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Asus Z9PA-U8 User Manual (188 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Computer hardware | Size: 5.98 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition

2

August 2012

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

Australia statement notice

9

About this guide

10

Typography

11

Z9PA-U8 specications summary

12

Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.4 Special features

18

1.3 Serial number label

18

ASUS Z9PA-U8 1-5

19

USB 2.0 technology

20

Complete USB 3.0 Integration

20

Hardware

21

2.1 Before you proceed

23

2.2 Motherboard overview

24

2.2.3 Motherboard layout

25

2.2.4 Layout contents

26

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

27

Load lever

28

ASUS Z9PA-U8 2-9

29

2.4 System memory

32

Locked Retaining Clip

33

Unlocked retaining clip

33

DIMM notch

33

DIMM slot key

33

2.5 Expansion slots

34

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

35

2.5.6 PIKE slot

36

ASUS Z9PA-U8 2-17

37

2.6 Onboard LEDs

39

5. Q-Code LED (LED1)

41

Q-Code table

42

ASUS Z9PA-U8 2-23

43

2.7 Jumpers

44

ASUS Z9PA-U8 2-25

45

ASUS Z9PA-U8 2-27

47

2.8 Connectors

48

LAN port LED indications

49

DM_LAN1 port LED indications

49

2.8.2 Internal connectors

50

ASUS Z9PA-U8 2-31

51

ASUS Z9PA-U8 2-33

53

ASUS Z9PA-U8 2-37

57

Powering up

59

ASUS Z9PA-U8 3-3

61

3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up

62

BIOS setup

63

4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

65

Drive Folder Info

66

4.1.3 BUPDATER

67

Writing BIOS:

68

4.2 BIOS setup program

69

4.2.2 Menu bar

70

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

70

ASUS Z9PA-U8 4-9

71

4.3 Main menu

72

4.4 Advanced menu

73

4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

74

ASUS Z9PA-U8 4-13

75

4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

76

4.4.3 Chipset Conguration

77

4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

78

Intel(R) I/OAT [Disabled]

79

DCA Support [Enabled]

79

VGA Priority [offboard]

79

CPU IIO Bridge Conguration

79

DIMM Information

79

Wake on Lan from S5 [Enabled]

80

Coherency Support [Disabled]

81

ATS Support [Disabled]

81

4.4.4 PCH SATA Conguration

82

4.4.5 PCI Subsystem Settings

83

PCI Express Settings

84

ASPM Support [Disabled]

84

ASUS Z9PA-U8 4-23

85

4.4.6 USB Conguration

86

ASUS Z9PA-U8 4-25

87

4.4.8 ACPI Settings

88

4.4.7 Trusted Computing

88

4.4.10 APM setting

89

4.4.9 WHEA Conguration

89

Terminal Type [VT-UTF8]

90

Bits per second [57600]

90

ASUS Z9PA-U8 4-29

91

Out-of-Band Mgmt Port [COM1]

92

Terminal Type [VT100]

92

Bits per second [115200]

92

Flow Control [None]

92

Intel LAN1 Enable [Enabled]

93

INTEL W82574L OpROM1 [PXE]

93

Intel LAN2 Enable [Enabled]

93

INTEL W82574L OpROM2 [PXE]

93

4.4.13 ME Subsystem

94

4.4.15 Runtime Error Logging

95

4.5 Server Mgmt menu

96

4.5.1 System Event Log

97

Station IP address [0.0.0.0]

98

Subnet mask [0.0.0.0]

98

Gateway IP address [0.0.0.0]

98

Enabling/Disabling Options

99

Smbios Event Log [Enabled]

99

Erasing Settings

99

Erase Event Log [No]

99

View Smbios Event Log

100

View System Event Log

100

4.7 Boot menu

101

Hard Drive BBS Priorities

102

Network Device BBS Priorities

102

4.7.1 CSM parameters

103

4.8 Monitor menu

104

4.9 Security menu

105

User Password

106

UEFI Secure Boot Management

106

Secure Boot Policy

106

Key Management

106

ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility

107

Save Changes & Reset

108

Discard Changes & Reset

108

Restore Defaults

108

Boot Override

108

Chapter summary

110

(Data striping)

111

(Data mirroring)

111

(Enhanced RAID 1)

111

BIOS Version A.10.09231523R

114

Choose RAID Level For This VD

116

ASUS Z9PA-U8 5-9

117

Select Yes Or No

118

Using New Conguration

119

Using the Initialize command

121

Using the Objects command

123

ASUS Z9PA-U8 5-17

125

ASUS Z9PA-U8 5-19

127

Check Consistency

127

Select VD

128

ASUS Z9PA-U8 5-23

131

Conguration

131

5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache

132

5.3 Intel

133

Rapid Storage Technology

133

5.3.1 Creating a RAID set

135

ASUS Z9PA-U8 5-29

137

5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set

138

ASUS Z9PA-U8 5-31

139

5.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID

140

5.3.5 Exiting the Intel

140

ASUS Z9PA-U8 5-33

141

5.4 Intel

143

5.4.1 Creating a RAID set

144

5.4.2 Changing a Volume Type

146

5.4.3 Deleting a volume

147

5.4.4 Preferences

148

Chapter 6:

149

6.1 RAID driver installation

151

LSI 2008 SAS2 Driver

152

ASUS Z9PA-U8 6-5

153

During Windows

154

Server 2008 OS installation

154

ASUS Z9PA-U8 6-7

155

Enterprise Linux OS 5.6

156

ASUS Z9PA-U8 6-9

157

Enterprise Linux OS 6.1

158

ASUS Z9PA-U8 6-11

159

Preparing the Linux Driver

161

SUSE Linux 11 OS

162

ASUS Z9PA-U8 6-15

163

Other device

163

6.2 Intel

164

chipset device software

164

ASUS Z9PA-U8 6-17

165

6.3 Intel

167

9. When nished, press

169

to continue

169

6.4 VGA driver installation

170

ASUS Z9PA-U8 6-23

171

8. Click

172

6.5 Intel

173

ASUS Z9PA-U8 6-27

175

6.6 Intel

176

WG82574L Gigabit Adapters

176

Driver installation

176

ASUS Z9PA-U8 6-29

177

9. Click

179

to nish the installation

179

6.7.2 Drivers menu

180

6.7.3 Utilities menu

181

6.7.4 Make disk menu

181

6.7.5 Contact information

181

Reference information

183

Appendix summary

184

A.1 Z9PA-U8 block diagram

185

ASUS contact information

187

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

188

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