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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

Console Redirection Settings

Out-of-Band Mgmt Port [COM1]

Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote

management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port.

Configuration options: [COM1] [COM2]

Terminal Type [VT-UTF8]

Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote

management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port.

Configuration options: [VT100] [VT100+] [VT-UTF8] [ANSI]

Bits per second [115200]

Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote

management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port.

Configuration options: [9600] [19200] [57600] [115200]

Flow Control [None]

Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote

management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port.

Configuration options: [None] [Hardware RTS/CTS] [Software Xon/Xoff]

Summary of Contents for Z10PR-D16

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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: ...Product highlights 1 3 1 4 2 Innovative ASUS features 1 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Information 2 1 Before you proceed 2 2 2 2 Motherboard overview 2 3 2 2 1 Placement direction 2 3 2 2 2 Screw holes 2 3 2 2 3 Motherboard layout 2 4 2 2 4 Layout contents 2 5 2 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 7 2 3 1 Installing the CPU 2 7 2 4 System memory 2 12 2 4 1 Overview 2 12 2 4 2 Memory Configurations 2 12 2 4 3 I...

Page 4: ...y 4 3 4 1 3 BUPDATER utility 4 4 4 2 BIOS setup program 4 6 4 2 1 BIOS menu screen 4 7 4 2 2 Menu bar 4 7 4 2 3 Menu items 4 8 4 2 4 Submenu items 4 8 4 2 5 Navigation keys 4 8 4 2 6 General help 4 8 4 2 7 Configuration fields 4 8 4 2 8 Pop up window 4 8 4 2 9 Scroll bar 4 8 4 3 Main menu 4 9 4 3 1 System Date Day xx xx xxxx 4 9 4 3 2 System Time xx xx xx 4 9 4 4 Advanced menu 4 10 4 4 1 ACPI Sett...

Page 5: ... 4 7 1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings 4 39 4 7 2 View Smbios Event Log 4 40 4 8 Monitor menu 4 41 4 9 Security menu 4 42 4 10 Boot menu 4 45 4 11 Tool menu 4 46 4 12 Exit menu 4 47 Chapter 5 RAID Configuration 5 1 Setting up RAID 5 2 5 1 1 RAID definitions 5 2 5 1 2 Installing hard disk drives 5 3 5 1 3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5 3 5 1 4 RAID configuration utilities 5 3 5 2 LSI Software RAI...

Page 6: ...2 Changing a Volume Type 5 35 5 4 3 Deleting a volume 5 36 5 4 4 Preferences 5 37 Chapter 6 Driver installation 6 1 RAID driver installation 6 2 6 1 1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6 2 6 1 2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6 4 6 2 Management applications and utilities installation 6 15 6 3 Running the Support DVD 6 15 6 4 Intel chipset device software installation 6 19 6 5 Installing the Intel...

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: ...s 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 add...

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: ...2 V Capacity Maximum up to 1024 GB Memory Type DDR4 2133 1866 1600 1333 RDIMM LR DIMM NVDIMM Refer to www asus com for the latest memory AVL update 2133 MT s at 1 DPC only Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB RDIMM 32 GB 64 GB LRDIMM Expansion Slots follow SSI Location number Total PCI PCI E Slots 3 Slot Location 1 1 x PCI E x8 x8 Gen3 link Slot Location 2 1 x PCI E x8 x8 Gen3 link Slot Location 3 Sl...

Page 13: ...RAID card Graphic VGA Aspeed AST2400 32 MB Onboard I O Connectors TPM Header 1 PSU Connector 24 pin SSI power connector 8 pin SSI 12V 8 pin SSI 12V USB Connectors 1 x USB 3 0 pin header up to 2 devices 1 x USB 2 0 pin header up to 2 devices Fan Header 9 x 4 pin headers SMBus 1 Chassis Intruder 1 Front LAN LED 2 Serial Port Header 1 Rear I O Connectors VGA Port 1 External USB Port 2 x USB 3 0 RJ 45...

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Page 15: ...1 Product introduction This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports Chapter 1 Product Introduction ...

Page 16: ...s 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 Standard Gift Box Pack Standard Bulk Pack I O Shield 1 1 SATA 6G cable 1 Application CD Support CD 1 1 piece per carton ASWM Enterprise SDVD 1 1 piece per carton ASMB8 iKVM SDVD 1 1 piece per carton Packaging Quantit...

Page 17: ...nd image processing applications Next Generation of processor power management Intel Xeon processor E5 2600 v3 product family enhances the processor power management with the features of Energy Efficient Turbo Uncore Frequency Scaling and Per Core P state Also the Integrated Voltage Regulator enables generational performance and power improvements that the standard VR solutions cannot provide DDR4...

Page 18: ...ve network throughput close to Gigabit bandwidth Intel C610 Series Chipset The Intel C610 series chipset supports with enterprise class features which is targeted for Cloud and Storage applications It is optimized and validated to work with the latest Xeon processor E5 2600 v3 product family compared with the last generation it also reduces the TDP supports USB 3 0 with up to 10 SATA III ports thu...

