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Asus RS500-E8-RS4 User's Guide (194 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Servers | Size: 13.02 MB |

English

Table of contents

RS500-E8 Series

1

First Edition

2

June 2014

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

Australia statement notice

9

About this guide

10

References

11

Conventions

11

Typography

11

Product introduction

13

1.1 System package contents

14

1.2 Serial number label

15

1.3 Systemspecications

16

1.4 Front panel features

18

1.5 Rear panel features

19

1.6 Internal features

20

1.7 LED information

21

1.7.2 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs

22

1.7.3 HDD status LED

22

Chapter 2

23

2.1 Chassis cover

24

2.2.1 Installing the CPU

25

Chapter 2: Hardware setup

26

ASUS RS500-E8 Series

27

Triangle mark

29

14. Install the heatsink

30

2.3 System memory

32

Dual CPU configuration

33

Single CPU configuration

33

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

34

2.3.3 Installing a DIMM

34

2.4 Hard disk drives

35

2.5 Expansion slot

37

LAN ports

39

LAN port slots

39

2.8.1 System fans

43

Installation Options

45

Tool-less rack rails

46

Fixing latches Set of screws

46

Motherboard Info

49

4.1 Motherboard layout

50

4.2 Jumpers

52

4.3 Internal connectors

56

4.4 Onboard LEDs

66

BIOS setup

71

5.1.3 BUPDATER utility

74

Write

75

5.2 BIOS setup program

76

5.2.2 Menu bar

77

5.2.1 BIOS menu screen

77

5.3 Main menu

79

5.4 Advanced menu

80

5.4.1 ACPI Settings

81

5.4.2 Smart Settings

81

Serial Port [Enabled]

82

Change Settings [Auto]

82

Intel LAN ROM Type [PXE]

83

Console Redirection Settings

84

COM1/COM2

84

Services (EMS)

85

5.4.6 APM

87

5.4.7 PCI Subsystem Settings

88

Network stack [Disabled]

89

5.4.9 CSM Configuration

90

5.4.10 Trusted Computing

91

5.4.11 USB Configuration

92

5.4.12 iSCSI Configuration

93

5.5 IntelRCSetup menu

94

Per Socket Configuration

95

Hyper Threading [Enabled]

95

Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]

95

VMX [Enabled]

95

Config TDP [Disabled]

97

CPU Advanced PM Turning

97

Energy Perf BIAS

97

Numa [Enabled]

98

5.5.4 QPI Configuration

99

5.5.5 Memory Configuration

100

CK in SR [Auto]

101

Memory Map

102

Memory RAS Configuration

102

5.5.6 IIO Configuration

103

5.5.7 PCH Configuration

104

[DisableASPM]

105

L0sL1][ASPMAuto]

105

PCIE ASMP

105

USB 3.0 Port #1/ #2 [Enabled]

107

PCH Thermal Device [Auto]

107

Alert Enable Lock [Disabled]

108

5.6 Server Mgmt menu

109

OS Wtd Timer Policy [Reset]

110

Serial Mux [Disabled]

110

System Event Log

110

Bmc network configuration

111

View System Event Log

111

IPv6 BMC Lan Option [Enable]

112

5.7 Event Logs menu

114

5.7.2 View Smbios Event Log

115

5.8 Monitor menu

116

5.9 Security menu

117

User Password

118

Secure Boot Menu

118

5.10 Boot menu

120

5.11 Tool menu

121

5.12 Exit menu

122

Restore Defaults

123

Save as User Defaults

123

Restore User Defaults

123

Boot Override

123

Chapter 5: BIOS setup

124

RAID Conguration

125

(Data striping)

126

(Data mirroring)

126

Management Menu

128

6.2.1 Creating a RAID set

129

Select Configurable Array(s)

130

Virtual Drive 0

131

RAID Level

131

Select Units For VD Size

132

Change DWC

132

Save Configuration?

133

Configuration Menu

133

Using New Configuration

134

Using the Initialize command

136

Virtual Drives

137

Initialize?

137

Using the Objects command

138

ONLIN A00-00

141

FAIL A00-01

141

Consistency Check?

143

Clear Configuration?

145

6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache

147

6.3 Intel

148

Option ROM Utility

148

6.3.1 Creating a RAID set

149

6.3.2 Deleting a RAID set

151

6.3.5 Rebuilding the RAID

153

6.3.4 Exiting the Intel

153

SATA Option ROM utility

153

6.4 Intel

156

(Windows)

156

6.4.1 Creating a RAID set

157

Chapter 5: RAID conguration

158

Properties

158

6.4.2 Changing a Volume Type

159

6.4.3 Deleting a volume

160

6.4.4 Preferences

161

Driver installation

163

7.1 RAID driver installation

164

During Windows

166

Server 2008 OS installation

166

Enterprise Linux OS 5.6

168

More Driver Disks?

169

Do you wish to load any more

169

Enterprise Linux OS 6.1

170

Preparing the Linux Driver

173

Installing SUSE 11 Linux OS

174

installation

176

7.3 Running the Support DVD

176

7.3.2 Utilities menu tab

177

7.3.1 Drivers menu tab

177

7.3.3 MakeDisk menu tab

178

7.3.4 Manual menu

178

Z10PR-D16 7-17

179

7.4 Intel

180

Z10PR-D16 7-19

181

7.5 Installing the Intel

182

I350-AM1/I350-AM2/I210

182

Z10PR-D16 7-21

183

7.6 VGA driver installation

185

7.7 Intel

187

Contact Information

191

Technical Support

192

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