Asus P7F-M User Manual download pdf (Page 48)

2-30 Chapter 2: Hardware information

7. BMC header (BMC_FW1)

The BMC connector on the motherboard supports an ASUS

Server

Management Board 4 Series (ASMB4).

8. Power Supply SMBus connector (5-pin PSUSMB1)

This connector allows you to connect SMBus (System Management Bus) to

the power supply unit to read PSU information. Devices communicate with an

SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices using the SMBus interface.

1 ... 47 48 49 ... 160

Motherboard 1
First Edition V1 2
October 2009 2
Contents 3
Safety information 8
About this guide 9
Typography 10
P7F-M 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-M 1-5 17
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
2.5.6 PCI slots 37
2.5.8 Installing i Button 38
ASUS P7F-M 2-21 39
2.6 Jumpers 40
ASUS P7F-M 2-23 41
ASUS P7F-M 2-25 43
2.7 Connectors 44
2.7.2 Internal connectors 45
ASUS P7F-M 2-29 47
ASUS P7F-M 2-33 51
Powering up 53
ASUS P7F-M 3-3 55
3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up 56
BIOS setup 57
4.1.2 BUPDATER utility 60
ASUS P7F-M 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-M 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-M 4-17 73
4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 74
C6 State [Enabled] 75
C1 Auto Demotion [Enabled] 75
C3 Auto Demotion [Enabled] 75
Uncore Conguration 76
DRAM Margin Ranks [Disabled] 77
Memory ECC Function [Enabled] 77
4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 78
4.4.4 USB Conguration 79
4.4.5 PCIPnP 80
Advanced ACPI Conguration 81
Chipset ACPI Conguration 82
General WHEA Conguration 82
4.4.7 Event Log Conguration 83
4.5 Server menu 84
Base Address. IRQ [2F8h, 3] 85
4.6 Power menu 86
4.6.2 Hardware Monitor 88
4.7 Boot menu 89
4-34 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 90
4.7.4 Security 91
Change User Password 92
Password Check [Setup] 92
4.8 Tools menu 93
4.9 Exit menu 94
(Data striping) 97
(Data mirroring) 97
Utility 99
5.2.1 Creating a RAID set 100
Choose RAID Level For This VD 102
ASUS P7F-M 5-9 103
Using New Conguration 104
ASUS P7F-M 5-11 105
Using the Initialize command 107
Using the Objects command 109
BIOS Version A.09.04300936R 110
ASUS P7F-M 5-17 111
ASUS P7F-M 5-19 113
Check Consistency 113
Select VD 114
ASUS P7F-M 5-23 117
5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache 118
5.3 Intel 119
Matrix Storage Manager 119
Option ROM Utility 119
5.3.1 Creating a RAID set 120
ASUS P7F-M 5-27 121
5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set 123
ASUS P7F-M 5-31 125
See section 125
5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set 125
5.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID 126
5.3.6 Exiting the Intel 126
ASUS P7F-M 5-33 127
Chapter summary 130
6.1 RAID driver installation 131
PCH LSI RAID Driver 132
ASUS P7F-M 133
Server OS 134
Enterprise Linux OS 4.7/4.8 137
Enterprise Linux OS 5.0 142
SUSE Linux OS 145
6.2 Intel 147
chipset device installation 147
6.3 LAN driver installation 149
9. When finished, press 151
to continue 151
6.4 VGA driver installation 152
installation 154
6.5.3 Utilities menu 155
6.5.4 Make disk menu 155
6.5.5 Contact information 155
Reference information 157
Appendix summary 158
A.1 P7F-M block diagram 159

Comments to this Manuals

No comments

Asus P7F-M User Manual Page 48

Comments to this Manuals

Related products and manuals for Computer hardware Asus P7F-M