User manual ASUS RS260-E3RS8

[. . . ] RS260-E3 Dual Intel® XeonTM 2U Rackmount Server 800 MHz Front Side Bus Service Guide E2267 First edition V1 November 2005 Copyright © 2005 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. [. . . ] 3. Copy the AFUDOS utility (afudos. exe) from the motherboard support CD to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. Boot the system in DOS mode, then at the prompt type: afudos /i[filename] where [filename] is the latest or the original BIOS file on the bootable floppy disk. A:\>afudos /iI8021A00. 100 4. The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS. A:\>afudos /iI8021A00. 100 AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1. 19(ASUS V2. 07(03. 11. 24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. Do not turn off power during flash BIOS Reading file . . . . . . . 0x0008CC00 (9%) Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure! 5-4 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5. The utility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive. A:\>afudos /iI8021A00. 100 AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1. 19(ASUS V2. 07(03. 11. 24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. Do not turn off power during flash BIOS Reading file . . . . . . . done Please restart your computer A:\> ASUS RS260-E3 5-5 5. 1. 3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file. · · Prepare the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. Make sure that you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy disk according the exact name of your motherboard, e. g. I8022A0. rom Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk: 1. Insert the floppy disk with the original or updated BIOS file to the floppy disk drive. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the floppy disk for the original or updated BIOS file. Bad BIOS checksum. Checking for floppy. . . When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. Bad BIOS checksum. Start flashing. . . DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS!Doing so can cause system boot failure! 4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. 5-6 Chapter 5: BIOS setup Recovering the BIOS from the support CD To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 1. Remove any floppy disk from the floppy disk drive, then turn on the system. Insert the support CD to the optical drive. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the floppy disk for the original or updated BIOS file. Bad BIOS checksum. Checking for floppy. . . When no floppy disk is found, the utility automatically checks the optical drive for the original or updated BIOS file. The utility then updates the corrupted BIOS file. Bad BIOS checksum. Start flashing. . . DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS!Doing so can cause system boot failure! 4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. [. . . ] SuSE Linux Enterprise 9. 0 W/SP2 32bit A. 3 Vender Qualified Vendors List (QVL) Size Module Spec DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Dual Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Dual Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 256MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Dual Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Dual Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) (continued on the next page) Memory Chip Samsung / K4T51083QBGCCC Samsung / K4T56083QFGCCC Samsung / K4T51083QBGCCC Hynix / HY5PS12821F-E3 DDR2 400 Registered DIMM AVL Candidate Samsung 512MB Samsung 512MB Samsung 1GB Hynix Elpida Elpida Kingston Samsung 512MB 1GB 512MB 512MB 1GB Samsung 256MB Samsung 512MB Apacer Apacer 1GB 512MB Samsung / K4T51043QBGCCC Samsung / K4T56083QFGCCC Samsung / K4T56043QFGCCC Samsung / K4T51083QBGCCC Infineon / HYB18T512800AC-5 Corsair 1GB Kingston 1GB Apacer 512MB Samsung 1GB Trascend 1GB Wintec Wintec Apacer Apacer ATP 1GB 512MB 512MB 1GB 1GB Samsung / K4T51083QBGCCC Samsung / K4T51083QBGCCC Samaung / K4T51043QBGCCC Infineon / HYB18T512 400AF-5 Samsung / K4T51083QBGCD5 Infineon / HYB18T512800AF-5 Infineon / HYB1875T512400AF-5 Samsung / K4T51043QBGCCC A-4 Appendix: References Qualified Vendors List (QVL) continued ATP Apacer Apacer Nanya Nanya 512MB 2GB 2GB 1GB 2GB DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 2GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 2GB ECC/REG (Dual Rank) DDR2-400 2GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 2GB ECC/REG (Dual Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 2GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 2GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-400 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-533 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-533 1GB ECC/REG (Double Rank) DDR2-533 2GB ECC/REG (Dual Rank) DDR2-533 ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-533 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-533 1GB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-533 512MB ECC/REG (Single Rank) DDR2-533 1GB ECC/REG (Double Rank) DDR2-533 1GB ECC/REG (Double Rank) Samsung / K4T56043QFGCCC Elpida / EDE1104AASE-4A-E Infineon / HYB18T512400AF-5 Nanya / NT5TU128M4AE5A Nanya / NT5TU128M4AE5A Nanya / NT5TU64M8AE-5A Elpida / EDE1104AASE-4A-E Infineon / HYB18T1G400AF5 Samaung / K4T51043QCZCCC Elpida / E5108AG-5C-E Elpida / E5104AE-5C-E Samsung / K4T51083QBGCD5 Samaung / K4T51083QBZCD5 Infineon / HYB18T512400AC37 Elpida / E5108AB-5C-E Micron / 4XB42 D9CHK Samsung / K4T51043QBGCD5 Samsung / K4T51083QCZCD5 Samaung / K4T51083QCZCD5 Infineon / HYB18T512800AF37 Nanya 512MB Trascend 2GB Trascend 2GB Trascend 1GB Apacer 512MB Apacer 1GB Trascend 512MB Trascend 1GB Apacer Unigen ATP ATP 2GB 512MB 512MB 1GB Trascend 512MB Trascend 1GB Viking 1GB SCSI HDD (15K) Vendor Seagate/8M/15K Seagate/8M/10K FSC/15K Seagate/8M/15K FSC/15K Hitachi 8M/15K Type U320/80-pin U320/80pin U320/80pin U320/80pin U320/80pin Size 36GB 36 GB 36 GB 73 GB 73 GB 73 GB Product No. ST336753LC ST336753LC MAS3367NC ST373453LC MAS3735NC ASUS RS260-E3 A-5 Qualified Vendors List (QVL) continued LAN card Vendor ASUS Intel Intel Intel SCSI card Vendor ASUS LSI Adaptec Adaptec Adaptec Description PXL-S30 64 bit U320 SCSI Card LSI21320 , 2ch U320 SCSI 39320-R, 2ch PCI-X U320 SCSI 29320-R, 1ch PCI-X U320 SCSI 39160, 2ch 64bit PCI U160 Product No. PXL-S30 R1. 04 22-T00420204 1978300; ASC-39320-PK 1978100; ASC-29320-PK 1822300; ASC-39160-PK Part Description PXI-G45 PCI-X Gb LAN Card PRO/1000 MT Server PRO/1000 MT Dual port PRO/1000 MT Quad port Product No. 80-C1S510-0B01 PWLA8490MT PWLA8492MT PWLA8494MT SCSI RAID card Vendor LSI Adaptec Adaptec Intel Description MegaRAID 320-1 1ch 64bit PCI U320 ASR2120S 1ch 64bit PCI U320 Adaptec SCSI ZCR RAID 2025ZCR SRCU42L 1+1ch 64bit PCI U320 1961800; ASR-2120S 2025ZCR SRCU42L Product No. A-6 Appendix: References A. 4 Troubleshooting Some problems that you may encounter are not due to defects on the system or the components. 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