot Per Channel DIMM Populated per Channel DIMM Type Speed Rank per DIMM 1 1 Unbuffered DDR3 1333 1600 Single Rank Dual Rank Always inst...

Page 34: ...the socket Unlocked retaining clip DIMM notch 2 1 DIMM slot key 1 Press the retaining clip outward to unlock the DIMM 2 Remove the DIMM from the socket 1 2 Removing a DIMM from a single clip DIMM socket To install two or more DIMMs refer to the user guide bundled in the motherboard package Refer to the user guide for qualified vendor lists of the memory modules Support the DIMM lightly with your f...

Page 35: ... on the slot 5 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier 6 Replace the system cover 2 5 2 Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card configure it by adjusting the software settings 1 Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings if any See Chapter 4 for information on BIOS setup 2 Assign an IRQ to the card Refer to the tables on the next p...

Page 36: ...3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 ACPI Mode when used 10 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel 2 5 3 Interrupt assignments Standard Interrupt assignments ...

Page 37: ... x16 slot x16 link The onboard PCIE 1 provides one x16 Gen3 link to CPU1 This slot supports VGA cards and various server class high performance add on cards No Slot location Short Description 1 slot 7 PCIE1 1 x PCI E x16 x16 Gen3 link ...

Page 38: ...n soft off mode This is a reminder that you should shut down the system and unplug the power cable before removing or plugging in any motherboard component The illustration below shows the location of the onboard LED 2 CPU Warning LED ERR_CPU1 The CPU warning LED lights up to indicate that a CPU error or failure has occurred The warning LED functions only when you install the ASUS ASMB7 Management...

Page 39: ...eartbeat LED blinks per second to indicate that the ASMB7 is working normally The BMC LED works with the ASUS ASMB7 management device and indicates its initiation status When the PSU is plugged and the system is OFF ASUS ASMB7 management device starts system initiation for about one 1 minute The BMC LED blinks after system initiation finishes The heartbeat LED functions only when you install the A...

Page 40: ...the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Move the jumper cap from pins 1 2 default to pins 2 3 Keep the cap on pins 2 3 for about 5 10 seconds then move the cap back to pins 1 2 3 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 4 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data Except when clearing the RTC RAM never remove the cap on CLRTC jumper default position Re...

Page 41: ...er allows you to enable or disable the onboard VGA controller Set to pins 1 2 to activate the VGA feature 3 ME firmware force recovery setting 3 pin ME_RCVR1 This jumper allows you to force Intel Management Engine ME boot from recovery mode when ME become corrupted ...

Page 42: ... you to select the RAID configuration utility to use when you create disk arrays Place the jumper caps over pins 1 2 if you want to use the LSI Logic embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility default otherwise place the jumper caps to pins 2 3 to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM Utility ...

Page 43: ...the table below for the LAN port LED indications 6 RJ 45 ports for LAN2 These ports allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network LAN through a network hub Refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications 7 Location LED The Location LED is an onboard LED that ligths up when the Location Button on the front panel is pressed This LED helps you visually locate the server among other serv...

Page 44: ...d disk drives that allows up to 6Gb s or 3Gb s of data transfer rate If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives you can create a RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 or RAID 5 configuration The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of Serial ATA hard disks installed 2 USB 2 0 connector 10 1 pin USB78 These connectors are for USB 2 0 ports Connect the USB module cables to these connectors These USB con...

Page 45: ...connect the fan cables to the fan connectors Insufficient air flow inside the system may damage the motherboard components These are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors All fans feature the ASUS Smart Fan technology 4 Serial General Purpose Input Output connector 6 1 pin SGPIO1 The SGPIO 1 connector is used for the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise SGPIO interface th...

Page 46: ... the connectors completely fit DO NOT forget to connect the 24 pin and the 4 pin power plugs otherwise the system will not boot up Use of a power supply unit PSU with a higher power output is recommended when configuring a system with more power consuming devices The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate This motherboard supports ATX2 0 PSU or later version Ensur...

Page 47: ...This 4 pin connector is for the chassis mounted system warning speaker The speaker allows you to hear system beeps and warnings 4 Hard disk drive activity LED 2 pin HDLED This 2 pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to this connector The IDE LED lights up or flashes when data is read from or written to the HDD 5 Power button soft off button 2 pin PWRSW This c...

Page 48: ...usion detection feature for chassis with intrusion sensor or microswitch When you remove any chassis component the sensor triggers and sends a high level signal to these LEDs to record a chassis intrusion event The default setting is short CASEOPEN and GND pin by jumper cap to disable the function 4 Locator LED 2 pin AUX_LOCLED1 and 2 pin AUX_LOCLED2 These LEDs are for the Locator LED1 and LED2 on...

