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2. PSAS connectors (7-pin PSAS1, PSAS2, PSAS3, PSAS4, PSAS5, PSAS6, PSAS7, PSAS8 [Light Blue]) This motherboard comes with eight (8) PIKE Serial Attached SCSI (PSAS) connectors that supports both Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). Each connector supports one device. • These connectors function only when you install a PIKE RAID card. • Connect the SAS hard disk drives to PSAS connectors 1-8 (blue) when installing a PIKE RAID card. 3. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1) This LED connector is for the storage add-on card cable connected to the SATA or SAS add-on card. The read or write activities of any device connected to the SATA or SAS add-on card causes the front panel LED to light up. ASUS P9D-E/4L 2-31

Section	Page
P9D-E/4L Specifications Summary	12
Chapter 1: Product Introduction	15
1.1 Welcome!	17
1.2 Package contents	17
1.3 Serial number label	18
1.4 Special features	18
1.4.1 Product highlights	18
1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features	20
Chapter 2: Hardware Information	21
2.1 Before you proceed	23
2.2 Motherboard overview	24
2.2.1 Placement direction	24
2.2.2 Screw holes	24
2.2.3 Motherboard layout	25
2.2.4 Layout contents	26
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	28
2.3.1 Installing the CPU	28
2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink	31
2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan	32
2.3.4 Installing the CPU heatsink in rack	33
2.4 System memory	34
2.4.1 Overview	34
2.4.2 Memory Configurations	34
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket	35
2.5 Expansion slots	36
2.5.1 Installing an expansion card	36
2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card	36
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments	37
2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link)	37
2.5.5 PCI Express x8 slot (x8 link)	37
2.5.6 PCI Express x1 slot (x1 link)	37
2.5.7 PCI slot	37
2.5.8 PIKE slot	38
2.5.9 Installing the ASUS PIKE RAID card	39
2.5.10 Installing the Baseboard Management Card	40
2.5.11 Connecting the Thermal sensor cable	41
2.5.12 Installing the Audio card	42
2.6 Onboard LEDs	43
2.7 Jumpers	46
2.8 Connectors	49
2.8.1 Rear panel connectors	49
2.8.2 Internal connectors	50
Chapter 3: Powering Up	62
3.1 Starting up for the first time	64
3.2 Powering off the computer	65
3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function	65
3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch	65
Chapter 4: BIOS setup	66
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	68
4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	68
4.1.2 ASUS EzFlash Utility\b	69
4.1.3 BUPDATER utility	70
4.2 BIOS setup program	72
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen	73
4.2.2 Menu bar	73
4.2.3 Menu items	74
4.2.4 Submenu items	74
4.2.5 Navigation keys	74
4.2.6 General help	74
4.2.7 Configuration fields	74
4.2.8 Pop-up window	74
4.2.9 Scroll bar	74
4.3 Main menu	75
4.3.1 System Date	75
4.3.2 System Time	75
4.4 Advanced menu	76
4.4.1 CPU Configuration	77
4.4.2 PCH-IO Configuration	80
4.4.3 SATA Configuration	81
4.4.4 System Agent (SA) Configuration	82
4.4.5 PCI Subsystem Settings	84
4.4.6 USB Configuration	86
4.4.7 TPM	87
4.4.8 ACPI Settings	87
4.4.9 WHEA Support	88
4.4.10 NCT6779D Super IO Configuration	88
4.4.11 Intel Server Platform Services	89
4.4.12 Onboard LAN Configuration	90
4.4.13 MIO Card Configuration	90
4.4.14 Serial Port Console Redirection	91
4.4.15 Runtime Error Logging Support	94
4.4.16 APM	94
4.4.17 Network Stack	95
4.4.18 Intel RC Drivers Version Detail	95
4.5 Event Logs menu	96
4.6 Boot menu	97
4.7 Monitor menu	100
4.8 Security	101
4.9 Tool menu	104
4.10 Exit menu	104
Chapter 5:	106
RAID Configuration	106
5.1 Setting up RAID	108
5.1.1 RAID definitions	108
5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	109
5.1.3 Setting Jumpers	109
5.1.4 Setting the RAID mode in BIOS	109
5.1.5 RAID configuration utilities	109
5.2 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM Utility	110
5.2.1 Creating a RAID set	111
5.2.2 Deleting a RAID set	113
5.2.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID	114
5.2.4 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise	115
SATA Option ROM utility	115
5.2.5 Rebuilding the RAID	115
5.2.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility	117
5.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows)	118
5.3.1 Creating a RAID set	119
5.3.2 Changing a Volume Type	121
5.3.3 Deleting a volume	122
5.3.4 Preferences	123
Chapter 6: Driver installation	124
6.1 RAID driver installation	126
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	126
6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	128
6.2 Management applications and utilities installation	130
6.3 Running the Support DVD	130
6.4 Installing the LAN driver	138
6.5 Installing the VGA driver	143
6.6 Installing the Intel® C22x MEI NULL HECI driver	146
6.7 Installing the Intel® I210 Gigabit Adapter driver	148
Appendix A: Reference Information	152
A.1 P9D-E/4L block diagram	154
ASUS contact information	156