Asus Z9PH-D16 FDR User Manual

Motherboard Z9PH-D16 Series Z9PH-D16 Z9PH-D16/QDR Z9PH-D16/FDR
ii E7171 Revised Edition V2 March 2012 Copyright © 2012 ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this ma nual, including the products and soft ware described in i t, may be reproduc ed, 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 ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (“ASUS”). Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modied or altered, unless such repair , modication of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT W ARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANT ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT , SPECIAL, INCIDENT AL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DA T A, 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 . SPECIFICA TIONS AND INFORMA TION CONT AINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMA TIONAL USE ONL Y , AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE A T ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A C OMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THA T MA Y APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT . 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 identication or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to infringe.
iii Contents Notices ........................................................................................................ vii Federal Communications Commission Statement ........................... vii Canadian Department of Communications Statement ..................... vii REACH .......................................................................................... vii Safety information .................................................................................... viii Electrical safety ............................................................................... viii Operation safety .............................................................................. viii About this guide ......................................................................................... ix How this guide is organized .............................................................. ix Where to nd more information ......................................................... ix Conventions used in this guide .......................................................... x T ypography ........................................................................................ x Z9PH-D16 Series specications summary ............................................... xi Z9PH-D16 Series specications summary .............................................. xii Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-3 1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-3 1.3 Serial number label ...................................................................... 1-4 1.4 Special features ............................................................................ 1-4 1.4.1 Product highlights ........................................................... 1-4 1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features ............................................... 1-6 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.1 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 2-3 2.2 Motherboard overview ................................................................. 2-4 2.2.1 Placement direction ........................................................ 2-4 2.2.2 Screw holes .................................................................... 2-4 2.2.3 Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-5 2.2.3 Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-6 2.2.4 Layout contents ............................................................... 2-7 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 2-9 2.3.1 Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-9 2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink ........................................... 2-14 2.4 System memory ......................................................................... 2-15 2.4.1 Overview ....................................................................... 2-15 2.4.2 Memory Congurations ................................................. 2-16 2.5 Expansion slots .......................................................................... 2-18 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-18
iv Contents 2.5.2 Conguring an expansion card ..................................... 2-18 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments ................................................... 2-19 2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link) ..................................... 2-19 2.5.5 Installing ASMB6 management board ........................... 2-20 2.6 Jumpers ...................................................................................... 2-21 2.7 Connectors ................................................................................. 2-24 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors .................................................. 2-24 2.7.2 Internal connectors ....................................................... 2-26 2.8 Internal LEDs .............................................................................. 2-34 Chapter 3: Powering up 3.1 Starting up for the rst time ........................................................ 3-3 3.2 Powering off the computer .......................................................... 3-4 3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function .................................... 3-4 3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch .............................. 3-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 4-3 4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 4-3 4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility .................................................. 4-4 4.1.3 BUPDA TER utility ............................................................ 4-5 4.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................... 4-7 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen .......................................................... 4-8 4.2.2 Menu bar ......................................................................... 4-8 4.2.3 Menu items ..................................................................... 4-9 4.2.4 Submenu items ............................................................... 4-9 4.2.5 Navigation keys ............................................................... 4-9 4.2.6 General help ................................................................... 4-9 4.2.7 Conguration elds ......................................................... 4-9 4.2.8 Pop-up window ............................................................... 4-9 4.2.9 Scroll bar ......................................................................... 4-9 4.3 Main menu .................................................................................. 4-10 4.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] ....................................... 4-10 4.3.2 System T ime [xx:xx:xx] ................................................. 4-10 4.4 Advanced menu ......................................................................... 4-1 1 4.4.1 CPU Conguration ......................................................... 4-1 1 4.4.2 CPU Power Management Conguration ....................... 4-13 4.4.3 Chipset Conguration ................................................... 4-15 4.4.4 PCH SA T A Conguration .............................................. 4-20
v Contents 4.4.5 PCH SCU Conguration ............................................... 4-22 4.4.6 PCI Subsystem Settings ............................................... 4-22 4.4.7 Intel TXT(L T -SX) Conguration ..................................... 4-25 4.4.8 USB Conguration ........................................................ 4-26 4.4.9 T rusted Computing ........................................................ 4-27 4.4.10 ACPI Settings ................................................................ 4-28 4.4.1 1 WHEA Conguration ..................................................... 4-29 4.4.12 APM setting ................................................................... 4-29 4.4.13 Onboard LAN Conguration .......................................... 4-30 4.4.14 Serial Port Console Redirection .................................... 4-31 4.4.15 ME Subsystem .............................................................. 4-34 4.4.16 Legacy Devices Conguration ...................................... 4-34 4.4.17 Runtime Error Logging .................................................. 4-35 4.5 Server Mgmt menu ..................................................................... 4-36 4.5.1 System Event Log ......................................................... 4-37 4.5.2 BMC network conguration ........................................... 4-38 4.6 Event Logs menu ....................................................................... 4-39 4.6.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings ............................. 4-39 4.7 Boot menu .................................................................................. 4-41 4.8 Monitor menu ............................................................................. 4-43 4.9 Security menu ............................................................................ 4-44 4.10 T ool menu ................................................................................... 4-45 4.1 1 Exit menu .................................................................................... 4-46 Chapter 5: RAID conguratio n 5.1 Setting up RAID ............................................................................ 5-3 5.1.1 RAID denitions .............................................................. 5-3 5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ................................................ 5-4 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ........................................ 5-4 5.1.4 RAID conguration utilities .............................................. 5-4 5.2 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility ................................... 5-5 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set ........................................................ 5-6 5.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID conguration ....................... 5-12 5.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives ........................................... 5-13 5.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives ................................................. 5-17 5.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency ..................... 5-19 5.2.6 Deleting a RAID conguration ....................................... 5-22 5.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set ...................... 5-23
vi Contents 5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache .................................................... 5-24 5.3 Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise SCU/SA T A Option ROM Utility ..................................................................... 5-25 5.3.1 Creating a RAID set ...................................................... 5-27 5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set ............................................... 5-28 5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set ...................................................... 5-30 5.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID ........................................ 5-31 5.3.5 Exiting the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology utility ........ 5-32 5.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID ..................................................... 5-32 5.3.7 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility ............ 5-34 5.4 Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise Utility (Windows) 5-35 5.4.1 Creating a RAID set ...................................................... 5-36 5.4.2 Change V olume T ype .................................................... 5-38 5.4.3 Delete volume ............................................................... 5-39 5.4.4 Preferences ................................................................... 5-40 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation ............................................................... 6-3 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk ............................................ 6-3 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver ................................ 6-6 6.2 Intel ® Chipset Device Software installation ............................. 6-16 6.3 Intel @ Network Connections Software installation.................. 6-18 6.4 VGA driver installation ............................................................... 6-21 6.5 Intel ® C600 Series Chipset SA T A RAID Drivers ....................... 6-24 6.6 Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise 3.0 installation . 6-25 6.7 Intel ® PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapters Driver installation ............. 6-28 6.8 Management applications and utilities installation ................ 6-32 6.8.1 Running the support DVD ............................................. 6-32 6.8.2 Drivers menu ................................................................. 6-32 6.8.3 Utilities menu ................................................................ 6-33 6.8.4 Make disk menu ............................................................ 6-33 6.8.5 Contact information ....................................................... 6-33 6.9 Mellanox ConnectX-3 Inniband driver installation (Z9PH-D16/QDR and Z9PH-D16/FDR only) ............................... 6-34 6.9.1 Windows operating system ................................................. 6-34 6.9.2 Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux OS ............................................. 6-37 Appendix: Reference information A.1 Z9PH-D16 Series block diagram ....................................................... A-3 ASUS contact information .......................................................................... 1
vii Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. Thi s equi pment has be en te ste d and found to co mpl y w ith th e limi ts fo r a Cl ass B d igital devic e, pur suant to Part 15 of the F CC Rul es. These limits are des igned to provid e reas onable prot ect ion ag ainst harmf ul int erfere nce in a re sid ent ial ins tallat ion. This equipm ent g enerat es, us es and can radiat e radi o freq uency energ y and , if n ot ins talled and use d in a ccorda nce w ith ma nufact urer’s inst ruc tio ns, ma y cau se har mful i nterfe rence to ra dio co mmunic ation s. Howeve r , the re is no gu ara nte e tha t inte rferen ce wil l not oc cur in a par ticul ar ins tallat ion. I f thi s e qui pment does cau se har mful i nterfe rence to ra dio or telev ision re ceptio n, whi ch ca n b e d etermi ned by turnin g the equipm ent o f f a nd on, the u ser is enco uraged to tr y to c orrec t the int erfere nce by one o r mor e o f the follow ing m eas ure s: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver . • Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit dif ferent from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes or modications to this unit not expressly appro ved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. REACH Complying with the REACH (Reg istration, Evaluatio n, Authorization, an d Restrict ion of Chemicals) regulatory framework, we publish the chemical substances in our products at ASUS REACH website at http://csr .asus.com/english/REACH.htm.
viii Safety information Electrical safety • T o prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system. • When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible, disconnect all power cables from the existing system before you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the motherboard, ensure that all power cables are unplugged. • Seek professional assistance before using an adapter or extension cord. These devices could interrupt the grounding circuit. • Make sure that your power supply is set to the correct voltage in your area. If you are not sure about the voltage of the electrical outlet you are using, contact your local power company . • If the power supply is broken, do not try to x it by yourself. Contact a qualied service technician or your retailer . Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on it, carefully read all the manuals that came with the package. • Before using the product, make sure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables are not damaged. If you detect any damage, contact your dealer immediately . • T o avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry . • A void dust, humidity , and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in any area where it may become wet. • Place the product on a stable surface. • If you encounter technical problems with the product, contact a qualied service technician or your retailer . DO NOT throw the motherboard in municipal waste. This product has been designed to enable proper reuse of parts and recycling. This symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the product (electrical and electronic equipment) should not be placed in municipal waste. Check local regulations for disposal of electronic products. DO NOT throw the mercury-containing button cell battery in municipal waste. This symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the battery should not be placed in municipal waste.
ix About this guide This user guide contains the information you need when installing and conguring the motherboard. How this guide is organized This user guide contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter describes the features of the motherboard and the new technologies it supports. • Chapter 2: Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components. It includes description of the switches, jumpers, and connectors on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and ways of shutting down the system. • Chapter 4: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. • Chapter 5: RAID conguration This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating, and conguring RAID sets using the available utilities. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components. • Appendix: Reference information This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when conguring the motherboard. Where to nd more information Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates. 1. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on ASUS hardware and software products. Refer to the ASUS contact information. 2. Optional documentation Y our product package may include optional documentation, such as warranty yers, that may have been added by your dealer . These documents are not part of the standard package.
x Conventions used in this guide T o make sure that you perform certain tasks properly , take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual. T ypography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select. Italics Used to emphasize a word or a phrase. <Key> Keys enclosed in the less-than and greater- than sign means that you must press the enclosed key . Example: <Enter> means that you must press the Enter or Return key . <Key1 Key2 Key3> If you must press two or more keys simultaneously , the key names are linked with a plus sign ( ). Example: <Ctrl Alt Del> Command Means that you must type the command exactly as shown, then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets. Example: At the DOS prompt, type the command line: format A:/S DANGER/W ARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task. CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to complete a task. NOTE: T ips and additional information to help you complete a task. IMPORT ANT : Instructions that you MUST follow to complete a task.
xi Z9PH-D16 Series specications summary Model Name Z9PH-D16/FDR Z9PH-D16/QDR Z9PH-D16 Z9PH-D16 (C602-J) Processor Support / System Bus 2 x Socket ® LGA 201 1 Intel ® Xeon ® processor E5-2600 product family QPI 6.4/7.2/8.0 GT/s Core Logic Intel ® C602-A Intel ® C602-J Form Factor ASUS Proprietary , 6.855” x 16.7” ASUS Features Fan Sp eed Con trol V Dedicated for Rack V ASWM Enterprise V Memory T otal Slots 16 (4 Channels per CPU, 8DIMM per CPU) Capacity Maximum up to 512GB Memory T ype DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 RDIMM/ECC UDIMM/Non-ECC UDIMM/LR DIMM Memory Size 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB* (RDIMM) 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB* (UDIMM) 8GB, 16GB, 32GB* (LRDIMM) Expansion Slots T otal PCI/PCI-X/ PCI-E Slots 1 Slot Location 1 x PCI-E x16 (X16 Gen3 link) Storage SA T A Controller Intel ® C602-A: <AHCI> - 2 x S A T A 3 Gb /s p or t s, 2 x S A T A 6 Gb /s p or ts - Inte l ® RST e (f or Wind ows onl y) (Sup port so ftwa re RAID 0, 1, 1 0 & 5) - LS I Me gaRA ID (f or L inux / Wi ndow s) (Support software RAID 0, 1 & 10) <SCU> - 4 x SA T A 3Gb/s ports - Intel ® RST e (for Windows only) (Supports software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 for all SA T A ports) Intel ® C602-J: <AHCI> - 2 x SA T A 3Gb/s ports, 2 x SA T A 6Gb/s ports - Intel ® RST e (for Windows only) (Sup port software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5) - LSI MegaRAID (for Linux / Windows) (Sup port software RAID 0, 1 & 10) SAS Controller Optional kits(PIKE Riser card is necessary): ASUS PIKE 2008 8-port SAS 6G RAID card ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR 8-port SAS 6G RAID card ASUS PIKE 2108 8-port SAS 6G RAID card Networking LAN - 2 x Intel ® 82574L 1 x Mgmt LAN - 1 x S in gl e P or t Me ll an o x C on ne ct X- 3 F D R I n ni ba nd w i t h Q SF P i n te rf ac e - 2 x Intel ® 82574L 1 x Mgmt LAN - 1 x S in gl e P or t Me ll an o x C on ne ct X- 3 Q D R I n ni ba nd w i t h Q SF P i n te rf ac e - 2 x Intel ® 82574L 1 x Mgmt LAN Graphic VGA ASPEED ® AST2300 16MB VRAM (continued on the next page)
xii Z9PH-D16 Series specications summary *Refer to ASUS Server A VL for latest update. **Specications are subject to change without notice. Onboard I/O Connectors TPM Header 1 PSUSMB Header 1 PSU Connector 2 x 20-pin A TX power connector Management Connector Onboard socket for management card USB Connectors 2 (1 x T ype A USB socket; 1 x USB header) Fan Header 4 x 4pin Serial Port Header - Rear I/O Connectors External USB Port 2 VGA Port 1 RJ-45 2 1 Management Port External Serial Port 1 Inniband(QSFP) Port 1 1 - Monitoring CPU T emperature V F AN RPM V Environment Operating temperature: 10 °C – 35 °C Non operating temperature: -40 °C – 70 °C Non operating humidity: 20% – 90% (Non condensing)
1 Product introduction This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series Chapter summary 1 1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-3 1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-3 1.3 Serial number label ...................................................................... 1-4 1.4 Special features ............................................................................ 1-4
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 1-3 1.1 Welcome! Thank you for buying an ASUS ® Z9PH-D16 Series motherboard! The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it another standout in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards! Before you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it, check the items in your package with the list below . 1.2 Package contents Check your motherboard package for the following items. If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer . Optional items Description PIKE 2108 LSI 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card PIKE 2008/IMR LSI 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card PIKE 2008 LSI 8-port SAS2 6G RAID card Standard Gift Box Z9PH-D16 Z9PH-D16(C602-J) Z9PH-D16/FDR Z9PH-D16/QDR ASMB6-iKVM module 1 1 1 Application CD Support CD 1 1 1 Mellanox CD 1 ASWM Enterprise SDVD 1 1 1 ASMB6-iKVM SDVD 1 1 1 Documentation Motherboard User Guide 1 1 1 ASMB6-iKV M User Gu ide 1 1 1 Cable Thermistor 2 2 2 Packing Qty . 1 pc per carton Standard Bulk Pack Z9PH-D16 Z9PH-D16(C602-J) Z9PH-D16/FDR Z9PH-D16/QDR ASMB6-iKVM module 1 1 1 Application CD Support CD 1 1 1 Mellanox CD 1 ASWM Enterprise SDVD 1 1 1 ASMB6-iKVM SDVD 1 1 1 Documentation Motherboard User Guide 1 1 1 ASMB6-iKV M User Gu ide 1 1 1 Cable Thermistor 2 2 2 Packing Qty . 10 pc per carton
1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.4 Special features 1.4.1 Product highlights Latest Processor T echnology The motherboard supports the latest Intel Xeon ® processor E5-2600 product family in LGA 201 1 package with integrated memory controller to support 4 channel (8 DIMM prt CPU) DDR3 memory . Intel Xeon ® processor E5-2600 product family supports Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) with a system bus of up to 8.0GT/s. Optimized Intel ® T urbo Boost T echnology Optimized Intel ® T urbo Boost T echnology opportunistically and automatically allows the processor to run faster than the marked frequency if the processor is operating below power , temperature and current limits. Intel ® Hyper Threading The thread-level parallelism on each processor makes more efcient use of the processor resources, higher processing throughout and improved performance on today's multi-threaded software. Intel ® EM64T The motherboard supports Intel ® processors with the Intel ® EM64T (Extended Memory 64 T echnology). The Intel ® EM64T feature allows your computer to run on 64-bit operating systems and access larger amounts of system memory for faster and more efcient computing. 1.3 Serial number label Before requesting support from the ASUS T echnical Support team, you must take note of the motherboard's serial number containing 12 characters xxS2xxxxxxxx shown as the gure below . With the correct serial number of the product, ASUS T echnical Support team members can then offer a quicker and satisfying solution to your problems. xxS2xxxxxxxx Z9PH-D16/FDR Made in China 合格
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 1-5 DDR3 memory support The Z9PH-D16 Series supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 1600/1333/1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of server and workstation applications. The 4-channel DDR3 architecture boosts system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidth of up to 52GB/s. This voltage reduction limits the power consumption and heat generation of DDR3 which makes it an ideal memory solution. Also, the motherboard can support LR- DIMM (Load reduced DIMM) which uses a specially designed buffer to reduce the data load to a single load and can increase overall server system memory capacity . PCIe 3.0 The motherboard supports the latest PCIe 3.0 device, which doubles the delivered bandwidth of PCIe 2.0. This enhances system performance while still providing backward compatibility to PCIe 2.0. Intel ® 82574L LAN solution The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers and ports which provide a total solution for your networking needs. The onboard Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN controllers use the PCI Express interface and could achieve network throughput close to Gigabit bandwidth. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep T echnology (EIST) The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep T echnology (EIST) intelligently manages the CPU resources by automatically adjusting the CPU voltage and core frequency depending on the CPU loading and system speed or power requirement. Serial A T A II technology The mothe rboard suppo rts t he Serial ATA II 3 Gb/s technology through the Serial A T A interface and Intel ® C602 chipset. The Serial A T A II specication provides twice the bandwidth of the current Serial A T A products with a host of new features, including Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm, and Hot Swap. Serial A T A allows thinner , more exible cables with lower pin count and reduced voltage requirements. Serial A T A III technology The mothe rboard suppo rts t he Serial ATA III technology through the Serial A T A interface and Intel ® C602 chipset, delivering up to 6Gb/s data transfer rates. Additionally , get enhanced scalability , faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems. USB 2.0 technology The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specication, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the 12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is backward compatible with USB 1.1.
