User manual ASUS RS700-E7/RS8

[. . . ] RS700-E7/RS8 1U Rackmount Server User Guide E7228 Revised Edition V2 February 2012 Copyright © 2012 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. 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. [. . . ] F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Enables or DisablesPCI Express Device Relaxed Ordering. Link Training Retry 8 Link Training Timeout (US) 250 Unpopulated Links [Keep Link ON] Version 2. 14. 1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Relaxed Ordering [Disabled] Enables or disables PCI Express device relaxed ordering. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Extended Tag [Disabled] If Enable allows device is use 8-bit tag field as a requester. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] No Snoop [Enabled] Enables or disables PCI Express device No snoop option. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 5-24 Chapter 5: BIOS setup Maximum Payload [Auto] Set Maximum Payload of PCI Express device or allow system BIOS to select the value. Configuration options: [Auto] [128 Bytes] [256 Bytes] [512 Bytes] [1024 Bytes] [2048 Bytes] [4096 Bytes] MaximumReadRequest [Auto] Set Maximum Read Request of PCI Express device or allow system BIOS to select the value. Configuration options: [Auto] [128 Bytes] [256 Bytes] [512 Bytes] [1024 Bytes] [2048 Bytes] [4096 Bytes] PCI Express Link Register Settings ASPM Support [Disabled] Allows to set the ASPM level. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auot] [Force L0s] [Force L0s] Force all links to L0s state. [Disabled] Disabled ASPM. Extended Synch [Disabled] If Enabled allows generation of Extended synchronization patterns. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Link Training Retry [8] Defines number od retry attempts software will take to ratrain the link if previous training attempt was unsuccessful. Configuration options: [Disabled] [2] [3] [5] [8] Link Training Timeout (uS) [250] Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. The values range from 10 to 1000 uS with a 10 interval. Unpopulated Links [Keep Link ON] In order to save power, software will disable unpopulated PCI Express links, if this option set to Disabled. Configuration options: [Keep Link ON] [Disabled] ASUS RS700-E7/RS8 5-25 PCI Express GEN2 Device Register Settings Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced PCI Express GEN2 Device Register Settings Completion Timeout [Default] ARI Forwarding [Disabled] Atomic0p Requester Enable [Disabled] Atomic0p Egress Blocking [Disabled] ID0 Request Enable [Disabled] ID0 Completion Enable [Disabled] LTR Mechanism Enable [Disabled] End-End TLP Prefix Blocking [Disabled] PCI Express GEN2 Link Register Target Link Speed Clock Power Management Compliance SOS Hardware Autonomous Width Hardware Autonomous Speed In device Functions that support Completion Timeout programmability, allows system software to modify the Completion Timout value. If `Shorter' is selected, software will use shorter timeout ranges supported by hardware. If `Longer' is selected, software will use. [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] : Select Screen : Select Item Enter: Select Item +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Version 2. 14. 1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Completion Timeout [Default] In device Functions that support Completion Timeout programmability, allows system software to modify the Completion Timout value. If `Shorter' is selected, software will use shorter timeout ranges supported by hardware. If `Longer' is selected, software will use. Configuration options: [Default] [Shorter] [Longer] [Disabled] ARI Forwarding [Disabled] If supported by hardware and set to `Enabled', the Downstream Port disables its traditional Device Number field being 0 enforcement when turning a Type 1 Configuration Request into a Type 0 Configuration Request, permitting access to Extended Functions in ab ART Device immediately below the port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Atomic0pRequesterEnable[Disabled] If supported by hardware and set to `Enabled', this function initistes Atomc0p Requests only if Bus Master Enable bit is in the Command Register set. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Atomic0p Egress Blocking [Disabled] If supported by hardware and set to `Enabled', outbound Atomic0p Requests via Egress Ports will be blocked. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ID0RequestEnable[Disabled] If supported by hardware and set to `Enabled', this permits setting the number of ID-Based Ordering (ID0) bit (Attribute [2]) requests to be initiated. [. . . ] The support DVD 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 DVD to locate the file ASSETUP. EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP. EXE to run the support DVD. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 3. Click the item Intel® C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers from the menu, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. 7-22 Chapter 7: Driver installation 7. 6 Microsoft . NET Framework 3. 5 SP1 This section provides the instructions on how to install the Microsoft . NET Framework 3. 5 SP1 software on the system. You need to manually install the Intel® Microsoft . NET Framework 3. 5 SP1 software on a Windows operating system. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. [. . . ]