User's Manual

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Contents
2.5 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch drives ....................................................... 2-14
2.5.1 Installing a 5.25-inch drive ............................................
2-14
2.5.2 Installing a 3.5-inch drive ..............................................
2-15
2.6 SATA/SAS hard disk drives .......................................................
2-16
2.6.1 Hot-swap HDD module .................................................
2-16
2.7 Expansion cards ........................................................................
2-20
2.7.1 Installing an expansion card .........................................
2-20
2.7.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card ..................................
2-21
2.7.3 Conguring an expansion card .....................................
2-22
2.8 Cable connections .....................................................................
2-23
2.8.1 Motherboard connections .............................................
2-23
2.8.2 SATA/SAS backplane connections ..............................
2-24
2.9 Removable components ............................................................
2-26
2.9.1 System fan ....................................................................
2-26
2.9.2 Chassis footpads ..........................................................
2-28
2.9.3 Power supply unit ..........................................................
2-29
Chapter 3: Installation options
3.1 Preparing the system for rack mounting ................................... 3-2
3.2 Attaching the inner rail to the server .........................................
3-2
3.3 Attaching the rails to the rack .....................................................
3-3
3.4 Mounting the server to the rack ..................................................
3-4
Chapter 4: Motherboard Info
4.1 Motherboard layout ...................................................................... 4-2
4.2 Jumpers ........................................................................................
4-4
4.3 Internal connectors ......................................................................
4-9
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 5-2
5.1.1 Creating a bootable oppy disk .......................................
5-2
5.1.2 AFUDOS utility ................................................................
5-3
5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ......................................
5-6
5.2 BIOS setup program ....................................................................
5-7
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen ..........................................................
5-8
5.2.2 Menu bar .........................................................................
5-8
5.2.3 Navigation keys ...............................................................
5-8