1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction T emperature, fan, and voltage monitoring The CPU temperature is monitored to prevent overheating and damage. The system fan rotations per minute (RPM) is monitored for timely failure detection. The chip monitors the voltage levels to ensure stable supply of current for critical components. 1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features ASUS Fan Speed control technology The ASUS Fan Speed control technology smartly adjusts the fan speeds according to the system loading to ensure quiet, cool, and efcient operation. PIKE (Proprietary I/O Kit Expansion) PIKE is an on-demand upgrade kit for users. This ASUS unique feature enables users to choose their preferred I/O solutions. ASUS provides multiple SAS solutions for different segments and purposes and PIKE saves lots of validation efforts and hardware cost for end users. Moreover , the special patent design offers multiple I/O solutions without occupying the Slot 6 in 1U system.
2 Chapter 2: Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components. It includes description of the jumpers and connectors on the motherboard.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series Chapter summary 2 2.1 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 2-3 2.2 Motherboard overview ................................................................. 2-4 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 2-9 2.4 System memory ......................................................................... 2-15 2.5 Expansion slots .......................................................................... 2-18 2.6 Jumpers ...................................................................................... 2-21 2.7 Connectors ................................................................................. 2-24 2.8 Internal LEDs .............................................................................. 2-34
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-3 2.1 Before you proceed T ake note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. • Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. • Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object or a metal object, such as the power supply case, before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity . • Hold components by the edges to avoid touching the ICs on them. • Whenever you uninstall any component, place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came with the component. • Before you install or remove any component, ensure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply . Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. Standby Power LED (SB_PWR1) The motherboard comes with a standby power LED. The green LED lights up to indicate that the system is ON, in sleep mode, or in soft-off mode. This is a reminder that you should shut down the system and unplug the power cable before removing or plugging in any motherboard component. The illustration below shows the location of the onboard LED.
2-4 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.2 Motherboard overview Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. 2.2.1 Placement direction When installing the motherboard, ensure that you place it into the chassis in the correct orientation. The edge with external ports goes to the rear p art of the chassis as indicated in the image below . 2.2.2 Screw holes Place eight (8) screws into the holes indicat ed by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis. DO NOT overtighten the screws! Doing so can damage the motherboard. Ensure to unplug the chassis power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so can cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components! Place this side towards the rear of the chassis
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-5 2.2.3 Motherboard layout Z9PH-D16 Z9PH-D16/FDR
2-6 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.2.3 Motherboard layout Z9PH-D16/QDR Q
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-7 2.2.4 Layout contents Slots/Socket Page 1. CPU sockets 2-9 2. DDR3 sockets 2-15 3. PCI Express x16 slots 2-19 Jumpers Page 1. Clear RTC RAM (CLR TC1) 2-22 2. VGA controller setting (3-pin VGA_SW1) 2-23 3. LAN controller setting (3-pin LAN_SW1, LAN_SW2) 2-23 4. LSI Me gaRAID or In tel RS T e s ele cti on jum per ( 3-pin RAID_S EL1) 2-24 5. ME rmware force recovery setting (3-pin ME_RCVR1) 2-24 6. DDR3 thermal event setting (3-pin DIMMTRIP1) 2-25 Rear panel connectors Page 1. LAN 1 (RJ-45) port 2-26 2. DM_LAN 1 (RJ-45) port 2-26 3. LAN 2 (RJ-45) port 2-26 4. Video Graphics Adapter port 2-26 5. Serial (COM1) port 2-26 6. InniBand (QSFP) (Z9PH-D16/FDR and Z9PH-D16/QDR only) 2-26 7. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2 2-26
2-8 Chapter 2: Hardware information Internal connectors Page 1. Serial A T A connectors (7-pin SA T A1-2 [Lght blue], SA T A3–4 [Black]) 2-27 2. ISAS connectors (7-pin ISAS1–4 [Gray]) 2-27 3. USB connector (5-1 pin USB3; A-T ype USB4) 2-28 4. Front fan connectors (4-pin FRNT_F AN1, FRNT_F AN2, FRNT_F AN3, FRNT_FAN4) 2-28 5. Serial General Purpose Input/Output connector (6-1 pin SGPIO1) 2-29 6. Serial General Purpose Input/Output connector (8-1 pin ISGPIO1) 2-29 7. ASMB6 header (ASMB6) 2-30 8. Thermal sensor cable connectors (3-pin TR1, TR2) 2-31 9. TPM connector (20-1 pin TPM1) 2-31 10. Power Supply SMBus connector (6-1 pin PSUSMB1) 2-32 1 1. Proprietary power connectors (20-pin PWR1, 20-pin PWR2, 4-pin PWR3) 2-33 12. System panel connector (20-pin P ANEL1 [White]) 2-34 13. Auxiliary panel connector (20-pin AUX_P ANEL1 [Black]) 2-35 Internal LEDs Page 1. CPU W ARNING LED (ERR_CPU1, ERR_CPU 2) 2-34 2. BMC LED (BMC_LED1) 2-34
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-9 2.3.1 Installing the CPU T o install a CPU: 1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard. Before installing the CPU, ensure that the socket box is facing toward you and the load lever is on your left. 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA201 1 socket designed for the Intel ® Xeon E5-2600 family processor . • Upon purchase of the motherboard, ensure that the PnP cap is on the socket and the socket contacts are not bent. Contact your retailer immediately if the PnP cap is missing, or if you see any damage to the PnP cap/socket contacts/motherboard components. ASUS will shoulder the cost of repair only if the damage is shipment/transit-related. • Keep the cap after installing the motherboard. ASUS will process Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) requests only if the motherboard comes with the cap on the LGA201 1 socket. • The product warranty does not cover damage to the socket contacts resulting from incorrect CPU installation/removal, or misplacement/loss/ incorrect removal of the PnP cap.
2-10 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2. Press the left load lever with your thumb (A), then move it to the left (B) until it is released from the retention tab. T o prevent damage to the socket pins, do not remove the PnP cap unless you are installing a CPU. B A E D C 4. Press the right load lever with your thumb (C), then move it to the right (D) until it is released from the retention tab. Lift the load lever in the direction of the arrow (E). 3. Slightly lift the load lever in the direction of the arrow . Load lever
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-1 1 I H 7. Remove the PnP cap (H) from the CPU socket and close the load plate (I). G F 5. Push the left load lever (F) to lift the load plate (G). The CPU ts in only one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the connectors on the socket and damaging the CPU! T riangle mark 6. Position the CPU over the socket, ensuring that the triangle mark is on the top-right corner of the socket.
2-12 Chapter 2: Hardware information K J 8. Push down the right load lever (J), ensuring that the edge of the load plate is xed by the lever (K). 9. Insert the right load lever under the retention tab. M L 10. Push down the left load lever (L), and then insert the lever under the retention tab (M).
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-13 The Thermal Interface Material is toxic and inedible. DO NOT eat it. If it gets into your eyes or touches your skin, wash it off immediately , and seek professional medical help. Some heatsinks come with pre- applied thermal paste. If so, skip this step. 1 1. Apply some Thermal Interface Material to the exposed area of the CPU that the heatsink will be in contact with, ensuring that it is spread in an even thin layer .
2-14 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2. T wist each of the four screws with a Philips (cross) screwdriver just enough to attach the heatsink to the motherboard. When the four screws are attached, tighten them one by one to completely secure the heatsink. 2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink T o install the CPU heatsink: 1. Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU, ensuring that the four fasteners match the holes on the motherboard. T ighten the four heatsink screws in a diagonal sequence. A B B A
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-15 2.4 System memory 2.4.1 Overview The motherboard comes with sixteen (16) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets. The gure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:
2-16 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.4.2 Memory Congurations Y ou may install 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB* RDIMMs or 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB* with ECC/Non-ECC UDIMMs or 8GB, 16GB and 32GB* LR-DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory congurations in this section. 1 CPU Conguration (must on CPU1) DIMM_A2 DIMM_A1 DIMM_B2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_C2 DIMM_C1 DIMM_D2 DIMM_D1 1 DIMMs X 2 DIMMs X X 4 DIMMs X X X X 8 DIMMs X X X X X X X X • *Refer to ASUS Server A VL for latest update. • Start installing the DIMMs from slot A1 and B1 (light blue). • Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency . For optimum compatibility , it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor . 2 CPU Conguration DIMM_A2 DIMM_A1 DIMM_B2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_C2 DIMM_C1 DIMM_D2 DIMM_D1 1 DIMMs X 2 DIMMs X 4 DIMMs X X 8 DIMMs X X X X 12 DIM Ms X X X X X X 16 DIM Ms X X X X X X X X 2 CPU Conguration DIMM_E2 DIMM_E1 DIMM_F2 DIMM_F1 DIMM_G2 DIMM_G1 DIMM_H2 DIMM_H1 1 DIMMs 2 DIMMs X 4 DIMMs X X 8 DIMMs X X X X 12 DIM Ms X X X X X X 16 DIM Ms X X X X X X X X
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-17 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket 3. Hold the DIMM by both of its ends, then insert the DIMM vertically into the socket. Apply force to both ends of the DIMM simultaneously until the retaining clip snaps back into place, and the DIMM cannot be pushed in any further to ensure proper sitting of the DIMM. Locked Retaining Clip 3 1. Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clip outward. 2. Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the DIMM slot key on the socket. Unlocked retaining clip DIMM notch 2 1 DIMM slot key 1. Press the retaining clip outward to unlock the DIMM. 2. Remove the DIMM from the socket. 1 2 Removing a DIMM from a single clip DIMM socket • T o install two or more DIMMs, refer to the user guide bundled in the motherboard package. • Refer to the user guide for qualied vendor lists of the memory modules. Support the DIMM lightly with your ngers when pressing the retaining clips. The DIMM might get damaged when it ips out with extra force. Always insert the DIMM into the socket VERTICALL Y to prevent DIMM notch damage. A DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it ts in only one direction. DO NOT force a DIMM into a socket in the wrong direction to avoid damaging the DIMM.
2-18 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The following subsections describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card T o install an expansion card: 1. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that came with it and make the necessary hardware settings for the card. 2. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is already installed in a chassis). 3. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that you intend to use. Keep the screw for later use. 4. Align the card connector with the slot and press rmly until the card is completely seated on the slot. 5. Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier . 6. Replace the system cover . 2.5.2 Conguring an expansion card After installing the expansion card, congure it by adjusting the software settings. 1. T urn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any . See Chapter 4 for information on BIOS setup. 2. Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the tables on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for the expansion card. Ensure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components. When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support “Share IRQ” or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. Otherwise, conicts will arise between the two PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-19 * These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices. 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments Standard Interrupt assignments IRQ Priority Standard function 0 1 System T imer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 - Programmable Interrupt 4* 12 Communications Port (COM1) 5* 13 -- 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7* 15 -- 8 3 System CMOS/Real T ime Clock 9* 4 ACPI Mode when used 10* 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 1 1* 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12* 7 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14* 9 Primary IDE Channel 15* 10 Secondary IDE Channel PCIEx16 slot (x16 link) 2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link) The onboard PCI Express x16 slot provides x16 link to the Intel ® Xeon E5-2600 family processor . This slot supports VGA cards and various server class high performance add-on cards. When installing the motherboard to a 1U/2U rackmount server system, rst install the expansion card using an optional PCIe x16 riser card, then install the riser card along with the expansion card to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot.
2-20 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.5.5 Installing ASMB6 management board Follow the steps below to install an optional ASMB6 management board on your motherboard. 1. Locate the ASMB6 header on the motherboard. 2. Orient and press the ASMB6 management card in place.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-21 2.6 Jumpers 1. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) This jumper allows you to clear the Real T ime Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS. Y ou can clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and s ystem setup parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data. The onboard button cell battery powers the RAM data in CMOS, which include system setup information such as system passwords. T o erase the RTC RAM: 1. T urn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord. 2. Move the jumper cap from pins 1–2 (default) to pins 2–3. Keep the cap on pins 2–3 for about 5–10 seconds, then move the cap back to pins 1– 2. 3. Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer . 4. Hold down the <Del> key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re-enter data. Except when clearing the RTC RAM, never remove the cap on CLR TC jumper default position. Removing the cap will cause system boot failure! If the steps above do not help, remove the onboard battery and move the jumper again to clear the CMOS RTC RAM data. After the CMOS clearance, reinstall the battery .
2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2. VGA controller setting (3-pin VGA_SW1) This jumper allows you to enable or disable the onboard VGA controller . Set to pins 1–2 to activate the VGA feature. 3. LAN controller setting (3-pin LAN_SW1, LAN_SW2) These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the onboard Intel ® Intel 82574LGigabit LAN controllers. Set to pins 1–2 to activate the Gigabit LAN feature.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-23 4. LSI MegaRAID or Intel RST e selection jumper (3-pin RAID_SEL1) This jumper allows you to select the PCH SA T A RAID mode to use LSI MegaRAID software or Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise 3.0 RAID. Place the jumper caps over pins 1–2 if you want to use the LSI MegaRAID software RAID Utility (default); otherwise, place the jumper caps to pins 2–3 to use the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology Enterprise Option ROM Utility . 5. ME rmware force recovery setting (3-pin ME_RCVR1) This jumper allows you to quickly recover the Intel Management Engine (ME) rmware when it becomes corrupted.