Page 19: ...mation 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 Chapter 2 Hardware Information ...

Page 20: ...object such 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 ...

Page 21: ...u 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 nine 9 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 or remov...

Page 22: ...2 4 Chapter 2 Hardware information 2 2 3 Motherboard layout ...

Page 23: ... BMC_EN1 2 25 Onboard LEDs Page 1 Standby Power LED SBPWR1 2 18 2 Baseboard Management Controller LED BMCLED1 2 18 3 CPU Warning LED ERRCPU1 ERRCPU2 2 19 4 Location LED LOCLED1 2 19 5 Memory error LED MEMERRA1 MEMERRA2 MEMERRB1 MEMERRB2 MEMERRC1 MEMERRC2 MEMERRD1 MEMERRD2 MEMERRE1 MEMERRE2 EMERRF1 MEMERRF2 MEMERRG1 MEMERRG2 MEMERRH1 MEMERRH2 2 20 6 CATT LED CATTERR_LED1 2 20 7 Message LED MESLED1 ...

Page 24: ... 6 LAN Activity LED connector 5 1 pin LAN34_LED1 2 31 7 Serial port connector 10 1 pin COM1 2 32 8 Trusted Platform Module connector 20 1 pin TPM1 2 32 9 ATX power connectors 24 pin EATXPWR1 8 pin EATX12V1 8 pin EATX12V2 2 33 10 System panel connector 20 1 pin PANEL1 2 34 11 Auxiliary panel connector 20 2 pin AUX_PANEL1 2 35 12 VGA connector 10 1 pin VGA_HDR1 2 36 13 Hard disk activity LED connect...

Page 25: ...mage to the PnP cap socket contacts motherboard components ASUS will shoulder the cost of repair only if the damage is shipment transit related Keep the cap after installing the motherboard ASUS will process Return Merchandise Authorization RMA requests only if the motherboard comes with the cap on the LGA 2011 R3 socket The product warranty does not cover damage to the socket contacts resulting f...

Page 26: ...til it is released from the retention tab B then gently lift the load lever C To prevent damage to the socket pins do not remove the PnP cap unless you are installing a CPU 3 Press the right load lever with your thumb D move it to the left until it is released from then gently lift the load lever F Load lever ...

Page 27: ...r into the retention tab The CPU fits in only one correct orientation DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the CPU pins on the socket 6 Get the CPU 7 Align and position the CPU over the socket ensuring that the triangle mark on the CPU matches the triangle mark on the socket box Triangle mark 5 Hold the edge then gently lift the load plate H 8 Install the CPU into the slot Load ...

Page 28: ...oad lever under the retention tab K The PnP cap pops out of the load plate when the right load lever is inserted into the retention tab Keep the PnP cap ASUS will process Return Merchandise Authorization RMA requests only if the motherboard comes with the PnP cap on the LGA 2011 socket 11 Push down the left load lever L then insert it under the retention tab M Retention tab PnP cap ...

Page 29: ...erface Material is toxic and inedible DO NOT eat it If it gets into your eyes or touches your skin wash it off immediately and seek professional medical help Ensure that the Thermal Interface Material is spread in an even thin layer Some heatsinks come with pre applied Thermal Interface Material If so skip this step 12 Apply some Thermal Interface Material to the exposed area of the CPU that the h...

Page 30: ...ou may install 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB and 32 GB RDIMMs or 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB LR DIMMs and NVDIMM into the DIMM sockets using the memory configurations in this section Refer to ASUS Server AVL for the updated list of compatible DIMMs When installing only one DIMM in a single CPU configuration install the DIMM on either A1 or B1 Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency For optimum compatibility it is r...

Page 31: ...P P P P P P P P P P P Single CPU configuration must be installed on CPU1 DIMM A2 A1 B2 B1 C2 C1 D2 D1 1 DIMM P 1 DIMM P 2 DIMMs P P 4 DIMMs P P P P 8 DIMMs P P P P P P P P Dual CPU configuration You can refer to the following recommended memory population for a dual CPU configuration Single CPU configuration You can refer to the following recommended memory population for a single CPU configuratio...

Page 32: ...stem components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the motherboard and the components 1 Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward 2 Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the DIMM slot key on the socket A DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it fits in only one direction DO NOT force a DIMM into a socket in the wrong direction to avoid dam...

Page 33: ...hassis 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 table Standard Interrupt assignments in section Interrupt a...

Page 34: ...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 2 5 4 PCI Express x16 slot x16 link The onboard PCIE6 provide one x16 Gen3 link to CPU1 This slot support VGA cards and various server class h...

Page 35: ...2 17 No Slot location Short description 1 PCIE1 PCI E x8 x8 Gen3 link 2 PCIE2 PCI E x8 x8 Gen3 link 3 PCIE3 PCI E x16 x16 Gen3 link ...

