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Page 2: ...E1096 E1096 PRL DLS Dual Intel Xeon based Motherboard ServerWorks GCSL SystemSet PRL DLS User Guide ...

Page 3: ...Motherboard PRL DLS User Guide ...

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Page 6: ...w holes 1 2 2 Motherboard layout 2 2 3 Before you proceed 3 2 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 4 2 4 1 Overview 4 2 4 2 Installing the CPU 5 2 4 3 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan 6 2 5 System memory 8 2 5 1 Overview 8 2 5 2 Memory Configurations 9 2 5 3 Installing a DIMM 10 2 5 4 Removing a DIMM 10 2 6 Expansion slots 11 2 6 1 Installing an expansion card 11 2 6 2 Configuring an expansion card 11...

Page 7: ... 5 4 2 1 BIOS menu bar 6 4 2 2 Legend bar 6 4 3 Main Menu 8 4 3 1 Primary Secondary Tertiary Master Slave 10 4 3 2 Keyboard Features 14 4 4 Advanced Menu 15 4 4 1 Chip Configuration 17 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration 18 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 20 4 5 Power Menu 22 4 5 1 Power Up Control 24 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 26 4 6 Boot Menu 27 4 6 1 Slot Configuration 30 4 7 Server Menu 31 4 7 1 Event Log View...

Page 8: ... cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and 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 t...

Page 9: ...our area If you are not sure about the voltage of the electrical outlet you are using contact your local power company If the power supply is broken do not try to fix it by yourself Contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operation safety Before installing the product and adding devices on it carefully read all the documentation that came with the package Before using the product m...

Page 10: ...are information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components It includes description of the switches jumpers and connectors on the motherboard Chapter 3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and gives information on the BIOS beep codes Chapter 4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through the ...

Page 11: ...are products The ASUS websites are listed in the ASUS Contact Information on page x 2 Optional Documentation Your product package may include optional documentation such as warranty flyers that may have been added by your dealer These documents are not part of the standard package WARNING Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task CAUTION Information to prevent damage...

Page 12: ...CI SCSI controller or LSI 53C1030 PCI X SCSI controller ATI RAGE XL PCI based VGA controller 4 x PCI 64 bit 100MHz 3V PCI X1 to PCI X4 1 x PCI 64 bit 33MHz 3V PCI64 PCI X3 supports AMI Express 600 ZCR card when LSI 53C1030 is onboard 1 x PCI 32 bit 33MHz 5V PCI32 1 x Parallel port 1 x Serial port 1 x VGA port 1 x PS 2 keyboard port 1 x PS 2 mouse port 2 x USB 1 1 ports 2 x RJ 45 ports with LED 2 x...

Page 13: ...I Green PnP features and Enhanced Server BIOS features Extended ATX form factor 12 in x 13 in 30 5 cm x 33 cm Device drivers Management software Utilities Contact information BIOS features Form Factor Support CD contents Specifications are subject to change without notice ...

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Page 15: ...hapter 1 This chapter describes the features of the PRL DLS motherboard It includes brief explanations of the special attributes of the motherboard and the new technology it supports Product introduction ...

Page 16: ...ASUS PRL DLS motherboard Chapter summary 1 1 Welcome 1 1 1 2 Package contents 1 1 1 3 Special features 1 2 1 4 Motherboard overview 1 6 ...

Page 17: ...performance dual processor server platform Before you start installing the motherboard and hardware devices on it check the items in your package with the list below 1 2 Package contents Check your PRL DLS package for the following items ASUS PRL DLS motherboard Extended ATX form factor 12 in x 13 in 30 5 cm x 33 cm ASUS PRL DLS support CD I O shield 80 conductor ribbon cable for UltraDMA100 66 33...

Page 18: ...peed of the PC100 SDRAM to deliver the required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics multimedia and Internet applications See page 2 10 Dual channel Ultra 160 320 SCSI The LSI 53C1010R 64 bit 66MHz PCI SCSI controller or the LSI 53C1030 64 bit 100MHz PCI X SCSI controller is onboard to support dual channel Ultra 160 320 SCSI connectors that provide high speed data transfer interfaces Advanced 64 b...

Page 19: ...provides more device connectivity in this server system Onboard LAN The motherboard comes with the Intel 82540 Gigabit Ethernet controller and the Broadcom 5703C Gigabit Ethernet controller to support the latest LAN technologies Onboard VGA The ATI Rage XL PCI based VGA controller integrates an 8MB display SDRAM to provide onboard video solution ...

Page 20: ...de regardless of the BIOS setting Remote Ring In This feature allows the system to wake up remotely through an internal or external modem if present Wake Up support The motherboard includes Wake On LAN Wake On Ring and BIOS Wake Up features Server management The motherboard comes with an ASMC connector that supports the optional ASMC HE ME LE card to comply with server reliability availability and...

