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ASUS P7F-C Series 2-19

2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slots (x8 link)

The onboard PCI Express x16 slots provide x8 link to CPU. These slots support

VGA cards and various server class high performance add-on cards.

2.5.5 PCI slots

The PCI slot supports cards such as a LAN card, USB card, and other cards that

comply with PCI 2.3 specifications.

PCI slot

PCI Express x16 slot

(x8 link)

PCI Express x16 slot

(x8 link)

PCI slot

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Motherboard 1
First Edition V1 2
December 2009 2
Contents 3
Safety information 8
About this guide 9
Typography 10
Product 13
Chapter summary 14
1.1 Welcome! 15
1.2 Package contents 15
1.4 Special features 16
1.3 Serial number label 16
(P7F-C/SAS model only) 17
USB 2.0 technology 18
Hardware 19
2.1 Before you proceed 21
2.2 Motherboard overview 22
2.2.3 Motherboard layout 23
P7F-C/4L 24
2.2.4 Layout contents 25
2.3.1 Installing the CPU 27
2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU 31
2.4 System memory 33
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 34
2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 34
2.5 Expansion slots 35
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 36
2.5.5 PCI slots 37
2.5.6 Installing i Button 38
2.6 Jumpers 39
P7F-C/4L model only 41
2.7.2 Internal connectors 44
ASUS P7F-C Series 2-29 47
9. ATX power connectors 48
ASUS P7F-C Series 2-31 49
ASUS P7F-C Series 2-33 51
Powering up 53
ASUS P7F-C Series 3-3 55
3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up 56
BIOS setup 57
4.1.2 BUPDATER utility 60
ASUS P7F-C Series 4-5 61
4.2 BIOS setup program 63
4.2.2 Menu bar 64
4.2.3 Navigation keys 64
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 64
ASUS P7F-C Series 4-9 65
4.3 Main menu 66
4.3.3 SATA1—6 67
DMA Mode [Auto] 68
SMART Monitoring [Auto] 68
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] 68
4.3.4 Storage Conguration 69
4.3.5 AHCI Conguration 70
4.3.6 System Information 71
4.4 Advanced menu 72
ASUS P7F-C Series 4-17 73
4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 74
C1 Auto Demotion [Enabled] 75
C3 Auto Demotion [Enabled] 75
Uncore Conguration 76
DRAM Margin Ranks [Disabled] 77
Memory ECC Function [Enabled] 77
Double Rate Refresh [Auto] 78
Page Poilcy [Closed] 78
Adaptive Page [Disabled] 78
Data Scramble [Disabled] 78
4.4.4 USB Conguration 80
4.4.5 PCIPnP 81
Advanced ACPI Conguration 82
Chipset ACPI Conguration 83
General WHEA Conguration 83
4.4.7 Event Log Conguration 84
4.5 Server menu 85
Base Address. IRQ [2F8h, 3] 86
4.6 Power menu 87
4.6.2 Hardware Monitor 89
4.7 Boot menu 90
ASUS P7F-C Series 4-35 91
4.7.4 Security 92
Change User Password 93
Password Check [Setup] 93
4.8 Tools menu 94
4.9 Exit menu 95
4-40 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 96
(Data striping) 99
(Data mirroring) 99
(Enhanced RAID 1) 99
5.2 Intel 101
Matrix Storage Manager 101
Option ROM Utility 101
5.2.1 Creating a RAID set 102
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-7 103
5.2.3 Deleting a RAID set 105
See section 107
5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set 107
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-11 107
5.2.7 Rebuilding the RAID 108
5.2.6 Exiting the Intel 108
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-13 109
LSI Logic Corp. MPT SAS BIOS 111
Adapter(s) disabled by user 111
Creating RAID array 114
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-19 115
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-21 117
Overview 118
5.3.4 Managing Arrays 121
Managing hot spares 123
Synchronizing the array 124
Activating an array 125
Deleting an array 125
5.3.5 Viewing SAS topology 126
5.3.6 Global Properties 127
Boot Information Display Mode 128
Support Interrupt 128
Restore Defaults 129
(P7F-C/4L model only) 130
5.4.1 Creating a RAID set 131
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-37 133
Using New Conguration 135
Enter VD Size (MB): 136
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-41 137
Using the Initialize command 138
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-43 139
Using the Objects command 140
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-45 141
Rebuild PD(s) 142
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-47 143
Check Consistency 144
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-49 145
ASUS P7F-C Series 5-51 147
BIOS Version A.09.04300936R 148
5.4.8 Enabling WriteCache 149
6.1 RAID driver installation 153
PCH LSI RAID Driver 154
LSI 1068E SAS Driver 154
ASUS P7F-C Series 155
Server OS 156
Enterprise Linux OS 4.7/4.8 159
Enterprise Linux OS 5.0 164
SUSE Linux OS 167
6.2 Intel 169
chipset device installation 169
6.3 LAN driver installation 171
6.4 VGA driver installation 173
installation 175
6.5.3 Utilities menu 176
6.5.4 Make disk menu 176
6.5.5 Contact information 176
Reference information 177
Appendix summary 178
ASUS P7F-C Series A-3 179

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