ASUS TS700-E7/RS8 Manuale Utente

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Contents

Safety information ..................................................................................................... vii
About this guide ....................................................................................................... viii
TS700-E7/RS8 specifications summary .................................................................... x

Chapter 1:

Product introduction

1-1

Package contents.......................................................................................1-1

Serial number label ....................................................................................1-2

Front panel features...................................................................................1-3

Rear panel features ....................................................................................1-4

Internal features .........................................................................................1-5

LED information .........................................................................................1-6
1.6.1

Front panel LEDs ........................................................................1-6

Rear panel LEDs .........................................................................1-7

Chapter 2:

Hardware setup

2-1

Chassis cover .............................................................................................2-1
2.1.1

Removing the side cover.............................................................2-1

Reinstalling the side cover ..........................................................2-2

Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................................2-3
2.2.1

Installing the CPU .......................................................................2-3

Installing the CPU heatsink and fan connector ...........................2-8

System memory .........................................................................................2-9
2.3.1

Overview .....................................................................................2-9

Memory Configurations .............................................................2-10

Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket........................2-12

Front panel assembly ..............................................................................2-13
2.4.1

Removing the front panel assembly ..........................................2-13

Reinstalling the front panel assembly .......................................2-14

5.25-inch drives ........................................................................................2-14

SATA/SAS hard disk drives .....................................................................2-15
2.6.1

Installing the HDD module cage................................................2-15

Removing the HDD module cage..............................................2-16

Installing a hot-swap SATA/SAS hard disk drive .......................2-17

Removing and reinstalling the backplane .................................2-19

Expansion cards ......................................................................................2-20
2.7.1

Installing an expansion card......................................................2-20

Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card..........................................2-21

Installing ASMB6 management board .......................................2-22

Configuring an expansion card .................................................2-23