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1.3 System specifications The ASUS RS700-E6/RS4 is a 1U barebone server system featuring the ASUS Z8PS-D12-1U server board. The server supports Intel® LGA1366 Xeon® 5500 series processors, plus other latest technologies through the chipsets onboard. Model Name Processor / System Bus Core Logic ASUS Features Smart Fan ASWM2.0 Total Slots Memory Capacity Memory Type Memory Size Total PCI/PCI-X/ PCI-E Slots Expansion Slots Slot Type Additional Slot Storage SATA Controller SAS Controller HDD Bays Networking Graphic I = internal A or S will be hot-swappable LAN VGA Auxiliary Storage FDD / CD / DVD RS700-E6/RS4 2 x Socket LGA1366 Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors (45nm) Quad-Core/Dual-Core QPI 4.8 / 5.86 / 6.4 GT/s Intel® 5520 I/O Hub Intel® ICH10R I/O Controller √ √ 12 (3-channel per CPU, 6 DIMMs per CPU) Maximum up to 96GB (RDIMM) Maximum up to 48GB (UDIMM) DDR3 1333 / 1066 Reg DIMM / Unbuffered DIMM with ECC 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB 3 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (x16 link) (Full-Height / Half-Length) (PCIe1) 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (x8 link) (Full-Height / Half-Length) (PCIe2) 1 x PCIe 2.0 x8 slot (x8 link) (Low profile / Half-Length) (PCIe3) 1 x PIKE Slot for storage enhancement Intel® ICH10R: 6 x SATA2 300MB/s ports Intel Matrix Storage (for Windows only) - Supports software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 LSI MegaRAID (for Linux / Windows) - Supports software RAID 0, 1 & 10 Optional: ASUS PIKE 1064E 4-port SAS RAID card ASUS PIKE 1078 8-port SAS HW RAID card 4 x Hot-swap 3.5" HDD Bays 2 x Intel® 82574L PCIE GbE LANs Aspeed AST2050 16MB 1 x Slim-type Optical Device Bay Options: No Device / DVD-RW (continued on the next page) ASUS RS700-E6/RS4 1-3

Section	Page
Contents	3
Notices	7
Safety information	8
About this guide	9
Chapter 1: Product introduction	11
1.1 System package contents	12
1.2 Serial number label	12
1.3 System specifications	13
1.4 Front panel features	15
1.5 Rear panel features	15
1.6 Internal features	16
1.7 LED information	17
1.7.1 Front panel LEDs	17
1.7.2 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs	17
1.7.3 HDD status LED	18
Chapter 2: Hardware setup	19
2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	20
2.1.1 Installing the CPU	20
2.1.2 Installing the CPU heatsink	23
2.2 System memory	24
2.2.1 Overview	24
2.2.2 Memory configurations	24
2.3 Hard disk drives	26
2.4 Expansion slot	27
2.4.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket	27
2.4.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card (optional)	28
2.4.3 Configuring an expansion card	29
2.5 Installing ASUS Server Management Board (optional)	30
2.6 Installing additional power supply unit	31
Chapter 3: Installation options	33
3.1 Rack rails assembly	34
3.2 Removing the Server from the rack	36
Chapter 4: Motherboard Info	37
4.1 Motherboard layout	38
4.2 Jumpers	40
4.3 Internal connectors	45
4.4 Internal LEDs	47
Chapter 5: BIOS setup	49
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	50
5.1.1 AFUDOS utility	50
5.1.2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	52
5.2 BIOS setup program	53
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen	54
5.2.2 Menu bar	54
5.2.3 Navigation keys	54
5.2.4 Menu items	55
5.2.5 Sub-menu items	55
5.2.6 Configuration fields	55
5.2.7 Pop-up window	55
5.2.8 Scroll bar	55
5.2.9 General help	55
5.3 Main menu	56
5.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]	56
5.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]	56
5.3.3 SATA1–6	56
5.3.4 IDE Configuration	58
5.3.5 AHCI Configuration	59
5.3.6 System Information	60
5.4 Advanced menu	61
5.4.1 CPU Configuration	61
5.4.2 Chipset Configuration	64
5.4.3 Legacy Device Configuration	68
5.4.4 USB Configuration	69
5.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration	70
5.4.6 Power On configuration	71
5.4.7 Event Log Configuration	72
5.4.8 Hardware Monitor	73
5.4.9 ACPI Configuration	74
5.5 Server menu	76
5.5.1 IPMI Configuration	76
5.5.2 Remote Access Configuration	77
5.6 Boot menu	79
5.6.1 Boot Device Priority	79
5.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration	80
5.6.3 Security	81
5.7 Exit menu	83
Chapter 6: RAID configuration	85
6.1 Setting up RAID	86
6.1.1 RAID definitions	86
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	86
6.1.3 RAID controller selection	87
6.1.4 Setting the RAID item in BIOS	87
6.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility	88
6.2.1 Creating a RAID set	89
6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration	95
6.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives	96
6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives	100
6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency	102
6.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration	105
6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set	106
6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache	107
6.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility	108
6.3.1 Creating a RAID set	109
6.3.2 Creating a Recovery set	110
6.3.3 Deleting a RAID set	112
6.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID	113
6.3.5 Recovery Volume Options	114
6.3.6 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager	115
6.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID	115
6.3.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility	117
Chapter 7: Driver installation	119
7.1 RAID driver installation	120
7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	120
7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	123
7.2 Intel® chipset device installation	130
7.3 LAN driver installation	132
7.4 VGA driver installation	135
7.5 Management applications and utilities installation	137
7.5.1 Running the support DVD	137
7.5.2 Drivers menu	137
7.5.3 Utilities menu	138
7.5.4 Make disk menu	138