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1.1 System package contents Check your system package for the following items. Model Name ESC4000 G2S Series Chassis ASUS R21B 2U Rackmount Chassis Motherboard ASUS Z9PG-D16 Series Server Board Component 1 x 1620W Redundant Power Supply 1 x SATA/SAS HDD Backplane 6 x Hot-swap HDD trays 1 x Front I/O Board 1 x Front USB Board 7 x System Fans (80mm) 1 x Redundant Power Supply Distribution Board 2 x PCI-E Expansion Boards 1 x PCIe riser card 1 x PIKE riser card 1 x System airduct Accessories 1 x ESC4000 G2S Series User's Guide 1 x ASWM* Enterprise Support DVD 1 x ASMB6 User's Guide 1 x ESC4000 G2S Series Support DVD 1 x ASMB6 Support CD 1 x Bag of Screws 2 x AC Power Cables 2 x CPU Heatsinks (vary with region) 1 x Friction Rail Kit 4 x dual 8-pin power cables 4 x Airducts for NVIDIA® GPU computing modules 4 x Airducts for Intel® Xeon Phi GPU computing modules 1 x PCIe PIKE riser card (for ASUS PIKE RAID card only) 1 x PIKE RAID Card Optional Items 1 x Trend Micro Server Protect Anti-virus Software CD 1 x 1620W Redundant Power Supply Module * ASUS System Web-based Management * The system does not include a USB floppy drive. You may have to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. Refer to Chapter 7 for details. If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction

Section	Page
Notices	7
Canadian Department of Communications Statement	7
Australia statement notice	7
Safety information	9
About this guide	10
Chapter 1: Product introduction	13
1.1 System package contents	14
1.2 Serial number label	15
1.3 System specifications	16
1.4 Front panel features	18
1.5 Rear panel features	18
1.6 Internal features	19
1.7 LED information	20
1.7.1 Front panel LEDs	20
1.7.2 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs	21
1.7.3 HDD status LEDs	21
Chapter 2: Hardware setup	23
2.1 Chassis cover	24
2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	25
2.2.1 Installing the CPU	25
2.2.2 Installing the CPU heatsink	30
2.3 System memory	31
2.3.1 Overview	31
2.3.2 Memory Configurations	31
2.5 Hard disk drives (HDDs)	34
2.5 Expansion slot	36
2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket	36
2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card	37
2.6 Cable connections	38
2.7 SATA3/SAS2 backplane cabling	39
2.8 Removable/optional components	40
2.8.1 System fans	40
2.8.2 Redundant power supply units	41
2.8.3 Installing ASUS PIKE SAS RAID Card (optional)	44
2.8.4. Installing Accelerators (optional)	48
Chapter 3: Installation options	53
3.1 Friction Rail Kit	54
3.1 Attaching the rack rails	54
3.2 Mounting the server to the rack	56
Chapter 4: Motherboard information	57
4.1 Motherboard layout	58
4.2 Jumpers	60
4.3 Internal connectors	64
4.4 Onboard LEDs	73
Chapter 5: BIOS setup	75
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	76
5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	76
5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility	77
5.1.3 BUPDATER utility	78
5.2 BIOS setup program	80
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen	81
5.2.2 Menu bar	81
5.2.3 Menu items	82
5.2.4 Submenu items	82
5.2.5 Navigation keys	82
5.2.6 General help	82
5.2.7 Configuration fields	82
5.2.8 Pop-up window	82
5.2.9 Scroll bar	82
5.3 Main menu	83
5.4 Advanced menu	84
5.4.1 CPU Configuration	84
5.4.2 CPU Power Management Configuration	86
5.4.3 Chipset Configuration	88
5.4.4 PCH SATA Configuration	93
5.4.5 PCH SCU SAS Configuration	95
5.4.6 PCI Subsystem Settings	96
5.4.7 Intel TXT(LT-SX) Configuration	98
5.4.8 USB Configuration	99
5.4.9 Trusted Computing	100
5.4.10 ACPI Settings	101
5.4.11 WHEA Configuration	102
5.4.12 APM setting	102
5.4.13 Onboard LAN Configuration	103
5.4.14 Serial Port Console Redirection	104
5.4.15 ME Subsystem	107
5.4.16 Onboard Devices Configuration	107
5.4.17 Runtime Error Logging	108
5.5 Server Mgmt menu	109
5.5.1 System Event Log	110
5.5.2 BMC network configuration	111
5.6 Event Logs menu	112
5.6.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings	112
5.7 Boot menu	114
5.8 Monitor menu	116
5.9 Security menu	117
5.10 Tool menu	118
ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility	118
5.11 Exit menu	119
Chapter 6: RAID configuration	121
6.1 Setting up RAID	122
6.1.1 RAID definitions	122
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	123
6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS	123
6.1.4 RAID configuration utilities	123
6.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility	124
6.2.1 Creating a RAID set	125
6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration	131
6.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives	132
6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives	136
6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency	138
6.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration	141
6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set	142
6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache	143
6.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU/SATA Option ROM Utility	144
6.3.1 Creating a RAID set	146
6.3.2 Creating a Recovery set	147
6.3.3 Deleting a RAID set	149
6.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID	150
6.3.5 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility	151
6.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID	151
6.3.7 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility	153
6.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows)	154
6.4.1 Creating a RAID set	155
6.4.2 Changing a Volume Type	157
6.4.3 Deleting a volume	158
6.4.4 Preferences	159
Chapter 7: Driver installation	161
7.1 RAID driver installation	162
7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	162
7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	165
7.2 Intel® Chipset Device Software installation	175
7.3 Intel@ Network Connections Software installation	177
7.4 VGA driver installation	180
7.5 Intel® C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Drivers	183
7.6 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 installation	184
7.7 Intel® PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapters Driver installation	187
7.8 Management applications and utilities installation	191
7.8.1 Running the support DVD	191
7.8.2 Drivers menu	191
7.8.3 Utilities menu	192
7.8.4 Make disk menu	192
7.8.5 Contact information	192
7.9 Mellanox ConnectX-3 Infiniband driver installation (ESC4000/FDR G2S only)	193
7.9.1 Windows operating system	193
7.9.2 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS	196