Page 36: ...B8 2 6 Onboard LEDs 1 Standby Power LED SBPWR1 The motherboard comes with a standby power LED The green LED lights up to indicate that the standby mode of the system is ON the system is in sleep mode or the system is in 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 sho...

Page 37: ...failure on either CPU1 CPU2 or both 4 Location LED LOCLED1 This onboard LED lights up when the Location button on the server is pressed or when triggered by a system management software The Location LED helps visually locate and quickly identify the server in error on a server rack ...

Page 38: ...arning LEDs light up to indicate failure on the corresponding DIMMs The warning LEDs only functions when you enable the ASUS ASMB8 6 CATT LED CATTERR_LED1 The CATT LED indicates that the system has experienced a fatal or catastrophic error and cannot continue to operate 6 CATT LED CATTERR_LED1 The CATT LED indicates that the system has experienced a fatal or catastrophic error and cannot continue ...

Page 39: ...MESLED1 This onboard LED lights up to red when there is temperature warning or a BMC event log is generated 8 OCPLAN Activity LED connector 4 pin OCP_LED1 OCPLAN LED connector supports ASUS MCB 10G 2S OCP card Active LED ...

Page 40: ...computer and unplug the power cord 2 Move the jumper cap from the default pins 1 2 to pins 2 3 Keep the cap on pins 2 3 for about 5 to 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 DO NOT remove the cap on CLRTC jumper default position except when clearing the RTC RA...

Page 41: ... to enable or disable the onboard VGA controller Set to pins 1 2 to activate the VGA feature 3 LAN controller setting 3 pin LAN_SW1 LAN_SW2 These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the onboard LAN_SW1 or LAN_SW2 Set to pins 1 2 to activate the Gigabit LAN feature ...

Page 42: ...very setting 3 pin ME_RCVR1 This jumper allows you to force Intel Management Engine ME boot from recovery mode when ME becomes corrupted 5 DDR4 thermal event setting 3 pin DIMMTRIP1 This jumper allows you to enable or disable DDR4 DIMM thermal sensing event pin ...

Page 43: ...rrays Place the jumper caps over pins 1 2 to use the third party software LSI MegaRAID software RAID Configuration Utility otherwise place the jumper caps to pins 2 3 to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM Utility 7 BMC Setting 3 pin BMC_EN1 This jumper allows you to enable or disable the Baseboard Management Controller BMC ...

Page 44: ...raphics Adapter VGA port This port is for a VGA monitor or other VGA compatible devices 6 Power on Button Press this button to turn on the system 7 USB 3 0 ports 1 and 2 These two 4 pin Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connecting USB 3 0 devices LAN port LED indications LAN port SPEED LED ACT LINK LED Activity Link LED Speed LED Status Description Status Description OFF No link OFF...

Page 45: ...RC Progress QPI initialization AA MRC Progress QPI initialization AB MRC Progress QPI initialization AC MRC Progress QPI initialization AD MRC Progress QPI initialization AE MRC Progress QPI initialization AF MRC Progress QPI initialization Complete 2F Progress Memory Init B0 MRC Progress Memory Init B1 MRC Progress Memory Init AF MRC Progress RC Reset if require B4 MRC Progress Memory Init B2 MRC...

Page 46: ...s Enumeration 96 Progress PCI Bus Enumeration 97 Progress Console outout connect event 98 Progress Console input connect event 99 Progress AMI Super IO start 9A Progress AMI USB Driver Init 9B Progress AMI USB Driver Init 9C Progress AMI USB Driver Init 9D Progress AMI USB Driver Init b2 Progress Legacy Option ROM Init b3 Progress Reset system b4 Progress USB hotplug b6 Progress NVRAM clean up b7 ...

Page 47: ...that allows up to 6 Gbps of data transfer rate Use only hard disk drives that are connected to the SATA and the ISATA ports to create a RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 or RAID 5 configuration 2 Power Supply SMBus connector 5 pin PSUSMB1 This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus to the PSU power supply unit to read PSU information Devices communicate with an SMBus host and or other SMB...

Page 48: ...t supports up to 480 Mb s connection speed 4 USB 3 0 connector 20 1 pin USB3_34 This connector allows you to connect a USB 3 0 module for additional USB 3 0 front or rear panel ports With an installed USB 3 0 module you can enjoy all the benefits of USB 3 0 including faster data transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps faster charging time for USB chargeable devices optimized power efficiency and backward c...

Page 49: ...T_FAN4 FRNT_FAN5 REAR_FAN1 REAR_FAN2 The fan connectors support cooling fans Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard ensuring that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector DO NOT forget to 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 j...

Page 50: ...nnectors then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis 8 Trusted Platform Module connector 20 1 pin TPM1 This connector supports a Trusted Platform Module TPM system which can securely store keys digital certificates passwords and data A TPM system also helps enhance network security protects digital identities and ensures platform integrity ...

Page 51: ...onnectors completely fit DO NOT forget to connect the 24 pin and the 8 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 Ensure that...

