Asus RS100-E4/PI2- User Manual

Table of Contents:

• Page 2 – ii
• Page 3 – iii; Contents; Chapter 1: Product introduction; System specifications; Chapter 2: Hardware setup
• Page 4 – iv; Chapter 3: Installation options
• Page 5 – Power Configuration; RAID Configuratio; RAID configurations
• Page 6 – Adding or viewing a RAID configuration; Chapter 7: Driver installation; Using the Intel
• Page 7 – vii; Notices; Federal Communications Commission Statement; that may cause undesired operation.; Canadian Department of Communications Statement
• Page 8 – viii; Safety information; Electrical Safety; qualified service technician or your dealer.; Operation Safety; manufacturer’s instructions.; CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT
• Page 9 – ix; About this guide; Audience; with at least basic knowledge of configuring a server.; sections on front panel and rear panel specifications.
• Page 10 – Italics; Command
• Page 11 – Chapter 1; ct
• Page 12 – System package contents
• Page 13 – System specifications; The ASUS RS100-E4/PI2 is a 1U barebone server system featuring the
• Page 14 – socket, and power fan. The middle part includes the I/O shield with
• Page 15 – Internal features; The barebone server includes the basic components as shown.
• Page 17 – Chapter 2; Hardware se
• Page 21 – Motherboard information; motherboard to the chassis.
• Page 22 – the Intel
• Page 24 – The Intel; To install the CPU heatsink:
• Page 26 – System memory; a 240-pin footprint compared to the 184-pin DDR DIMM. DDR2 DIMMs are
• Page 27 – Follow these steps to remove a DIMM.
• Page 28 – Replaceable components; To install the system blower:
• Page 32 – To install secondary Serial ATA drive:
• Page 35 – Chapter 3; Installation
• Page 36 – Rackmount rail kit items
• Page 37 – Attaching the rails to the rack
• Page 38 – rail to fit the length of the rack
• Page 40 – Secure the server to the rack with; fits the front end of the rack, and the rack screw holes on the server
• Page 41 – Chapter 4; Motherboa
• Page 42 – Motherboard overview
• Page 43 – L a y o u t c o n t e n t s
• Page 45 – Jumpers
• Page 48 – These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the onboard Broadcom
• Page 50 – Connectors; . 3 . 1 R e a r p a n e l c o n n e c t o r s; L A N p o r t L E D i n d i c a t i o n s
• Page 51 – . 3 . 2 I n t e r n a l c o n n e c t o r s; . F l o p p y d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t o r ( 3 4 - 1 p i n F L O P P Y 1 )
• Page 52 – configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper
• Page 54 – . H a r d d i s k a c t i v i t y L E D c o n n e c t o r ( 4 - p i n H D L E D 1 )
• Page 59 – or flashes when data is read from or written to the HDD.
• Page 61 – Chapter 5; BIOS Setup
• Page 62 – Managing and updating your BIOS; (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy; . 1 . 1 C r e a t i n g a b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k; To create a bootable floppy disk in a DOS environement:
• Page 63 – the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process.; C o p y i n g t h e c u r r e n t B I O S; To copy the current BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility:
• Page 64 – CD to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier.; U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S f i l e; To update the BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility:; The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS.
• Page 65 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S f i l e u s i n g a U S B f l a s h d r i v e; If you have not purchased a USB floppy disk drive, you may update
• Page 66 – . 1 . 3 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 u t i l i t y; support CD or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file.; R e c o v e r i n g t h e B I O S f r o m a f l o p p y d i s k; To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:
• Page 67 – R e c o v e r i n g t h e B I O S f r o m t h e s u p p o r t C D; To recover the BIOS from the support CD:; When no floppy disk is found, the utility automatically checks the
• Page 68 – I n s t a l l i n g A S U S U p d a t e; . 1 . 4 A S U S U p d a t e u t i l i t y
• Page 69 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h t h e I n t e r n e t
• Page 70 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h a B I O S f i l e; To update the BIOS through a BIOS file:; Locate the BIOS file from the
• Page 71 – BIOS setup program; This motherboard supports a programmable Low-Pin Count (LPC) chip
• Page 72 – For changing the basic system configuration; . 2 . 3 N a v i g a t i o n k e y s
• Page 73 – displays the specific items for that; . 2 . 6 C o n f i g u r a t i o n f i e l d s; These fields show the values for the menu items. If an item is
• Page 74 – Main menu; When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears,
• Page 75 – These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.
• Page 76 – S M A R T M o n i t o r i n g [ A u t o ]; Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.; 2 B i t D a t a T r a n s f e r [ E n a b l e d ]; Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer.; C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s [ S t a n d a r d I D E ]; . 3 . 5 I D E C o n f i g u r a t i o n; if you wish to configure the item.
