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Z10PA-D8 Series specifications summary Model Name Z10PA-D8 Z10PA-D8C Processor Support / System Bus Core Logic 2 x Socket R3 (LGA 2011-3) Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 V3 product family QPI 6.4 / 8.0 / 9.6 GT/s Intel® C612 PCH Form Factor Fan Speed Control 12 in. x 10 in. ASUS Features Rack Ready (Rack and Pedestal dual use) ASWM Enterprise Total Slots 8 (4 channels per CPU, 4 DIMMs per CPU) Voltage 1.2 V Capacity Maximum up to 512 GB Memory Memory Type DDR4 2133 / 1866 / 1600 / 1333 RDIMM / LR-DIMM / NVDIMM * Refer to www.asus.com for the latest memory AVL update Memory Size 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB (RDIMM) 32 GB, 64 GB (LR-DIMM) Total PCI / PCI-E Slots 6 Slot Location 1 1 x PCI-E x8 (x4 Gen2 link) Expansion Slot Location 2 Slots (follow Slot Location 3 SSI Location number) Slot Location 4 1 x PCI-E x8 (x8 Gen3 link) 1 x PCI-E x16 (x16 Gen3 link) (Auto switch to x8 Link if slot 4 is occupied.) 1 x PCI-E x8 (x8 Gen3 link) 1 x PCI-E x16 (x16 Gen3 link) Slot Location 5 (Auto switch to x8 Link if slot 6 is occupied.) Slot Location 6 1 x PCI-E x8 (x8 Gen3 link); MIO supported Networking Storage 2 x Intel I210AT LAN 1 x Management port Intel® C612 - 10 x SATA 6Gb/s ports or 9 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with 1 x M.2 connector (support both SATA and PCI-E interface.) SATA Controller Intel® RSTe (for Windows only; Support software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5) LSI MegaRAID driver supports software RAID 0, 1& 10 (Windows & Linux) 2 x Intel I210AT Intel® C612 - 10 x SATA 6Gb/s ports or 9 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with 1 x M.2 connector (support both SATA and PCI-E interface.) Intel® RSTe (for Windows® only; support software RAID 0, 1, 10, and 5) (continued on the next page) xiii

Section	Page
Notices	8
Federal Communications Commission Statement	8
Canadian Department of Communications Statement	8
REACH	8
Safety information	9
Electrical safety	9
Operation safety	9
Australia statement notice	10
How this guide is organized	11
Where to find more information	11
Z10PA-D8 Series specifications summary	13
Chapter 1: Product Introduction	15
1.1 Welcome!	16
1.2 Package contents	16
1.3 Serial number label	17
1.4 Special features	17
1.4.1 Product highlights	17
1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features	18
Chapter 2: Hardware Information	19
2.1 Before you proceed	20
2.2 Motherboard overview	21
2.2.1 Placement direction	21
2.2.2 Screw holes	21
2.2.3 Motherboard layout	22
2.2.4 Layout contents	24
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	26
2.3.1 Installing the CPU	26
2.4 System memory	31
2.4.1 Overview	31
2.4.2 Memory Configurations	31
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket	33
2.5 Expansion slots	34
2.5.1 Installing an expansion card	34
2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card	34
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments	35
2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link)	35
2.5.5 PCI Express x8 slot (x8 link)	35
2.5.6 PCI Express x8 slot (x4 link)	35
2.5.7 Installing ASMB8 series management board	37
2.6 Onboard LEDs	38
2.7 Jumpers	43
2.8 Connectors	47
2.8.1 Rear panel connectors	47
2.8.2 Internal connectors	48
Chapter 3: Powering Up	57
3.1 Starting up for the first time	58
3.2 Powering off the computer	59
3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function	59
3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch	59
Chapter 4: BIOS setup	61
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	62
4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	62
4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility	63
4.1.3 BUPDATER utility	64
4.2 BIOS setup program	66
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen	67
4.2.2 Menu bar	67
4.2.3 Menu items	68
4.2.4 Submenu items	68
4.2.5 Navigation keys	68
4.2.6 General help	68
4.2.7 Configuration fields	68
4.2.8 Pop-up window	68
4.2.9 Scroll bar	68
4.3 Main menu	69
4.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]	69
4.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx]	69
4.4 Advanced menu	70
4.4.1 ACPI Settings	71
4.4.2 Smart Settings	71
4.4.3 NCT6779D Super IO Configuration	72
4.4.4 Intel LAN I210 IO Configuration	73
4.4.5 Serial Port Console Redirection	74
4.4.6 APM	77
4.4.7 PCI Subsystem Settings	78
4.4.8 Network Stack Configuration	79
4.4.9 CSM Configuration	80
4.4.10 Trusted Computing	81
4.4.11 USB Configuration	82
4.4.12 iSCSI Configuration	83
4.5 IntelRCSetup menu	84
4.5.1 Processor Configuration	85
4.5.2 Advanced Power Management Configuration	87
4.5.3 Common RefCode Configuration	88
4.5.4 QPI Configuration	89
4.5.5 Memory Configuration	90
4.5.6 IIO Configuration	93
4.5.7 PCH Configuration	94
4.5.8 Miscellaneous Configuration	98
4.5.9 Server ME Configuration	98
4.5.10 Runtime Error Logging Support	99
4.6 Server Mgmt menu	99
4.7 Event Logs menu	104
4.7.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings	104
4.7.2 View Smbios Event Log	105
4.8 Monitor menu	106
4.9 Security menu	107
4.10 Boot menu	110
4.11 Tool menu	111
4.12 Exit menu	112
Chapter 5: RAID Configuration	115
5.1 Setting up RAID	116
5.1.1 RAID definitions	116
5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	117
5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS	117
5.1.4 RAID configuration utilities	117
5.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (Z10PA-D8 only)	118
5.2.1 Creating a RAID set	119
5.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration	125
5.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives	126
5.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives	130
5.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency	132
5.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration	135
5.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set	136
5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache	137
5.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA/SSATA Option ROM Utility	138
5.3.1 Creating a RAID set	139
5.3.2 Deleting a RAID set	141
5.3.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID	142
5.3.4 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA/SSATA Option ROM utility	143
5.3.5 Rebuilding the RAID	143
5.3.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility	145
5.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows)	146
5.4.1 Creating a RAID set	147
5.4.2 Changing a Volume Type	149
5.4.3 Deleting a volume	150
5.4.4 Preferences	151
Chapter 6: Driver installation	153
6.1 RAID driver installation	154
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	154
6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	155
6.2 Management applications and utilities installation	165
6.3 Running the Support DVD	165
6.4 Intel® chipset device software installation	169
6.5 Installing the Intel® I210 Gigabit Adapters driver	171
6.6 VGA driver installation	174
6.7 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0 installation	176
Appendix A: Reference Information	179
A.1 Z10PA-D8 Series block diagram	180
Z10PA-D8	180
Z10PA-D8C	181