Page 52: ...in SPEAKER 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 HD_LED This 2 pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to this connector The HD LED lights up or flashes when data is read from or written to the HDD 5 Power button soft off button 2 pin P...

Page 53: ...D 2 pin LAN1_LINKACTLED LAN2_LINKACTLED These connectors are for Gigabit LAN activity LEDs on the front panel 3 Locator LED 2 pin LOCATORLED1 LOCATORLED2 These connectors are for the locator LED1 and LED2 on the front panel Connect the Locator LED cables to these 2 pin connector The LEDs will light up when the Locator button is pressed 4 Locator Button Switch 2 pin LOCATORBTN These connectors are ...

Page 54: ...VGA High Dynamic Range interface 13 Hard disk activity LED connector 4 pin HDLED1 This LED connector is for the storage add on card cable connected to the SATA or SAS add on card The read or write activities of any device connected to the SATA or SAS add on card causes the front panel LED to light up ...

Page 55: ... and Intel RAID 14 Chassis Intrusion 2 pin INTRUSION1 These leads are for the intrusion 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 leads to record a chassis intrusion event The default setting is short CASEOPEN and GND pin by jumper cap to disable the function ...

Page 56: ...his connector allows you to install an M 2 device 17 Mezzanine PCI card connector MEZZ1 The MEZZ1 connector supports Open Compute Project OCP cards This connector supports type 2242 devices on both PCI E and SATA interface The M 2 NGFF device is purchased separately ...

Page 57: ...3 Powering Up This chapter describes the power up sequence and ways of shutting down the system Chapter 3 Powering Up ...

Page 58: ...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 messages appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turned on the power the system may have failed a power on test Check the ...

Page 59: ...r 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 switch for less ...

Page 60: ...3 4 Chapter 3 Powering up ...

Page 61: ...4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided Chapter 4 BIOS setup ...

Page 62: ...atically 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 fl...

Page 63: ...he BIOS without having to use a DOS based utility Before you start using this utility download the latest BIOS from the ASUS website at www asus com To update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2 Utility 1 Insert the USB flash disk that contains the latest BIOS file into the USB port 2 Enter the BIOS setup program Go to the Tool menu then select ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility Press Enter ASUS Tek EzFlash Utility Up...

Page 64: ... disk drive 2 Copy 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 ...

Page 65: ...tility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is completed Reboot the system from the hard disk drive The BIOS update is finished Please restart your system C ASUSTek BIOS Update for DOS V1 30 11 08 04 Current ROM Update ROM Note Writing BIOS FLASH TYPE KALEL 05MAR12 PATH BOARD Z10PR D16 VER 0301 DATE 04 30 2014 BOARD Z10PR D16 VER 0303 DATE 05 09 2014 ...

Page 66: ...un 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 Delete or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on Do this last option only if the first two failed The Setup pr...

Page 67: ...the event log settings Monitor For displaying the system temperature power status and changing the fan settings Security For changing the security settings Boot For changing the system boot configuration Tool For configuring options for special functions Exit For selecting the exit options To select an item on the menu bar press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is...

Page 68: ...ngs 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 cannot select an item that is not user configurable A configurable field is enclosed in brackets and is highlighted when se...

Page 69: ...ppears The Main menu provides you an overview of the basic system information and allows you to set the system date time language and security settings 4 3 1 System Date Day xx xx xxxx Allows you to set the system date 4 3 2 System Time xx xx xx Allows you to set the system time ...

Page 70: ...dvanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices Take caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items Incorrect field values can cause the system to malfunction ...

Page 71: ...sabled Enabled Enable Hibernation Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the ability of the system to hibernate OS Sleep State Configuration options Disabled Enabled This option may be not effective with some OS 4 4 2 Smart Settings SMART Self Test Disabled Allows you to run SMART Self Test on all HDDs during POST Configuration options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 72: ...ial Port 2 Serial Port Enabled Allows you to enable or disable Serial Port Configuration options Disabled Enabled Change Settings Auto Allows you to choose the setting for Super IO device Configuration options Auto IO 3F8h IRQ 4 IO 3F8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 IO 2F8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 IO 3E8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 IO 2E8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 ...

Page 73: ...2 Enable Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Intel LAN Configuration options Disabled Enabled Intel LAN ROM Type PXE Allows you to select the Intel LAN ROM type Configuration options Disabled PXE iSCSI 4 4 4 Intel LAN I210 Configuration ...

Page 74: ... second 57600 Selects serial port transmission speed The speed must be matched on the other side Long or noisy lines may require lower speeds Configuration options 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Data Bits 8 Configuration options 7 8 Parity None A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors Mark and Space parity do not allow for error detection None None Even parity ...

Page 75: ...ion options Disabled Enabled Recorder Mode Disabled With this mode enabled only text will be sent This is to capture Terminal data Configuration options Disabled Enabled Legacy OS Redirection Resolution 80x24 This allows you to set the number of rows and columns supported on the Legacy OS Configuration options 80x24 80x25 Putty Keypad VT100 This allows you to select the FunctionKey and Keypad on P...

