User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Information
- 2.1 Chassis cover
- 2.2 Air ducts
- 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 2.4 System memory
- 2.5 Storage devices
- 2.6 Expansion slot
- 2.6.1 Installing an expansion card to the left PCIe riser card bracket
- 2.6.2 Installing an expansion card to the right PCIe riser card bracket
- 2.6.3 Installing a ASUS PIKE II card to the right PCIe riser card bracket
- 2.6.4 Installing an OCP 3.0 card to the OCP 3.0 slot
- 2.6.5 Installing an M.2 (NGFF) card
- 2.6.6 (optional) Installing the PFR module
- 2.6.7 Configuring an expansion card
- 2.7 Cable connections
- 2.8 Backplane cabling
- 2.9 Storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.10 Removable/optional components
- Chapter 3: Installation Options
- Chapter 4: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 5: BIOS Setup
- 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 5.2 BIOS setup program
- 5.3 Main menu
- 5.4 Performance Tuning menu
- 5.5 Advanced menu
- 5.5.1 Trusted Computing
- 5.5.2 PSP Firmware Versions
- 5.5.3 Redfish Host Interface Settings
- 5.5.4 APM Configuration
- 5.5.5 Onboard LAN Configuration
- 5.5.6 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 5.5.7 CPU Configuration
- 5.5.8 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 5.5.9 USB Configuration
- 5.5.10 Network Stack Configuration
- 5.5.11 CSM Configuration
- 5.5.12 NVMe Configuration
- 5.5.13 SATA Configuration
- 5.5.14 AMD Mem Configuration Status
- 5.6 Chipset menu
- 5.7 Security menu
- 5.8 Boot menu
- 5.9 Tool menu
- 5.10 Save & Exit menu
- 5.11 AMD CBS menu
- 5.12 Event Logs menu
- 5.13 Server Mgmt menu
- Chapter 6: Driver Installation
- Appendix
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2.9 Storage device configuration and cabling
This section illustrates some storage configurations that is recommended with your server
system. Before you start installing or removing the storage device cables, ensure that you
have installed the correct storage devices into the supported bays.
Refer to section
Storage Devices
for details on how to install storage devices.
1 2
3 4
RESET
Bay 1 Bay 4 Bay 7 Bay 10
Bay 2 Bay 5 Bay 8 Bay 11
Bay 3 Bay 6 Bay 9 Bay 12
• Bay 1 to bay 12 supports NVMe/SATA/SAS. SAS support requires optional HBA/RAID
card.
• Bay 11 and Bay 12 will only support SATA/SAS when the optional rear bay is present
with the optional rear bay supporting 2 x NVMe. SAS support requires optional HBA/
RAID card.
• Bay 1 to Bay 4 will only support SATA/SAS when the optional rear PCIe riser card is
present.