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Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe. ii Contents Notices ...................................................................................................................... vii Canadian Department of Communications Statement ...................................vii Australia statement notice ..............................................................................vii Safety information ...................................................................................................... ix About this guide .......................................................................................................... x Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.1 System package contents .........................................................................1-2 1.2 Serial number label ....................................................................................1-3 1.3 System specifications ...............................................................................1-4 1.4 Front panel features ...................................................................................1-7 1.5 Rear panel features ....................................................................................1-8 1.6 Internal features .........................................................................................1-9 1.7 LED information .......................................................................................1-10 1.7.1 Front panel LEDs ......................................................................1-10 1.7.2 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs ....................................................................1-12 1.7.3 HDD status LEDs ......................................................................1-13 1.7.4 Q-Code/Port 80 status LEDs.....................................................1-14 Chapter 2: Hardware Information 2.1 Chassis cover .............................................................................................2-2 2.1.1 Air duct ........................................................................................2-3 2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................................2-4 2.2.1 Installing the CPU .......................................................................2-4 2.2.2 Installing the CPU heatsink .........................................................2-9 2.3 System memory .......................................................................................2-10 2.3.1 Overview ...................................................................................2-10 2.3.2 Memory Configurations .............................................................2-10 2.4 Hard disk drives .......................................................................................2-13 2.5 Expansion slots ........................................................................................2-17 2.5.1 The PCI Express riser card .......................................................2-17 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card .................................................2-21 2.6 Cable connections ...................................................................................2-22 2.7 SATA/SAS backplane cabling .................................................................2-23 2.8 Removable/optional components ...........................................................2-25 2.8.1 System fans ..............................................................................2-25 2.8.2 Redundant power supply units ..................................................2-27 2.8.3 Installing Accelerators ...............................................................2-29 iii Contents Chapter 3: Installation options 3.1 Friction Rail Kit ...........................................................................................3-2 3.1.1 Attaching the rack rails ...............................................................3-2 3.1.2 Mounting the server to the rack...................................................3-4 Chapter 4: Motherboard Info 4.1 Z10PG-D16 Motherboard layout ...............................................................4-2 4.2 Jumpers ......................................................................................................4-4 4.3 Internal connectors ....................................................................................4-8 4.4 Onboard LEDs ..........................................................................................4-16 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ..........................................................5-2 5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility...................................................5-2 5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility .................................................................5-3 5.1.3 BUPDATER utility .......................................................................5-4 5.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................5-6 5.2.1 BIOS menu screen ......................................................................5-7 5.2.2 Menu bar .....................................................................................5-7 5.2.3 Menu items..................................................................................5-8 5.2.4 Submenu items ...........................................................................5-8 5.2.5 Navigation keys ...........................................................................5-8 5.2.6 General help................................................................................5-8 5.2.7 Configuration fields .....................................................................5-8 5.2.8 Pop-up window............................................................................5-8 4.2.9 Scroll bar .....................................................................................5-8 5.3 Main menu ..................................................................................................5-9 5.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] .....................................................5-9 5.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx] ...............................................................5-9 5.4 Advanced menu .......................................................................................5-10 5.4.1 ACPI Settings ............................................................................5-11 5.4.2 Smart Settings...........................................................................5-11 5.4.3 NCT6779D Super IO Configuration .......................................... 5-12 5.4.4 Onboard LAN I210 Configuration .............................................5-13 5.4.5 Serial Port Console Redirection ................................................5-14 5.4.6 APM ..........................................................................................5-17 5.4.7 Advanced Power Management Configuration.......................... 5-18 5.4.8 PCI Subsystem Settings ...........................................................5-19 5.4.9 Network Stack Configuration.....................................................5-20 5.4.10 CSM Configuration ....................................................................5-21 iv Contents 5.4.11 Trusted Computing....................................................................5-22 5.4.12 USB Configuration ....................................................................5-23 5.4.13 iSCSI Configuration...................................................................5-24 5.5 IntelRCSetup menu 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