Page 76: ...low for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port Configuration options VT100 VT100 VT UTF8 ANSI Bits per second 115200 Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services EMS allow for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port Configuration options 9600 19200 57600 115200 Flow Control None Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services EMS allow for remote m...

Page 77: ...n options Power Off Power On Last State Power On By PCIE Disabled Disabled Disables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event Enabled Enables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event Power On By Ring Disabled Disabled Disables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event Enabled Enables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event Power On By RTC Disabled Disabled Disables RTC to generate a wake event ...

Page 78: ...ding Disabled Allows you to enable or disable 64 bit capable devices to be decoded in above 4G address space It only works if the system supports 64 bit PCI decoding Configuration options Disabled Enabled SR IOV Support Disabled This option enables or disables SIngle Root IO Virtualization Support if the system has SR IOV capable PCIe devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 79: ...nabled Enables or disables the Ipv4 PXE Boot Support If disabled Ipv4 PXE boot option will not be created Configuration options Disabled Enabled Ipv6 PXE Support Enabled Enables or disables the Ipv6 PXE Boot Support If disabled Ipv6 PXE boot option will not be created Configuration options Disabled Enabled PXE boot wait time 0 Wait time to press ESC key to abort the PXE boot Media detect time 0 Wa...

Page 80: ...isplay mode for option ROM Configuration options Force BIOS Keep Current Boot Option filter Legacy only This option allows you to control the Legacy UEFI ROMs priority Configuration options UEFI and Legacy Legacy only UEFI only Network Storage Video Legacy This option allows you to control the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE Storage Video OpROM Configuration options UEFI Legacy Other PCI device L...

Page 81: ...4 21 4 4 10 Trusted Computing Configuration Security Device Support Disabled Allows you to enable or disable the BIOS support for security device Configuration options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 82: ...bled EHCI Hand off Disabled This is a workaround for 0Ses without EHCI hand off support The EHCI ownership change should be claimed by EHCI driver Configuration options Disabled Enabled USB Mass Storage Driver Support Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the USB Mass Storage drvier support Configuration options Disabled Enabled Port 60 64 Emulation Enabled This allows you to enable the I O port...

Page 83: ... sec Device reset time out 20 sec USB mass storage device start unit command time out Configuration options 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec 40 sec Device power up delay Auto This is the maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the host controller Configuration options Auto Manual 4 4 12 iSCSI Configuration Allows you to configure the iSCSi parameters ...

Page 84: ...4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS setup 4 5 IntelRCSetup menu ...

Page 85: ...ation options Disabled Enabled Execute Disable Bit Enabled XD can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting OS Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows XP SP2 SuSE Linux 9 2 Redhat Enterprise 3 Update 3 Configuration options Disabled Enabled Enable Intel TXT Support Disabled Forces the XD feature log to always return 0 when disabled Configuration options D...

Page 86: ... L1 line based upon sequential load history Configuration options Disabled Enabled DCU Mode 32K 8Way Without ECC Configuration options 32K 8Way Without ECC 16K 4Way With ECC Direct Cache Access DCA Auto This Item allows you to enable or disable Direct Cache Access Configuration options Auto Disabled Enabled DCA Prefetch Delay 32 This Item allows you to set the time for the DCA Prefetch delay Help ...

Page 87: ...d Energy Performance BIAS setting Balanced Performance Sets the Energy Performance BIAS which overrides OS setting Configuration options Performance Balanced Performance Balanced Power Power Workload Configuration Balanced Optimization for the workload characterization Configuration options Balanced I O sensitive Averaging Time Window 23 This is used to control the effective window of the average ...

Page 88: ... slow mode Configuration options Slow Fast Link Frequency Select Auto This item allows for selecting the QPI link frequency Configuration options Auto 6 4 GT s 8 0 GT s 9 6 GT s QPI Link0p Enable Configuration options Disable Enable QPI Link1 Enable Configuration options Disable Enable 4 5 3 Common RefCode Configuration Numa Enabled This item enables or disables the Non uniform Memory Access NUMA ...

Page 89: ... Auto Disabled Enabled Enable ADR Disabled Allows you to set the detecting and enabling of ADR Configuration options Disabled Enabled C A Parity Enable Auto Allows you to enable or disable the DDR4 s command address parity Configuration options Auto Disabled Enabled Memory Topology Displays memory topology with DIMM population information Memory Thermal Allows you to configure thermal settings Set...

Page 90: ... way Interleave Rank Interleaving Auto Select different rank interleaving setting Configuration options Auto 1 way Interleave 2 way Interleave 4 way Interleave 8 way Interleave Memory RAS Configuration RAS Mode Disabled Allows you to enable or disable RAS Modes Enabling Sparing and Mirroring is not supported In case enabled Sparing will be selected Configuration options Disabled Mirror Lockstep Mo...

