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1.1 System package contents Check your system package for the following items. ESC8000 G3 Chassis ASUS 3U Rackmount Chassis Motherboard ASUS Z10PG-D24 Server Board Accessory box 1 x MB Support DVD 1 x ASWM Enterprise DVD* 1 x ASMB8 SDVD 1 x Bag of Screws 3 x AC Power Cable 16 x GPU air ducts (8 for Intel Xeon PHi; 8 for Nvidia/AMD) 8 x Mylar for GPU air duct for AMD GPU 2 x CPU heatsink 1 x Rail Kit 16 x VGA power cables 8 x VGA power cables for Nvidia 300W and above GPU cards. Optional Items 1 x PEM-FDR 1 x PEB-10G/57840-2S 1 x PEB-10G/57811-1S 1 x PIKE II 3108 1 x PIKE II 3008 • 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 6 for details. If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction

Section	Page
Notices	8
Canadian Department of Communications Statement	8
Australia statement notice	8
Safety information	10
About this guide	11
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	22
Chapter 2: Hardware Information	23
2.1 Chassis covers	24
2.2 GPU fan air duct	25
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	27
2.3.1 Installing the CPU	27
2.4 System memory	36
2.4.1 Overview	36
2.4.2 Memory Configurations	37
2.5 Hard disk drives	40
2.5.1 Installing 2.5-inch SATA HDD/SAS HDD	40
2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card	42
2.6 Cable connections	43
2.7 SATA/SAS backplane cabling	44
2.8 Installing M.2 card	45
2.9 Installing Accelerators	46
2.10 Redundant power supply units	51
2.11 Expansion cards	52
Chapter 3: Installation options	57
3.1 Friction Rail Kit	58
3.1.1 Attaching the rack rails	58
3.1.2 Mounting the server to the rack	60
Chapter 4: Motherboard Info	61
4.1 Z10PG-D24 Motherboard layout	62
4.2 Jumpers	64
4.3 Internal connectors	68
4.4 Onboard LEDs	78
Q-Code table	80
Chapter 5: BIOS setup	85
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	86
5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	86
5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility	87
5.1.3 BUPDATER utility	88
5.2 BIOS setup program	90
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen	91
5.2.2 Menu bar	91
5.2.3 Menu items	92
5.2.4 Submenu items	92
5.2.5 Navigation keys	92
5.2.6 General help	92
5.2.7 Configuration fields	92
5.2.8 Pop-up window	92
5.2.9 Scroll bar	92
5.3 Main menu	93
5.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]	93
5.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx]	93
5.4 Advanced menu	94
5.4.1 ACPI Settings	95
5.4.2 Smart Settings	95
5.4.3 NCT6779D Super IO Configuration	96
5.4.4 Onboard LAN I210 Configuration	97
5.4.5 Serial Port Console Redirection	98
5.4.6 APM	101
5.4.7 Advanced Power Management Configuration	102
5.4.8 PCI Subsystem Settings	103
5.4.9 Network Stack Configuration	104
5.4.10 CSM Configuration	105
5.4.11 Trusted Computing	106
5.4.12 USB Configuration	107
5.4.13 iSCSI Configuration	108
5.5 IntelRCSetup menu	109
5.5.1 Processor Configuration	110
5.5.2 Advanced Power Management Configuration	112
5.5.3 Common RefCode Configuration	114
5.5.4 QPI Configuration	114
5.5.5 Memory Configuration	115
5.5.6 IIO Configuration	118
5.5.7 PCH Configuration	119
5.5.8 Miscellaneous Configuration	121
5.5.9 Server ME Configuration	122
5.5.10 Runtime Error Logging Support	122
5.6 Server Mgmt menu	123
5.7 Event Logs menu	127
5.8 Monitor menu	128
5.9 Security menu	129
5.10 Boot menu	132
5.11 Tool menu	133
5.12 Exit menu	134
Chapter 6: RAID Configuration	137
6.1 Setting up RAID	138
6.1.1 RAID definitions	138
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	139
6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS	139
6.1.4 RAID configuration utilities	139
6.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility	140
6.2.1 Creating a RAID set	141
6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration	147
6.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives	148
6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives	152
6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency	154
6.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration	157
6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set	158
6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache	159
6.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU/SATA Option ROM Utility	160
6.3.1 Creating a RAID set	162
6.3.2 Creating a Recovery set	163
6.3.3 Deleting a RAID set	165
6.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID	166
6.3.5 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility	167
6.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID	167
6.3.7 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility	169
6.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows)	170
6.4.1 Creating a RAID set	171
6.4.2 Changing a Volume Type	173
6.4.3 Deleting a volume	174
6.4.4 Preferences	175
Chapter 7: Driver installation	177
7.1 RAID driver installation	178
7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	178
7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	179
7.2 Management applications and utilities installation	189
7.3 Running the Support DVD	189
7.4 Intel® chipset device software installation	193
7.5 Installing the Intel® I210 Gigabit Adapters driver	195
7.6 VGA driver installation	198
7.7 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.1 installation	200