Contents - Asus TS300-E4 User Manual

Intel xeon 3000 series lga775 pedestal/5u server

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2.7 Hard disk drives ............................................................................. 2-18

2.7.2 Installing an HDD dummy cover .......................................... 2-20

2.8 Expansion cards ............................................................................ 2-21

2.8.1 Installing an expansion card................................................ 2-21

2.8.2 Removing an expansion card .............................................. 2-22

2.9 Cable connections ......................................................................... 2-23

2.9.1 Motherboard connections .................................................... 2-23

2.9.2 SATA backplane connections ............................................. 2-24

2.9.3 SAS backplane connections ............................................... 2-27

2.10 Removable components .............................................................. 2-29

2.10.1 Chassis fan ....................................................................... 2-29

2.10.2 HDD blower ....................................................................... 2-31

2.10.3 SATA/SAS backplane ........................................................ 2-34

2.10.4 Floppy disk drive ............................................................... 2-36

2.10.5 Front I/O board .................................................................. 2-38

2.10.7 Power supply unit .............................................................. 2-42

3.1 Preparing the system for rack mounting ....................................... 3-2

4.Chapter 4: Motherboard info

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

4.2 Jumpers ............................................................................................ 4-6

4.3 Switch .............................................................................................. 4-11

4.4 Connectors ..................................................................................... 4-12

4.4.1 Rear panel connectors ........................................................ 4-12

4.4.2 Internal connectors .............................................................. 4-13

5.Chapter 5: BIOS information

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

5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ............................................. 5-2

5.1.2 AFUDOS utility ...................................................................... 5-3

5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ............................................. 5-6

5.1.4 ASUS Update utility ............................................................... 5-8

5.2 BIOS setup program ........................................................................ 5-9

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