• Page 78 – . 3 . 6 S y s t e m I n f o r m a t i o n; BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu.; A M I B I O S; Displays the auto-detected BIOS information.; P r o c e s s o r; Displays the auto-detected CPU specification.; S y s t e m M e m o r y; Displays the auto-detected total system memory.
• Page 79 – Advanced menu; and other system devices.; . 4 . 1 U S B C o n f i g u r a t i o n; U S B F u n c t i o n [ 4 U S B P o r t s ]
• Page 80 – . 4 . 2 M P S C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Allows you to select the multi-processor system version.; Allows you to enable or disable support for legacy USB. The AUTO
• Page 81 – . 4 . 3 R e m o t e A c c e s s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; R e m o t e A c c e s s [ D i s a b l e d ]; Enables or disables the remote access feature.; S e r i a l p o r t n u m b e r [ C O M 1 ]; operating systems may not work when this item is set to Always.
• Page 82 – . 4 . 4 T r u s t e d C o m p u t i n g; V T - U T F 8 C o m b o K e y S u p p o r t [ E n a b l e d ]
• Page 83 – . 4 . 5 C P U C o n f i g u r a t i o n; automatically detects.; M a x C P U I D V a l u e L i m i t [ D i s a b l e d ]; even without support for CPUs with extended CPUID functions.; E x e c u t e D i s a b l e d F u n c t i o n [ D i s a b l e d ]; Allows you to enable or disable the Execute Disabled function.; E n h a n c e d C 1 C o n t r o l [ A u t o ]; Allows you to disable or set to Auto the Enhanced C1 Control.; V i r t u a l i z a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y [ E n a b l e d ]; Allows you to set CPU internal thermal control. if set to Auto, BIOS
• Page 84 – D R A M F r e q u e n c y [ A u t o ]; Allows you to set the DDR operating frequency.; C o n f i g u r e D R A M T i m i n g b y S P D [ E n a b l e d ]; The following sub-items appear when this item is disabled.; . 4 . 6 C h i p s e t C o n f i g u r a t i o n
• Page 85 – S p r e a d S p e c t r u m [ D i s a b l e d ]; Allows you to enable or disable the option ROM in the onboard LAN; P E G P o r t C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Allows you to enable or disable the PCI Express Graphic port.; M e m o r y R e m a p F e a t u r e [ E n a b l e d ]; Allows you to remap the overlap PCI memory over the total physical
• Page 86 – . 4 . 7 O n b o a r d D e v i c e s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; S e r i a l P o r t 1 A d d r e s s [ 3 F 8 / I R Q 4 ]
• Page 87 – for legacy ISA devices.; system configures the Plug and Play devices not required for boot.; P C I L a t e n c y T i m e r [ 6 4 ]; When set to [Yes], BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card; P a l e t t e S n o o p i n g [ D i s a b l e d ]; When set to [Enabled], the pallete snooping feature informs the PCI; I R Q - x x a s s i g n e d t o [ P C I D e v i c e ]
• Page 88 – Power Configuration; A C P I A P I C S u p p o r t [ E n a b l e d ]; . 5 . 1 A P M C o n f i g u r a t i o n; loss. When set to Power On, the system goes on after an AC power loss.
• Page 90 – . 5 . 2 H a r d w a r e M o n i t o r; Use the arrow down key to display additional items.; S m a r t F a n C o n t r o l [ E n a b l e d ]
• Page 91 – Smart Fan Control is enabled.; V C O R E 1 V o l t a g e , V C O R E 2 V o l t a g e , 3 . 3 V V o l t a g e , 5 V; through the onboard voltage regulators.; Boot menu
• Page 92 – . 6 . 1 B o o t D e v i c e P r i o r i t y; s t B o o t D e v i c e [ 1 s t F L O P P Y D r i v e ]; . 6 . 2 H a r d D i s k D r i v e s
• Page 93 – . 6 . 3 B o o t S e t t i n g s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; F u l l S c r e e n L o g o [ E n a b l e d ]; Allows you to select the power-on state for the NumLock.; W a i t f o r ‘ F 1 ’ I f E r r o r [ E n a b l e d ]
• Page 94 – H i t ‘ D E L ’ M e s s a g e D i s p l a y [ E n a b l e d ]; When set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs to trap; C h a n g e S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d
• Page 95 – you to change other security settings.; U s e r A c c e s s L e v e l [ F u l l A c c e s s ]; allows access but does not allow change to any field.; C h a n g e U s e r P a s s w o r d
• Page 96 – On the password box that appears, type a password composed of at; C l e a r U s e r P a s s w o r d; Select this item to clear the user password.; P a s s w o r d C h e c k [ S e t u p ]; When set to [Setup], BIOS checks for user password when accessing the
• Page 97 – Exit menu; E x i t & S a v e C h a n g e s; changes to CMOS before exiting the Setup utility.; E x i t & D i s c a r d C h a n g e s; made, and restore the previously saved settings.
• Page 98 – L o a d S e t u p D e f a u l t s; each of the Setup menu items.