Page 21: ...and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection and is Year 2000 certified Compliance Both the BIOS and the hardware levels of the motherboard meet the stringent requirements for SDG 2 0 certification The new SDG 2 0 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system co...

Page 22: ...V SSI power connector 24 20 pin ATX power connector 4 DIP switches 5 DDR DIMM sockets 6 Floppy disk connector 7 Serverworks CSB6 South Bridge 8 IDE connectors 9 2 Ultra 160 320 SCSI Connectors 10 LSI Logic SCSI Controller 11 Flash ROM 12 DIP switches 13 ServerWorks PCI PCI Bridge 14 ASUS ASIC 15 4 pin IPMI connector 16 LPC Super I O controller 17 80 pin ASMB daughterboard connector 18 Serial port ...

Page 23: ...ASUS PRL DLS motherboard user guide 1 7 1 4 2 5 16 13 11 9 10 17 6 15 20 19 3 12 14 7 8 22 21 18 23 24 29 28 25 27 26 ...

Page 24: ...emory bandwidth with up to 4GB registered ECC PC2100 1600 DDR DIMMs and two high speed IMBs plus one thin IMB to connect to the south bridge CSB6 DIP switches This 5 switch Dual Inline Package DIP allows you to set the CPU external frequency DDR DIMM sockets These four 184 pin DIMM sockets support up to 4GB system memory using registered ECC PC2100 1600 DDR DIMMs Floppy disk connector This connect...

Page 25: ...I O configurations The CIOB X2 supports dual 64 bit PCI X I O busses that comply with PCI 2 2 specifications ASUS ASIC This chip performs multiple system functions that include hardware and system voltage monitoring IRQ routing among others 4 pin IPMI Connector This connector supports the ASUS daughter card ASMB LE HE for local host management LPC super I O controller This Low Pin Count LPC interf...

Page 26: ...MHz interface to the PCI bus that supports PCI Specification Rev 2 2 and to the PCI X extension to the PCI Local Bus Rev 1 0a at clock rates of up to 100MHz PS 2 mouse port This green 6 pin connector is for a PS 2 mouse Parallel port This 25 pin port connects a parallel printer a scanner or other devices RJ 45 ports These ports allows connection to a Local Area Network LAN through a network hub VG...

Page 27: ... Hardware information This chapter describes the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components It includes details on the switches jumpers and connectors on the motherboard ...

Page 28: ...ter summary 2 1 Motherboard installation 2 1 2 2 Motherboard layout 2 2 2 3 Before you proceed 2 3 2 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 4 2 5 System memory 2 8 2 6 Expansion slots 2 11 2 7 Switches and jumpers 2 14 2 8 Connectors 2 19 ...

Page 29: ...rd 2 1 1 Placement direction When installing the motherboard make sure 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 1 2 Screw holes Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or remov...

Page 30: ...L PORT VGA RJ 45 RJ 45 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power mPGA604 mPGA604 PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 0 1 DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 3 DDR DIMM3 64 72 bit 184 pin module 4 5 DDR DIMM4 64 72 bit 184 pin module 6 7 IDE2 IDE3 PCIX 2 64 bit 100MHz 3V PCIX 3 64 bit 66MHz 3V PCIX 4 64 bit 66MHz 3V PCI64 64 bit 33MHz 3V ServerWorks GCSL North Bridge CON2 J1 SW2 FAN...

Page 31: ...object such as the power supply case before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity 3 Hold components by the edges to avoid touching the ICs on them 4 Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came with the component 5 Before you install or remove any component ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off or the p...

Page 32: ...ttributes improve system performance by allowing higher core frequencies faster execution of integer instructions and data transfer rate of up to 3 2GB s Note in the illustration that the CPU has a gold triangular mark on one corner This mark indicates the processor Pin 1 that should match a specific corner of the CPU socket Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and s...

Page 33: ...ce Make sure that the socket lever is lifted up to at least 115 angle otherwise the CPU does not fit in completely The CPU fits only in one correct orientation DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU 4 When the CPU is in place press it firmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU The lever clicks on the side tab to indica...

Page 34: ...nce Follow these steps to install the CPU heatsink and fan 2 4 3 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan 1 Place the heatsink and fan assembly on top of the installed CPU making sure that it fits in place 2 Hook one end of the retention bracket into the protruding tab on the corner of the plastic retention base The retention base comes installed with the motherboard ...

Page 35: ...o ends 4 As shown the middle hook of the bracket snaps in place if you properly attached the two ends 5 Do steps 2 to 4 to install the other bracket 6 When the heatsink and fan assembly is in place connect the fan cable to the fan connector on the motherboard labeled CPUFAN1 for the CPU on socket 1 and CPUFAN2 for the CPU on socket 2 Don t forget to connect the CPU fan cable Hardware monitoring pr...

