Asus Z8PH-D12/IFB manuals

Asus Z8PH-D12/IFB User Manual (170 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Computer hardware | Size: 8.15 MB |

Motherboard

First Edition V1

September 2009

Contents

Safety information

About this guide

Typography

Product

1.1 Welcome!

1.2 Package contents

1.4 Special features

1.3 Serial number label

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 1-5

ASUS EPU

Hardware

2.1 Before you proceed

2.2 Motherboard overview

2.2.4 Motherboard layouts

Z8PH-D12/IFB

2.2.5 Layout contents

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-11

Alignment key

CPU notch

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-13

2.4 System memory

2.4.2 Memory Congurations

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

2.5 Expansion slots

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

PCIEx16 slot (x16 link)

2.6 Jumpers

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-23

2.7 Connectors

2.7.2 Internal connectors

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-27

Intel Matrix RAID SATA LED

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-33

Powering up

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 3-3

3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up

BIOS setup

A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.rom

Updating the BIOS le

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-5

4.2 BIOS setup program

4.2.2 Menu bar

4.2.3 Navigation keys

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-9

4.3 Main menu

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-11

4.3.4 IDE Conguration

4.3.5 AHCI Conguration

4.3.6 System Information

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-15

CPU1/2 Memory Conguration

4.4 Advanced menu

C1E Support [Enabled]

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]

CPU TM Function [Enabled]

4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

C3 State [ACPI C2]

C6 State [Enabled]

C1 Auto Demotion [Enabled]

C3 Auto Demotion [Enabled]

CPU Bridge Conguration

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-21

North Bridge Conguration

South Bridge Conguration

Intel VT-d Conguration

4.4.4 USB Conguration

4.4.5 PCIPnP

4.4.6 Power On Conguration

4.4.7 Event Log Conguration

4.4.8 Hardware Monitor

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-29

Advanced ACPI Conguration

Chipset ACPI Conguration

General WHEA Conguration

4.5 Server menu

Serial port number [COM2]

Flow Control [Hardware]

Terminal Type [VT-UTF8]

4.6 Boot menu

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-35

4.6.3 Security

Change User Password

Password Check [Setup]

4.7 Exit menu

5.1 Setting up RAID

Utility

5.2.1 Creating a RAID set

100

Choose RAID Level For This VD

102

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-9

103

Using New Conguration

104

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-11

105

Using the Initialize command

107

Using the Objects command

109

BIOS Version A.08.09161344R

110

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-17

111

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-19

113

Check Consistency

113

Select VD

114

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 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 Z8NH-D12 Series 5-27

121

5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set

123

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 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 Z8NH-D12 Series 5-33

127

Chapter summary

130

6.1 RAID driver installation

131

ICH10R Intel RAID Driver

132

ICH10R LSI RAID Driver

132

7. Press <Enter>

133

ITE IT8213F Linux Driver

133

6.1.2 Windows

134

To an existing Windows

136

6.1.3 Red Hat

137

Enterprise Linux OS

137

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-11

139

RAID driver (

140

LSI megasr Driver

140

) all the time

140

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-13

141

Enterprise Linux OS 5.0

142

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-15

143

installation

147

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-21

149

6.3 LAN driver installation

151

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-25

153

9. Click

154

to finish the installation

154

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-27

155

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-29

157

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-31

159

to continue

160

to exit the wizard

161

Press <Y> to continue

163

--force-fw-update

164

6.6.3 Utilities menu

166

6.6.4 Make disk menu

166

6.6.5 Contact information

166

Reference information

167

Appendix summary

168

A.1 Z8NH-D12 block diagram

169

Asus : Z8PH-D12/IFB User Manual (178 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Computer hardware | Size: 8.91 MB |

Motherboard

First Edition V1

March 2010

Contents

Safety information

About this guide

Typography

Product

1.1 Welcome!

1.2 Package contents

1.4 Special features

1.3 Serial number label

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 1-5

ASUS EPU

Hardware

2.1 Before you proceed

2.2 Motherboard overview

2.2.4 Motherboard layouts

Z8PH-D12/IFB

Z8PH-D12 SE/QDR

2.2.5 Layout contents

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

Alignment key

CPU notch

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-15

2.4 System memory

2.4.2 Memory Congurations

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

2.5 Expansion slots

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-21

2.6 Jumpers

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-23

1.35V Force

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-25

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-27

2.7 Connectors

(Z8PH-D12/IFB only)

(Z8PH-D12 SE/QDR only)

2.7.2 Internal connectors

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-31

Intel Matrix RAID SATA LED

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 2-37

Powering up

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 3-3

3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up

BIOS setup

A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.rom

Updating the BIOS le

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-5

4.2 BIOS setup program

4.2.2 Menu bar

4.2.3 Navigation keys

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-9

4.3 Main menu

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-11

4.3.4 IDE Conguration

4.3.5 AHCI Conguration

4.3.6 System Information

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-15

CPU1/2 Memory Conguration

4.4 Advanced menu

C1E Support [Enabled]

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]

4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

C3 State [ACPI C3]

C6 State [Enabled]

C3 Auto Demotion [Enabled]

ACPI T State [Disabled]

CPU Bridge Conguration

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-21

4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

North Bridge Conguration

South Bridge Conguration

Intel VT-d Conguration

4.4.4 USB Conguration

4.4.5 PCIPnP Conguration

4.4.6 Power On Conguration

4.4.7 Event Log Conguration

4.4.8 Hardware Monitor

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-29

4.4.9 I/O Virtualization

Advanced ACPI Conguration

Chipset ACPI Conguration

General WHEA Conguration

4.5 Server menu

Serial port number [COM2]

Flow Control [Hardware]

Terminal Type [VT-UTF8]

4.6 Boot menu

4-36 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

4.6.4 Security

Change User Password

Password Check [Setup]

4.7 Exit menu

4-40 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

100

Chapter summary

102

5.1 Setting up RAID

103

Utility

105

5.2.1 Creating a RAID set

106

Choose RAID Level For This VD

108

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-9

109

Using New Conguration

110

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-11

111

Using the Initialize command

113

Using the Objects command

115

BIOS Version A.08.09161344R

116

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-17

117

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-19

119

Check Consistency

119

Select VD

120

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-23

123

5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache

124

5.3 Intel

125

Matrix Storage Manager

125

Option ROM Utility

125

5.3.1 Creating a RAID set

126

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-27

127

5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set

129

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-31

131

See section

131

5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set

131

5.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID

132

5.3.6 Exiting the Intel

132

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 5-33

133

6.1 RAID driver installation

137

ICH10R Intel RAID Driver

138

ICH10R LSI RAID Driver

138

7. Press <Enter>

139

ITE IT8213F Linux Driver

139

6.1.2 Windows

140

To an existing Windows

142

6.1.3 Red Hat

143

Enterprise Linux OS

143

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-11

145

RAID driver (

146

LSI megasr Driver

146

) all the time

146

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-13

147

Enterprise Linux OS 5.0

148

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-15

149

installation

153

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-21

155

6.3 LAN driver installation

157

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-25

159

9. Click

160

to finish the installation

160

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-27

161

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-29

163

Adapter driver installation

164

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-31

165

to continue

166

to exit the wizard

167

Press <Y> to continue

169

--force-fw-update

170

6.6.3 Utilities menu

172

6.6.4 Make disk menu

172

6.6.5 Contact information

172

Reference information

173

Appendix summary

174

A.1 Z8NH-D12 block diagram

175

ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series A-5

177

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Asus Z8PH-D12/IFB User Manual (170 pages)

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