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2.8 Cable connections • The bundled system cables are pre-connected before shipment. You do not need to disconnect these cables unless you will remove pre‑installed components to install additional devices. • Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed information on the connectors. 2.8.1 Motherboard connections 24.5cm (9.6in) KBMS1 USB12_L3 3 PSUSMB EATXPWR1 1 CPU_FAN1 COM1 DDR DIMM_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR DIMM_A1 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR DIMM_B2 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR DIMM_A2 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR DIMM_B3 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR DIMM_A3 (64bit, 240-pin module) VGA1 EATX12V1 2 CPUFAN_SEL1 CPU1 DSAN-DX ® LAN1 REAR_FAN2 4 CPU2 24.5cm (9.6in) LAN2 BCM5721 Intel 5100P MCH LAN_SW1 BCM5721 REAR_FAN1 LAN_SW2 COM2 PCIE1 PCIE2 CPU_FAN2 CPU_WARN1 5 FRNT_FAN2 FRNT_FAN3 FRNT_FAN4 RAID_SEL1 FLOPPY1 PCIE3 Z9s VGA_SW1 ASMB3 USB56 USB34 PCI4 AMI 8Mb RECOVERY1 IDE_SW1 SB_PWR1 CHAFAN_SEL1 IT8213F Super I/O BUZZER1 PCIE6 PRI_IDE AUX_PANEL1 PIKE1 7 CLRTC1 Lithium Cell CMOS Power 6 IBTN_SEL1 PIKE2 SAS8 SAS7 SAS6 SAS5 SAS4 SAS3 SAS2 SAS1 FRNT_FAN1 Intel 82801IR (ICH9R) HDLED 10 Standard cables connected to the motherboard SATA5 SATA6 SATA3 SATA4 SATA1 SATA2 SGPIO3 8 SGPIO2 SGPIO1 PANEL1 9 1. 24-pin ATX power connector (from power supply to motherboard) 2. 8-pin 12V power connector (from power supply to motherboard) 3. Power supply SMBus connector (from power supply to motherboard) 4. System fan connectors (from system fan to motherboard) 5. USB connector (from motherboard to front I/O board) 6. IDE connector (from motherboard to the optional drive) 7. Chassis Intrusion connector (from rear chassis intrusion switch to motherboard) 8. Serial General Purpose Input/Output connectors (SATA: from motherboard SGPIO1 to SATA/SAS backplane J2 connector SAS: from motherboard SGPIO2 to SATA/SAS backplane J6 connector SAS: from motherboard SGPIO3 to SATA/SAS backplane J7 connector) 9. System panel connector (from motherboard to front I/O board) 10. SAS connectors (for ASUS PIKE only; from motherboard to SATA/SAS backplane) ASUS TS500-E5 2-23