Page 36: ...ingle Data Rate SDR SDRAM DDR memory however has the ability to perform two data operations in one clock cycle thus providing twice the throughput of SDR memory For example a 200MHz DDR DIMM will support a 100MHz memory bus and a 266MHz DDR DIMM will support a 133MHz memory bus A DDR DIMM has the same physical dimensions as an SDR DIMM but it has a 184 pin footprint compared to the 168 pin of the ...

Page 37: ...ation requires that you install identical DDR DIMMs exactly the same type and size in pairs For example if you installed a 512MB module into DDRA1 you must install the same type of 512MB module into DDRA2 The same rule applies to pairs DDRB1 DDRB2 and DDRC1 DDRC2 Memory configuration table DIMM Socket 184 pin ECC DDR DIMM Total Memory DDRA1 SDRAM 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB x1 DDRA2 SDRAM 128MB 256M...

Page 38: ...a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the socket 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 1 Simultaneously press the retaining clips outward to unlock the DIMM 2 Remove the DIMM from the socket Support the DIMM lightly with your fingers when pressing the retaining clips The DIMM might g...

Page 39: ...intend to use Keep the screw for later use 4 Align the card connector with the slot and press firmly until the card is completely seated on the slot 5 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier 6 Replace the system cover Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard component...

Page 40: ...a Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices When using PCI cards on shared slots ensure that the drivers support Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Otherwise conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups making the system unstable and the card inoperable IRQ assignments for this motherboard PCI INTA...

Page 41: ...lot on the motherboard PCI X1 to PCI X3 to PCI X2 PCI X4 PCI64 53C1010R 64 bit 100MHz PCI X 64 bit 66MHz PCI 64 bit 33MHz PCI 53C1030 64 bit 100MHz PCI X 64 bit 66MHz PCI X 64 bit 33MHz PCI 64 bit 100MHz PCI X Onboard SCSI PCI X Slot PCI X slots PCI X1 to X4 The motherboard may come with either the LSI 53C1010R or the LSI 53C1030 SCSI controller Depending on the onboard SCSI controller the followi...

Page 42: ... 3 4 5 6 7 8 OFF ON Keep the default settings for stable system operation PRL DLS PRL DLS CPU External Frequency Selection Default 533MHz 400MHz 3 2 1 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 SW1 JFSB1 533MHz 400MHz 1 CPU External Frequency Selection SW1 JFSB1 This option tells the clock generator which frequency to send to the CPU SDRAM and AGP clock and sets the CPU s External frequency The BUS Clock multipl...

Page 43: ... ON OFF 15 0x ON ON ON OFF 16 0x OFF OFF OFF ON 17 0x ON OFF OFF ON 18 0x OFF ON OFF ON 19 0x ON ON OFF ON 20 0x OFF OFF ON ON 21 0x ON OFF ON ON 22 0x OFF ON ON ON 23 0x ON OFF OFF OFF 24 0x ON ON ON ON PRL DLS PRL DLS CPU Frequency Multiple Selection ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 16 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15 0...

Page 44: ... to pins 2 3 to disable the controller PRL DLS PRL DLS Intel 82540 LAN Chip Setting Default Enable Disable 3 2 1 2 JLAN1 1 SCSI setting 2 pin JSCI1 This jumper allows you to enable or disable the onboard SCSI feature Keep the jumper open if you wish to install SCSI devices Place a cap on the jumper to disable the onboard SCSI controller PRL DLS PRL DLS LSI 1010R SCSI Chip Setting JSCSI1 Default En...

Page 45: ... 2 3 Fast Ethernet setting 3 pin JBCMLAN1 This jumper is set by default pins 1 2 to enable the onboard Broadcom BCM5703 Fast Ethernet controller to support 10 100 1000BASE TX networking Reset to pins 2 3 to disable the controller 4 VGA setting 3 pin JVGA1 This jumper is set by default pins 1 2 to enable the onboard the onboard ATI Rage XL VGA controller Reset to pins 2 3 to disable the VGA control...

Page 46: ...clude system setup information such as system passwords is powered by the onboard button cell battery To erase the RTC RAM 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery 3 Short the solder pads for about 5 seconds 4 Re install the battery 5 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data PRL ...

Page 47: ...s the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting one end to the motherboard connect the other end to the floppy drive Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug PRL DLS NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 PRL DLS Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN 1 FLOPPY1 PRL DLS PRL DLS Serial COM2 Connector PIN 1 2 Serial port 2 c...

Page 48: ...on for the jumper settings BIOS supports specific device bootup If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 66 devices purchase another UltraDMA 100 66 cable You may configure two hard disks to be both master devices with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector 1 Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the UltraDMA cab...