2-24 Chapter 2: Hardware information 6. DIMM thermal trip Setting (3-pin DIMMTRIP1) This jumper allows you to enable(default) or disable DIMM thermal trip. 2.7 Connectors 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 1. LAN 2 (RJ-45) port. This port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. Refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. 2. DM_LAN 1 (RJ-45) port. This port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub for dedicated BMC Mamagement function. Refer to the table below for the DM_LAN1 and LAN port LED indications. 3. LAN 1 (RJ-45) port. This port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. Refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. 2 4 5 6 1 3
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-25 DM_LAN1 port LED indications Activity/Link LED Speed LED Status Description Status Description OFF No link OFF 10 Mbps connection ORANGE Linked ORANGE 100 Mbps connection BLINKING Data activity GREEN 1 Gbps connection LAN port LED indications Activity/Link LED Speed LED Status Description Status Description OFF No link OFF 10 Mbps connection GREEN Linked ORANGE 100 Mbps connection BLINKING Data activity GREEN 1 Gbps connection 4. Video Graphics Adapter port. This port is for a VGA monitor or other VGA- compatible devices. 5. Serial (COM1) port. This 9-pin communication port is for pointing devices or other serial devices. 6. InniBand (QSFP). (Z9PH-D16/FDR and Z9PH-D16/QDR only) This port allows connection with a QSFP cable to an InniBand switch. 7. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices. Activity/Link LED Link LED Description OFF OFF No device ORANGE GREEN Device plugged in; Ready ORANGE BLINKING GREEN Device plugged in; Data transmitting InniBand (QSFP) indications
2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of Serial A T A hard disks installed. 2.7.2 Internal connectors 1. Serial A T A connectors (7-pin SA T A1-2 [Light blue], SA T A3–4 [Black]) (SA T A 6Gb/s: 7-pin SA T A1-2 [Light blue]) (SA T A 3Gb/s: 7-pin SA T A3-4 [Black]) These connectors, controlled by Intel ® C602 chipset, are for the Serial A T A signal cables for Serial A T A hard disk drives.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-27 2. SA T A connector - ISAS connectors (7-pin ISAS1–4 [Gray]) Supported by the Intel ® C602 PCH. ISAS 1-4 connectors can connect to serial A T A 3Gb/s hard disk drives. The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of SA T A hard disks installed. For details on the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology utility , please refer to Chapter 6 RAID Conguration
2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information 3. USB connector (5-1 pin USB3; A-T ype USB4) These connectors are for USB 2.0 ports. Connect the USB module cables to connectors USB3, then install the modules to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. These USB connectors comply with USB 2.0 specication that supports up to 480 Mbps connection speed. 4. Front fan connectors (4-pin FRNT_F AN1, FRNT_F AN2, FRNT_F AN3, FRNT_F AN4) The fan connectors support cooling fans of 350 mA–740 mA (8.88 W max.) or a total of 3.15 A–6.66 A (53.28 W max.) at 12V . Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard, ensuring that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector . • DO NOT forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors. Insufcient air ow inside the system may damage the motherboard components. • These are not jumpers! DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors! • All fans feature the ASUS Smart Fan technology .
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-29 5. Serial General Purpose Input/Output connector (6-1 pin SGPIO1) This connector is used for the SGPIO peripherals for the LSI MegaRAID and Intel Matrix RAID SA T A LED. 6. Serial General Purpose Input/Output connector (8-1 pin ISGPIO1) This connector is used for the SGPIO peripherals for the LSI MegaRAID and Intel Matrix RAID SA T A LED.This connector is used for SCU.
2-30 Chapter 2: Hardware information 7. ASMB6 header (ASMB6) The ASMB6 connector on the motherboard supports an ASUS ® Server Management Board 6 Series. 8. Thermal sensor cable connectors (3-pin TR1, TR2) These connectors are for temperature monitoring. Connect the thermal sensor cables to these connectors and place the other ends to the devices, which you want to monitor temperature. Please go to BIOS setup to change the default setting of TR1/TR2 from “disabled“ to “enabled“ before using the thermal sensor cable.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-31 10. Power Supply SMBus connector (6-1 pin PSUSMB1) This connector allows you to connect SMBus (System Management Bus) to the power supply unit to read PSU information. Devices communicate with an SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices using the SMBus interface. BMC_SYNC 12C1SCL_PB GND PSU_ALERT# 12C1SDA_PB 9. TPM co nne cto r (20-1 pin TPM) This connector supports a T rusted Platform Module (TPM) system, which can securely store keys, digital certicates, passwords, and data. A TPM system also helps enhance network security , protects digital identities, and ensures platform integrity .
2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware information 1 1. Proprietary power connectors (20-pin PWR1, 20-pin PWR2, 4-pin PWR3) These connectors are for Proprietary power supply plugs. The power supply plugs are designed to t these connectors in only one orientation. Orient the connectors and push down rmly until they completely t. The 4-pin PWR3 is designed for hard disk drives power supply . DO NOT connect other 4-pin power connectors of the power supply unit (PSU) to this connector . • Connect either one of the 20-pin power connectors to boot up the system. • Use of a PSU with a higher power output is recommended when conguring a system with more power-consuming devices. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate. • USE THE PROPRIET ARY POWER SUPPL Y ONL Y and ensure that your PSU can provide at least the minimum power required by your system.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-33 12. System panel connector (20-pin P ANEL1 [White]) This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions. 1. System power LED (3-pin PLED) This 3-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector . The system power LED lights up when you turn on the system power , and blinks when the system is in sleep mode. 2. Message LED (2-pin MLED) This 2-pin connector is for the message LED cable that connects to the front message LED. The message LED is controlled by Hardware monitor to indicate an abnormal event occurance. 3. System warning speaker (4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted system warning speaker . The speaker allows you to hear system beeps and warnings. 4. Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin HDDLED) This 2-pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to this connector . The IDE LED lights up or ashes when data is read from or written to the HDD. 5. Proprietary power button/soft-off button (2-pin PWRSW) This connector is for the system power button. Pressing the power button turns the system on or puts the system in sleep or soft-off mode depending on the BIOS settings. Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system is ON turns the system OFF . 6. Reset button (2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power .
2-34 Chapter 2: Hardware information 13. Auxiliary panel connector (20-pin AUX_P ANEL1 [Black]) This connector is for additional front panel features including front panel SMB, locator LED and switch, chassis intrusion, and LAN LEDs. 1. Front panel SMB (6-1 pin FPSMB) These leads connect the front panel SMBus cable. 2. LAN activity LED (2-pin LAN1_LED, LAN2_LED ) These leads are for Gigabit LAN activity LEDs on the front panel. 3. Chassis intrusion (4-1 pin CHASSIS) These leads are for the intrusion detection feature for chassis with intrusion sensor or microswitch. When you remove any chassis component, the sensor triggers and sends a high-level signal to these leads to record a chassis intrusion event. The default setting is short CASEOPEN and GND pin by jumper cap to disable the function. 4. Locator LED (2-pin LOCA TORLED1 and 2-pin LOCA TORLED2) These leads are for the locator LED1 and LED2 on the front panel. Connect the Locator LED cables to these 2-pin connector . The LEDs will light up when the Locator button is pressed. 5. Locator Button/Swich (2-pin LOCA TORBTN) These leads are for the locator button on the front panel. This button queries the state of the system locator .
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 2-35 2.8 Internal LEDs 1. CPU warning LED (ERR_CPU1, ERR_CPU2) The CPU warning LEDs light up to indicate an impending failure of the corresponding CPU. 2. BMC LED(BMC_LED1) The green heartbeat LED blinks per second to indicate that the ASMB6 is working normally . The warning LEDs function only when you install the ASUS ASMB6. The heartbeat LED functions only when you install the ASUS ASMB6 Everytime after the AC power is replugged, you have to wait for about 30 seconds for the system to power up. • •
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3 Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence, and ways of shutting down the system.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series Chapter summary 3 3.1 Starting up for the rst time ........................................................ 3-3 3.2 Powering off the computer .......................................................... 3-4
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 3-3 3.1 Starting up for the rst time 1. After making all the connections, replace the system case cover . 2. Be sure that all switches are off. 3. Connect the power cord to the power connector at the back of the system chassis. 4. Connect the power to a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector . 5. T urn on the devices in the following order: a. Monitor b. External storage devices (starting with the last device on the chain) c. System power 6. After applying power , the system power LED on the system front panel case lights up. For systems with A TX power supplies, the system LED lights up when you press the A TX power button. If your monitor complies with “green” standards or if it has a “power standby” feature, the monitor LED may light up or switch between orange and green after the system LED turns on. The system then runs the power-on self-test or POST . While the tests are running, the BIOS beeps or additional messages appear on the screen. If you do not see anything within 3 0 seconds from the time you t urned on the power , the system may have failed a power-on test. Check the jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance. 7. At power on, hold down the <Del> key to enter the BIOS Setup. Follow the instructions in Chapter 4.
3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up 3.2 Powering off the computer 3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function If you are using Windows ® 2008 Server: 1. Click the Start button, move the cursor to the triangle on the right of Log off , and then click Shut Down . 2. From the Shutdown Event T racker , select the option that best describes why you want to shut down the computer . 3. Ensure that the Planned check box is checked. 4. If necessary , key in comments. 5. Click OK . 3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch While the system is ON, pressing the power switch for less than four seconds puts the system to sleep mode or to soft-off mode, depending on the BIOS setting.
4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
Chapter summary 4 ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 4-3 4.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................... 4-7 4.3 Main menu .................................................................................. 4-10 4.4 Advanced menu ......................................................................... 4-1 1 4.5 Server Mgmt menu ..................................................................... 4-36 4.6 Event Logs menu ....................................................................... 4-39 4.7 Boot menu .................................................................................. 4-41 4.8 Monitor menu ............................................................................. 4-43 4.9 Security menu ............................................................................ 4-44 4.10 T ool menu ................................................................................... 4-45 4.1 1 Exit menu .................................................................................... 4-46
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-3 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup: 1. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (T o recover the BIOS using a bootable USB ash disk drive when the BIOS le fails or gets corrupted.) 2. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a USB ash disk.) 3. BUPDA TER utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable USB ash disk drive.) Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities. Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a bootable USB ash disk drive in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the BUPDA TER utility . 4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS le when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. Y ou can update a corrupted BIOS le using a USB ash drive that contains the updated BIOS le. Prepare a USB ash drive containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility . Recovering the BIOS from a USB ash drive T o recover the BIOS from a USB ash drive: 1. Insert the USB ash drive with the original or updated BIOS le to one USB port on the system. 2. The utility will automatically recover the BIOS. It resets the system when the BIOS recovery nished. DO NOT shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS! Doing so would cause system boot failure! The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com to download the latest BIOS le.
4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 3. Press <T ab> to switch to the Drive eld. 4. Press the Up/Down arrow keys to nd the USB ash disk that contains the latest BIOS, and then press <Enter>. 5. Press <T ab> to switch to the Folder Info eld. 6. Press the Up/Down arrow keys to nd the BIOS le, and then press <Enter> to perform the BIOS update process. Reboot the system when the update process is done. 4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility The ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility feature allows you to update the BIOS without having to use a DOS-based utility . Before you start using this utility , download the latest BIOS from the ASUS website at www .asus.com. T o update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2 Utility 1. Insert the USB ash disk that contains the latest BIOS le to the USB port. 2. Enter the BIOS setup program. Go to the T ool menu to select ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility and press <Enter> to enable it. Flash Info MODEL: Z9PH-D16 VER: 0208 DA TE: 10/18/2011 Exit [Enter] Select or Load [T ab] Switch [Up/Down/PageUp/PageDown/Home/End] Move [Esc] Exit [F2] Backup fs0:\ Drive Folder Info fs0:\ 12/09/10 10:23p 4194304 Z9PH-D16.ROM fs1:\ ASUST ek EZ Flash 2 Utility V01.04 File Infor MODEL: VER: DA TE: Help Info
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-5 4.1.3 BUPDA TER utility The succeeding BIOS screens are for reference only . The actual BIOS screen displays may not be the same as shown. The BUPDA TER utility allows you to update the BIOS le in DOS environment using a bootable USB ash disk drive with the updated BIOS le. Updating the BIOS le T o update the BIOS le using the BUPDA TER utility: 1. Visit the ASUS website at www .asus.com and download the latest BIOS le for the motherboard. Save the BIOS le to a bootable USB ash disk drive. 2. Copy the BUPDA TER utility (BUPDA TER.exe) from the ASUS support website at support.asus.com to the bootable USB ash disk drive you created earlier . 3. Boot the system in DOS mode, then at the prompt, type: BUPDATER /i[lename].ROM where [lename] is the latest or the original BIOS le on the bootable USB ash disk drive, then press <Enter>. A:\>BUPDATER /i[le name].ROM • This function can support devices such as a USB ash disk with F A T 32/16 format and single partition only . • DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure! Ensure to load the BIOS default settings to ensure system compatibility and stability . Press <F5> and select Y es to load the BIOS default settings.
4-6 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. The utility veries the le, then starts updating the BIOS le. DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure! ASUSTek BIOS Update for DOS V1.06 (09/08/04) Current ROM Update ROM Note Writing BIOS: FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A PATH: BOARD: Z9PH-D16 VER: 0203 DATE: 08/24/2011 BOARD: Z9PH-D16 VER: 0206 DATE: 09/30/2011 5. The utility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive. The BIOS update is nished! Please restart your system. C:\> WARNING! Do not turn off power during ash BIOS
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-7 4.2 BIOS setup program This motherboard supports a programmable rmware chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS . Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconguring your system, or prompted to “Run Setup.” This section explains how to congure your system using this utility . Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program, you can change the conguration of your computer in the future. For example, you can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to recongure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the rmware chip. The rmware chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility . When you start up the computer , the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program. Press <Del> during the Power-On Self-T est (POST) to enter the Setup utility; otherwise, POST continues with its test routines. If you wish to enter Setup after POST , restart the system by pressing <Ctrl Alt Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis. Y ou can also restart by turning the system off and then back on. Do this last option only if the rst two failed. The Setup program is designed to make it as easy to use as possible. Being a menu-driven program, it lets you scroll through the various sub-menus and make your selections from the available options using the navigation keys. • The default BIOS settings for this motherboard apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance. If the system becomes unstable after changing any BIOS settings, load the default settings to ensure system compatibility and stability . Press <F5> and select Y es to load the BIOS default settings. • The BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference purposes only , and may not exactly match what you see on your screen. • Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS le for this motherboard.
4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.2.2 Menu bar The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items: Main For changing the basic system conguration Advanced For changing the advanced system settings Server Mgmt For changing the Server Mgmt settings Event Logs For changing the event log settings Monitor For displaying the system temperature, power status, and changing the fan settings Security For changing the security settings Boot For changing the system boot conguration T ool For conguring options for special functions Exit For selecting the exit options T o select an item on the menu bar , press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted. 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Ma in A dv an ced Se rv er M gm t E ve nt L og s B oo t M on it or S ec ur it y T oo l E xi t Set the Date, Use Tab to switch between Data elements. →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit BIOS Information BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Core Version 4.6.4.1 Compliancy UEFI 2.1; PI 0.9 BIOS Version 0301 x64 Build Date 12/29/2011 System Date [Mon 01/02/2012] System Time [15:07:28] Access Level Administrator Memory Information Total Memory 1024 MB (DDR3) Processor CPU Speed 2600 MHz Count: 1 Onboard LAN1 MAC 00:E0:18:10:14:00 Onboard LAN2 MAC 00:E0:18:10:14:01 Navigation keys General help Menu bar Conguration elds Menu items
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-9 4.2.3 Menu items The highlighted item on the menu bar displays the specic items for that menu. For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items (Event Logs, Advanced, Monitor , Boot, T ool, and Exit) on the menu bar have their respective menu items. 4.2.4 Submenu items A solid triangle before each item on any menu screen means that the item has a submenu. T o display the submenu, select the item and press <Enter>. 4.2.5 Navigation keys At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are the navigation keys for the BIOS setup program. Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings. 4.2.6 General help At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief de scription of the selected it em. 4.2.7 Conguration elds These elds show the values for the menu items. If an item is user-congurable, you can change the value of the eld opposite the item. Y ou cannot select an item that is not user-congurable. A congurable eld is enclosed in brackets, and is highlighted when selected. T o change the value of a eld, select it and press <Enter> to display a list of options. 4.2.8 Pop-up window Select a menu item and press <Enter> to display a pop-up window with the conguration options for that item. 4.2.9 Scroll bar A scroll bar appears on the right side of a menu screen when there are items that do not t on the screen. Press the Up/Down arrow keys or <Page Up> /<Page Down> keys to display the other items on the screen.