• Page 99 – Chapter 6; RAID Configuration
• Page 100 – RAID configurations; configurations:; . 1 . 1 R A I D d e f i n i t i o n s; optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and
• Page 102 – Intel; The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to move
• Page 103 – after completing your selection.
• Page 104 – Use the up/down arrow key to select the stripe size for the RAID 0; The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity.
• Page 105 – disk drives to configure as RAID. The
• Page 106 – . 2 . 3 D e l e t i n g a R A I D s e t; Use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set you want to delete,; To delete a RAID set:
• Page 107 – . 2 . 4 R e s e t t i n g D i s k s t o N o n - R A I D; Use the up/down arrow key to highlight the RAID set drive you want; To reset a RAID set hard disk drive:
• Page 108 – . 2 . 6 R e b u i l d i n g t h e R A I D; R e b u i l d i n g t h e R A I D w i t h o t h e r n o n - R A I D d i s k; Manager RAID configuration.
• Page 109 – R e b u i l d i n g t h e R A I D w i t h a n e w h a r d d i s k; the same specification into the same SATA Port.; . 2 . 7 S e t t i n g t h e B o o t a r r a y i n t h e B I O S S e t u p; creating multi-RAID using the Intel
• Page 110 – LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup; connectors supported by the motherboard Southbridge chip.; To enter the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility:
• Page 111 – . 3 . 1 C r e a t i n g a R A I D s e t; RAID 0 or RAID 1 set using two types of configurations:
• Page 112 – U s i n g E a s y C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Easy Configuration
• Page 114 – Stripe Size
• Page 116 – To create a RAID set using the; U s i n g N e w C o n f i g u r a t i o n
• Page 117 – . 3 . 2 A d d i n g o r v i e w i n g a R A I D c o n f i g u r a t i o n; using the; A d d i n g a n e w R A I D c o n f i g u r a t i o n; To add a new RAID configuration:
• Page 118 – configurable array appears on screen.
• Page 120 – . 3 . 3 I n i t i a l i z i n g t h e l o g i c a l d r i v e s; or; U s i n g t h e I n i t i a l i z e c o m m a n d; To initialize the logical drive using the Initialize
• Page 121 – to initialize the drive without confirmation.
• Page 122 – U s i n g t h e O b j e c t s c o m m a n d; To initialize the logical drives using the
• Page 125 – . 3 . 4 R e b u i l d i n g f a i l e d d r i v e s; command in the Management Menu.; U s i n g t h e R e b u i l d c o m m a n d; To rebuild a failed hard disk drive using the Rebuild command:
• Page 126 – selected drive now shows RBLD.; To rebuild a failed hard disk drive using the Objects command:
• Page 127 – . 3 . 5 C h e c k i n g t h e d r i v e s f o r d a t a c o n s i s t e n c y; U s i n g t h e C h e c k C o n s i s t e n c y; To check data consistency using the Check Consistency command:
• Page 128 – completed rather than from zero percent.
• Page 129 – To check data consistency using the Objects command:
• Page 130 – . 3 . 6 D e l e t i n g a R A I D c o n f i g u r a t i o n; To delete a RAID configuration:
• Page 131 – . 3 . 7 S e l e c t i n g t h e b o o t d r i v e f r o m a R A I D s e t; boot drive from a RAID set. Refer to the Creating a RAID set: Using New
• Page 132 – . 3 . 8 E n a b l i n g t h e W r i t e C a c h e; You may enable the RAID controller’s; Global Array Manager
• Page 133 – Chapter 7; Driver installation
• Page 134 – RAID driver installation; drivers during OS installation.; The Makedisk menu appears.; select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create by typing the
• Page 135 – Installing the RAID controller driver; Windows; During Windows
• Page 136 – L S I L o g i c S A T A R A I D; Select “LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID” for Windows 2000 or 32bit
• Page 137 – Intel Matrix Storage; for Intel Matrix Storage RAID mode from the list, then press .
• Page 138 – Upgrade Device Driver Wizard
• Page 140 – Red Hat; To install the Intel; linux dd
• Page 142 – Yes, then install the additional RAID controller drivers.
• Page 143 – SuSE Linux
• Page 144 – The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system.
• Page 145 – LAN driver installation
• Page 146 – Follow these instructions when installing the Broadcom; Building the driver from the TAR file; when the InstallShield Wizard window appears. Follow; make; protocol and address.
• Page 147 – VGA driver installation
• Page 148 – The Windows
• Page 149 – all motherboard features.; Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
• Page 150 – monitoring application. Click on an item to install.
• Page 151 – find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.
• Page 153 – The Appendix describes the CPU
• Page 154 – U s i n g t h e I n t e l; Enhanced Intel SpeedStep; S y s t e m r e q u i r e m e n t s; • BIOS file with EIST support
• Page 155 – Home/Office Desktop or