Page 49: ... or microswitch When you remove any chassis component the sensor triggers and sends a high level signal to this lead to record a chassis intrusion event By default the pins labeled Chassis Signal and Ground are shorted with a jumper cap If you wish to use the chassis intrusion detection feature remove the jumper cap from the pins PRL DLS PRL DLS Chassis Open Alarm Lead J3 5Volt Power Supply Stand ...

Page 50: ...to the CPU Make sure that your ATX 12V power supply can provide 8A on the 12V lead and at least 1A on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB The minimum recommended wattage is 230W or 300W for a fully configured system The system may become unstable and may experience difficulty powering up if the power supply is inadequate PRL DLS PRL DLS ATX Power Connector GND 12V GND 12V GND 12V GND 12V For Power Supply...

Page 51: ...e black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors Lack of sufficient air flow within the system may damage the motherboard components These are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors 7 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin J2 This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The conne...

Page 52: ...ASMC LE ASMC ME or ASMC HE card using an ASMC interface cable Install the ASMC card into the PCI6 slot and connect the cable from the card to this connector The PCI6 slot on the motherboard has a Low Pin Count LPC signal connector to accommodate the ASMC card 9 IPMI connector 4 pin CON2 The Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI connector is for the ASMC card Connect the 4 pin ASMC interfa...

Page 53: ...two channels Each channel can support a maximum of 15 devices as specified by Ultra160 320 standards SCSI Connection Notes This motherboard has two 68 Pin Ultra160 320 SCSI connectors one for each of the two channels The onboard SCSI chipset incorporates an advanced multimode I O cell that supports both single ended SE Ultra2 and Ultra160 320 devices With Ultra160 320 devices the SCSI bus platform...

Page 54: ...chassis mounted speaker ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR This connector connects a switch that controls the system power Pressing the power switch turns the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on the BIOS or OS settings Pressing the power switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds turns the system OFF Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector c...

Page 55: ...PCIX 6 32 bit 33MHz 5V ServerWorks RCC CSB6 South Bridge 35 68 34 1 Super I O J2 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power mPGA604 mPGA604 DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 0 1 DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 3 DDR DIMM3 64 72 bit 184 pin module 4 5 DDR DIMM4 64 72 bit 184 pin module 6 7 IDE2 IDE3 PCIX 2 64 bit 100MHz 3V PCIX 3 64 bit 66MHz 3V PCIX 4 64 bit 66MHz 3V PCIX 5 64 bit 33MHz 3V ServerWork...

Page 56: ...f BIOS can t get SPD Error Code D0h If memory type is not DDR SDRAM Error Code D8h POST Code 81h Get size and timing information from SPD POST Code 82h Set memory size according to each memory module POST Code 83h Set memory timing POST Code 84h Initialize memory module POST Code 85h Do DQS for memory module POST Code 86h Finish memory detection and initialization 3 Test first 256 MB memory POST C...

Page 57: ...lized APIC 4 Set A20 off POST Code 0Ah 1 Initialized int vectors 0 77h to the spurious interrupt handler Then initialize 00h 1fh to their proper places POST Code 0Bh 1 Checked normal ISA CMOS checksum and battery If it fails we load the manufacturing defaults 2 Chipset very early PM initialization change SMBASE for CPU and move SMM code 3 PMM initialization 4 Disable all memory caching then enable...

Page 58: ...unctionality POST Code 30h 1 Disabled D0 D1 command to KBC wait for command accepted 2 Special KBC Initialization set KBC to PS2 mode 3 Sizing base memory 0 640K and extended memory starting at just over the 1M boundary Will continue until fail to read what was written or come to the 3GB boundary POST Code 31h 1 Set CPU MTRR for address above 1MB 2 Cleared base memory 3 Build UMB structure 4 Initi...

Page 59: ...fill in physical address and checksum for all ACPI tables 8 Get extended memory size and set size for E801h 9 Check USB Legacy Mode 10 Installed Mouse POST Code 3Eh 1 Do external cache sizing if it cannot be detected correctly after onboard memory configuration just return POST Code 41h 1 Programed chipset registers accroding to menuitem setting 2 Installed floppy devices POST Code 42h 1 Installed...

Page 60: ...gement f000 to shadow write 6 Save SCSI card information 7 Set segement f000 to shadow read 8 Enable parity and NMI 9 Enable IRQ 12 if PS2 mouse hot plug 10 Enable BIOS Setup POST Code 60h 1 Set up PS2 POST Code 61h 1 Enable L1 L2 cache according to BIOS setup option 2 Chipset final initialization 3 Chipset power management final initialization 4 Show system configuration POST Code 62h 1 Force NUM...