Page 49: ...Chapter 3 Powering Up ...

Page 50: ...Chapter summary 3 1 Starting up for the first time 3 3 3 2 Powering off the computer 3 4 This chapter describes the power up sequence and ways of shutting down the system This chapter contains the following sections ...

Page 51: ...ase lights up For systems with ATX power supplies the system LED lights up when you press the ATX power button If your monitor complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature the monitor LED may light up or switch between orange and green after the system LED turns on The system then runs the power on self test or POST While the tests are running the BIOS beeps or additional mes...

Page 52: ...ndows Server 2012 1 Press Ctrl Alt Del 2 Click on the Power icon on the lower right side of the screen 3 Select Shut down 4 In the Shutdown Event Tracker select the Other Planned option in the selection lists Otherwise select the option that best describes why you want to shut down the computer 5 Click Continue 3 2 2 Using the dual function power switch While the system is ON press the power switc...

Page 53: ...Chapter 4 BIOS setup ...

Page 54: ...ced menu 4 11 4 5 Event Logs menu 4 30 4 6 Boot menu 4 31 4 7 Monitor menu 4 34 4 8 Security 4 35 4 9 Tool menu 4 38 4 10 Exit menu 4 38 This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided This chapter contains the following sections ...

Page 55: ...lly recover the BIOS It resets the system when the BIOS recovery finished DO NOT shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS Doing so would cause system boot failure The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard Visit the ASUS website at www asus com to download the latest BIOS file Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable USB flash d...

Page 56: ...ek EzFlash Utility Up Down Left Right Switch Enter Choose q Exit FS0 System Volume Information DIR P9D I Bios DIR Windows DIR P9D I Bios DIR Current Platform Platform P9D I Version 0060 Build Date 12 03 2013 New Platform Platform P9D I Version 0077 Build Date 01 31 2013 The succeeding BIOS screens are for reference only The actual BIOS screen displays may not be the same as shown To update the BIO...

Page 57: ...ve 2 Download the BUPDATER utility BUPDATER exe from the ASUS support website at support asus com to the bootable USB flash disk drive you created earlier 3 Boot the system in DOS mode then at the prompt type BUPDATER i filename CAP where filename is the latest or the original BIOS file on the bootable USB flash disk drive then press Enter A BUPDATER i file name CAP This function can support devic...

Page 58: ...ns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is completed 4 Reboot the system from the hard disk drive The BIOS update is finished Please restart your system C ASUSTek BIOS Update for DOS V1 06 09 08 04 Current ROM Update ROM Note Writing BIOS FLASH TYPE MXIC 25L1605A PATH BOARD P9D I VER 0201 DATE 12 01 2013 BOARD P9D I VER 0202 DATE 12 09 2013 WARNING Do not turn off power during flash BIO...

Page 59: ...n this program Press Del during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the Setup utility otherwise POST continues with its test routines If you wish to enter Setup after POST restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Del or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off then back on Do this last option only if the first two failed The Setup program is...

Page 60: ...menu bar press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 4 2 1 BIOS menu screen Version 2 15 1236 Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Main Advanced Event Logs Boot Monitor Security Tool Exit Set the Date Use Tab to switch between Data elements Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Item Change...

Page 61: ...e the navigation keys for the BIOS setup program Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings 4 2 6 General help At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item 4 2 7 Configuration fields These fields show the values for the menu items If an item is user configurable you can change the value of the field opposite the item You ca...

Page 62: ...d day numeric value yyyy year numeric value 4 3 2 System Time Allows you to set the system time to hh mm ss Where hh hour numeric value mm minutes numeric value ss seconds numeric value Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Main Advanced Event Logs Boot Monitor Security Tool Exit Set the Date Use Tab to switch between Data elements BIOS InformationBIOS Vendor American Megatr...

Page 63: ...Configuration NCT6779D Super IO Configuration Intel Server Platforms Services Onboard LAN Configuration MIO Card Configuration Serial Port Console Redirection APM Network Stack Intel RC Drivers Version Details Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Main Advanced Event Logs Boot Monitor Security Tool Exit PCI PCI X and PCI Express Settings CPU Configuration PCH IO Configuratio...

Page 64: ...atrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Item Change Opt Enabled for WIndows XP and Linux OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology and Disabled for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology When Disabled only one thread per enabled core is enabled Enabled for Windows XP and Linux OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology and Disabled for other OS OS not optimized for ...

