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9. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM2)

This connector is for a serial (COM) port. Connect the serial port module

cable to this connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back

of the system chassis.

10. BMC header (BMC_FW1)

The BMC connector on the motherboard supports an ASUS

Server

Management Board 4 Series (ASMB4).

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Motherboard 1
First Edition V1 2
August 2009 2
Contents 3
Safety information 8
About this guide 9
Typography 10
P7F-E specications summary 11
Product 13
1.1 Welcome! 15
1.2 Package contents 15
1.4 Special features 16
1.3 Serial number label 16
ASUS P7F-E 1-5 17
ASUS Flex-E Technology 18
ASUS MIO Audio card 18
Hardware 19
2.1 Before you proceed 21
2. BMC LED (BMC_LED1) 22
2.2 Motherboard overview 23
2.2.3 Motherboard layout 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
2.5.4 MIO PCIE slot 36
2.5.7 PCI Express x1 slot 37
2.5.8 PCI slots 37
2.5.9 PIKE slot 37
2.5.11 Installing i Button 39
2.6 Jumpers 41
ASUS P7F-E 2-25 43
2.7 Connectors 45
2.7.2 Internal connectors 46
ASUS P7F-E 2-29 47
ASUS P7F-E 2-31 49
ASUS P7F-E 2-33 51
ASUS P7F-E 2-35 53
Powering up 55
ASUS P7F-E 3-3 57
3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up 58
BIOS setup 59
4.1.2 BUPDATER utility 62
ASUS P7F-E 4-5 63
4.2 BIOS setup program 65
4.2.2 Menu bar 66
4.2.3 Navigation keys 66
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 66
ASUS P7F-E 4-9 67
4.3 Main menu 68
4.3.3 SATA1—6 69
DMA Mode [Auto] 70
SMART Monitoring [Auto] 70
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] 70
4.3.4 Storage Conguration 71
4.3.5 AHCI Conguration 72
4.3.6 System Information 73
4.4 Advanced menu 74
ASUS P7F-E 4-17 75
4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 76
C6 State [Enabled] 77
C1 Auto Demotion [Enabled] 77
C3 Auto Demotion [Enabled] 77
Uncore Conguration 78
DRAM Margin Ranks [Disabled] 79
Spread Spectrum [Disabled] 79
Memory ECC Function [Enabled] 79
4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 80
4.4.4 USB Conguration 81
4.4.5 PCIPnP 82
Advanced ACPI Conguration 83
Chipset ACPI Conguration 84
4.4.7 Event Log Conguration 85
4.5 Server menu 86
Base Address. IRQ [2F8h, 3] 87
4.6 Power menu 88
4.6.3 Hardware Monitor 90
4.7 Boot menu 91
4-34 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 92
4.7.3 Security 93
Change User Password 94
Password Check [Setup] 94
4.8 Tools menu 95
4.9 Exit menu 96
(Data striping) 99
(Data mirroring) 99
Utility 101
5.2.1 Creating a RAID set 102
Choose RAID Level For This VD 104
ASUS P7F-E 5-9 105
Using New Conguration 106
ASUS P7F-E 5-11 107
Using the Initialize command 109
Using the Objects command 111
BIOS Version A.09.04300936R 112
ASUS P7F-E 5-17 113
ASUS P7F-E 5-19 115
Check Consistency 115
Select VD 116
ASUS P7F-E 5-23 119
5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache 120
5.3 Intel 121
Matrix Storage Manager 121
Option ROM Utility 121
5.3.1 Creating a RAID set 122
ASUS P7F-E 5-27 123
5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set 125
ASUS P7F-E 5-31 127
See section 127
5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set 127
5.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID 128
5.3.6 Exiting the Intel 128
ASUS P7F-E 5-33 129
Chapter summary 132
6.1 RAID driver installation 133
PCH LSI RAID Driver 134
ASUS P7F-E 135
Server OS 136
Enterprise Linux OS 4.7/4.8 139
Enterprise Linux OS 5.0 144
SUSE Linux OS 147
6.2 Intel 149
chipset device installation 149
6.3 LAN driver installation 151
9. When nished, press 153
to continue 153
6.4 VGA driver installation 154
installation 156
6.5.3 Utilities menu 157
6.5.4 Make disk menu 157
6.5.5 Contact information 157
Reference information 159
Appendix summary 160
A.1 P7F-E block diagram 161

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