Page 61: ...Enable Boot Menu 4 Check RTC clock data hour minute and second if error set register A to default value 5 Set up low stack 6 Clear any pending keystroke and KB queue buffer 7 Clear garbage in base memory except BIOS data 8 Set segment EC00 to EFFF shadow read write 9 Set segment EC00 to EFFF shadow read write 10 Set A20 off POST Code ffh 1 INT 19h system boot ...

Page 62: ...2 34 Chapter 2 Hardware information ...

Page 63: ...Chapter 3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and gives information on the BIOS beep codes ...

Page 64: ...ASUS PRL DLS motherboard Chapter summary 3 1 Starting up for the first time 3 1 3 2 Powering off the computer 3 2 ...

Page 65: ...ess the ATX power switch 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 tests While the tests are running the BIOS beeps or additional messages appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turned o...

Page 66: ...ou can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down the operating system If you use Windows 95 98 2000 XP click the Start button click Shut Down then click the OK button to shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down The message You can now safely turn off your computer does not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ...

Page 67: ...Chapter 4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided ...

Page 68: ...motherboard Chapter summary 4 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4 1 4 2 BIOS Setup program 4 5 4 3 Main Menu 4 8 4 4 Advanced Menu 4 15 4 5 Power Menu 4 22 4 6 Boot Menu 4 27 4 7 Server Menu 4 29 4 8 Exit Menu 4 30 ...

Page 69: ...SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the boot disk you created BIOS setup must specify Floppy as the first item in the boot sequence 4 In DOS mode type A AFLASH Enter to run AFLASH If the word unknown appears after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore cannot be p...

Page 70: ...apter 4 BIOS Setup 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press Enter The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter ...

Page 71: ... type 2 then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter To cancel this operation press Enter 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard and you are sure that the new BIOS revision will so...

Page 72: ...ge Flashed Successfully appears 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off the system because this may cause boot problems Just repeat the process and if the problem persists load the original BIOS file you saved to the boot disk If the Flash Memory Writer utility is not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file the s...

Page 73: ...record them in the CMOS RAM of the Flash ROM The Flash ROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility When you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program Press Delete 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 ...

Page 74: ...creen is a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from any where in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu Left or Right ar...

Page 75: ... window press Enter or Esc Sub menu Note that a right pointer symbol as shown on the left appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that you can display a sub menu from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter To display a sub menu move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu appears Use the legend keys to enter values and move from...

Page 76: ...y year Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2099 Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Sets the type of floppy drive installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to support older Japanese...

Page 77: ...eaning passwords typed in either uppercase or lowercase letters are accepted The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two different passwords a Supervisor password and a User password If you did not set a Supervisor password anyone can access the BIOS Setup program If you did the Supervisor password is required to enter the BIOS Setup program and to gain full access to the configuration fields...

Page 78: ...ay be because the hard disk drive is too old or too new If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system Setup may detect incorrect parameters In these cases select User Type HDD to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters Refer to the next section for details Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the...

Page 79: ...ss the Esc key to return to the Main menu When the Main menu appears the hard disk drive field displays the size for the hard disk drive that you configured User Type HDD After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk utility such as FDISK to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk Make sure to s...

Page 80: ...ield configures the number of sectors per track Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual CHS Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive...

Page 81: ...e may decrease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4 provide successive increase in performance Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disabled to su...

Page 82: ...rd Auto Repeat Rate 6 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration options 6 Sec 8 Sec 10 Sec 12 Sec 15 Sec 20 Sec 24 Sec 30 Sec Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sec This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec ...

Page 83: ...gical processors per physical processor package Configuration options Disabled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This field functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data When set to Enabled the BIOS loads the update on all processors during system bootup Configuration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default setting Aut...

Page 84: ...sabled Enabled USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The default of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device at startup If detected the USB controller legacy mode is enabled If not detected the USB controller legacy mode is disabled When you set this field to Disabled the USB controller legacy mode is disabled whether or not you are using a USB dev...

Page 85: ...le if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC Onboard PCI IDE All You can select to enable the primary secondary tertiary IDE channel all channels or disable all channels Configuration options All Primary Secondary Primary Tertiary Primary Secondary Tertiary Secondary Tertiary Disabled DDR DQS Delay TAP in DEC 5 Default setting...

Page 86: ...d Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connectors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field allows you to set the address of the onboard parallel port connector If you disable thi...

Page 87: ...ional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Confi...

Page 88: ...lette Snoop Disabled Some non standard VGA cards like graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly Setting this field to Enabled corrects this problem If you are using standard VGA cards leave this field to the default setting Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability Sparse PCI Host Bus...

Page 89: ...your SCSI card does not have a BIOS the SCSI card will not function Configuration options Auto Disabled Primary VGA BIOS First PCI VGA Card This field allows you to select the primary graphics card Configuration options PCI VGA Card Onboard VGA USB Function Enabled Set this field to Enabled if you want to use Universal Serial Bus devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM ...