Page 65: ...id Level Cache L2 streamer Configuration options Enabled Disabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Mid Level Cache L2 prefetching of adjacent cache lines Configuration options Enabled Disabled CPU AES Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the CPU Advance Encryption Standard instructions Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot performance mode Turbo Per...

Page 66: ...ed Allows you to enable or disable the Un demotion from C1 Configuration options Disabled Enabled C3 state auto undemotion Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Un demotion from C1 Configuration options Disabled Enabled Package C state demotion Disabled Allows you to enable the Package C state undemotion Configuration options Disabled Enabled C State Pre Wake Enabled Allows you to enable or ...

Page 67: ...ble Control Disabled XHCI Mode Auto Allows you to set the mode of operation of the xHCI controller Configuration options Auto Enabled Disabled BTCG Disabled Allows you to enable or disable trunk clock gating Configuration options Enabled Disabled EHCI1 EHCI2 Enabled Allows you to control the USB EHCI USB 2 0 functions One EHCI controller must always be enabled Configuration options Disabled Enable...

Page 68: ...em When read write of your hard disk errors occur this feature allows the hard disk to report warning messages during the POST Configuration options Enabled Disabled Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Advanced SATA Controller s Enabled SATA Mode Selection AHCI S M A R T Status Check Enabled Serial ATA Port 1 HardDisk 250 0GB Software Preserve SUPPORTED Port 1 Enabled SATA...

Page 69: ...t SA Configuration This allows you to change System Agent parameters VT d Enabled This allows you enable or disable the VT d function on MCH Configuration options Enabled Disabled Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Advanced System Agent Bridge Name Haswell System Agent RC Version 1 0 0 0 VT d Capability Supported VT d Enabled Enable NB CRID Disabled BDAT ACPI Table Suppor...

Page 70: ...mory Frequency Limiter Auto Memory Scrambler Enabled Memory Remap Enabled GDXC Support Disabled Maximum Memory Frequency Selections in MHz Memory Frequency Limiter Auto This allows you to set the memory frequency in MHz Configuration options Auto 1333 1600 Memory Scrambler Enabled This allows you to enable or disable the Memory Scrambler support Configuration options Enabled Disabled Memory Remap ...

Page 71: ...T32 Image Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the RT32 Image Loading Configuration Options Disabled Enabled PCI Express Settings Allows you to change the settings of the PCI Express Devices Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Set the ASPM Level Force L0s Force all links to L0s State AUTO BIOS auto configure DISABLE Disables ASM PCI Express Device Register Sett...

Page 72: ...rations PCIE Option Rom 1 Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the PCIE slots Configuration Options Disabled Enabled Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Advanced PCIE Slot Configuration PCIE1 Not Present PCIE1 Option Rom Enabled Enabled Disabled PCIE1 Option Rom ...

Page 73: ...le the support for legacy USB devices Setting to Auto allows the system to detect the presence of USB devices at startup If detected the USB controller legacy mode is enabled If no USB device is detected the legacy USB support is disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Auto USB3 0 Support Enabled Enables or disables the USB3 0 XHCI controller support Configuration options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 74: ... 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec 40 sec Device power up delay Auto This allows you to set the maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the Host Controller Configuration options Auto Manual Enable Hibernation Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Hibernation feature OS S4 sleep state Configuration options Disabled Enabled ACPI Sleep State S3 only Suspend to RAM Allows you t...

Page 75: ...tings Auto This item only appears when you set the Serial Port to Enabled This item allows you to select the serial port base address Configuration options Auto IO 3F8h IRQ 4 IO 3F8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 2F8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 3E8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 2E8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 2E8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Advanced ...

Page 76: ...18 10 18 E8 INTEL I210 LAN2 MAC 00 E0 18 10 18 E9 INTEL I210 LAN1 Enable Enabled INTEL I210 LAN1 OpROM PXE INTEL I210 LAN2 Enable Enabled INTEL I210 LAN2 OpROM PXE 4 4 10 IntelServer Platform Services This item displays the information of the Intel Server Platform Services configured in the system Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Intel Sever Platform Services C...

Page 77: ...ser is using will exchange data Both computers should have the same or compatible settings Terminal Type VT UTF8 Allows you to set the terminal type VT100 ASCII char set VT100 Extends VT100 to support color function keys among others VT UTF8 Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode chars onto 1 or more bytes ANSI Extended ASCII char set Bits per second 57600 Selects serial port transmission speed The spe...