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Z10PA-D8 Series specifications summary

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Model Name

Z10PA-D8

Z10PA-D8C

Processor Support /

System Bus

2 x Socket R3 (LGA 2011-3)

Intel

Xeon

processor E5-2600 V3 product family

QPI 6.4 /

8.0 / 9.6 GT/s

Core Logic

Intel

C612 PCH

Form Factor

12 in. x 10 in.

ASUS

Features

Fan Speed

Control

Rack Ready

(Rack and

Pedestal dual

use)

ASWM

Enterprise

Memory

Total Slots

8 (4 channels per CPU, 4 DIMMs per CPU)

Voltage

1.2 V

Capacity

Maximum up to 512 GB

Memory Type

DDR4 2133 / 1866 / 1600 / 1333 RDIMM / LR-DIMM / NVDIMM

* Refer to www.asus.com for the latest memory AVL update

Memory Size

4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB (RDIMM)

32 GB, 64 GB (LR-DIMM)

Expansion

Slots (follow

SSI Location

number)

Total PCI / PCI-E

Slots

Slot Location 1

1 x PCI-E x8 (x4 Gen2 link)

Slot Location 2

1 x PCI-E x8 (x8 Gen3 link)

Slot Location 3

1 x PCI-E x16 (x16 Gen3 link)

(Auto switch to x8 Link if slot 4 is occupied.)

Slot Location 4

1 x PCI-E x8 (x8 Gen3 link)

Slot Location 5

1 x PCI-E x16 (x16 Gen3 link)

(Auto switch to x8 Link if slot 6 is occupied.)

Slot Location 6

1 x PCI-E x8 (x8 Gen3 link); MIO supported

Networking

LAN

2 x Intel I210AT

1 x Management port

2 x Intel I210AT

Storage

SATA Controller

Intel

C612

- 10 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

or 9 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with 1

x M.2 connector (support both

SATA and PCI-E interface.)

Intel

RSTe (for Windows only;

Support software RAID 0, 1, 10

& 5)

LSI MegaRAID driver supports

software RAID 0, 1& 10

(Windows & Linux)

Intel

C612

- 10 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

or 9 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with 1

x M.2 connector (support both

SATA and PCI-E interface.)

Intel

RSTe (for Windows

only;

support software RAID 0, 1, 10,

and 5)