Page 90: ...Saving system power is conserved to its greatest amount This setting automatically puts the system into suspend mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving allows the least power saving as the system enters suspend mode only after a long period of inactivity Configuration options User Defined Disabled Min Saving Max Saving You should install the Advanced Power Management APM utility ...

Page 91: ...options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into...

Page 92: ...up the computer when the external modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode Configuration options Disabled Enabled The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that turns the...

Page 93: ... power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Configuration options Disabled Space Bar Ctrl Esc Power Key Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 94: ...onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 3VSB Voltage The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators If any of the monitored items is out of range the following error message appears Hardware Monit...

Page 95: ... BBS version 1 01 BBS is an intelligent mechanism that provides flexible ways to set boot sequence for Initial Program Load IPL devices such as CD ROMs network remote boot ROM and SCSI or RAID controllers on PnP cards The IPL devices are classified into three categories PnP devices includes Boot Connection Vector BCV and Bootstrap Entry Vector BEV devices ...

Page 96: ...tion ROM SCSI 3rd Boot BCV None This field allows you to select a Boot Connection Vector BCV device to boot from BCV devices include SCSI controllers or SCSI cards RAID cards and other devices on add on cards with option ROM that hooks INT 13 to BIOS The BCV devices present in the system will appear as options for this field The field shows None if no BCV device is installed 4th Boot BEV 0 Intel C...

Page 97: ...S 1 4 Support Enabled This field allows you to enable or disable the MultiProcessor Specification 1 4 support Configuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and fourth time Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the flopp...

Page 98: ... 6 1 Slot Configuration Init Slot 1 2 3 4 5 6 IRQ Normal This field allows you to set the priority level for each expansion slot in order to determine expansion card initialization order Configuration options High Normal Low Skip ...

Page 99: ...recorded on the sub menu Select Enabled to automatically clear the event log Reset to Disabled to store up event log data An IPMI device must be connected to the server for this field to function Configuration options Disabled Enabled Log Memory ECC Error Enabled This field allows you to set whether Error Checking and Correcting memory errors are logged Configuration options Disabled Enabled Side ...

Page 100: ... 7 1 Event Log Viewer No IPMI Device Detected Unless an IPMI device like the ASMC LE HE server management card is installed the Event Log Viewer will not display any data If installed a detailed range of server data is displayed ...

Page 101: ...turned off When you select this option a confirmation window appears Select Yes to save changes and exit Pressing Esc does not immediately exit this menu Select one of the options from this menu or F10 from the legend bar to exit If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressin...

Page 102: ...values to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values After selecting this option a confirmation appears Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other menus and make further ...

Page 103: ...Chapter 5 Support CD This chapter gives information on the provided motherboard support CD ...

Page 104: ... summary 5 1 Microsoft Windows NT Server 5 2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 5 3 Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5 4 Novell NetWare Server 5 5 SUN Solaris 7 Server 5 6 SCO Open Server 5 0 x 5 7 SCO UnixWare Server 5 8 Linux RedHat 7 x ...

Page 105: ...d display relevant drivers for you to install This is where you can find drivers for the onboard devices Follow the installation wizards or find additional instructions as text files in each of the drivers folders Management Software This is where you will find ASUS specially designed server management software ...

Page 106: ...ion for ASUS technical support Utilities This is where you can install Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing User s Manuals contained in this support CD or from ASUS Web Site The following pages will give information on certain drivers for server systems using different operating systems ...

Page 107: ...ndows NT onto an unused SCSI drive Windows NT automatically adds the driver to the registry and copies the driver to the appropriate directory There are two methods to install the Windows NT system One is installed by booting from NT CD Disc the other is by booting from NT three installation floppy disks B1 CD ROM Installation 1 Start the Windows NT installation by booting from the Windows NT CD R...

Page 108: ... next 3 Press S to skip automatic detection and perform a manual selection A screen displays the message Setup has recognized the following mass storage devices in your computer 4 With floppy disk 2 there is an initial setup screen that prompts you to continue by pressing Enter 5 Press S to skip mass storage device detection If you pressed Enter the installation program scans for SCSI adapters and...

Page 109: ...ows NT system and log on as Administrator 2 Click on the Start button Select Settings Control Panel 3 Double click on SCSI Adapters icon 4 Click the Drivers tab If the old NCRSDMS SYS NCRC810 SYS NCRC8XX SYS or SYMC810 SYS drivers are listed select the driver s and choose Remove before adding the new driver If the driver name of the driver you are installing SYM_HI SYS or LSI_U3 SYS is listed remo...