Page 78: ... to select the FunctionKey and Keypad on Putty Configuration options VT100 LINUX XTERMR6 SCO ESCN VT400 Redirection After BIOS POST Bootloader This setting allows you to specify if Bootloader is selected than Legacy console redirection Configuration options Always Enable Bootloader Serial Port for Out of Band Management Windows Emergency Management Services EMS Settings The following items only ap...

Page 79: ...Second becomes user configurable where you can set values EUP Ready Disabled This item allows you to switch off some power at S5 to get the system ready for EuP requirement Configuration options Enabled Disabled 4 4 13 Runtime Error Logging Support Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Runtime Error Logging Support Disabled Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 Ameri...

Page 80: ...abled Enables or disables the Ipv6 PXE Boot Support If disabled Ipv6 PXE boot option will not be created Configuration options Disable Enable 4 4 16 Intel RC Drivers Version Detail This item displays the Version String for the Intel RC Drivers 4 4 15 Network Stack Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Network stack Disable Enable Disable the network stack Pxe and UE...

Page 81: ...elect the options for reaction when the event logs are full Configuration options Do Nothing Erase Immediately Change Smbios Event Log Settings Change this to enable or disable all features of Smbios Event Logging during boot Enabling Disabling Options Smbios Event Log Enabled Erasing Settings Erase Event Log No When Log is Full Do Nothing NOTE All values changed here do not take effect until comp...

Page 82: ... the GA20 can be disabled using BIOS services When set to Always disabling of GA20 is not allowed Configuration options Upon Request Always Option ROM Messages Force BIOS Allows you to set the display mode for Option ROM Configuration options Force BIOS Keep Current Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key 65535 0xFFFF means indefinite waiting Boot Configuration Setup Prompt Timeout 1 Bo...

Page 83: ... pressed by the user Normal Seek remote boot image once then stop Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system Network Device BBS Priorities Hard Drive BBS Priorities This allows you to set the order of the legacy devices in this ...

Page 84: ...the system can boot to Configuration options UEFI and Legacy Legacy only UEFI only Launch PXE OpROM policy Legacy only This option allows you to control the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE OpROM Configuration options Do not launch UEFI only Legacy only Legacy first UEFI first Launch Storage OpROM policy Legacy only This option allows you to control the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage OpROM C...

Page 85: ...V 5V VDDQ 3VSB 3 3V and VBAT The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators Fan Speed Control Generic Mode Allows you to configure the ASUS Smart Fan feature that smartly adjusts the fan speeds for more efficient system operation Configuration options Low Speed Mode Generic Mode High Speed Mode Full Speed Mode Whisper Generic High Speed...

Page 86: ...ss Enter 3 Confirm the password when prompted To change an administrator password 1 Select the Administrator Password item and press Enter 2 From the Enter Current Password box key in the current password then press Enter 3 From the Create New Password box key in a new password then press Enter 4 Confirm the password when prompted To clear the administrator password follow the same steps as in cha...

Page 87: ...m the Warning message window then press Enter Secure Boot Menu This item allows you to customize the Secure Boot settings Secure Boot Control Enabled This item allows you to enable or disable the Secure Boot flow control Configuration options Disabled Enabled Secure Boot Mode Standard This item allows you to select the mode of the Secure boot to change Execution policy and Secure Boot Key manageme...

Page 88: ...n Security Violation Install Factory default Secure Boot Keys when System is in Setup Mode Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2013 American Megatrends Inc Security Factory Default Key Provisioning Disabled Install All Factory Default Keys Platform Key PK NOT INSTALLED Set new PK Delete PK Key Exchange Key Database KEK NOT INSTALLED Set new KEK Delete KEK Append Var to KEK Authorized Signature Databas...

Page 89: ...pears Select Yes to save changes and exit Start EzFlash utility Allows you to run the Start EzFlash utility For more information see section 4 1 2 ASUS EzFlash utility 4 9 Tool menu The Tool menu items allow you to configure options for special functions Select an item then press Enter to display the submenu Press ENTER to run the utility to select and update BIOS Start EzFlash Aptio Setup Utility...

Page 90: ...lts This option allows you restore or load the default values for all the setup options When you select this option or if you press ENTER a confirmation window appears Select Yes to apply the default values or press Esc to exit Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device This option allows you to launch the EFI Shell application shellx64 efi from one of the available filesystem devices Select Yes to p...

Page 91: ...Chapter 5 RAID Configuration ...

Page 92: ...iguring RAID sets using the available utilities This chapter contains the following sections 5 1 Setting up RAID 5 3 5 2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility 5 5 5 3 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM Utility 5 34 5 4 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Windows 5 42 ...

Page 93: ... to the entire system Use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup The new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity redundancy data having to be calculated and written With the RAID 10 configuration you get all the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations Use four new ...

