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Contents
2.5
5.25-inch or 3.5-inch drives
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2-14
2.5.1
Installing a 5.25-inch drive
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2-1
4
2.5.2
Installing a 3.5-inch drive
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2-1
5
2.6
SATA/SAS hard disk drives
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2-16
2.6.1
Hot-swap HDD module
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2-1
6
2.7
Expansion cards
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2-20
2.7.1
Installing an expansion card
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2-2
0
2.7.2
Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card
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2-2
1
2.7.3
Configuring an expansion card
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2-22
2.8
Cable connections
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2-23
2.8.1
Motherboard connections
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2-2
3
2.8.2
SATA/SAS backplane connections
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2-2
4
2.9
Removable components
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2-26
2.9.1
System fan
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2-2
6
2.9.2
Chassis footpads
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2-28
2.9.3
Power supply unit
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2-2
9
Chapter 3:
Installation options
3.1
Preparing the system for rack mounting
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3-2
3.2
Attaching the inner rail to the server
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3-2
3.3
Attaching the rails to the rack
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3-3
3.4
Mounting the server to the rack
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3-4
Chapter 4:
Motherboard Info
4.1
Motherboard layout
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4-2
4.2
Jumpers
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4-4
4.3
Internal connectors
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4-9
Chapter 5:
BIOS setup
5.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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5-2
5.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk
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5-
2
5.1.2
AFUDOS utility
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5-3
5.1.3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
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5-6
5.2
BIOS setup program
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5-7
5.2.1
BIOS menu screen
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5-
8
5.2.2
Menu bar
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5-
8
5.2.3
Navigation keys
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5-
8