4-10 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears. The Main menu provides you an overview of the basic system information, and allows you to set the system date, time settings. 4.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Allows you to set the system date. 4.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx] Allows you to set the system time. Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Ma in A dv an ced Se rv er M gm t E ve nt L og s B oo t M on it or S ec ur it y T oo l E xi t Set the Date, Use Tab to switch between Data elements. →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit BIOS Information BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Core Version 4.6.4.1 Compliancy UEFI 2.1; PI 0.9 BIOS Version 0301 x64 Build Date 12/29/2011 System Date [Mon 01/02/2012] System Time [15:07:28] Access Level Administrator Memory Information Total Memory 1024 MB (DDR3) Processor CPU Speed 2600 MHz Count: 1 Onboard LAN1 MAC 00:E0:18:10:14:00 Onboard LAN2 MAC 00:E0:18:10:14:01
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-1 1 4.4 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices. T ake caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect eld values can cause the system to malfunction. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. M ai n Ad va nce d S er ve r Mg mt Ev en t Lo gs B oo t M on it or Se cu ri ty To ol Ex it CPU Conguration Parameters CPU Conguration CPU Power Management Conguration Chipset Conguration PCH SATA Conguration PCH SCU Conguration PCI Subsystem Setting Intel TXT(LT-SX) Conguration USB Conguration Trusted Computing ACPI Settings WHEA Conguration APM Onboard LAN Conguration Serial Port Console Redirection ME Subsystem Legacy Devices Conguration Runtime Error Logging 4.4.1 CPU Conguration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Socket specic CPU Information. CPU Confguration Socket 1 CPU Information Socket 2 Not Present CPU Speed 2600 MHz 64-bit Supported Hyper Threading [Enabled] Active Processor Core [All] Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Execute Diable Bit [Enabled] Server Class [Custom] Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] DCU Streamer Prefetcher [Enabled] DCU IP Prefetcher [Enabled] Intel Virtualization Technology [Enabled] Local APIC Mode [Disabled] →←: 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. →←: 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.
4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Socket 1 CPU Information Enter to view socket soecic CPU Information. Socket 1 CPU Information Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 2.60GHz CPU Signature 206d5 Microcode Patch 512 Max CPU Speed 2600 MHz Min CPU Speed 1200 MHz Processor Cores 8 Intel HT Technology Supported Intel VT-X Technology Supported Intel SMX Technology Supported L1 Data Cache 32 kB x8 L1 Code Cache 32 kB x8 L2 Cache 256 kB x8 L3 Cache 20480 kB →←: 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. Hyper Threading [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable the Intel ® Hyper-Threading T echnology function. When disabled, only one thread per activated core is enabled. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Active Processor Cores [All] Conguration options: [All] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Setting this item to [Enabled] allows legacy operating system to boot even without support for CPUs with extended CPUID functions. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] XP can prev ent certain classes of malici ous buffer overow attacks when combined with a supporting OS (Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2, SuSE Linux 9.2, Redhat Enterprise 3 Update 3). Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Server Class [Custom] Use Intel recommended prefetch settings. Conguration options: [Enterprise] [High Performance(HPC)] [Custom] Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] This Item allows you to turn on/off the mid level cache(L2) streamer prefetcher . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-13 Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] This Item allows you to turn on/off prefetching of adjacent cache lines. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DCU Streamer Prefetcher [Enabled] This Item allows you to enable or disable L1 data prefetcher . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DCU IP Prefetcher [Enabled] This Item allows you to enable or disable prefetch of next L1 line based upon sequential load history . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Intel Virtualization T echnology [Enabled] When enabled this item, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by V anderpool T echnology . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Local APIC Mode [Disabled] Select Local APIC mode. If Auto, use x2APIC if required. Otherwise, use xAPIC mode. xAPIC will disable CPUs with APIC IDs greater than 254. Some OS do not support x2APIC mode. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] This item allows you to enabled power management features. CPU Power Management Confguration Power Technology [Custom] EIST [Enabled] Turbo Mode [Enabled] P-STATE Coordination [HW_ALL] CPU C3 Report [Disabled] CPU C6 Report [Enabled] CPU C7 Report [Disabled] Package C State limit [C6] Energy Performance [Balanced Performance] Factory long duration power limit 115 Watts Long duration power limit 0 Factory long duration maintained 1000 ms Long duration maintained 0 Recommended short duration power 1 1.2 * Long Duration Short duration power limit 0 4.4.2 CPU Power Management Conguration →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.
4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup P-ST A TE Coordination [HW_ALL] This item allows you to enable or disable Intel SpeedStep. Conguration options: [HW_ALL] [SW_ALL] [SW_ANY] CPU C3 Report [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable CPU C3(ACPI C2) report. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU C6 Report [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable CPU C6(ACPI C3) report. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU C7 Report [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable CPU C7(ACPI C3) report. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Package C State limit [C6] This item allows you to set package C State limit. Conguration options: [C0] [C2] [C6] [C7] [No Limit] Energy Performance [Balanced Performance] Optimize between performance and power savings. Windows 2008 and later OSes overrides this value according to this power plan. Conguration options: [Performance] [Balanced Performance] [Balanced Energy] [Energy Efcient] Power T echnology [Custom] This item allows you to enable power management features. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Energy Efcient] [Custom] EIST [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable Intel SpeedStep. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] T urbo Mode [Enabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-15 QPI Conguration Memory Conguration CPU II0 Bridge Conguration PCH Conguration Intel(R) VT for Directed I/O Conguration 4.4.3 Chipset Conguration QPI Conguration Current QPI Link Speed Slow Current QPI Link Freq 8.0 GT/s Isoc [Enabled] QPI Link Speed Mode [Fast] QPI Link Frequency Select [Auto] QPI Link0s [Disabled] QPI Link0p [Disabled] QPI Link1 [Enabled] Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced QPI Conguration Page Enable or disable Isoc Isoc [Enabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] QPI Link Speed Mode [Fast] This item allows you to select the QPI link speed as either the fast mode or slow mode. Conguration options: [Slow] [Fast] Factory long duration power limit 1 15 Watts Long duration power limit 0 Allows you to set long duration power limit in watts. Use the < > and <-> keys to adjust the value. Factory long duration maintained 1000 ms Long duration maintained 0 Allows you to set time window which the long duration power is maintained. Use the < > and <-> keys to adjust the value. Recommended short duration power limitation 1.2 * Long Duration Short duration power limit 0 Allows you to set short duration power limit in watts. Use the < > and <-> keys to adjust the value.
4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Memory Conguration Support for compatibility Revision ID(CRID) Functionality mentioned in Sandybridge bios spec. C ompatibility RID [Enabled] Memory Conguration Total Memory 1024 MB (DDR3) Current Memory Mode Independent Currently Memory Speed 1066 MHz Mirroring Not Possible Sparing Not Possible Memory Mode [Independent] Numa [Enabled] DDR Speed [Auto] Channel Interleaving [Auto] Rank Interleaving [Auto] Patrol Scrub [Disabled] Demand Scrub [Enabled] Data Scrambling [Enabled] Device Tagging [Disabled] Thermal Throtting [CLTT] Enable High Temp. [Disabled] Allow 2x Refresh [Enabled] Altitude [300 M] Memory HOT sensor support [Enabled] DIMM Information Compatibility RID [Enabled] Support for compatibility revision ID (CRID) functionality mentioned in Sandybridge BIOS spec. Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Memory Mode [Independent] Select the mode for memory initializaton. Conguration options: [Independent] [Mirroring] [Lock Step] [Sparing] Numa [Enabled] Enable or Disable Non uniform Memory Access (NUMA). Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. QPI Link Frequency Select [Auto] This item allows for selecting the QPI link frequency Conguration options: [Auto] [6.4 GT/s] [7.2 GT/s (Fast Mode Only)] [8.0 GT/s (Fast Mode Only)] QPI Link0s [Disabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] QPI Link0p [Disabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] QPI Link1 [Enabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-17 DDR Speed [Auto] Force DDR speed. Conguration options: [Auto] [Force DDR3 800] [Force DDR3 1066] [Force DDR3 1333] [Force DDR3 1600] [Force DDR3 1866] Channel Interleaving [Auto] Select different channel interleaving setting. Conguration options: [Auto] [1 W ay] [2 Way] [3 W ay] [4 W ay] Rank Interleaving [Auto] Select different rank interleaving setting. Conguration options: [Auto] [1 W ay] [2 Way] [4 W ay] [8 W ay] Patrol Scrub [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable Patrol Scrub. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Demand Scrub [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable demand scrubing feature. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Data Scrambling [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable data scrambling. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Device T agging [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable device tagging. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Thermal Throtting [CL TT] Conguration options: [Disabled] [OL TT] [CL TT] Enable High T emp. [Disabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Allow 2x Refresh [Enabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Altitude [300 M] The system altitude above the sea level in meters. Conguration options: [Auto] [300 M] [900 M] [1500 M] [3000 M] Memory Hot sensor support [Enabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Enables/Disables Intel(R) I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT). Intel(R) I/OAT [Disabled] DCA Support [Enabled] VGA Priority [Offboard] TargetVGA VGA From CPU 0 →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Intel(R) I/OA T [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable Intel I/O accelaration technology . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DCA Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable direct cache access support. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]] VGA Priority [Offboard] Allows you to decide priority between onboard and 1st of fboard video device found. Conguration options: [Onboard] [Offboard] CPU IIO Bridge Conguration Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced DIMM Information CPU1 DIMM Information Node 0 Ch0 Dimm A1 Present 1024 MB(DDR3) Node 0 Ch0 Dimm A2 Not Present Node 0 Ch1 Dimm B1 Not Present Node 0 Ch1 Dimm B2 Not Present Node 0 Ch2 Dimm C1 Not Present Node 0 Ch2 Dimm C2 Not Present Node 0 Ch3 Dimm D1 Not Present Node 0 Ch3 Dimm D2 Not Present CPU2 DIMM Information Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-19 Support for PCH Compatibility Revision ID(CRID) functionality. Name Patsburg Stepping 04 (B0 Stepping) SB Chipset Conguration PCH Compatibility RID [Disabled] Deep Sx [Disabled] SCU devices [Enabled] Onboard SATA RAID Oprom [Enabled] High Precision Event Timer Conguration High Precision Timer [Enabled] →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit PCH Conguration PCH Compatibility RID [Disabled] Support for PCH compatibility . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Deep Sx [Disabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled in S5] [Enabled in S4 and S5] SCU devices [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Patsburg SCU devices. Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Onboard SA T A RAID Oprom [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable onboard SA T A RAID option rom if Launch Storage Oprom is enabled. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] High Precision Event Timer Conguration High Precision Timer [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable High Precision Event T imer . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.
4-20 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Enables or Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Conguration. Intel(R) VT-d [Disabled] Intel(R) VT -d [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable Intel VT -d. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Intel(R) VT for Directed I/O Conguration The following item appears only when you set Intel(R) VT -d to [Enabled]. Coherency Support [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable VT -d Engine Coherency support. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] A TS Support [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable VT -d Engine address translation services (A TS) support. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced 4.4.4 PCH SA T A Conguration (1)IDE Mode. (2)AHCI Mode. (3)RAID Mode. →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. SATA Port1 Not Present SATA Port2 ASUS DWR ATAPI SATA Port3 WDC WD800JD(80.0GB) SATA Port4 Not Present SATA Mode [AHCI Mode] SATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] SATA Controller 2 [Enhanced] S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled] Port 1 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Port 2 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Port 3 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Port 4 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-21 SA T A Mode [AHCI Mode] Allows you to set the SA T A conguration. Conguration options: [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode] • If you want to use the Serial A T A hard disk drives as Parallel A T A physical storage devices, set this item to [IDE Mode]. • If you want the Serial A T A hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), keep the default setting[AHCI Mode]. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial A T A features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility , or Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology Enterprise from the Serial A T A hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID Mode]. SA T A Controller 1 [Enhanced] This item appears only when you set the SA T A Mode item to [IDE Mode]. Set to [Enhanced] to support two SA T A 6.0 Gb/s and two SA T A 3.0 Gb/s devices. Set to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Up to four SA T A devices are supported under these operating systems. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enhanced] [Compatible] S.M.A.R.T . Status Check [Enabled] S.M.A.R.T . (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting T echnology) 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 . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Staggered spin-up is a feature dened in teh Serial A T A Specications. It enables an HBA to individually spin-up attached SA T A devices to avoid maximum current charged by applying all attached SA T A devices at the same time. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.4.5 PCH SCU Conguration This menu automatically detects and displays Device 1-4 4.4.6 PCI Subsystem Settings In case of multiple Option ROMs (Legacy and EFI Compatible), species what PCI option ROM to lanuch. PCI Bus Driver Version V 2.05.00 PCI Option ROM Handling PCI ROM Priority [EFI Compatible ROM] PCI Common Setting PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clocks] VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] PERR# Generation [Disabled] SERR# Generation [Disabled] Load RT32 Image [Enabled] PCI Express Settings PCIE Slot Option Rom Conguration →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Device1 Not Present Device2 Not Present Device3 Not Present Device4 Not Present →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-23 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), species what PCI option rom to lanuch.Conguration options: [Legacy ROM] [EFI Compatible ROM] PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clocks] V alue to be programmed into PCI latency timer register Conguration 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] VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Enables or disables VGA pallette registers snooping. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PERR# Generation [Disabled] Enables or disables PCI device to generate PERR#. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SERR# Generation [Disabled] Enables or disables PCI device to generate SERR#. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Load RT32 Image [Enabled] Enables or disables Load RT32 Image. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
4-24 Chapter 4: BIOS setup PCI Express Settings Set the ASPM Level: Force L0s - Force all links to L0s State: AUTO - BIOS auto congure: DISABLE: Disables ASPM. PCI Express Link Register Settings ASPM Support [Disabled] W A R N I N G : E n a b l i n g A S P M m a y c a u s e s o m e PCI-E device to fail →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. PCI Express Link Register Settings ASPM Support [Disabled] Allows you to set the ASPM level. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auot] [Force L0s] [Force L0s] Force all links to L0s state. [Auto] BIOS auto congure. [Disabled] Disabled ASPM.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-25 PCIE Slot Option Rom Conguration E n a b l e s o r d i s a b l e s Bo o t Op t io n f o r Le g ac y Mass Storage Device with Option ROM. Legacy 0pROM Support Launch Storage OpROM [Enabled] PCIE1 Option Rom [Enabled] →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Launch Storage OpROM [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Boot Option for Legacy Mass Storage Devices with Option ROM. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PCIE1 Option Rom [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable PCIE1 Option Rom. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced 4.4.7 Intel TXT(L T -SX) Conguration The Intel TXT(L T -SX) conguration automatically detects and displays the Intel TXT(L T -SX) hardware support. Intel TXT(LT-SX) Hardware Support CPU: TXT Feature Supported Chipset: TXT Feature Supported Intel TXT(LT-SX) Conguration TXT Support Disabled Intel TXT(LT-SX) Dependencies The following must be supported and enabled. VT-d Support Enabled VT Support Enabled TPM Support Enabled TPM State Disabled →←: 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. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced
4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.4.8 USB Conguration Legacy USB Support [Enabled] Enables or disables Legacy USB device support. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. DISABLE option will keep USB device available only for EFI applications. Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto] EHCI Hand-off [Disabled] This is a workaround for 0ses without EHCI ownership change should be clained by EHCI driver . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB Hardware Delays and Time-outs USB transfer time-out [20 sec] The time-out value for control, bulk, and interrupt transfer . Conguration options: [1 sec] [5 sec] [10 sec] [20 sec] Device reset time-out [20 sec] USB mass storage device start unit command time-out. Conguration options: [10 sec] [20 sec] [30 sec] [40 sec] Enabled Legacy USB support. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications. USB Conguration USB Devices: 1Keyboard, 1 Mouse, 3 Hubs Legacy USB Support [Enabled] EHCI Hand-off [Disabled] USB Hardware Delays and Time-outs USB transfer time-out [20 sec] Device reset time-out [20 sec] Mass Storage Devices USB Ports Conguration →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-27 Enable or disable USB Port 0 Rear USB#1 [Enabled] Rear USB#2 [Enabled] Onboard USB#3 [Enabled] Onboard USB#4 [Enabled] →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit USB Ports Conguration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Rear / Onboard USB Port [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Rear/Onboard USB port. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.4.9 T rusted Computing Enables or Disables BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. Conguration TPM SUPPORT [Enabled] Pending operation [None] Current Status Information TPM Enabled Status: [Disabled] TPM Active Status: [Deactivated] TPM Owner Status: [UnOwned] TPM Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the TPM support. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Pending operation [None] Conguration options: [None] [Enable T ake Owership] [Disable T ake Ownership] [TPM Clear] Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced
4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.4.10 ACPI Settings Enables or Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Conguration. ACPI Settings Enable ACPI Auto Conguration [Disabled] Enabled Hibernation [Enabled] ACPI Sleep State [S1 (CPU Stop Clock)] Lock Legacy Resources [Disabled] Enable ACPI Auto Conguration [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable BIOS ACPI Auto Conguration. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Enable Hibernation [Enabled] Enables or disables system ability to Hibernate (0S/S4 sleep state). This option may be not effective with some OS. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ACPI Sleep State [S1 (CPU Stop Clock)] Allows you to set the ACPI Sleep State. Conguration options: [Suspend Disabled] [S1 (CPU Stop Clock)] Lock Legacy Resources [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable Lock Legacy Resources. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following item appears only when you set Enabled ACPI Auto Conguration to [Disabled].