Page 94: ...herboard supports SerialATAfor RAID set configuration For optimal performance install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array To install the SATA hard disks for RAID configuration 1 Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in the system user guide 2 Connect a SATA signal cable to the signal connector at the back of each drive and...

Page 95: ...ually adjusted Otherwise the system will not boot from the connected SATA ODD To launch the LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility 1 Turn on the system 2 During POST the LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility automatically detects the installed SATA hard disk drives and displays any existing RAID set s Press Ctrl M to enter the utility LSI MegaRAID Software RAID BIOS Version A ...

Page 96: ...ation command This menu also allows you to view add or clear RAID configurations or select the boot drive Initialize Allows you to initialize the virtual drives of a created RAID set Objects Allows you to initialize virtual drives or change the virtual drive parameters Rebuild Allows you to rebuild failed drives Check Consistency Allows you to check the data consistency of the virtual drives of a ...

Page 97: ...1 set You need at least four identical hard disk drives when creating a RAID 10 set SPACE Sel ENTER EndArray F10 Configure F2 Drive Info F3 Virtual Drives F4 HSP LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Port 2 DISK 74 74GB HDS728080PLA380 05 01C05 Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTIO...

Page 98: ... Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Ver...

Page 99: ...nits For VD Size Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE MB GB TB Select Units For VD Size RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Na...

Page 100: ...nitialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI S...

Page 101: ...E Sel ENTER EndArray F10 Configure F2 Drive Info F3 Virtual Drives F4 HSP LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Port 2 DISK 74 74GB HDS728080PLA380 05 01C05 Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Be...

Page 102: ...agement Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Select Configurable Array s A 0 SPAN 1 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Choose RAID Level For This VD Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Manag...

Page 103: ...ment Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID Level RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuratio...

Page 104: ... Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE Off On Change DWC RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 Cursor Keys SPACE De Select F2 ChIdInfo F3 SlotInfo F10 Configure Esc Quit LSI Sof...

Page 105: ...s To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Select Yes Or No Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Yes No Save Configuration Easy Configuration New Configuration View Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive Configuration Menu Virtual Drive s ...

Page 106: ...of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R View Add to The Existing Configuration Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View Add Configur...

Page 107: ...ray s A 0 SPAN 1 5 Press F10 to begin the configuration The virtual drive information appears including a Virtual Drive menu that allows you to change the virtual drive parameters Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Choose RAID Level For This VD Configure Initialize Ob...

Page 108: ...AY SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 ONLIN A00 01 READY READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID Level RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 B...

Page 109: ...Y READY 0 1 2 3 PORT Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE Off On Change DWC RAID 1 Units MB Size 152146MB DWC OFF RA On Accept SPAN NO Virtual Drive 0 12 After setting the values of the selected virtual drives select Accept from the menu then press Enter Cursor Keys SPACE De Select F2 ChIdInfo F3 SlotInfo F10 Configure Esc Quit LSI Software RAI...

Page 110: ...ursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Select Yes Or No Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Yes No Save Configuration Easy Configuration New Configuration View Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive Configuration Menu Virtual...

Page 111: ... arrow keys to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive selection then press Space Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Initialize VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu SPACE De Select F10 Initialize LSI Software RAID Configu...

Page 112: ...y Data On Selected VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148 580GB 2 64KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 Virtual Drives Yes No Initialize SPACE De Select F10 Initialize LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Confi...

Page 113: ...ct An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Change VD Parameters Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Objects Press ENTER To Select A VD Del To Delete A VD LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Select VD Configure Initia...

Page 114: ...on A 11 02090932R Initialize VD Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Objects Virtual Drive 0 Virtual Drive 1 Initialize Check Consistency View Update Parameters Virtual Drive 0 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version ...

Page 115: ...sor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Rebuild VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu SPACE De Select F10 Start Rebuild F2 Drive Information F3 View Virtual Drives LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11...

Page 116: ...art Rebuild F2 Drive Information F3 View Virtual Drives LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Port 1 DISK 77247MB HDS72808PLA380 PF20A60A Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu REBUILD PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU ONLIN A00 00 FAIL A00 01 0 1 PORT Rebuilding of Drive Will Take A Few Minutes Start Rebuilding Drive ...

Page 117: ...AID 10 set Using the Check Consistency Command To check data consistency using the Check Consistency command 1 From the Management Menu select Check Consistency then press Enter Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R CC of VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check C...

Page 118: ...mplete press any key to continue SPACE De Select F10 Initialize LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Select VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU Virtual Drive s Configured LD RAID Size Stripes StripSz Status 0 10 154494MB 2 64KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 Virtual Drives Ye...