Page 91: ...ed Enabled Intel VT for Directed I O VT d Intel VT for Directed I O VT d Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I O Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Express Global Options TX EQ WA Enabled Use special table for TX_EQ and vendor specific cards Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI E ASPM Support Global L1 Only This option enables or d...

Page 92: ...r Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the sSATA Controller Configuration options Disabled Enabled Configure sSATA as AHCI Allows you to identify the SATA port is connected to Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive Configuration options IDE AHCI RAID SATA Mode options SATA HDD Unlock Enabled Allows you to enable HDD password in the OS Configuration options Disabled Enabled SATA LED locate Enabled...

Page 93: ...ALP Management Configuration options Disabled Enabled SATA Port 1 6 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 Port 6 Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the SATA port Configuration options Disabled Enabled USB Configuration xHCI Mode Auto Allows you to enable or disable the mode of operation of xHCI controller Configuration options Auto Disabled Enabled USB Ports Per Port Disable Control Disabled All...

Page 94: ...isable the PCH Thermal Device D31 F6 Configuration options Auto Disabled Enabled Alert Enable Lock Disabled Allows you to lock all Alert Enable settings Configuration options Disabled Enabled 4 5 9 Server ME Configuration Displays the Server ME Technology parameters on your system 4 5 10 Runtime Error Logging Support Runtime Error Logging Whea Support Disabled This item allows you to enable or dis...

Page 95: ...t 10 minutes Allows you to configure the length fo the OS Boot Watchdog Timer Configuration options 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes OS Wtd Timer Policy Reset This item allows you to configure the how the system should respond if the OS Boot Watch Timer expires Configuration options Do Nothing Reset Power Down Serial Mux Disabled This item allows you to enable or disable Serial Mux confi...

Page 96: ... code or only progress code or both Configuration options Disabled Both Error code Progress code Bmc self test log This item allows the system to log the report returned by BMC self test command Erase log Erase On every reset This item erases the log options Configuration options Yes On every reset No When log is full Clear log This item allows you to clear logs when it is full Configuration optio...

Page 97: ... Formula Enable Displays the full or brief IPv6 Formula Configuration options Disable Enable IPv6 Display Letter Case Upper Case Displays the uppercase or lowercase letters of the alphabet Configuration options Lower Case Upper Case IPv6 BMC Lan Option Enable This item allows you to enable or disable the IPv6 BMC LAN channel function Disabling this item will not modify any BMC network during BIOS ...

Page 98: ...LAN channel function Disabling this option will not modify any BMC network during BIOS phase The following item appears only when you set IP BMC Lan Option to Enable IPv6 BMC LAN IP Address Source Previous State Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically by BIOS or BMC Configuration options Previous State Static Dynamic Obtained by BMC running DHCP The following items app...

Page 99: ...ext reset Yes Every reset When Log is Full Do Nothing Allows you to choose options for reactions to a full Smbios Event Log Configuration options Do Nothing Erase Immediately All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted IPv6 BMC LAN Default Gateway Allows you to input IPv6 BMC Lan Default Gateway IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings Allows you to enter IPv6 BMC LAN DNS Settings IPv6...

Page 100: ...n the range 1 to 255 METW 60 Mutiple Event Time Windows METW The number of minutes which must pass between duplicate log entries which utilize a multiple event counter The value ranges from 0 to 99 minutes Custom Option Log OEM Codes Enabled Enable or disable the logging of EFI Status Codes as OEM Codes if not already converted to legacy Configuration options Disabled Enabled Convert OEM Codes Dis...

Page 101: ...etects and displays the speed of CPU fans front fans and rear fan in rotations per minute RPM If the fan is not connected to the motherboard the field shows N A VCCIO VCORE1 2 Voltage VDDQ_AB CD EF GH Voltage 5VSB Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 3 3V Voltage VBAT Voltage 3 3VSB Voltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators Fan S...

Page 102: ...rom the Create New Password box key in a password then press 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 ...

Page 103: ... key in a new password then press Enter 4 Confirm the password when prompted To clear a user password 1 Select the Clear User Password item and press Enter 2 Select Yes from the Warning message window then press Enter Secure Boot Menu This item allows you to customize the Secure Boot settings Secure Boot Disabled Secure Boot can be enabled if the system is running in User mode with enrolled platfo...

Page 104: ...m will ask you if you want to Install Factory Default secure keys Select Yes if you want to load the default secure keys otherwise select No Save All Secure Boot Variables This item will ask you if you want to save all secure boot variables Select Yes if you want to save all secure boot variables otherwise select No Platform Key PK Key Exchange Key KEK Authorized Signatures DB Authorized TimeStamp...

Page 105: ...POST Report 5 sec Allows you to set the desired POST Report waiting time from 1 to 10 seconds Configuration options 1 sec 10 sec Until Press ESC Chassis Intrusion Warning Allows you to set an action when chassis intrusion has occured Configuration options Warning Halt Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices The number of device items ...