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-29 4.4.1 1 WHEA Conguration Enable or disable Windows Hardware Error Architecture. WHEA Support [Enabled] WHEA Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Windows Hardware Error Architecture support. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.4.12 APM setting Spe cify wha t sta te t o go to whe n po wer is re -app lied aft er a p ower fai lure (G3 stat e). Restrore AC Power Loss [Last State] Power On By PCIE [Disabled] Power On By Ring [Disabled] Power On By RTC [Disabled] Restore AC Power Loss [Last State] When set to [Power Off], the system goes into of f state after an AC power loss. When set to [Power On], the system will reboot after an AC power loss. When set to [Last State], the system goes into either off or on state, whatever the system state was before the AC power loss. Conguration options: [Power Off] [Power On] [Last State] Power On By PCIE [Disabled] [Disabled] Disables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event. [Enabled] Enables the PCIE devices to generate a wake event. Resume On By Ring [Disabled] When set to [Enabled], the system will generate a wake event when the external modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft-off mode. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Power On By RTC [Disabled] [Disabled] Disables RTC to generate a wake event. [Enabled] When set to [Eanbled], the items RTC Alarm Date (Days) and Hour/Minute/Second will become user-congurable with set values. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced
4-30 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.4.13 Onboard LAN Conguration Intel LAN Enable or disable. Onboard LAN Conguration Intel W82574L OpROM1 [PXE] Intel W82574L OpROM2 [PXE] →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Intel W82574L OpROM1 [PXE] Allows you to launch Intel W82574L OpROM1 boot mode.Conguration options: [Disabled] [PXE] [iSCSI] Intel W82574L OpROM2 [PXE] llows you to launch Intel W82574L OpROM2 boot mode.Conguration options: [Disabled] [PXE] [iSCSI] Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-31 4.4.14 Serial Port Console Redirection COM1 Console Redirection [Disabled] Console Redirection Settings COM2 (Only for BMC) Console Redirection [Enabled] Console Redirection Settings Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/ Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) Console Redirection [Disabled] Console Redirection Settings Console Redirection Settings This item becomes congurable only when you enable the Console Redirection item. The settings specify how the host computer and the remote computer (which the user is using) will exchange data. Both computers should have the same or compatible settings. T erminal T ype [VT -UTF8] Allows you to set the terminal type. [VT100] ASCII char set. [VT100 ] Extends VT100 to support color , function keys, et. [VT -UTF8] Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode chars onto 1 or more bytes [ANSI] Extended ASCII char set Bits per second [57600] Selects serial port transmission speed. The speed must be matched on the other side. Long or noisy lines may require lower speeds. Conguration options: [9600] [19200] [38400] [57600] [1 15200] →←: 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. T h e s e t t i n g s s p e c i f y h o w th e h ost c omp ute r and the remote compu ter (wh ich the user is using) will exchange dat a. Bot h c omp ute rs sho uld have the same or compatible settings. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced The following item appears only when you set Console Redirection to [Enabled]. COM1 Console Redirection [Disabled] Enables or disables the console redirection feature. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
4-32 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Data Bits [8] Conguration options: [7] [8] Parity [None] A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors. [Mark] and [Space] parity do not allow for error detection. [None] none [Even] parity bit is 0 if the num of 1’s in the data bits is even [Odd] parity bit is 0 if num of 1’s in the data bits is odd [Mark] parity bit is always 1 [Space] parity bit is always 0 Stop Bits [1] Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet. (A start bit indicates the beginning.) The standard setting is 1 stop bit. Communication with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit. Conguration options: [1] [2] Flow Control [Hardware RTS/CTS] Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overow . When sending data, if the receiving buffers are full, a “stop” signal can be sent to stop the data ow . Once the buffers are empty , a “start” signal can be sent to re-start the ow . Hardware ow control uses two wires to send start/stop signals. Conguration options: [None] [Hardware RTS/CTS] Recorder Mode [Disabled] With this mode enabled only text will be sent. This is to capture T erminal data. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Legacy OS Redirction Resolution [80x24] Congures the number of rows and columns supported on legacy OS. Conguration options: [80x24] [80x25] COM2 Console Redirection [Enabled] Enables or disables the console redirection feature. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Console Redirection Settings Please refer to the description of the Console Redirection Settings item under COM1 for details.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-33 Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/ Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) Console Redirection [Disabled] Enables or disables the console redirection feature. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Console Redirection Settings Out-of-Band Mgmt Port [COM1] Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port. Conguration options: [COM1] [COM2 (Only for BMC)] T erminal T ype [VT -UTF8] Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port. Conguration options: [VT100] [VT100 ] [VT -UTF8] [ANSI] Bits per second [1 15200] Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port. Conguration options: [9600] [19200] [57600] [1 15200] Flow Control [None] Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allow for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port. Conguration options: [None] [Hardware RTS/CTS] [Software Xon/Xof f] The following item appears only when you set Cinsloe Redirection to [Enabled].
4-34 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.4.15 ME Subsystem Intel ME Subsystem Conguration ME BIOS Interface Version 0.0 ME Version 0.0.0.0 ME FW Status Value : 0x0 ME FW State : SPS ME FW Active ME FW Operation State: M0 without UMA ME FW Error Code: No Error ME Ext FW Status value: 0x0 BIOS Booting Mode: Performance ptimized Cores Disabled: 0 ME FW SKU Information: SiEn NM 4.4.16 Legacy Devices Conguration Serial Port 1 Conguration Serial Port 2 Conguration Serial Port 1/2 Conguration Serial Port Conguration Serial Port [Enabled] Device Settings I0=3F8h; IRQ=4 Device Mode [Standard Serial Po...] →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. ME Subsystem Help. Set Parameters of serial Port 1(COM1). Enable or Disable Serial Port(COM).
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-35 4.4.17 Runtime Error Logging Runtime Error Logging Support [Disabled] Runtime Error Logging Support [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable Runtime Error Logging Support. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Serial Port [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the serial port. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Device Mode [Standard Serial Port Mode] Allows you to change the serial port mode. Conguration options: [Standard Serial Port Mode] Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced The following it em appears only when you set Runtime Error Lo gging Support to [Enabled]. PCI Error Logging Support [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable PCI Error Logging. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled].
4-36 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.5 Server Mgmt menu The Server Mgmt menu displays the server mgmt status, and allows you to change the settings. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. M ai n Ad va nc ed Se rv er M gmt Ev en t Lo gs B oo t M on it or Se cu ri ty T oo l E xi t Wait for BMC response for specied timeout In PILOTII, BMC starts at the same time when BIOS starts during AC power ON. It takes arround 30 seconds to initialize Host to BMC interfaces. BMC Firmware: x.xx O/S Watchdog Timer [Disabled] O/S Wtd Timer Timeout [10 minutes] O/S Wtd Timer Policy [Reset] System Event Log BMC network conguration →←: 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. O/S W atchdog Timer [Disabled] If enabled, starts a BIOS timer which can only be shut off by Intel Management Software after the OS loads. Helps determine that the OS sucessfully loaded or follows the O/S Boot W atchdog TImer Policy . Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] O/S Wtd Timer T imeout [10 minutes] Allows you to congure the length of the O/S Boot W atchdog T imer . Not available if O/S Boot W atchdog Timer is disabvled. Conguration options: [5 minutes] [10 minutes] [15 minutes] [20 minutes] O/S Wtd Timer Policy [Reset] Allows you to congure how the system should respond if the OS Boot W atchdog Timer expires. Not available if O/S Boot W atchdog Timer is disabled. Conguration options: [Do Nothing] [Reset] [Power Down] The Server Mgmt menu appears only when you install ASMB card on the motherboard.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-37 4.5.1 System Event Log Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Se rv er M gmt Change this to enable or disable all features of system Event Logging during boot. Enabling/Disabling Options SEL Components [Disabled] Erasing Settings Erase SEL [No] When SEL is Full [Do Nothing] Custom EFI Logging Options Note: All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted. →←: 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. SEL Components [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable all features of system Event Logging during boot. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Erase SEL [No] Allows you to choose options for erasing SEL. Conguration options: [No] [Y es, On next reset] [Y es, On every reset] When SEL is Full [Do Nothing] Allows you to choose options for reactions to a full SEL. Conguration options: [Do Nothing] [Erase Immediately] Custom EFI Logging Options • The following items appears only when you set SEL Components to [Enabled]. • All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted.
4-38 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.5.2 BMC network conguration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Se rv er M gmt Select to congure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically(by BIOS or BMC). Unspecied option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS phase BMC network conguration DM_LAN1 DM_LAN1 IP Address in BMC: 192.168.001.001 DM_LAN1 Subnet Mask in BMC: 255.255.255.000 DM_LAN1 Gateway Address in BMC : 000.000.000.000 DM_LAN1 MAC Address in BMC: 00.CE.01.87.72.A0 DM_LAN1 Address Source in BMC: Static Mode Conguration Address source [Previous State] Lan1 Lan1 IP Address in BMC: 192.168.001.002 Lan1 Subnet Mask in BMC: 255.255.255.000 Lan1 Gateway Address in BMC: 000.000.000.000 Lan1 MAC Address in BMC: 00.CE.01.87.72.A0 Lan1 Address Source in BMC: Static Mode Conguration Address source [Previous State] →←: 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. Conguration Address source [Previous State] Select to congure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically(by BIOS or BMC). Unspecied option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS phase. Conguration options: [Previous State] [Static Mode] [DHCP Mode] The following items appears only when you set Conguration Address source to [Static Mode]. Station IP address [0.0.0.0] Allows you to input Station IP address. Subnet mask [0.0.0.0] Allows you to input Subnet mask. Gateway IP address [0.0.0.0] Allows you to input Gateway IP address.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-39 4.6 Event Logs menu The Event Logs allows you to change or view the event log settings. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. M ai n Ad va nc ed Se rv er M gmt Ev en t Lo gs B oo t M on ito r S ec ur it y T oo l E xi t Press <Enter> to change the Smbios Event Log conguration. Change Smbios Event Log Settings View Smbios Event Log View System Event Log →←: 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. 4.6.1 Change Smbios Event Log Settings Press <Enter> to change the Smbios Event Log conguration. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Ev en t Lo gs Change this to enable or disable all features of Smbios Event Logging during boot. Enabling/Disabling Options Smbios Event Log [Enabled] Erasing Settings Erase Event Log [No] When Log is Full [Do Nothing] Smbios Event Log Standard Settings Log System Boot Event [Disabled] MECI 1 METW 60 Custom Option Log OEM Codes [Enabled] Convert OEM Codes [Disabled] Note: All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted. →←: 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. Enabling/Disabling Options Smbios Event Log [Enabled] Change this to enable or disable all features of Smbios Event Logging during boot.Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Erasing Settings Erase Event Log [No] Choose options for erasing Smbios Event Log. Erasing is done prior to any logging activation during reset. Conguration options: [No] [Y es, Next reset] [Y es, Every reset] All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted.
4-40 Chapter 4: BIOS setup When Log is Full [Do Nothing] Allows you to choose options for reactions to a full Smbios Event Log. Conguration options: [Do Nothing] [Erase Immediately] Smbios Event Log Standard Settings Log System Boot Event [Disabled] Allows you to choose options to enable or disable logging of System boot event. Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] MECI [1] Mutiple Event Count Increment (MECI). The number of occurrences of a duplicate event that must pass before the multiplt-event counter associated with the log entry is updated, specied as a numeric value in the range 1 to 255. METW [60] Mutiple Event T ime Windows (METW). The number of minutes which must pass between duplicate log entries which utilize a multiple-event counter . The value ranges from 0 to 99 minutes. Custom Option Log OEM Codes [Enabled] Enable or disable the logging of EFI Status Codes as OEM Codes (if not already converted to legacy). Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Convert OEM Codes [Disabled] Enable or disable the converting of EFI Status Codes to Standard Smbios T ypes (Not all may be translated). Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] View Smbios Event Log Press <Enter> to view all smbios event logs. View System Event Log Press <Enter> to view all system event logs.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-41 4.7 Boot menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options. Num ber of s econd s to wai t fo r set up a ctiv ation key . 655 35(0 xFFF F) me ans inde nit e wai ting . Boot Conguration Setup Prompt Timeout 1 Bootup NumLock State [On] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] CSM16 Module Version 07.67 GateA20 Active [Upon Request] Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS] Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] Boot Device Seeking [Endless PXE] UEFI Boot [Disabled] Boot Option Priorities Boot Option #1 [AMI Virtual CDROM0...] Boot Option #2 [SATA P1: ST350041...] Boot Option #3 [AMI Virtual Floppy...] Boot Option #4 [IBA GE Slot 0500 v...] CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities Hard Drive BBS Priorities Floppy Drive BBS Priorities Network Device BBS Priorities Setup Prompt Timeout [xx] Use the < > and <-> keys to adjust the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key . Bootup NumLock State [On] Allows you to select the power-on state for the NumLock. Conguration options: [Off] [On] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Set this item to [Enabled] to use the ASUS MyLogo2™ feature. CSM16 Module V ersion GateA20 Active [Upon Request] [Upon Request] GA20 can be disabled using BIOS services. [Always] Do not allow disable GA20; this optionis useful when any RT code is executed above 1MB. Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS] Allows you to set the display mode for Options ROM. Conguration options: [Force BIOS] [Keep Current] Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] Allows Option ROMs to trap interrupt 19. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. M ai n Ad va nc ed Se rv er M gmt Ev en t Lo gs Bo ot Mo ni to r S ec ur it y T oo l E xi t →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit
4-42 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Boot Device Seeking [Endless PXE] [Endless PXE] Continuous seek remote boot image until boot image found or user abort (press Ctrl Alt Del). [Normal] Seek remote boot image once then stop. UEFI Boot [Disabled] Enables or disables UEFI Boot. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. • T o select the boot device during system startup, press <F8> when ASUS Logo appears. • T o access Windows OS in Safe Mode, please press <F8> after POST . Set the booting order of network devices. Boot Option #1/#2/#3/#4 [AMI Virtual CDROM0...] Conguration options: [SA T A P1: ST3500...] [AMI Virtual CDROM...] [AMI Virtual Floppy ...] [IBA GE Slot 0500 v ...] Hard Drive BBS Priorities CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities Floppy Drive BBS Priorities Network Device BBS Priorities These items appear only when you connect SA T A ODD or hard drive to the SA T A ports and allow you to set the booting order of the SA T A devices.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-43 4.8 Monitor menu The Monitor menu displays the system temperature/power status, and allows you to change the fan settings. TR Function [Disabled] CPU1 Temperature 60.0ºC/140.0ºF CPU2 Temperature N/A MB Temperature 68.0ºC/154.4ºF TR1 Temperature N/A TR2 Temperature N/A FRNT FAN1 Speed 7031 RPM FRNT FAN2 Speed 3948 RPM FRNT FAN3 Speed 4005 RPM FRNT FAN4 Speed 6818 RPM VTT_CPU 1.026 V VCORE1 1.010 V VCORE2 N/A VDDQ_AB_CPU1 1.510 V VDDQ_CD_CPU1 1.526 V VDDQ_EF_CPU2 N/A VDDQ_GH_CPU2 N/A 5VSB 4.921 V 5V 5.036 V 12V 11.592 V 3.3V 3.276 V VBAT 3.168 V 3.3VSB 3.234 V FAN Speed Control [Generic Node] TR Function [Disabled] [Disabled] V oltage monitor . [Enabled] T emperature monitor . The TR1/TR2 T emperature items appears only when you set TR Function to [Enabled] and restart the system. CPU 1/2; MB; TR1/TR2 T emperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU and motherboard component temperatures. Select Ignore if you do not wish to display the detected temperatures. FRNT F AN1–4 Speed; [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the speed of CPU fans, front fans, and rear fan in rotations per minute (RPM). If the fan is not connected to the motherboard, the eld shows N/A . VTT_CPU V oltage, VCORE1/2 V oltage, VDDQ_AB_CPU1 V oltage, VDDQ_CD_CPU1 V oltage, VDDQ_EF_CPU2 V oltage, VDDQ_GH_CPU2 V oltage, 5VSB V oltage, 5V V oltage , 12V V oltage, 3.3V V oltage, VBA T V oltage, 3.3VSB V oltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. M ai n Ad va nc ed Se rv er M gmt Ev en t Lo gs Bo ot Mo ni to r S ec ur it y To ol Ex it Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Disable: Voltage monitor. Enabled: Temperature monitor.