Page 119: ...s then select Virtual Drive from the sub menu 2 Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive you want to check then press Enter 3 Select Check Consistency from the pop up menu then press Enter 4 When prompted use the arrow keys to select Yes from the dialog box to check the drive 5 When checking is complete press any key to continue ...

Page 120: ... Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Clear Existing Configuration Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive Configuration Menu Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26...

Page 121: ...Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 10 02090932R Select A Boot VD Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive Configuration Menu Boot Drive 0 Bootable VDs 1 Current Boot VD 0 Use Cursor...

Page 122: ...y configure the Adapter and the Virtual Drive of the RAID set you created To enable DWC 1 From the Management Menu select Objects Adapter Select an existing adapter then press Enter to display the adapter properties 2 Select Disk WC then press Enter Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Versio...

Page 123: ... and the Virtual Drive press any key Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Oct 26 2011 BIOS Version A 11 02090932R Disk Write Cache Setting of VD Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Objects RAID 0 Size 148 580GB Stripe Size 64KB Stripes 2 ...

Page 124: ...m 2 During POST press Ctrl I to display the utility main menu Before you proceed ensure that you have installed the Serial ATA hard disk drives and have set the correct SATA mode in the BIOS setup You can refer to sections 5 1 2 Installing hard disk drives and 5 1 3 Setting the RAID mode in BIOS for more information ESC Exit ENTER Select Menu Select Intel R Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA...

Page 125: ... when you are done ESC Previous Menu ENTER Select Change Intel R Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM 3 6 0 1023 Copyright C 2003 12 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved CREATE VOLUME MENU HELP Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Syne Create Volume Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is 16 characters or less Volume0 RAID0 Strips Select Disks 128KB 0 ...

Page 126: ...igher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing 7 In the Capacity field item key in the RAID volume capacity that you want to use and press Enter The default value field indicates the maximum allowed capacity 8 Press Enter to start creating the RAID volume 9 From the following warning message press Y to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu or...

Page 127: ... the utility main menu or press N to return to the DELETE VOLUME menu ESC Previous Menu Select Intel R Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM 3 6 0 1023 Copyright C 2003 12 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved DELETE VOLUME MENU HELP Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non RAID WARNING ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED This does not apply to Recovery volumes DEL Delete Volume Name ...

Page 128: ...pace A small triangle before the Port number marks the selected drive Press Enter when you are done 3 Press Y in the confirmation window to reset the drive s or press N to return to the utility main menu Port Drive Model Serial Size Status 0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279 3GB Member Disk 1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279 3GB Member Disk Select the disks that should be reset Resetting RAID disk ...

Page 129: ...ard Disk available the utility will prompt you to rebuild the RAID Press the up down arrow keys to select the destination disk then Press Enter to start the rebuilding process or press ESC to exit 5 3 4 Exiting the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility To exit the utility 1 From the utility main menu select 4 Exit then press Enter 2 Press Y to exit or press N to return ...

Page 130: ...ded during POST You may replace the disk drive and rebuild the RAID array To rebuild the RAID with a new hard disk 1 Remove the failed SATA hard disk and install a new SATA hard disk of the same specification into the same SATA Port Select a destination disk with the same size as the original hard disk 2 Reboot the system then follow the steps in section Rebuilding the RAID with other non RAID dis...

Page 131: ...in the BIOS Set at least one of the arrays bootable to boot from the hard disk 1 Reboot the system and press Del to enter the BIOS setup utility during POST 2 Go to the Boot menu and select the boot option priority 3 Use up down arrow keys to select the boot priority and press Enter See the Boot menu section of Chapter 4 for more details 4 From the Exit menu select Save Changes Exit then press Ent...

Page 132: ... Turn on the system to windows desktop 2 Click the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise icon to display the main menu Your storage system is configured for data protection increased performance and optimal data storage capacity You can create additional volumes to further optimize your storage system To enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise utility under Windows operating system...

Page 133: ...type and click Next 2 Key in a name for the RAID set then select the array disks 3 Select the Volume Size tab then drag the bar to set the volume size 4 Click Next If you do not want to keep the data on one of the selected disks select NO when prompted If you want to Enable volume write back cache or Initialize volume click Advanced ...

Page 134: ... and size of the disks You can continue using other applications during this time 6 Wait until the process is completed then click OK when prompted You still need to partition your new volume using Windows Disk Management before adding any data The created RAID set is displayed in the Volumes list If you wish to change the settings go to Volume Properties ...

