User manual ASUS RS920-E7/RS8

[. . . ] RS920-E7/RS8 RS926-E7/RS8 2U Rackmount Server User Guide E7284 First Edition March 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. [. . . ] When read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to report warning messages during the POST. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Staggered spin-up is a feature defined in the Serial ATA Specifications. It enables an HBA to individually spin-up attached SATA devices to avoid maximum current charged by applying all attached SATA devices at the same time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS RS920-E7/RS8; RS926-E7/RS8 5-21 5. 4. 5 Device1 Device2 Device3 Device4 PCH SCU Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Intel Intel Intel Intel ISR10a ISR10a ISR10a ISR10a Patsburg B/D sku only →←: 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. 5. 4. 6 PCI Subsystem Settings Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced V 2. 05. 00 [EFI Compatible ROM] [32 PCI Bus Clocks] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] In case of multiple Option ROMs (Legacy and EFI Compatible), specifies what PCI option ROM to lanuch. PCI Bus Driver Version PCI Option ROM Handling PCI ROM Priority PCI Common Setting PCI Latency Timer VGA Palette Snoop PERR# Generation SERR# Generation Load RT32 Image PCI Express Settings PCIE Slot Option Rom Configuration →←: 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. 15. 1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. PCI ROM Priority [EFI Compatible ROM] In case of multiple option roms (Legacy and EFI Compatible), specifies what PCI option rom to launch. Configuration options: [Legacy ROM] [EFI Compatible ROM] PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clocks] Value to be programmed into PCI latency timer register Configuration options: [32 PCI Bus Clocks] [64 PCI Bus Clocks] [96 PCI Bus Clocks] [128 PCI Bus Clocks] [160 PCI Bus Clocks] [192 PCI Bus Clocks] [224 PCI Bus Clocks] [248 PCI Bus Clocks] 5-22 Chapter 5: BIOS setup VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable VGA pallette registers snooping. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PERR# Generation [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable PCI device to generate PERR#. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SERR# Generation [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable PCI device to generate SERR#. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Load RT32 Image [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable RT32 Image Loading. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PCI Express Settings Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced PCI Express Link Register Settings ASPM Support [Disabled] WARNING: Enabling ASPM may cause some PCI-E device to fail Allows you to enable or disablePCI Express Device Relaxed Ordering. →←: 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. 15. 1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. PCI Express Link Register Settings ASPM Support [Disabled] Allows you to set the ASPM level. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] [Force L0s] [Force L0s] Force all links to L0s state. [Disabled] Disabled ASPM. ASUS RS920-E7/RS8; RS926-E7/RS8 5-23 PCIE Slot Option Rom Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Legacy OpROM Support Launch Storage 0pROM PCIE1 Option Rom PCIE2 Option Rom PCIE3 Option Rom PIKE Option Rom [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable boot option for legacy mass storage device with option ROM. →←: 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. 15. 1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Launch Storage OpROM [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable boot option for legacy mass storage device with option ROM. [. . . ] You need to manually install the Intel® C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID (SATA mode) Drivers on a Windows operating system. To install the drivers: 1. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. 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 SATA RAID Drivers from the menu, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. ASUS RS920-E7/RS8; RS926-E7/RS8 7-23 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. [. . . ]