[. . . ] 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. [. . . ] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enhanced] [Compatible] Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enhanced] 5-22 Chapter 5: BIOS setup S. M. A. R. T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system. 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] 5. 4. 5 PCHSCUSASConfiguration The PCH SCU SAS configuration items appears only when you installed the ASRK Module (optional) on the motherboard. 5. 4. 6 PCI Subsystem Settings Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced V 2. 05. 00 [EFI Compatible ROM] 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 64bit Resources Handling Above 4G Decoding [Disabled] PCI Common Setting PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clocks] VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] PERR# Generation [Disabled] SERR# Generation [Disabled] PCI Express Settings PCI Express Gen2 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. 14. 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 lanuch. Configuration options: [Legacy ROM] [EFI Compatible ROM] Above 4G Decoding [Disabled] Enables or disables 64bit capable devices to be decode in above 4G address (only if system supports 64bit PCI decoding). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 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] ASUS RS700-E7/RS8 5-23 VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Enables or disables VGA pallette registers snooping. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PERR# Generation [Disabled] Enables or disables PCI device to generate PERR#. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SERR# Generation [Disabled] Enables or disables PCI device to generate SERR#. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PCI Express Settings Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced PCI Express Device Register Settings Relaxed Ordering [Disabled] Extended Tag [Disabled] No Snoop [Enabled] Maximum Payload [Auto] Maximum Read Request [Auto] PCI Express Link Register Settings ASPM Support [Disabled] WARNING: Enabling ASPM may cause some PCI-E device to fail Extended Synch [Disabled] : Select Screen : Select Item Enter: Select Item +/-: Change Opt. 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. [. . . ] 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 ASPEED AST2300 Display Driver to begin installation. 4. When the ASPEED Graphics installation wizard appears, click Next to start the installation. ASUS RS700-E7/RS8 7-19 5. Toggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue. 6. Enter the user information and click Next to continue. 7. Select a setup type and click Next to continue. 7-20 Chapter 7: Driver installation 8. Click Install to start driver installation. 9. When the installation completes, click Finish to restart your computer before using the program. ASUS RS700-E7/RS8 7-21 7. 5 Intel® C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel® C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers on the system. You need to manually install the Intel® C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA mode) Drivers on a Windows operating system. 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. [. . . ]