Page 135: ...for server systems and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing 3 You can also change the Name Select the new volume type and Select additional disks to include in the new volume if needed 4 Select the Data stripe size for the RAID array for RAID 0 10 and 5 only and click OK The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB The following...

Page 136: ...proceed ensure that you back up all your important data from your hard drives To delete a volume 1 From the Volumes field in the utility main menu select the volume that you want to delete 2 From the Volume Properties field select Delete volume 3 Click Yes to delete the volume and return to the utility main menu or click No to return to the main menu ...

Page 137: ...s Allow you to set to show the notification area icon and show system information warning or errors here E Mail Preferences Allow you to set to sent e mail of the following events Storage system information Storage system warnings Storage system errors ...

Page 138: ...5 48 Chapter 5 RAID configuration ...

Page 139: ...Chapter 6 Driver installation ...

Page 140: ...ating Systems This chapter contains the following sections 6 1 RAID driver installation 6 3 6 2 Management applications and utilities installation 6 14 6 3 Running the Support DVD 6 14 6 4 Installing the LAN driver 6 22 6 5 Installing the VGA driver 6 27 6 6 Installing the Intel C22x MEI NULL HECI driver 6 30 6 7 Installing the Intel I210 Gigabit Adapter driver 6 32 ...

Page 141: ... create a RAID driver disk in DOS using the Makedisk application in the support DVD To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment 1 Place the motherboard support DVD in the optical drive 2 Restart your computer 3 Enter the BIOS Setup 4 Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to boot from the support DVD Save your changes 5 Exit the BIOS Setup and restart your computer The following M...

Page 142: ...he diskette is finished To create a RAID driver disk in Windows environment 1 Start Windows 2 Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive 3 Go to the Make disk menu then select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create 4 Insert a floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive 5 Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process Write protect the floppy disk to avoid compu...

Page 143: ...install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows Server 2008 OS 1 Boot the computer using the Windows Server 2008 OS installation disc Follow the screen instructions to start installing Windows Server 2008 2 When prompted to choose a type of installation click Custom advanced 3 Click Load Driver ...

Page 144: ...motherboard Support DVD into the optical drive Click Browse to continue 5 Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support DVD and then click OK to continue 6 Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list and click Next 7 When the system finishes loading the RAID driver replace the motherboard Support DVD with the Windows Server installation disc Select the drive to install ...

Page 145: ...stored in a USB flash drive insert the USB flash drive into an available USB port Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS 5 x To load the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing Red Hat Enterprise OS 1 Boot the system from the Red Hat OS installation CD 2 At the boot type linux dd then press Enter To install or upgrade in graphical mode press the ENTER key To install or upgrade in text mode type linux ...

Page 146: ...nish the OS installation More Driver Disks Yes No Do you wish to load any more driver disks The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system OK Cancel Driver Disk Source You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk Which would you like to use sdc sdd sdb sr0 5 Choose a source for the driver disk select OK then press Enter ...

Page 147: ...ptions 3 While booting from DVD press ESC to provide the third party driver Enter the following command at the boot Linux dd then press ENTER 4 Insert the Red Hat Enterprise RAID driver disk into the USB floppy disk drive Write protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection If the Red Hat Enterprise RAID driver is stored in a USB flash drive insert the USB flash drive into an available ...

Page 148: ...nish the OS installation More Driver Disks Yes No Do you wish to load any more driver disks The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system OK Cancel Driver Disk Source You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk Which would you like to use sdc sdd sdb sr0 5 Choose a source for the driver disk select OK then press Enter ...

Page 149: ...RAID driver for SUSE11 sp1 1 Copy the image file into the Linux system Example megasr 15 00 0120 2012 1 sles11 ga x86_64 img 2 Create a folder Example image 3 Mount the image file into the image folder using this command format mount oloop image file name image Example mount oloop megasr 15 15 00 0120 2012 1 sles11 ga x86__64 img image 4 Copy the contents of the image directory labeled as 01 into ...

Page 150: ...nstallation Press F6 select Yes from the menu then press Enter Installing SUSE 11 Linux OS To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS 1 Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD 2 Use the arrow keys to select Installation from the Boot Options menu ...

Page 151: ...and follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation 4 On the following screen select USB drive as the driver update medium select OK then press Enter Please choose the Driver Update medium USB drive other device OK Back ...

Page 152: ...DVD 1 The contents of the support DVD are subject to change at any time without notice Visit the ASUS website www asus com for the latest updates on software and utilities 2 The support DVD is supported on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 The support DVD that is bundled with your motherboard contains drivers management applications and utilities that you can install to maximize the f...