4-44 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.9 Security menu The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Set Setup Administrator Password Password Description I f O N L Y t h e A d m i n i s t r a t o r ' s p a s s w o r d i s s e t , t h e n t h i s o n l y l i m i t s a c c e s s t o S e t u p a n d i s o n l y a s k e d f o r w h e n e n t e r i n g S e t u p I f O N L Y th e U s e r ' s p a s s w o r d i s s e t , t h e n t h i s i s a p o w e r o n p a s s w o r d a n d m u s t b e e n t e r e d t o b o o t o r e n t e r S e t u p . I n S e t u p t h e U s e r w i l l h a v e A d m i n i s t r a t o r r i g h t s The password length must br in the following range: Minimum length 3 Maximum length 20 Administrator Password User Password • If you have forgotten your BIOS password, erase the CMOS Real T ime Clock (RTC) RAM to clear the BIOS password. See section 2.6 Jumpers for information on how to erase the RTC RAM. • The Administrator or User Password items on top of the screen show the default Not Installed. After you set a password, these items show Installed . Administrator Password If you have set an administrator password, we recommend that you enter the administrator password for accessing the system. Otherwise, you might be able to see or change only selected elds in the BIOS setup program. T o set an administrator password: 1. Select the Administrator Password item and press <Enter>. 2. From the Create New Password box, key in a password, then press <Enter>. 3. Conrm the password when prompted. T o change an administrator password: 1. Select the Administrator Password item and press <Enter>. 2. From the Enter Current Password box, key in the current password, then press <Enter>. 3. From the Create New Password box, key in a new password, then press <Enter>. 4. Conrm the password when prompted. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. M ai n Ad va nc ed Se rv er M gmt Ev en t Lo gs Bo ot Mo ni tor Se cu ri ty To ol Ex it F AN Speed Control [Generic Mode] Allows you to congure the ASUS Smart Fan feature that smartly adjusts the fan speeds for more efcient system operation. Conguration options: [Generic Mode] [High Speed Mode] [Full Speed Mode]
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-45 User Password If you have set a user password, you must enter the user password for accessing the system. The User Password item on top of the screen shows the default Not Installed . After you set a password, this item shows Installed. T o set a user password: 1. Select the User Password item and press <Enter>. 2. From the Create New Password box, key in a password, then press <Enter>. 3. Conrm the password when prompted. T o change a user password: 1. Select the User Password item and press <Enter>. 2. From the Enter Current Password box, key in the current password, then press <Enter>. 3. From the Create New Password box, key in a new password, then press <Enter>. 4. Conrm the password when prompted. T o clear the user password, follow the same steps as in changing a user password, but press <Enter> when prompted to create/conrm the password. After you clear the password, the User Password item on top of the screen shows Not Installed. T o clear the administrator password, follow the same steps as in changing an administrator password, but press <Enter> when prompted to create/conrm the password. After you clear the password, the Administrator Password item on top of the screen shows Not Installed . 4.10 Tool menu The T ool menu items allow you to congure options for special functions. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the submenu. Be used to updat e BI OS ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility Allows you to run ASUS EZ Flash BIOS ROM Utility when you press <Enter>. Check section 4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility for details. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. M ai n Ad va nc ed Se rv er M gmt Ev en t Lo gs Bo ot Mo ni tor Se cu ri ty T oo l E xi t
4-46 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.11 Exit menu The Exit menu items allow you to save or discard your changes to the BIOS items. Pressing <Esc> does not immediately exit this menu. Select one of the options from this menu or <F10> from the legend bar to exit. Discard Changes & Exit This option allows you to exit the Setup program without saving your changes. When you select this option or if you press <Esc>, a conrmation window appears. Select Y es to discard changes and exit. Save Changes & Reset Once you are nished making your selections, choose this option from the Exit menu to ensure the values you selected are saved. When you select this option or if you press <F10>, a conrmation window appears. Select Y es to save changes and exit. Discard Changes & Reset This option allows you to reset the Setup program without saving your changes. When you select this option, a conrmation window appears. Select Y es to discard changes and reset. Restore Defaults This option allows you to restore/load defaults values for all the setup options. When you select this option, a conrmation window appears. Select Y es to load optimized defaults. Exi t sy stem setu p wi thou t sav ing any chang es. Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. M ai n Ad va nc ed Se rv er M gmt Ev en t Lo gs Bo ot Mo ni tor Se cu ri ty To ol Ex it →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item /-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Discard Changes & Exit Save Changes & Reset Discard Changes & Reset Restore Defaults Boot Override SATA P1: ST3500418AS AMI Virtual CDROM 1.00 AMI Virtual Floppy0 1.00 IBA GE Slot 0500 v1376 Launch EFI Shell from lesystem device
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 4-47 Boot Override These items displays the available devices. The device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Click an item to start booting from the selected device. Launch EFI Shell from lesystem device Attempts to launch EFI Shell application (shellx64.e) from one of the available lesystem devices.
4-48 Chapter 4: BIOS setup
5 RAID conguration This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating, and conguring RAID sets using the available utilities.
Chapter summary 5 ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5.1 Setting up RAID ............................................................................ 5-3 5.2 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility .................................... 5-5 5.3 Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise SCU /SA T A Option ROM Utility .................................................................................. 5-25 5.4 In tel ® R api d S tor ag e T ec hno log y e nte rpr ise U ti lit y(W in dow s) ... 5-35
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-3 5.1 Setting up RAID The motherboard supports the following SA T A RAID solutions: • LSI MegaRAID software RAID Conguration Utility with RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support (for both Linux and Windows OS). • Int el Rap id Sto rage T echn ology enter prise SCU / SA T A Optio n ROM Ut ility wit h RAID 0, RA ID 1, RAID 10, and R AID 5 suppo rt (fo r Wind ows OS only ). 5.1.1 RAID denitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. T wo hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup. RA ID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive. This RAID conguration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive. RAID 1E (Enhanced RAID 1) has a striped layout with each stripe unit having a secondary (or alternate) copy stored on a different disk. Y ou can use three or more hard disk drives for this conguration. RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to be calculated and written. With the RAID 10 conguration you get all the benets of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 congurations. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup. RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Among the advantages of RAID 5 conguration include better HDD performanc e, fault tolerance, and highe r storage capacity . The RA ID 5 con guration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and o ther business systems. Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. • If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy rst the RAID driver from the support DVD to a oppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. • Please refer to chapter 2 for how to select the RAID conguration utility . Move the jumper to choose between LSI MegaRAID and Intel ® Rapid RAID.
5-4 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS Y ou must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set from SA T A hard disk drives attached to the SA T A connectors supported by Intel ® C602 chipset. T o do this: 1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST . 2. Go to the Advanced Menu > PCH SA T A Conguration , then press <Enter>. 3. Set SA T A Mode to [RAID Mode] 4. Press <F10> to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup. Refer to Chapter 4 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup. 5.1.4 RAID conguration utilities Depending on the RAID connectors that you use, you can create a RAID set using the utilities embedded in each RAID controller . For example, use the LSI Logic Embedded SA T A RAID Setup Utility or the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology if you installed Serial A T A hard disk drives on the Serial A T A connectors supported by the Intel ® C602 chipset. Refer to the succeeding section for details on how to use the RAID conguration utility . 5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives The motherboard supports Serial A T A for RAID set conguration. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array . T o install the SA T A hard disks for RAID conguration: 1. Install the SA T A hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in the system user guide. 2. Connect a SA T A signal cable to the signal connector at the back of each drive and to the SA T A connector on the motherboard. 3. Connect a SA T A power cable to the power connector on each drive.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-5 3. The utility main window appears. Use the arrow keys to select an option from the Management Menu and then press <Enter>. Refer to the Management Menu descriptions on the next page. At the bottom of the screen is the legend box. The keys on the legend box allow you to navigate through the setup menu options or execute commands. The keys on the legend box vary according to the menu level. 5. 2 LS I S oft war e R AID Co ng ura ti on Ut ili ty Th e LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration utility all ows y ou to cr eat e RA ID 0 , RA ID 1, or R AID 1 0 set (s) f ro m S ATA ha rd d isk dr iv es co nne cte d to th e S ATA co nne cto rs su pp ort ed by t he mot her bo ar d so uth br id ge chi p. T o enter the LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration utility: 1. T urn on the system after installing all the SA T A hard disk drives. 2. During POST , the LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration utility automatically detects the installed SA T A hard disk drives and displays any existing RAID set(s). Press <Ctrl> <M> to enter the utility . • The LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration utility automatically congures to RAID 1 when the SA T A to RAID Mode is enabled. • The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen due to the controller version difference. • When you create RAID sets with the LSI MegaRAID software RAID conguration utility , the boot priority of the SA T A optical drive has to be manually adjusted. Otherwise, the system will not boot from the connected SA T A ODD. LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Congure VD(s) LSI MegaRAID Software RAID BIOS Version A.10 09231523R LSI SATA RAID Found at PCI Bus No:00 Dev No:1F Device present at Port 0 ST3160812AS 152114MB Device present at Port 1 ST3160812AS 152114MB Device present at Port 2 ST3160812AS 152114MB Device present at Port 3 ST3160812AS 152114MB Press Ctrl-M or Enter to run LSI Software RAID Setup Utility.
5-6 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set The LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility allows you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 10 set using two types of congurations: Easy and New . In Easy Conguration , the virtual drive parameters are set automatically . In New Conguration , you manually set the virtual drive parameters. Using Easy Conguration T o create a RAID set using the Easy Conguration option: 1. From the Management Menu , select Congure > Ea sy Con g ur ati on , and th en pre ss <E nt er> . Menu Description Congure Allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 10 set using the Easy Conguration or the New Conguration command. This menu also allows you to view , add, or clear RAID congurations or select the boot drive Initialize Allows you to initialize the virtual drives of a created RAID set Objects Allows you to initialize virtual drives or change the virtual drive parameters Rebuild Allows you to rebuild failed drives Check Consistency Allows you to check the data consistency of the virtual drives of a created RAID set Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Denes Physical Arrays. An Array Will Automatically Become A VD Conguration Menu Easy Conguration New Conguration View/Add Conguration Clear Conguration Select Boot Drive LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-7 3. Select all the drives required for the RAID set, and then press <F10> to congure array setting. 4. Press <Space> to select the congurable array . 2. The ARRA Y SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the SA T A ports. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the drives you want to include in the RAID set, and then press <Space>. When selected, the drive indicator changes from READY to ONLIN A[X]-[Y] , where X is the array number , and Y is the drive number . • The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen. • Yo u n eed at lea st two i den tica l h ard di sk d riv es whe n c re ati ng a RA ID 1 s et. • Y ou need at least four identical hard disk drives when creating a RAID 10 set. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consist ency PORT # DNLIN A00-00 DNLIN A00-01 0 1 Easy Conguration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU Select Congurable Array(s) A-0 SPAN-1 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Cursor Keys, SPACE-(De)Select F2-ChIdInfo F3-SlotInfo F10-Congure Esc-Quit Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consist ency Port # 2 DISK 74.74GB HDS728080PLA380 05.01C05 Easy Conguration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU PORT # ONLIN A00-00 ONLIN A00-01 READY READY 0 1 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-Sel,ENTER-EndArray,F10-Congure,F2-Drive Info,F3-Virtual Drives,F4-HSP 2 3
5-8 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5. Press <F10> again, the virtual drive information appears including a Virtual Drive menu that allows you to change the virtual drive parameters. Managem ent Menu Congure Initializ e Objects Rebuild Check Con sistency PORT # DNLIN A00-00 DNLIN A00-01 0 1 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Easy Conguration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO Choose RAID Level For This VD Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option 6. Select RAID from the Virtual Drive sub-menu, and then press <Enter>. 7. Select the RAID level from the menu, and then press <Enter>. Managem ent Menu Congure Initializ e Objects Rebuild Check Con sistency PORT # DNLIN A00-00 DNLIN A00-01 0 1 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Easy Conguration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO Choose RAID Level For This VD RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-9 8. Select Units from the Virtual Drive sub-menu, and then press <Enter>. 9. Select the units for virtual drive size from the menu, and then press <Enter>. Managem ent Menu Congure Initializ e Objects Rebuild Check Con sistency PORT # DNLIN A00-00 DNLIN A00-01 0 1 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Easy Conguration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO Select Units For VD Size Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option Select Units For VD Size MB GB TB 10. When creating a RAID 1 or a RAID 10 set, select DWC from the Virtual Drive menu, and then press <Enter>. When creating a RAID 0 set, proceed to step 12. 1 1. Select On to enable the Disk Write Cache setting, and then press <Enter>. Enabling DWC can improve the performance, but with the risk of data loss. Managem ent Menu Congure Initializ e Objects Rebuild Check Con sistency PORT # DNLIN A00-00 DNLIN A00-01 0 1 Easy Conguration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO Disk Write Cache Setting Of VD Change DWC Off On Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
5-10 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 12. When nished setting the selected virtual drive conguration, select Accept from the menu, and then press <Enter>. Managem ent Menu Congure Initializ e Objects Rebuild Check Con sistency PORT # LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R DNLIN A00-00 DNLIN A00-01 0 1 Easy Conguration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO Accept This VD Conguration And Go To Next VD Cursor Keys, SPACE-(De)Select F2-ChIdInfo F3-SlotInfo F10-Congure Esc-Quit 13. Follow step 2 to 12 to congure additional virtual drives. 14. Press <Esc> to nish RAID conguration. When prompted to save conguration, select Y es from the menu, and then press <Enter>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Con sistency Select Yes Or No Conguration Menu Easy Conguration New Conguration View/Add Conguration Clear Conguration Select Boot Drive Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Save Conguration? Yes No LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-1 1 Using New Conguration When a RAID set already exists, using the New Conguration command erases the existing RAID conguration data. If you do not want to delete the existing RAID set, use the View/Add Conguration command to view or create another RAID conguration. T o create a RAID set using the New Conguration option 1. From the Management Menu , select Congure > New Conguration, and then press <Enter>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Clear Existing Conguration And Start A New Conguration Conguration Menu Easy Conguration New Conguration View/Add Conguration Clear Conguration Select Boot Drive LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option 2. Follow step 2 to 9 of the previous section: Using Easy Conguration . 3. Select Size from the Virtual Drive menu, and then press <Enter>. 4. Key-in the desired virtual drive size, and then press <Enter>. 5. Follow step 10 to 14 of the previous section: Using Easy Conguration to create the RAID set. Managem ent Menu Congure Initializ e Objects Rebuild Check Con sistency PORT # LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R DNLIN A00-00 DNLIN A00-01 0 1 Easy Conguration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drive 0 RAID = 1 Units= MB Size = 152146MB DWC = Off RA = On Accept SPAN = NO Enter VD Size: Enter VD Size: 152146_ Use Cursor Keys to Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
5-12 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID conguration Y ou can add a new RAID conguration or view an existing conguration using the View/Add Conguration command. Adding a new RAID conguration T o add a new RAID conguration: 1. From the Man agemen t Menu , select Con gure > V iew/Add Conguration , and then press <Enter>. 2. The ARRA Y SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the SA T A ports. Select the drive(s) you want to include in the RAID set, then press <Space>. When selected, the drive indicator changes from READY to ONLIN A[X]-[Y] , where X is the array number , and Y is the drive number . The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen. 3. Follow step 3 to 12 of section 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set: Using Easy Conguration to add a new RAID set. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency View/Add to The Existing Conguration Conguration Menu Easy Conguration New Conguration View/Add Conguration Clear Conguration Select Boot Drive LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consist ency Port # 2 DISK 77247MB HDS728080PLA380 PF20A60A View/Add Conguration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU PORT # ONLIN A00-00 ONLIN A00-01 READY READY 0 1 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-Sel,ENTER-EndArray,F10-Congure,F2-Drive Info,F3-Virtual Drives,F4-HSP 2 3
