Asus TS500-E5 PA4 User Guide - Page 4

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Contents 2.5 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch drives 2-14 2.5.1 Installing a 5.25-inch drive 2-14 2.5.2 Installing a 3.5-inch drive 2-15 2.6 SATA/SAS hard disk drives 2-16 2.6.1 Hot-swap HDD module 2-16 2.7 Expansion cards 2-20 2.7.1 Installing an expansion card 2-20 2.7.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card 2-21 2.7.3 Configuring an expansion card 2-22 2.8 Cable connections 2-23 2.8.1 Motherboard connections 2-23 2.8.2 SATA/SAS backplane connections 2-24 2.9 Removable components 2-26 2.9.1 System fan 2-26 2.9.2 Chassis footpads 2-28 2.9.3 Power supply unit 2-29 Chapter 3: Installation options 3.1 Preparing the system for rack mounting 3-2 3.2 Attaching the inner rail to the server 3-2 3.3 Attaching the rails to the rack 3-3 3.4 Mounting the server to the rack 3-4 Chapter 4: Motherboard Info 4.1 Motherboard layout 4-2 4.2 Jumpers 4-4 4.3 Internal connectors 4-9 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 5-2 5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 5-2 5.1.2 AFUDOS utility 5-3 5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 5-6 5.2 BIOS setup program 5-7 5.2.1 BIOS menu screen 5-8 5.2.2 Menu bar 5-8 5.2.3 Navigation keys 5-8 iv

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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
.......................................................
2-16
2.6.1
Hot-swap HDD module
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2-1
6
2.7
Expansion cards
........................................................................
2-20
2.7.1
Installing an expansion card
.........................................
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
.....................................
2-22
2.8
Cable connections
.....................................................................
2-23
2.8.1
Motherboard connections
.............................................
2-2
3
2.8.2
SATA/SAS backplane connections
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2-2
4
2.9
Removable components
............................................................
2-26
2.9.1
System fan
....................................................................
2-2
6
2.9.2
Chassis footpads
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2-28
2.9.3
Power supply unit
..........................................................
2-2
9
Chapter 3:
Installation options
3.1
Preparing the system for rack mounting
...................................
3-2
3.2
Attaching the inner rail to the server
.........................................
3-2
3.3
Attaching the rails to the rack
.....................................................
3-3
3.4
Mounting the server to the rack
..................................................
3-4
Chapter 4:
Motherboard Info
4.1
Motherboard layout
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4-2
4.2
Jumpers
........................................................................................
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
....................................................................
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