Page 153: ...device drivers if the system detects installed devices Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices 6 3 2 Utilities menu tab The Utilities menu displays the software applications and utilities that the motherboard supports 6 3 1 Drivers menu tab ...

Page 154: ...driver disks 6 3 3 MakeDisk menu tab Press the arrow down button in the lower part of the menu to view more items 6 3 4 Manual menu The Manual menu provides the link to the Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter user guide You need an internet browser installed in your OS to view the User Guide ...

Page 155: ...he Intel chipset device software on the system You need to manually install the Intel chipset device software on a Windows Operating System To install the Intel chipset device software on Windows Server 2008 R2 1 Restart the computer 2 Log in with Administrator privileges 3 Insert the Motherboard Support DVD to the optical drive The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is...

Page 156: ... Driver installation 5 From the Intel Chipset Device Software click Next to start the installation 6 In the License Agreement window click Yes to continue 7 Read the Readme File information and click Next to continue ...

Page 157: ...uter select Yes I want to restart this computer now then click Finish to complete the installation 8 Click Install in the Windows Security window The Windows Security window may appear more than once and you may have to click Install several times to continue with the installation ...

Page 158: ...leges 3 Insert the Motherboard Support DVD to the optical drive The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run 5 From the Intel Chipset Device Software click Next 6 In the License Agr...

Page 159: ...ASUS P9D I 6 21 7 Read the Readme File information and click Next to continue 8 When done click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 160: ...g system To install the LAN controller device on Windows Server 2008 R2 1 Restart the computer 2 Log in with Administrator privileges 3 Insert the Motherboard Support DVD to the optical drive The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE ...

Page 161: ... Intel R Network Connections 7 From the License Agreement window select I accept the terms in the license agreement then click Next 8 Select the drivers you want to install in the Setup Options window and click Next 9 From the Ready to Install the Program window click Install ...

Page 162: ...eed with the installation 4 Click Intel Network Connections Software on the Drivers menu to start the installation To install the LAN controller device on Windows Server 2012 1 Restart the computer 2 Log in with Administrator privileges 3 Insert the Motherboard Support DVD to the optical drive The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer If Autorun...

Page 163: ...work Connections window click Install Drivers and Software 6 Click Next in the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel R Network Connections window 7 Select the drivers you want to install in the Setup Options window and click Next ...

Page 164: ...6 26 Chapter 6 Driver installation 8 Click Install to continue 9 When done click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 165: ...upport DVD to the optical drive The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer 4 From the Main Menu click ASPEED AST2300 AST1300 Display Driver on the Drivers tab to start the installation If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE t...

Page 166: ...hapter 6 Driver installation 6 Key in a username and organization then click Next 7 Select Complete in the Setup Type window then click Next 8 Click Install to begin the installation 9 When done click Finish ...

Page 167: ...lly displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer 4 Click ASPEED AST2300 AST1300 Display Driver on the Drivers menu to start the installation If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the support DVD 5 Click OK in the Driver Information window Wait for t...

Page 168: ...trator privileges 3 Insert the motherboard system support DVD to the optical drive If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the support DVD 4 Click Intel C22x MEI NULL HECI on the Drivers menu of the main screen to start the installation 5 From the Welcome to the Setup Pr...

Page 169: ...ASUS P9D I 6 31 7 Click NEXT when the installation of driver is complete 8 Click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 170: ...ter 2 Log on with Administrator privileges 3 Insert the motherboard system support DVD to the optical drive If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the support DVD 4 Click Intel I210 Gigabit Adapter Driver in the Drivers menu of the main screen to start the installation ...

Page 171: ... I 6 33 8 Click Install in the Ready to Modify the Program window to begin with the loading of the selected options 7 Select the options you want to install then click Next to continue 9 When done click Finish ...

Page 172: ...n is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the support DVD 4 Click Intel I210 Gigabit Adapter Driver in the Drivers menu of the main screen to start the installation 5 Click Next to continue 6 From the Program Maintenance window select Modify then click Next 7 Select the options you...

Page 173: ...ASUS P9D I 6 35 8 In the Ready to Modify the Program window click Install to load the options you selected 9 When done click Finish ...

Page 174: ...6 36 Chapter 6 Driver installation ...

Page 175: ...Appendix A Reference Information ...

Page 176: ...A ASUS P9D I Chapter summary A 1 P9D I block diagram A 3 This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when configuring the motherboard This chapter contains the following sections ...

Page 177: ...ASUS P9D I A 3 A 1 P9D I block diagram ...

Page 178: ...A 4 Appendix A Reference information ...

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