ASUS RS700-E7/RS4 User Manual

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Contents

Installation options

Friction Rail Kit Installation Guide ............................................. 3-2
3.1.1

Setting up the friction rail kit on the rack ......................... 3-2

Mounting the server to the rack ...................................... 3-4

Motherboard information

Motherboard layouts .................................................................... 4-2

Jumpers ........................................................................................ 4-4

Internal connectors ...................................................................... 4-8

Internal LEDs .............................................................................. 4-14

Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 5-2
5.1.1

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 5-2

ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility .................................................. 5-3

BUPDATER utility............................................................ 5-4

BIOS setup program .................................................................... 5-6
5.2.1

BIOS menu screen .......................................................... 5-7

Menu bar ......................................................................... 5-7

Menu items ..................................................................... 5-8

Submenu items ............................................................... 5-8

Navigation keys ............................................................... 5-8

General help ................................................................... 5-8

Configuration fields ......................................................... 5-8

Pop-up window ............................................................... 5-8

Scroll bar ......................................................................... 5-8

Main menu .................................................................................... 5-9
5.3.1

System Date .................................................................. 5-9

System Time .................................................................. 5-9

Advanced menu ......................................................................... 5-10
5.4.1

CPU Configuration ........................................................ 5-10

CPU Power Management Configuration ....................... 5-12

Chipset Configuration ................................................... 5-14

PCH SATA Configuration .............................................. 5-22

PCH SCU SAS Configuration ....................................... 5-23

PCI Subsystem Settings ............................................... 5-23

Onboard LAN Configuration .......................................... 5-29