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-13 5.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives After creating the RAID set(s), you must initialize the virtual drives. Y ou may initialize the virtual drive s of a RAID set(s) using the Initialize or Objects command on the Management Menu . Using the Initialize command T o initialize the virtual drive using the Initialize command 1. From the Management Menu , select Initialize , and then press <Enter>. 2. The screen displays the available RAID set(s) and prompts you to select the virtual drive to initialize. Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive selection, and then press <Space>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Initialize VD(s) LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Select VD Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drives Virtual Drive 0 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-(De)Select, F10-Initialize
5-14 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 3. Press <F10> to start initialization. When prompted, select Y es from the Initialize? dialog box, and then press <Enter>. Initializing a virtual drive erases all data on the drive. 4. A progress bar appears on screen. If desired, press <Esc> to abort initialization. When initialization is completed, press <Esc>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drives Virtual Drive 0 Initialize? Yes No Init Will Destroy Data On Selected VD(s) LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-(De)Select, F10-Initialize Management Menu Congure Initiali ze Objects Rebuild Check Co nsistency Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 10 154494MB 4 64 KB ONLINE Virtua l Drives Virtual Drive 0 Init Of VD Is In Process VD 0 Initialization Complete. Press Esc.. ¦ 100% Completed LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-(De)Select, F10-Initialize
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-15 Using the Objects command T o initialize the virtual drives using the Objects command 1. From the Management Menu , select Objects > Virtual Drive , and then press <Enter>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Change VD Parameters Objects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option 2. Select the virtual drive to initialize from the Virtual Drives sub-menu, and then press <Enter>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Select VD Obj ects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Vitual Drive(1) Virtual Drive 0 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Press ENTER To Select A VD, <Del> To Delete A VD
5-16 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 3. Select Initialize from the pop-up menu, and then press <Enter> to start initialization. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Initilize VD Obj ects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Vitual Drive(1) Virtual Drive 0 Initialze Check Consistency View/Update Parameters Vitual Drive(0) LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option 4. When prompted, press the <Space> to select Y es from the Initialize? dialog box, and then press <Enter>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Init Will Destroy Data On Selected VD(s) Obj ects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Vitual Drive(1) Virtual Drive 0 Initialze Check Consistency View/Updat e Parameters Vitual Drive(0) Initialize? Yes No LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option 5. A progress bar appears on screen. If desired, press <Esc> to abort initialization. When initialization is completed, press <Esc>.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-17 5.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives Y ou can manually rebuild failed hard disk drives using the Rebuild command in the Management Menu . T o rebuild a failed hard disk drive 1. From the Management Menu , select Rebuild , and then press <Enter>. 2. The PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the SA T A ports. Select the drive you want to rebuild, and then press <Space>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Rebuild PD(s) LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consist ency Port # 1 DISK 77247MB HDS728080PLA380 PF20A60A REBUILD - PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU PORT # ONLIN A00-00 FAIL A00-01 0 1 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-(De)Select,F10-Start Rebuild,F2-Drive Information,F3-View Virtual Drives
5-18 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 3. After selecting the drive to rebuild, press <F10>. When prompted, press <Y> to rebuild the drive. 4. When rebuild is complete, press any key to continue. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Port # 1 DISK 77247MB HDS728080PLA380 PF20A60A REBUILD - PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU PORT # ONLIN A00-00 RBLD A00-01 0 1 Rebuilding Of Drive Will Take A Few Minutes. Start Rebuilding Drive (Y/N)? LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-(De)Select,F10-Start Rebuild,F2-Drive Information,F3-View Virtual Drives
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-19 5.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency Y ou can check and verify the accuracy of data redundancy in the selected virtual drive. The utility can automatically detect and/or detect and correct any dif ferences in data redundancy depending on the selected option in the Objects > Adapter menu. The Check Consistency command is available only for virtual drives included in a RAID 1 or RAID 10 set. Using the Check Consistency Command T o check data consistency using the Check Consistency command 1. From the Management Menu , select Check Consistency , and then press <Enter>. 2. The screen displays the available RAID set(s) and prompts you to select the virtual drive to check. Press <Space> to select the virtual drive from the Virtual Drive sub-menu, and then press <F10>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency CC Of VD(s) LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Select VD Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 1 148.580GB 2 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drives Virtual Drive 0 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-(De)Select, F10-Check Consistency
5-20 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 3. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select Y es from the Consistency Check? dialog box, and then press <Enter>. A progress bar appears on screen. 4. While checking the disk consistency , press <Esc> to display the following options. • Stop - Stops the consistency check. The utility stores the percentage of disk checked, and when you restart checking, it continues from the last percentage completed rather than from zero percent. • Continue - Continues the consistency check. • Abort - Aborts the consistency check. When you restart checking, it continues from zero percent. 5. When checking is complete, press any key to continue. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 10 154494MB 4 64 KB ONLINE Virtual Drives Virtual Drive 0 Consistency Check? Yes No Select VD LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-(De)Select, F10-Check Consistency Management Menu Congure Initiali ze Objects Rebuild Check Co nsistency Virtual Drive(s) Congured LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status 0 10 154494MB 4 64 KB ONLINE Virtua l Drives Virtual Drive 0 CC Under Process VD 0 Consistency Check. Press Esc to Abort. ¦ 85 % Completed The Data On The Drives Is Inconsistency. Repair Done! LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R SPACE-(De)Select, F10-Check Consistency
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-21 Using the Objects command T o check data consistency using the Objects command 1. From the Management Menu , select Objects , and then select Virtual Drive from the sub-menu. 2. Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive you want to check, and then press <Enter>. 3. Select Check Consistency from the pop-up menu, and then press <Enter>. 4. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select Y es from the dialog box to check the drive. 5. When checking is complete, press any key to continue.
5-22 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.2.6 Deleting a RAID conguration T o delete a RAID conguration 1. From the Management Menu , select Congure > Clear Conguration , and then press <Enter>. 2. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select Y es from the Clear Conguration? dialog box, and then press <Enter>. The utility clears all the current array(s). 3. Press any key to continue. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Clear Existing Conguration Conguration Menu Easy Conguration New Conguration View/Add Conguration Clear Conguration Select Boot Drive LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Clear Existing Conguration Conguration Menu Easy Conguration New Conguration View/A dd Co ngura tion Clear Conguration Select Boot Drive Clear Conguration? Yes No LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-23 5.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set Y ou must have created a new RAID conguration before you can select the boot drive from a RAID set. See section 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set: Using New Conguration for details. T o select the boot drive from a RAID set 1. From the Management Menu , select Congure > Select Boot Drive , and then press <Enter>. 2. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select the bootable virtual drive from the list, then press <Enter>. 3. The virtual drive is selected as boot drive. Press any key to continue. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Select A Boot VD Conguration Menu Easy Conguration New Conguration View/Add Conguration Clear Conguration Select Boot Drive LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Select A Boot VD Congu ration Menu Easy Con guration New Conguration View/Add Conguration Clear Conguration Select Boot Drive Bootable VDs(1):Current Boot VD(0) Boot Drive 0 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
5-24 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache Y ou may manually enable the RAID controller’s WriteCache option after creating a RAID set to improve the data transmission performance. Wh en you ena ble Wr ite Ca che , yo u m ay los e da ta whe n a po we r i nter rup tio n o ccur s wh ile tra nsm itt ing or e xch angi ng dat a a mong th e d riv es. The WriteCache function is recommended for RAID 1 and RAID 10 sets. T o enable WriteCache 1. From the Management Menu , select Objects > Adapter , select an existing adapter , and then press <Enter> to display the adapter properties. 2. Select Disk WC , and then press <Enter> to turn on the option. 5. When nished, press any key to continue. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Disk Write Cache - Off(Write Through) or On(Write Back) Objec ts Adapter Virtual Driv e Physical Dri ve Adapter 0 Rebuild Rate = 30 Chk Const Rate = 30 FGI Rate = 30 BGI Rate = 30 Disk WC = Off Read Ahead = On Bios State = Enable Cont On Error = Yes Fast Init = Enable Auto Rebuild = On Auto Resume = Enable Disk Coercion = 1GB Factory Default LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option 3. From the Management Menu , select Objects > Virtual Drive , select an existing adapter and press <Enter>. Select View/Update Parameters and press <Enter> to display the adapter properties. 4. Select Disk WC , and then press <Enter> to turn on the option. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Disk Write Cache Setting of VD Ob jects Adapter Virtual D rive Physical Drive Virtual Drive RAID = 0 Size = 148.580GB Stripe Size = 64KB #Stripes = 2 State = OPTIMAL Spans = 1 Disk WC = On Read Ahead = On LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-25 5.3 Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU/SATA Option ROM Utility The Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise SCU / SA T A Option ROM utility allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 1 0), and RAID 5 set(s) from Serial A T A hard disk drives that are connected to the Serial A T A connectors supported by the Southbridge. Y ou can create RAID mode by use of onboard AHCI SA T A ports. T o use onboard SA T A ports: 1. Install all the Serial A T A hard disk drives. 2. T urning on the system. During POST , press,Del. to enter BIOS. Go to Advanced Menu > PCH SA T A Conguration > SA T A Mode , then press <Enter>. 3. Set SA T A Mode to RAID Mode and save, then reboot system. 4. During POST , press <Ctrl I> to display the utility main menu. T o use SCU SA T A ports: 1. Install all the hard disk drives. 2. T urn on the system. 3. Conrm all the SA T A hard disk drives you installed are correctly displayed, then reboot system. 4. During POST , press <Ctrl I> to display the utility main menu.
5-26 Chapter 5: RAID conguration Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - SCU Option ROM - 3.0.0.1104 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] RAID Volumes: None dened. Physical Disks: ID Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 2 ST3300656SS 397600009846UEDY 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 3 ST3300656SS GWC50000991756G6 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk [ ↑↓ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for RAID conguration. The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to move through the menus and select the menu options. The RAID BIOS setup screThe RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen. T o enter the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise SCU option ROM utility: 1. Install all the Serial A T A hard disk drives. 2. T urn on the system. 3. During POST , press <Ctrl I> to display the utility main menu.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-27 [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] [ HELP ] Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is 16 characters or less. [ ↑↓ ]Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Name: Volume0 RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe) Disks: Select Disks Strip Size: 128KB Capacity: 0.0 GB Create Volume 5.3.1 Creating a RAID set T o create a RAID set 1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID V olume and press <Enter>. The following screen appears. 2. Enter a name for the RAID set and press <Enter>. 3. When the RAID Level item is selected, press the up/down arrow key to select a RAID level to create, and then press <Enter>. 4. When the Disks item is selected, press <Enter> to select the hard disk drives you want to include in the RAID set. The SELECT DISKS screen appears. 5. Use the up/down arrow key to select a drive, and then press <Space> to select. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press <Enter> after completing your selection. [ SELECT DISKS ] Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status 0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 2 ST3300656SS 397600009846UEDY 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 3 ST3300656SS GWC50000991756G6 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume. [ ↑↓ ]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - SCU Option ROM - 3.0.0.1104 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
5-28 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 6. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0, 10 and 5 only), and then press <Enter>. The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB. The following are typical values: RAID 0: 128KB RAID 10: 64KB RAID 5: 64KB We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing. 7. When the Capacity item is selected, enter the RAID volume capacity that yo u want and press <Enter>. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity . 8. When the Create V olume item is selected, press <Enter>. The following warning message appears. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N): 9. Press <Y> to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or <N> to go back to the CREA TE VOLUME menu. 5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set T o create a recovery set: 1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID V olume and press <Enter>. The following screen appears. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] [ HELP ] Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is 16 characters or less. [ ↑↓ ]Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Name: Volume0 RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe) Disks: Select Disks Strip Size: 128KB Capacity: 0.0 GB Sync: N/A Create Volume Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - SCU Option ROM - 3.0.0.1104 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-29 5. Use the up/down arrow keys to sele ct a drive, press <T AB> to select a Master disk, and then press <SP ACE> to select a Recovery disk. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press <Enter> after completing your selection. 6. When the Sync item is selected, use the up/down arrow keys to select a sync option that you want and press <Enter>. 7. When the Create V olume item is selected, press <Enter>. The following warning message appears. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N): 8. Press <Y> to create the recovery set and return to the main menu, or <N> to go back to the CREA TE VOLUME menu. If a recovery set is created, you cannot add more RAID sets even when you have more non-RAID disks installed in your system. 2. Enter a name for the recovery set and press <Enter>. 3. When the RAID Level item is selected, press the up/down arrow keys to select Recovery , and then press <Enter>. 4. When the Disks item is selected, press <Enter> to select the hard disk drives you want to include in the recovery set. The SELECT DISKS screen appears. [ SELECT DISKS ] Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status 0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 2 ST3300656SS 397600009846UEDY 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk 3 ST3300656SS GWC50000991756G6 279.3GB Non-RAID Disk Select 1 Master and 1 Recovery disk to create volume. [[ ↑↓ ]-Prev/Next [TAB]-(M)aster [SPACE]-(R)ecovery [ENTER]-Done
5-30 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set T ake caution when deleting a RAID set. Y ou will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you delete a RAID set. T o delete a RAID set: 1. From the utility main menu, select 2. Delete RAID V olume and press <Enter>. The following screen appears. 2. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete, and then press <Del>. The following warning message appears. 3. Press <Y> to delete the RAID set and return to the utility main menu, or press <N> to return to the DELETE VOLUME menu. ALL DATA IN THE VOLUME WILL BE LOST! (This does not apply to Recovery volumes) A re y ou s ur e yo u wa nt t o de le te v ol um e “V ol um e0” ? (Y /N ): [ DELETE VOLUME VERIFICATION ] [ DELETE VOLUME MENU ] [ HELP ] Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non-RAID. WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. (This does not apply to Recovery volumes) [ ↑↓ ]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu [DEL]-Delete Volume Name Level Drives Capacity Status Bootable Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) 2 298.0GB Normal Yes Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - SCU Option ROM - 3.0.0.1104 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-31 5.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID T ake caution before you reset a RAID volume hard disk drive to non-RAID. Resetting a RAID volume hard disk drive deletes all internal RAID structure on the drive. T o reset a RAID set hard disk drive: 1. From the utility main menu, select 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press <Enter>. The following screen appears. 2. Use the up/down arrow keys to sele ct the RAID set drive(s) you want to reset, and then press <Space> to select. 3. Press <Enter> to reset the RAID set drive(s). A conrmation message appears. 4. Press <Y> to reset the drive(s) or press <N> to return to the utility main menu. Resetting RAID disk will remove its RAID structures and revert it to a non-RAID disk. WARNING: Resetting a disk causes all da ta on the disk to be lost. (This does not apply to Recovery volumes) Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status 0 ST3300656SS HWAS0000991753TR 279.3GB Member Disk 1 ST3300656SS 37VN00009846RAJ1 279.3GB Member Disk Select the disks that should be reset. [ ↑↓ ]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-S election Complete [ RESET RAID DATA ]
5-32 Chapter 5: RAID conguration Select a destination disk with the same size as the original hard disk. [ DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED ] [ ↑↓ ]-Previous/Next [ENTER]-Select [ESC]-Exit "Degraded" volume and disk available for rebuilding detected. Selecting a disk initiates a rebuild. Rebuild completes in the operating system. Select the port of destination disk for rebuilding (ESC to exit): Port Drive Model Serial # Size X XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB 5.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID This option is only for the RAID 1 set. Rebuilding the RAID with other non-RAID disk If any of the SA T A hard disk drives included in the RAID 1 array failed, the system displays the status of the RAID volume as “ Degraded ” during POST . Y ou can rebuild the RAID array with other installed non-RAID disks. T o rebuild the RAID with other non-RAID disk: 1. At the prompt, press <Ctrl> <I> to enter the Intel Rapid Storage T echnology option ROM utility . 2. If there is a non-RAID SA T A Hard Disk available, the utility will prompt to rebuild the RAID. Press <Enter>, and then use up/down arrow keys to select the destination disk or press <ESC> to exit. 5.3.5 Exiting the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology utility T o exit the utility: 1. From the utility main menu, select 4. Exit , and then press <Enter>. The following warning message appears. 2. Press <Y> to exit or press <N> to return to the utility main menu. A re y ou s ur e yo u wa nt t o exit? (Y /N ): [ CONFIRM EXIT ]
