User's Manual

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Contents
2.6.4 Installing a hot-swap SATA/SAS hard disk drive ........... 2-16
2.6.5 Removing and reinstalling the backplane ..................... 2-18
2.7 Expansion cards ........................................................................ 2-19
2.7.1 Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-19
2.7.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card .................................. 2-20
2.7.3 Installing ASMB5 management board ........................... 2-21
2.7.4 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 .......................................................... 2-27
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
4.4 Internal LEDs .............................................................................. 4-19
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 5-2
5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 5-2
5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility ..................................................... 5-3
5.1.3 BUPDATER utility............................................................ 5-4
5.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................... 5-6
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen .......................................................... 5-7
5.2.2 Menu bar ......................................................................... 5-7
5.2.3 Menu items ..................................................................... 5-8
5.2.4 Submenu items ............................................................... 5-8
5.2.5 Navigation keys ............................................................... 5-8
5.2.6 General help ................................................................... 5-8