Page 106: ...appear only when you connect SATA ODD or hard drive to the SATA ports and allow you to set the booting order of the SATA devices 4 11 Tool menu The Tool menu items allow you to configure options for special functions Select an item then press Enter to display the submenu ASUS EZ Flash Allows you to run ASUS EZ Flash BIOS ROM Utility when you press Enter Refer to the ASUS EZ Flash Utility section f...

Page 107: ... items Save Changes Reset Exit System setup after saving the changes Discard Changes Exit Exit System setup without saving any changes Save Changes Reset Reset the system setup after saving the changes Discard Changes Reset Reset system setup without saving any changes Save Options Save Changes Save changes done so far to any of the setup options Discard Changes Discard changes done so far to any ...

Page 108: ... the User Defaults to all the setup options Boot Override These items displays the available devices The device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system Click an item to start booting from the selected device Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Attempts to launch EFI Shell application shellx64 efi from one of the available filesystem devices ...

Page 109: ...5 RAID Configuration This chapter provides instructions for setting up creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities Chapter 5 RAID Configuration ...

Page 110: ...rance 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...

Page 111: ...For example use the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility or the Intel Rapid Storage Technology if you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives on the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Intel C602 chipset Refer to the succeeding section for details on how to use the RAID configuration utility 5 1 2 Installing hard disk drives The motherboard supports Serial ATA for RAID set configuration For...

Page 112: ...ng RAID set s Press Ctrl M to enter the utility The LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility automatically configures to RAID 1 when the SATA to RAID Mode is enabled The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen due to the controller version difference When you create RAID sets with the LSI MegaRAID software RAID conf...

Page 113: ...his 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 created RAID se...

Page 114: ...ing a RAID 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 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Port 2 DISK 74 74GB HDS728080PLA380 05 01C05 Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration ARR...

Page 115: ...ON 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 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Choose R...

Page 116: ... 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 Navigate Between Items And Press Enter ...

Page 117: ...tency 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 Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver...

Page 118: ...ursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Clear Existing Configuration And Start A New Configuration Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configuration New Configuration View Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive Configurat...

Page 119: ...n 3 Follow step 3 to 12 of section 6 2 1 Creating a RAID set Using Easy Configuration to add a new RAID set Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R View Add to The Existing Configuration Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Easy Configurat...

Page 120: ...e Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive selection and 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 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Initialize VD s Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu SPACE De Select F10 Initialize LSI Software...

Page 121: ...cted 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 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Configure Initializ...

Page 122: ...Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R 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 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Select VD Con...

Page 123: ...523R 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 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523...

Page 124: ...Space Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R 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 Sep 17 2010 BIOS...

Page 125: ...Drive Information F3 View Virtual Drives LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R 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 Y N ...

Page 126: ...2 The screen displays the available RAID set s and prompts you to select the virtual drive to check Press Space to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive sub menu and then press F10 Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R CC of VD s Configure Initialize Objects Re...

Page 127: ... 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 Yes No Consistency Check SPACE De Select F10 Initialize LSI Softw...

Page 128: ...ects and then select Virtual Drive from the sub menu 2 Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive you want to check and then press Enter 3 Select Check Consistency from the pop up menu and 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 129: ...Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R 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 Sep 17 2010 BIOS...

Page 130: ...o Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R 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 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And...

Page 131: ... and then press Enter to turn on the option Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C 05 Sep 17 2010 BIOS Version A 10 09231523R Disk Write Cache Off Write Through or On Write Back Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Management Menu Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Objects Rebuild Rate 30 Chk C...

Page 132: ... the utility main menu Before you proceed ensure that you have installed the Serial ATA hard disk drives have set the correct jumper settings of the motherboard and have set the correct SATA mode in the BIOS setup You can refer to sections 5 1 2 Installing hard disk drives 5 1 3 Setting Jumpers and 5 1 4 Setting the RAID mode in BIOS for more information ESC Exit ENTER Select Menu Select Intel R R...

Page 133: ...ne 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 0 GB N A TAB Nex...

Page 134: ...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 135: ...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 Level...

Page 136: ...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 137: ...sk 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 to the...

Page 138: ...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 139: ... 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 Enter 5 W...

Page 140: ...on the system and go to the 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 s...

Page 141: ... Click Next 3 Enter a name for the RAID set then select the array disks 4 Select Volume Size tab you can drag the bar to decide the volume size 5 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 142: ... number and size of the disks You can continue using other applications during this time 7 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 RAID set is displayed in the Volumes list and you can change the settings in Volume Properties ...

Page 143: ... server systems and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing 3 You can 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 are typ...

Page 144: ...that you back up all your important data from your hard drives To delete a volume 1 From the utility main menu select the volume exp Volume_0000 in Volumes field you want to delete 3 Click Yes to delete the volume and return to the utility main menu or click No to return to the main menu 2 Select Delete volume in Volume Properties field The following screen appears ...