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
1.4.1 Four Hot-Swap HDD Devices	15
1.4.2 Eight Hot-Swap HDD Devices	16
1.5 Rear panel features	17
1.5.1 Single power supply (PA4 model)	17
1.5.2 Redundant Power Supply (RX8 model)	17
1.6 Internal features	18
1.7 LED information	19
1.7.1 Front panel LEDs	19
1.7.2 Rear panel LEDs	20
Chapter 2: Hardware setup	21
2.1 Chassis cover	22
2.1.1 Removing the side cover	22
2.1.2 Reinstalling the side cover	23
2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	24
2.2.1 Installing the CPU	24
2.2.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan	27
2.3 System memory	28
2.3.1 Overview	28
2.3.2 Memory configurations	28
2.3.3 Memory mirroring and sparing technology	30
2.3.4 Installing a DIMM	32
2.3.5 Removing a DIMM	32
2.4 Front panel assembly	33
2.4.1 Removing the front panel assembly	33
2.4.2 Reinstalling the front panel assembly	33
2.5 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch drives	34
2.5.1 Installing a 5.25-inch drive	34
2.5.2 Installing a 3.5-inch drive	35
2.6 SATA/SAS hard disk drives	36
2.6.1 Hot-swap HDD module	36
2.7 Expansion cards	40
2.7.1 Installing an expansion card	40
2.7.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card	41
2.7.3 Configuring an expansion card	42
2.8 Cable connections	43
2.8.1 Motherboard connections	43
2.8.2 SATA/SAS backplane connections	44
2.9 Removable components	46
2.9.1 System fan	46
2.9.2 Chassis footpads	48
2.9.3 Power supply unit	49
Chapter 3: Installation options	51
3.1 Preparing the system for rack mounting	52
3.2 Attaching the inner rail to the server	52
3.3 Attaching the rails to the rack	53
3.4 Mounting the server to the rack	54
Chapter 4: Motherboard Info	55
4.1 Motherboard layout	56
4.2 Jumpers	58
4.3 Internal connectors	63
Chapter 5: BIOS setup	73
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	74
5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk	74
5.1.2 AFUDOS utility	75
5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	78
5.2 BIOS setup program	79
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen	80
5.2.2 Menu bar	80
5.2.3 Navigation keys	80
5.2.4 Menu items	81
5.2.5 Sub-menu items	81
5.2.6 Configuration fields	81
5.2.7 Pop-up window	81
5.2.8 Scroll bar	81
5.2.9 General help	81
5.3 Main menu	82
5.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]	82
5.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]	82
5.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [Disabled]	82
5.3.4 SATA1–6; PATA Master/Slave	83
5.3.5 IDE Configuration	85
5.3.6 System Information	86
5.4 Advanced menu	87
5.4.1 USB Configuration	87
5.4.2 CPU Configuration	89
5.4.3 Chipset	91
5.4.4 Onboard Device Configuration	93
5.4.5 PCIPnP	94
5.5 Server menu	95
5.5.1 ASF Support [Enabled]	95
5.5.2 Remote Access Configuration	95
5.6 Power menu	97
5.6.1 ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled]	97
5.6.2 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]	97
5.7 Boot menu	100
5.7.1 Boot Device Priority	100
5.7.2 Boot Settings Configuration	101
5.7.3 Security	102
5.8 Exit menu	104
Chapter 6: RAID configuration	105
6.1 Setting up RAID	106
6.1.1 RAID definitions	106
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	107
6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS	107
6.1.4 RAID configuration utilities	107
6.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility	108
6.2.1 Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set	109
6.2.2 Creating a RAID 10 set	115
6.2.3 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration	119
6.2.4 Initializing the logical drives	122
6.2.5 Rebuilding failed drives	127
6.2.6 Checking the drives for data consistency	129
6.2.7 Deleting a RAID configuration	132
6.2.8 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set	133
6.2.9 Enabling the WriteCache	134
6.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility	135
6.3.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe)	136
6.3.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror)	138
6.3.3 Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe + Mirror)	139
6.3.4 Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity)	140
6.3.5 Deleting a RAID set	141
6.3.6 Resetting disks to Non-RAID	142
6.3.7 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager	142
Chapter 7: Driver installation	143
7.1 RAID driver installation	144
7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	144
7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	147
7.2 Intel® chipset device installation	155
7.3 LAN driver installation	158
7.4 VGA driver installation	161
7.4.1 Windows® Server	161
7.5 Management applications and utilities installation	163
7.5.1 Running the support CD	163
7.5.2 Drivers menu	163
7.5.3 Management Software menu	164
7.5.4 Utilities menu	164

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ASUS TS500-E5

DSAN-DX

24.5cm (9.6in)

DDR DIMM_A3 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR DIMM_B3 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR DIMM_A2 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR DIMM_B2 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR DIMM_A1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR DIMM_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

PCIE1

HDLED

Super

I/O

IT8213F

AMI

8Mb

EATX12V1

USB12_L3

KBMS1

USB56

USB34

FLOPPY1

PRI_IDE

PANEL1

SGPIO1

SGPIO2

SGPIO3

SAS8

SAS7

SAS6

SAS5

SAS4

SAS3

SAS2

SAS1

AUX_PANEL1

BCM5721

Intel

5100P MCH

Intel

82801IR

(ICH9R)

BCM5721

LAN1

LAN2

Z9s

VGA_SW1

LAN_SW2

ASMB3

LAN_SW1

REAR_FAN1

REAR_FAN2

VGA1

COM1

CPU_FAN2

FRNT_FAN1

FRNT_FAN2

FRNT_FAN3

FRNT_FAN4

RAID_SEL1

CPU_WARN1

CPUFAN_SEL1

IBTN_SEL1

COM2

IDE_SW1

CLRTC1

CHAFAN_SEL1

SB_PWR1

BUZZER1

RECOVERY1

PCIE3

PCIE6

PCI4

PCIE2

PIKE1

PIKE2

EATXPWR1

CPU_FAN1

PSUSMB

Lithium Cell

CMOS Power

SATA5

SATA6

SATA3

SATA4

SATA1

SATA2

CPU1

CPU2

2.8

Cable connections

2.8.1

Motherboard connections

•

The bundled system cables are pre-connected before shipment. You do

not need to disconnect these cables unless you will remove pre-installed

components to install additional devices.

•

Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed information on the connectors.

Standard cables connected to the motherboard

24-pin ATX power connector (from power supply to motherboard)

8-pin 12V power connector (from power supply to motherboard)

Power supply SMBus connector (from power supply to motherboard)

System fan connectors (from system fan to motherboard)

USB connector (from motherboard to front I/O board)

IDE connector (from motherboard to the optional drive)

Chassis Intrusion connector (from rear chassis intrusion switch to motherboard)

Serial General Purpose Input/Output connectors

(SATA: from motherboard SGPIO1 to SATA/SAS backplane J2 connector

SAS: from motherboard SGPIO2 to SATA/SAS backplane J6 connector

SAS: from motherboard SGPIO3 to SATA/SAS backplane J7 connector)

System panel connector (from motherboard to front I/O board)

10.

SAS connectors (for ASUS PIKE only; from motherboard to SATA/SAS backplane)