Page 110: ...ew driver loads 11 Rebooting loads your new miniport driver s 5 1 2 Intel LAN Driver Installation A Preparing the Intel LAN Driver Disk Windows NT 4 0 does not have the drivers for the Intel LAN controllers Before installing Windows NT 4 0 copy the LAN drivers from the support CD into a floppy disk Prepare one blank formatted high density floppy disk before proceeding 1 Insert the support CD into ...

Page 111: ... screen select Intel Adapter then click OK Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation C Existing System Installation 1 Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel 2 Select the Adapter tab then click Add A list of adapters appears 4 Do not select an adapter from the list Instead insert the LAN driver disk that you created from the support CD 5 Follow steps 4 to 12...

Page 112: ...st support booting from a CD ROM LSI BIOS settings may need to be changed to allow CD ROM booting 1 Start the Windows 2000 installation by booting from the Windows 2000 CD ROM 2 For installation of the LSI_U3 SYS drivers when the screen displays Windows 2000 Setup press the F6 key to install the LSI_U3 SYS drivers This must be done or else these new drivers is not recognized Even if you did not pr...

Page 113: ... Driver button The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard begins Click on the Next button 7 Make sure that the item Search for a suitable driver for my device is selected then click on the Next button 8 Make sure that the item Floppy disk drives location is checked Insert the appropriate LSI driver disk that contains the Windows 2000 driver required to support your LSI adapter s and press Enter The LSI driv...

Page 114: ...xisting System Installation You may update the LAN driver directly from the support CD 1 Insert the support CD into the CD ROM drive On the screen that appears click on Intel LAN Driver then on the item Install Base Driver Only 2 Follow the screen instructions to complete the driver update Drivers are digitally signed by the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab WHQL Due to the delay between the ...

Page 115: ...elect Properties 6 Select the Driver tab and click on Update Drivers 7 Click Next Select Display a list of the known drivers for this device 8 Select Network adapters under Hardware Type and click Next 9 Click Have Disk then insert the LAN driver disk 10 Follow the succeeding instructions to complete the installation 5 2 3 ATI Rage XL Display Driver Installation Windows 2000 system can automatical...

Page 116: ...ver from the PRupport CD 1 Insert the support CD into the CD ROM drive 2 On the screen that appears select Create Install Disk 3 The next screen allows you to select an operating system to install the driver Select Windows XP 4 Select A for the destination drive then click on Create Disk See picture on the next page 5 Follow the succeeding installation instructions 6 When done the following screen...

Page 117: ...SCSI 2 hard drives SCSI CD ROM devices SCSI Magneto Optical devices SCSI tape devices and SCSI changer devices In addition third party vendors are developing CDMs to support their specific devices In the following the NetWare 5 x 4 xx installation procedure are listed for reference 1 Use the self extracting image files For the LSI_U3 SYS driver the executable file is located here Drivers Sdms Disk...

Page 118: ...ove the driver into the operating system Press Enter the system will start to copy the files 4 Load a separate instance of the driver for every LSI SCSI controller channel or host adapter present in the system Load the LSI SCSI driver twice with different slot number from STARTUP NCF file as follows load LSI_U3NW HAM Slot 10009 load LSI_U3NW HAM Slot 10010 5 When prompted for a slot number accept ...

Page 119: ...k adapter drivers use the MAKEDISK BAT utility located at Drivers LAN MAKEDISK in the ASUS Driver Support CD MAKEDISK operating system destination where operating system is the OS for which you are creating the diskette and destination is the drive letter and path such as A If no destination is specified the A drive will be used The possible operating system options are NT Microsoft Windows NT W2K...

Page 120: ...port Pack from Novell web site at http support novell com products nw411 patches htm 4 Installation of the Intel Network Adapter for NetWare 5 x or 4 xx is complete Add or check the load and bind statements you need to the server s AUTOEXEC NCF file so the PRO 100 adapter driver loads automatically load and bind the server driver as follows LOAD CE100B SLOT x FRAME ETHERNET_802 2 BIND IPX TO CE100...

Page 121: ... manual to create a driver disk To create a SYMHISL diskette for Solaris7 installations copy the raw symitu dd image file onto a 1 44MB floppy disk This process is dependent upon the operating system that you are using to create this diskette See the instructions below for UNIX System and DOS System Users For UNIX System Users Follow these steps to create the SYMHISL Driver Update diskette 1 Inser...

Page 122: ...mhisl driver using the SYMHISL Update diskette created above during installation of the operating system using the LSI SCSI controller To use the driver on the SYMHISL Driver Update diskette to install Solaris X86 Intel Platform Edition on a machine follow the steps below 1 Insert the Solaris Device Configuration Assistant Diskette into your machine s diskette drive Also insert the Solaris Install...