Page 145: ...ow 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 146: ...5 38 Chapter 5 RAID configuration ...

Page 147: ... Driver installation This chapter provides the instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components in both Linux and Windows Operating Systems Chapter 6 Driver installation ...

Page 148: ...red when installing Windows XP Server 2003 or Linux operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set You can 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 the computer and then enter the BIOS Setup 3 Select the optical drive as ...

Page 149: ...llow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process Write protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection To create a RAID driver disk in Red Hat Enterprise Linux server environment 1 Insert a blank formatted high density floppy disk to the USB floppy disk drive 2 Type dd if XXX img of dev fd0 to decompress the file into the floppy disk from the following path in the support DVD ...

Page 150: ...lation To 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 151: ...nto the optical drive Click Browse to continue 5 Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support DVD 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 Windows and click Next 8 Setu...

Page 152: ...m the Red Hat OS installation CD 2 At the boot type linux dd noprobe ata1 noprobe ata2 then press Enter The number of ata varies with the hard disk drive number you have when building a RAID set For example if you want to build a RAID set with 6 hard disk drives type command line linux dd noprobe ata1 noprobe ata2 noprobe ata3 noprobe ata4 noprobe ata5 noprobe ata6 To install or upgrade in graphic...

Page 153: ...ctions to finish the OS installation 7 When the installation is completed DO NOT click Reboot Press Ctrl Alt F2 to switch to the command line interface from graphic user interface 8 Type the following commands when using a Legacy floppy mkdir mnt driver mount dev fd0 mnt driver cd mnt driver sh replace_ahci sh reboot Do you wish to load any more driver disks ...

Page 154: ...ller driver when installing Red Hat Enterprise OS 1 Boot the system from the Red Hat OS installation CD 2 Press Tab to edit options 3 While booting from DVD press ESC to give the third party driver Enter the following command at the boot Linux dd blacklist isci blacklist ahci nodmraid then press ENTER ...

Page 155: ...e multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk Choose one you like to use and select OK then press Enter OK Cancel Main Menu Yes No Driver Disk Sou8rce You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk Which would you like to use sdc sdd sdb sr0 Do you have a driver disk ...

Page 156: ...r the RAID card are installed to the system 7 When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers select No then press Enter More Driver Disks Yes No Insert Driver Disk OK Back 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the OS installation Insert your driver disk into dev sdb and press OK to continue Do you wish to load any more driver disks ...

Page 157: ...AID 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 a...

Page 158: ...m the menu 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 159: ...ide the third party driver during the OS installation Type the command brokenmodules ahci in Boot Options field and press Enter 5 When below screen appears select the USB floppy disk drive sda as the driver update medium Select OK then press Enter Please choose the Driver Update medium sda USB Floppy other device OK Back ...

Page 160: ...6 14 Chapter 6 Driver installation ...

Page 161: ...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 features of...

Page 162: ...available 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 163: ...ks 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 164: ... 6 Driver installation 6 3 5 Contact information menu The Contact menu displays the ASUS contact information e mail addresses and useful links if you need more information or technical support for your motherboard ...

Page 165: ...then log on with Administrator privileges 2 Insert the motherboard system 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 the support DVD 3 Click the i...

Page 166: ...es to accept the terms of the License Agreement and continue the process 6 Read the Readme File Information and press Next to continue the installation 7 Toggle Yes I want to restart the computer npw and click Finish to complete the setup process ...

Page 167: ...1 I350 AM2 I210 X540 BT2 Gigabit Adapters Driver on the Windows operating system 1 Restart the computer 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...

Page 168: ...ions InstallShield Wizard window appears 7 Tick I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue 8 From the Setup Options window click Next to start the installation By default Intel R PROSet for Windows Device Manager and Windows PowerShell Module are ticked ...

Page 169: ...Z10PR D16 6 23 9 Click Install to start the installation 10 When the installation is done press Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 170: ...on with Administrator privileges 2 Insert the motherboard system 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 the support DVD 3 Click the ASPEED AST...

Page 171: ...Z10PR D16 6 25 6 Click Finish to complete the installation 5 Click Install to proceed with the installation ...

Page 172: ...Storage Technology enterprise 4 0 utility on a Windows operating system To install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4 0 utility 1 Restart the computer and then log on with Administrator privileges 2 Insert the motherboard system support DVD to the optical drive and find the utility menu 3 Click the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4 0 to begin installation 4 When the Welcome ...

Page 173: ...Z10PR D16 6 27 5 Read the Warning message and click Next to continue 6 Read the License Agreement and click Yes to continue 7 Read the Readme File Information and click Next to continue ...

Page 174: ... 6 Driver installation 9 Select Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to restart your computer before using the program 8 After completing the installation click Next to complete the setup process ...

Page 175: ...A Reference Information This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when configuring the motherboard Appendix A Reference Information ...

Page 176: ...A 2 Appendix A Reference information A 1 Z10PR D16 block diagram ...

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