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User Guide - Page 4
... Starting up for the first time 3-3 3.2 Powering off the computer 3-4
3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function 3-4 3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch 3-4
Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4-3
4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 4-3 4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility 4-4 4.1.3 BUPDATER utility 4-5 4.2 BIOS setup program 4-7 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 4-8 4.2.2 Menu bar...
User Guide - Page 6
... Storage Technology utility........ 5-32 Rebuilding the RAID 5-32 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 5-34
Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-6 6.2 Intel® chipset device software installation 6-15 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-17 6.4 VGA driver installation...
User Guide - Page 9
...to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
• Chapter 5: RAID configuration This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities.
• Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different...
User Guide - Page 11
... PCI-E x8 (Gen2 x4 link) Intel® C204: - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports - 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports - Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RST) supports
software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 (Windows)
Networking
Graphic Onboard I/O Connectors
LAN
VGA TPM Header PSU Connector
USB Connectors Fan Header SMBus Chassis Intruder Serial Port Header
LSI MegaRAID driver: - Supports software RAID 0, 1 & 10 (Windows &
Linux...
User Guide - Page 35
... BIOS setup.
2. Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the tables on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for the expansion card.
When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable.
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User Guide - Page 65
... can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the firmware chip.
The firmware chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you...
User Guide - Page 77
...you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel® Rapid Storage Technology from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID Mode].
Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. Set to [Enhanced] to support two SATA 6.0 Gb/s and two SATA 3.0 Gb/s devices. Set to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS...
User Guide - Page 89
... want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support DVD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive.
• Please refer to chapter 2 for how to select the RAID configuration utility. Move the jumper to choose between LSI MegaRAID and Intel® Rapid RAID.
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User Guide - Page 91
... SATA hard disk drives.
2. During POST, the LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility automatically detects the installed SATA hard disk drives and displays any existing RAID set(s). Press + to enter the utility.
LSI MegaRAID Software RAID BIOS Version A.10 09231523R
LSI SATA RAID Found at PCI Bus No:00 Dev No:1F
Device present at Port 0
ST3160812AS
152114MB
Device present at Port...
User Guide - Page 122
Chapter summary
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6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.2 Intel chipset device software installation 6-15 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-17 6.4 VGA driver installation 6-20 6.5 Management application and utilities installation 6-23
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User Guide - Page 123
... the instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
The system does not include a floppy drive. You have to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk.
If you have created RAID sets with the LSI Software RAID configuration utility, the boot priority of the SATA optical disk drive has to be manually adjusted...
User Guide - Page 124
... 10 SP2 32 bit SLES 10 SP2 64 bit SLES 10 SP3 32 bit SLES 10 SP3 64 bit SLES 11 32 bit
6. Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
7. Press . 8. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.
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Chapter 6: Driver installation
User Guide - Page 126
...or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s):
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.
* If...
User Guide - Page 127
... Drive A: * Press ENTER when ready.
ENTER=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit
5. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list, and then press .
6. The Windows® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the RAID driver disk. When the next screen appears, press to continue installation.
7. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue.
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User Guide - Page 128
... the computer using the Windows® Server 2008 OS installation disc.
Follow the screen instructions to start installing Windows Server 2008. 2. When prompted to choose a type of installation, click Custom (advanced).
3. Click Load Driver.
4. A message appears, reminding you to insert the installation media containing the driver of the RAID controller driver. If you have only one optical drive...
User Guide - Page 129
..., and then click OK to continue.
6. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list and click Next. 7. When the system finishes loading the RAID driver, replace the motherboard
Support DVD with the Windows Server installation disc. Select the drive to install Windows and click Next.
8. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue.
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User Guide - Page 130
... when asked if you have the driver disk, then press .
Main Menu
Do you have a driver disk?
Yes
No
5. Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the USB floppy disk drive, select OK, then press .
Insert Driver Disk
Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to continue.
OK
Back
The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system.
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Chapter...
User Guide - Page 132
SUSE Linux 11 OS To install the RAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS:
1. Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD. 2. Use the arrow keys to select Installation from the Boot Options menu.
Boot from Hard Disk Installation Repair Installed System Rescue System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test
Boot Options |
F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video ...
User Guide - Page 133
... .
Boot from Hard Disk Installation Repair Installed System Rescue System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test
Boot Options acpi=off apic=bigsmp brokenmodules=ahci
F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source F5 Kernel F6 Driver
English(US) 1024 X768
DVD
Default Yes
5. When below screen appears, select the USB floppy disk drive (sda) as the driver update medium. Select...
User Guide - Page 135
...Intel® chipset device software on the system. You need to manually install the Intel® chipset device software on a Windows operating system. To install the Intel® chipset device software: 1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support
DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if...