User manual ASUS RS100-E5/PI2

[. . . ] RS100-E5-PI2 1U Rackmount Server User Guide E3648 First Edition V1 March 2008 Copyright 2008© ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ASUS provides this manual "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASUS, its directors, officers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASUS has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. [. . . ] Refer to "4. 2. 7 Pop-up window. " 5. 2. 7 Pop-up window Select a menu item then press <Enter> to display a pop-up window with the configuration options for that item. 5. 2. 8 Scroll bar A scroll bar appears on the right side of a menu screen when there are items that do not fit on the screen. Press the Up/Down arrow keys or <Page Up> /<Page Down> keys to display the other items on the screen. 5. 2. 9 General help Pop-up window Scroll bar At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item. 5-10 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5. 3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an overview of the basic system information. Refer to section 5. 2. 1 BIOS menu screen for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them. BIOS SETUP UTILITY MainAdvancedPowerBootExit SystemTime SystemDate LegacyDisketteA PrimaryIDEMaster PrimaryIDESlave SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 IDEConfiguration System Information : : : : : : [11:10:19] [Mon01/28/2008] [Disabled] [NotDetected] [TSSTcorpDVD-ROMTS] [HitachiHDS721616P] [NotDetected] [NotDetected] [HitachiHDS721616P] Use[ENTER]. [TAB], or[SHIFT-TAB]to selectafield. Use[+]or[-]to configuresystemtime. Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option Tab electField S F1 General Help F10 aveandExit S ESC xit E v02. 58(C)Copyright1985-2004, AmericanMegatrends, Inc. 5. 3. 1 5. 3. 2 5. 3. 3 System Time [xx:xx:xx] System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Legacy Diskette A [Disabled] Allows you to set the system time. Allows you to set the system date. Sets the type of floppy drive installed. Configuration options: [Disabled] [360K, 5. 25 in. ] [1. 2M , 5. 25 in. ] [720K , 3. 5 in. ] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [2. 88M, 3. 5 in. ] ASUS RS100-E5-PI2 5-11 5. 3. 4 Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA1-4 The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. Select a device item, then press <Enter> to display the IDE device information. Main Primary IDE Master Device : Not Detected Type [Auto] LBA/LargeMode [Auto] Block(Multi-SectorTransfer)M [Auto] PIOMode [Auto] DMAMode [Auto] SMARTMonitoring [Auto] 32BitDataTransfer [Enabled] BIOS SETUP UTILITY Select the type of device connected to the system. Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10 aveandExit S ESC xit E v02. 58(C)Copyright1985-2007, AmericanMegatrends, Inc. The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system. Type [Auto] Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the appropriate IDE device type. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Block (Multi-sector Transfer) M [Auto] Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to [Auto], the data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer feature. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] 5-12 Chapter 5: BIOS setup PIO Mode [Auto] Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] DMA Mode [Auto] Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5] SMART Monitoring [Auto] Allows you to enable or disable the HDD Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) feature. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 5. 3. 5 IDEConfiguration The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you wish to configure the item. Main IDEConfiguration ATA/IDEConfiguration ConfigureSATAas [Enhanced] [IDE] BIOS SETUP UTILITY Options Disable Compatible Enabled HardDiskWriteProtect [Disabled] IDEDetectTimeOut(Sec) [35] ATA(PI)80PinCableDetection [Host] Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10 aveandExit S ESC xit E v02. 58(C)Copyright1985-2007, AmericanMegatrends, Inc. ATA/IDEConfiguration[Enhanced] Set the ATA/IDE Configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [IDE] This sub-item appears only when you set the ATA/IDEConfiguration item to [Enhanced] and allows you to set the SATA configuration. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] ASUS RS100-E5-PI2 5-13 Legacy IDE Channels [PATA Pri, SATA Sec] This sub-item appears only when you set the ATA/IDEConfiguration item to [Compatible] and allows you to set the legacy IDE channels. Configuration options: [SATA Only] [PATA Pri, SATA Sec] [SATA Pri, PATA Sec] [PATA Only] · · If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. [. . . ] Follow screen instructions to complete installation. 7-16 Chapter 7: Driver installation 7. 3. 2 Red Hat enterprise The Red Hat Enterprise operating system automatically recognizes the XGI Graphics driver during system installation. There is no need to install an additional driver(s) to support the onboard VGA. ASUS RS100-E5-PI2 7-17 7. 4 Management applications and utilities installation The support CD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, management applications, and utilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features. The contents of the support CD are subject to change at any time without notice. Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) for updates. 7. 4. 1 Running the support CD Place the support CD to the optical drive. The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support CD to locate the file ASSETUP. EXE from the BIN folder. [. . . ]