Page 123: ... are installed 9 When all the drivers are processed remove the Solaris Driver ITU diskette from the diskette drive and reinsert the Solaris Device Configuration Assistant Diskette 10 Press F2_Continue The Solaris Device ConfigurationAssistant screen appears 11 Press F2_Continue The Enumerating buses message appears The Scanning Devices screen is then displayed System devices are scanned When scann...

Page 124: ...stalled from the diskette onto your machine Messages about each installation appear accordingly When the following prompt appears Insert the Driver Update diskette labeled SYMHISL Press ENTER when ready 17 Insert the SYMHISL ITU diskette into the floppy disk drive When the prompt asking if you wish to create a new instance of the SYMHISL package appears respond with N for no When the prompt asking...

Page 125: ...oot directory 2 To see if the Volume Management software is running on the machine that you are updating type at the command prompt ps ef grep vold 3 To temporarily stop Volume Management if it is running type this command at the system prompt etc init d volmgt stop 4 Insert the Solaris Driver ITU diskette into the diskette drive 5 Mount the Solaris Driver ITU diskette at the mnt mount point mount...

Page 126: ...rompt touch reconfigure reboot 11 If you have not already done so turn off your system add the new hardware and turn on your system again 12 At the Current Boot Parameters prompt type b r to force reconfiguration of the machine When the Solaris operating environment is finished booting and running the new devices whose drivers you installed are available for use 5 5 2 Intel LAN Driver Installation...

Page 127: ... fd0135ds18 The path is where the dd image is located On this CD ROM the dd image file is located here Drivers Sdms Drivers UNIXES OPNSERVR SCO DD For DOS System Users Under this section you have two choices 1 Use a utility that will copy the raw dd image onto a 1 44MB floppy disk This dd image is located at Drivers Sdms Drivers UNIXES OPNSERVR SCO DD RAWRITE3 COM which is a public domain utility ...

Page 128: ...or SCO OpenServer 5 this diskette is labeled Boot Disk 3 At the boot prompt type Boot link Press Enter 4 At the next prompt type slha Do not remove the boot diskette Press Enter 5 When prompted during the installation insert either the proper installation diskette or the SDMS BTLD diskette and press Enter The system may prompt you to enter a routine number Please enter which routine 0 53 to replac...

Page 129: ...pt Boot unix safe Press Enter 2 Log on as system administrator root 3 Insert the SDMS BTLD diskette in the floppy drive and type installpkg Press Enter to continue 4 A prompt appears to insert the requested diskette Since the BTLD diskette is already inserted press Enter 5 A prompt asks for the name of the package Type slha Press Enter to continue 6 If a driver is already present from a previous i...

Page 130: ...E vol tmp VOL 000 000 chmod 444 tmp VOL 000 000 2 If there is an older version of the eeE driver on the system you must first remove it To do this run netconfig Remove all instances of the Intel adapters Exit netconfig without opting to relink the kernel 3 Install the new driver using custom When asked for the installation media choose media images and type the directory path to the VOL 000 000 fi...

Page 131: ...1 44MB floppy disk This process is dependent upon the operating system that you are using to create this diskette See the instructions below for UNIX System and DOS System Users After you have created the driver disk label it PCI SCSI SCO UnixWare driver For UNIX System Users Follow these steps to create the BTLD diskette 1 Insert a 3 5 diskette into the floppy disk drive 2 At the UNIX prompt type...

Page 132: ...rivers Sdms Diskimag Uw7 exe or Uw21x exe B New System Installation 1 Boot the computer using the installation diskettes or Bootable OS CD Disc that you received with the UnixWare operating system distribution package For example UnixWare 7 has two diskettes 2 Follow the instructions on the screen 3 Insert the PCI SCSI SCO UnixWare driver diskette when prompted to insert the host adapter diskette ...

Page 133: ...C8XX driver is then loaded onto the system 6 The system will again prompt you to load a driver even if loading was successful Type q quit and press Enter 7 Verify that the driver is now loaded successfully by typing pkginfo c8xx 8 The package information should look like this system c8xx Symbios IHV HBA 9 After the C8XX package is loaded a message indicating a system reboot is necessary may appear...

Page 134: ...o other users are logged on and all user applications are closed 3 If there is an older version of the eeE driver on the system first run netcfg and remove any configured NICs Exit netcfg Remove the old driver by typing pkgrm eeE You can find the driver version by typing pkginfo l eeE 4 Install the new driver using pkgadd For example pkgadd d tmp eeE8 pkg 5 Run netcfg to add and configure the NICs...

Page 135: ...l After downloading the file extract the driver into a floppy disk In the RedHat 7 0 installation wizard screen you should use the Linux dd command to install RedHat Linux 7 0 5 8 2 Intel LAN Driver Installation Linux RedHat 7 x system can automatically recognize Intel network controller during installation You don t need to load or modify the network driver for the onboard LAN device 5 8 3 ATI Ra...

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