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5. Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the 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. 6. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . More Driver Disks? Do you wish to load any more driver disks? Yes No 7. Follow the screen instructions to continue the OS installation. 6-8 Chapter 6: Driver installation

Section	Page
Contents	3
Notices	7
Safety information	8
About this guide	9
Z8NR-D12 specifications summary	11
Chapter 1: Product introduction	13
1.1 Welcome!	15
1.2 Package contents	15
1.3 Serial number label	16
1.4 Special features	16
1.4.1 Product highlights	16
1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features	18
Chapter 2: Hardware information	19
2.1 Before you proceed	21
2.2 Motherboard overview	22
2.2.1 Placement direction	22
2.2.2 Screw holes	22
2.2.3 Motherboard layouts	23
2.2.4 Layout contents	24
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	26
2.3.1 Installing the CPU	26
2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan	29
2.4 System memory	31
2.4.1 Overview	31
2.4.2 Memory configurations	32
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM	33
2.4.4 Removing a DIMM	33
2.5 Expansion slots	34
2.5.1 Installing an expansion card	34
2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card	34
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments	35
2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link)	36
2.5.5 PCI Express x8 slots (x8 link; x4 link)	36
2.5.6 PCI slot	36
2.5.7 PIKE slot	36
2.5.8 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card	37
2.5.9 Installing i Button	37
2.6 Jumpers	38
2.7 Connectors	43
2.7.1 Rear panel connectors	43
2.7.2 Internal connectors	44
Chatper 3: Powering up	53
3.1 Starting up for the first time	55
3.2 Turning off the computer	56
3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function	56
3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch	56
Chapter 4 BIOS setup	57
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	59
4.1.1 AFUDOS utility	59
4.1.2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	61
4.2 BIOS setup program	62
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen	63
4.2.2 Menu bar	63
4.2.3 Navigation keys	63
4.2.4 Menu items	64
4.2.5 Sub-menu items	64
4.2.6 Configuration fields	64
4.2.7 Pop-up window	64
4.2.8 Scroll bar	64
4.2.9 General help	64
4.3 Main menu	65
4.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]	65
4.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]	65
4.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44 MB 3.5 in.]	65
4.3.4 SATA1–6	66
4.3.5 IDE Configuration	68
4.3.6 AHCI Configuration	69
4.3.7 System Information	70
4.4 Advanced menu	71
4.4.1 CPU Configuration	71
4.4.2 Chipset Configuration	74
4.4.3 Legacy Device Configuration	78
4.4.4 USB Configuration	78
4.4.5 PCIPnP	79
4.4.6 Power On Configuration	80
4.4.7 Event Log Configuration	81
4.4.8 Hardware Monitor	82
4.4.9 ACPI Configuration	83
4.4.10 PCI Express Configuration	84
4.5 Server menu	85
4.6 Boot menu	87
4.6.1 Boot Device Priority	87
4.6.2 Hard Disk Drives	88
4.6.3 Removable Drives	88
4.6.4 Boot Settings Configuration	89
4.6.5 Security	90
4.7 Exit menu	92
Chapter 5: RAID configuration	93
5.1 Setting up RAID	95
5.1.1 RAID definitions	95
5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	95
5.1.3 RAID controller selection	96
5.1.4 Setting the RAID item in BIOS	96
5.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility	97
5.2.1 Creating a RAID set	98
5.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration	104
5.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives	105
5.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives	109
5.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency	111
5.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration	114
5.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set	115
5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache	116
5.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility	117
5.3.1 Creating a RAID set	118
5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set	119
5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set	121
5.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID	122
5.3.5 Recovery Volume Options	123
5.3.6 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager	124
5.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID	124
5.3.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility	126
Chapter 6: Driver installation	127
6.1 RAID driver installation	129
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	129
6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	132
6.2 Intel® chipset device installation	139
6.3 LAN driver installation	141
6.4 VGA driver installation	144
6.5 Management applications and utilities installation	146
6.5.1 Running the support DVD	146
6.5.2 Drivers menu	146
6.5.3 Utilities menu	147
6.5.4 Make disk menu	147
6.5.5 Contact information	147
Appendix: Reference information	149