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-33 3. The utility immediately starts rebuilding after the disk is selected. The status of the degraded RAID volume is changed to “Rebuild”. [ MAIN MENU ] [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] RAID Volumes: * = Data is Encrypted ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable 0 Volume0 RAID1(Mirror) N/A 149.0GB Rebuild Yes Physical Devices: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 1 ST3160812AS 9LS0F4HL 149.0GB Member Disk(0) 2 ST3160812AS 3LS0JYL8 149.0GB Member Disk(0) Volumes with “Rebuild” status will be rebuilt within the operating system. [ ↑↓ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu 4. Exit Intel Rapid Storage T echnology and reboot the system. 5. Under Microsoft ® Windows OS, select Start > Programs > Intel Rapid Storage > Intel Rapid Storage Console or click the Intel Rapid Storage T echnology tray icon to load the Intel Rapid Storage Manager utility . 6. From the View menu, select Advanced Mode to display the details of the Intel Rapid Storage Console. 7. From the V olumes view option, select RAID volume to view the rebuilding status. When nished, the status is changed to “ Normal ”. Rebuilding the RAID with a new hard disk If any of the SA T A hard disk drives included in the RAID array failed, the system displays the status of the RAID volume as “ Degraded ” during POST . Y ou may replace the disk drive and rebuild the RAID array . T o rebuild the RAID with a new hard disk: 1. Remove the failed SA T A hard disk and install a new SA T A hard disk of the same specication into the same SA T A Port. Select a destination disk with the same size as the original hard disk. 2. Reboot the system and then follow the steps in section Rebuilding the RAID with other non-RAID disk . Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise - SCU Option ROM - 3.0.0.1104 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit
5-34 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.3.7 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility Y ou can set the boot priority sequence in the BIOS for your RAID arrays when creating multi-RAID using the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology . T o set the boot array in the BIOS: Set at least one of the arrays bootable to boot from the hard disk. 1. Reboot the system and press <Del> to enter the BIOS setup utility during POST . 2. Go to the Boot menu and select the boot option priority . 3. Use up/down arrow keys to select the boot priority and press <Enter>. See section 4.7 Boot menu for details. 4. From the Exit menu, select Save Changes & Exit , then press <Enter>. 5. When the conrmation window appears, select Y es , then press <Enter>.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-35 5.4 Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Utility (Windows) The Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise utility allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 1 0), and RAID 5 set(s) from Serial A T A hard disk drives that are connected to the Serial A T A connectors supported by the Southbridge. Y ou can click Rescan to re-scan any attached hard disks. 1. T urn on the system to windows desktop. 2. Click the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise icon to display the main menu. Y our storage system is congured for data protection, increased performance and optimal data storage capacity . Y ou can further optimize your storage system by creating additional volumes. T o enter the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise SCU option ROM utility under Windows operating system:
5-36 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.4.1 Creating a RAID set T o create a RAID set 1. From the utility main menu, select Create V olume and select volume type. 2. Then click Next . 3. Enter a name for the RAID set, then select the array disks. 4. Select V olume Size tab, you can drag the bar to decide the volume size. 5. Then click Next . • If you hard disk with existing data and you don’t want to keep data from one of the selected disks, choose NO in next column (If displayed). • If you want to Enable volume write-back cache or Initialize volume , you can click Advanced tab to slelect.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-37 6. Conrm volume creation, than click Create V olume to continue. This process could take a while depending on the number and size of the disks. Y ou can contuine using other applications during this time. When display V olume Ceation Complete message, you can click OK to nish. Y ou still need to partition your new volume using Windows Disk Management before adding any data. When you are nished, you will see the following screen in V olumes eld and you can change related items in the V olume Properties eld.
5-38 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.4.2 Change V olume T ype When you are nished to create a RAID set, you can view or change related items in the V olume Properties eld. According to the following steps to change the type in V olume Properties : 1. Click the SAS array items you want to change in V olumes eld. 2 From the V olume Properties eld, select T ype:RAID 1 Change type . We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing. 3. Y ou can change the Name , Select the new volume type , and Select additional disks to include in the new volume if needed. 4. Then select the Data stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0, 10 and 5 only), and then click OK . The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB. The following are typical values: RAID 0: 128KB RAID 10: 64KB RAID 5: 64KB
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 5-39 5.4.3 Delete volume T ake caution when deleting a volume. Y ou will lose all data on the hard disk drives.Back up data before continuing. T o delete a volume: 1. From the utility main menu, select the volume (exp. V olume_0000) in V olumes eld you want to delete. 3. Click Y es to delete the volume and return to the utility main menu, or click No to return to the main menu. 2. Then select Delete volume in V olume Properties eld. The following screen appears.
5-40 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.4.4 Preferences System Preferences Allow you set to show the notication area icon and show system information, warning, or errors here. E-Mail Preferences Allow you set to sent e-mail of the following events: Storage system information Storage system warnings Storage system errors
6 Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides the instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components.
Chapter summary 6 ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6.1 RAID driver installation ............................................................... 6-3 6.2 Intel ® Chipset Device Software installation ............................. 6-16 6.3 Intel @ Network Connections Software installation.................. 6-18 6.4 VGA driver installation ............................................................... 6-21 6.5 Intel ® C600 Series Chipset SA T A RAID Drivers ....................... 6-24 6.6 Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise 3.0 installation . 6-25 6.7 Intel ® PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapters Driver installation ............. 6-28 6.8 Management applications and utilities installation ................ 6-32 6.9 Mellanox ConnectX-3 Inniband driver installation (Z9PH-D16/QDR and Z9PH-D16/FDR only) ............................... 6-34
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-3 6.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array . This part provides the instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation. 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk The system does not include a oppy drive. Y ou have to use a USB oppy drive when creating a SA T A RAID driver disk. If you have created RAID sets with the LSI Software RAID conguration utility , the boot priority of the SA T A optical disk drive has to be manually adjusted. Otherwise, the system will not boot from the connected SA T A ODD. A oppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows ® XP / Server 2003 or Linux operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. Y ou can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk application in the support DVD). T o create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment 1. Place the motherboard support DVD in the optical drive. 2. Restart the computer , and then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. Select the optical drive as the rst boot priority to boot from the support DVD. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. Restart the computer . The Makedisk menu appears. C600 INTEL RAID Driver Windows 32 bit (AHCI / AHCI RAID) Windows 64 bit (AHCI / AHCI RAID) Windows 32 bit (SCU RAID) Windows 64 bit (SCU RAID) Back Exit 5. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. C60x INTEL RAID Driver Create Driver Diskette Menu C60x INTEL RAID Driver Write DMI FreeDOS command prompt
6-4 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6. Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density oppy disk to the oppy disk drive. 7. Press <Enter>. 8. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk. LSI 2008 SAS2 Driver LSI 2008 SAS2 Driver Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit Windows Vista 64 bit Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Server 2008 64 bit Windows 7 32 bit Windows 7 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit RHEL 4 UP7 32 bit RHEL 4 UP7 64 bit RHEL 4 UP8 32 bit RHEL 4 UP8 64 bit Back Exit
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-5 T o create a RAID driver disk in Windows ® environment 1. Start Windows ® . 2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 3. Go to the Make disk menu, and then select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create. 4. Insert a oppy disk into the USB oppy disk drive. 5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. Write-protect the oppy disk to avoid computer virus infection. T o create a RAID driver disk in Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux server environment 1. Insert a blank formatted high-density oppy disk to the USB oppy disk drive. 2. T ype dd if=XXX.img of=/dev/fd0 to decompress the le into the oppy disk from the following path in the support DVD: For LSI MegaRAID Driver \Drivers\C60x LSI RAID\Driver\makedisk\Linux 3. Eject the oppy disk.
6-6 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver During Windows ® Server 2008 OS installation T o install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows ® Server 2008 OS 1. Boot the computer using the Windows ® Server 2008 OS installation disc. Follow the screen instructions to start installing Windows Server 2008. 2. When prompted to choose a type of installation, click Custom (advanced) . 3. Click Load Driver .
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-7 4. A message appears, reminding you to insert the installation media containing the driver of the RAID controller driver . If you have only one optical drive installed in your system, eject the Windows OS installation disc and replace with the motherboard Support DVD into the optical drive. Click Browse to continue. 5. Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support DVD, and then click OK to continue. 6. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list and click Next . 7. When the system nishes loading the RAID driver , replace the motherboard Support DVD with the Windows Server installation disc. Select the drive to install Windows and click Next. 8. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue.
6-8 Chapter 6: Driver installation 3. Select Y es using the <T ab> key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press <Enter>. Main Menu Do you have a driver disk? Yes No 4. Insert the Red Hat ® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the USB oppy disk drive, select OK, then press <Enter>. The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system. Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press “OK” to continue. OK Back Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux OS 5.6 T o install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing Red Hat ® Enterprise OS: 1. Boot the system from the Red Hat ® OS installation CD. 2. At the boot: , type linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2... , then press <Enter>. The number of ata varies with the hard disk drive number you have when building a RAID set. For example, if you want to build a RAID set with 6 hard disk drives, type command line: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2 noprobe=ata3 noprobe=ata4 noprobe=ata5 noprobe=ata6 . - To install or upgrade in graphical mode, press the <ENTER> key. - To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text <ENTER>. - Use the function keys listed below for more information. [F1-Main] [F2-Options] [F3-General] [F4-Kernel] [F5-Rescue] boot: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-9 5. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press <Enter>. More Driver Disks? Do you wish to load any more driver disks? Yes No 6. Follow the onscreen instructions to nish the OS installation. 7. When the installation is completed, DO NOT click Reboot . Press <Ctrl> <Alt> <F2> to switch to the command-line interface from graphic user interface. 8. T ype the following commands when using a Legacy oppy . mkdir /mnt/driver mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/driver cd /mnt/driver sh replace_ahci.sh reboot
6-10 Chapter 6: Driver installation Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux OS 6.1 T o install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing Red Hat ® Enterprise OS: 1. Boot the system from the Red Hat ® OS installation CD. 2. Press <T ab> to edit options. 3. Enter the followi ng command at the boot: Lin ux d d b lack lis t=is ci blacklist=ahci nodmraid , then press <ENTER>.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-1 1 4. Select Y es using the <T ab> key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press <Enter>. Main Menu Do you have a driver disk? Yes No 5. Y ou have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk. Choose one you like to use and select OK, then press <Enter>. OK Cancel Driver Disk Source You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk. Which would you like to use? sdc sdd sdb sr0
6-12 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6. Insert the Red Hat ® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the USB oppy disk drive, select OK, then press <Enter>. The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system. Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/sdb and press “OK” to continue. OK Back 7. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press <Enter>. More Driver Disks? Do you wish to load any more driver disks? Yes No 8. Follow the onscreen instructions to nish the OS installation.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-13 Preparing the Linux Driver Ensure that there is another computer with a Linux-based OS to create the RAID driver . When creating the RAID driver , you may refer to the examples below which uses a 64bit SUSE Linux system to create a 64bit RAID driver for SUSE1 1 sp1. 1. Copy the image le into the Linux system. Example: megasr-15.00.0120.2012-1-sles11-ga-x86_64.img 2. Create a folder . Example: image 3. Mount the image le into the image folder using this command format: mount -o loop [image le name] image Example: mount -o loop megasr-15-15.00.0120.2012-1-sles11- ga-x86__64.img image 4. Copy the contents of the image directory , labeled as 01, into a F A T32 USB drive. 5. Rename the 01 folder to CD Image .
6-14 Chapter 6: Driver installation 3. Press <F6>, then select Y es from the menu. Press <Enter>. Installing SUSE 1 1 Linux OS T o inst all the LSI Meg aRA ID con troll er drive r when ins talli ng SUSE Linu x Ente rpris e Server OS: 1. Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD. 2. Use the arrow keys to select Installation from the Boot Options menu.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-15 4. Use the USB drive to provide the third-party driver during the OS installation. T ype the command brokenmodules=ahci in Boot Options eld, and press <Enter>. 5. When below screen appears, select the USB oppy disk drive (sda) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press <Enter>. Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy other device OK Back 6. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to nish the installation.
6-16 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.2 Intel ® Chipset Device Software installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel ® chipset device software on the system. Y ou need to manually install the Intel ® chipset device software on a Windows operating system. T o install the Intel ® chipset device software: 1. Restart the computer , and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. 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 le ASSETUP .EXE from the BIN folder . Double-click the ASSETUP .EXE to run the support DVD. 3. Click the item Intel Chipset Device Software from the menu. 4. The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software window appears. Click Next to start installation.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-17 5. Select Y es to accept the terms of the License Agreement and continue the process. 6. Read the Readme File Information and press Next to continue the installation. 7. T oggle Y es, I want to restart the computer npw and click Finish to complete the setup process.
6-18 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.3 Intel @ Network Connections Software installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel ® Network Connections Software on the system. Y ou need to manually install the Intel ® Network Connections Software on a Windows ® operating system. T o install the Intel ® Network Connections Software: 1. Restart the computer , and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer . • Windows ® automatically detects the LAN controllers and displays a New Hardware Found window . Click Cancel to close this window . • If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer , browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the le ASSETUP .EXE from the BIN folder . Double- click the ASSETUP .EXE to run the DVD. 3. Click the Intel ® Network Connections Software to begin installation. 4. Click Install Drivers and Software option to begin installation.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-19 4. Click Next when the Intel(R) Network Connections–InstallShield Wizard window appears. 5. T oggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue. 6. Click the Intel(R) PROSet for Windows Device Manager box, and then click Next to start the installation.
6-20 Chapter 6: Driver installation 7. Follow the screen instructions to complete installation. 8. When nished, press Finish to continue.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-21 6.4 VGA driver installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the ASPEED Video Graphics Adapter (VGA) driver . Y ou need to manually install the ASPEED VGA driver on a Windows ® operating system. T o install the ASPEED VGA driver: 1. Restart the computer , and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. 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 le ASSETUP .EXE from the BIN folder . Double-click the ASSETUP .EXE to run the support DVD. 3. Click the ASPEED AST2300 Display Driver to begin installation. 4. When the ASPEED Graphics installation wizard appears, click Next to start the installation.
6-22 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6. Enter the user information and click Next to continue. 7. Select a setup type and click Next to continue. 5. T oggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-23 9. When the installation completes, click Finish to restart your computer before using the program. 8. Click Install to start driver installation.
6-24 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.5 Intel ® C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Drivers This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel ® C600 Series Chipset SA T A RAID Drivers on the system. Y ou need to manually install the Intel ® C600 Series Chipset SA T A RAID Drivers on a Windows operating system. T o install the drivers: 1. Restart the computer , and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. 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 le ASSETUP .EXE from the BIN folder . Double-click the ASSETUP .EXE to run the support DVD. 3. Click the item Intel ® C600 Series Chipset RAID Drivers from the menu, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-25 6.6 Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise 3.0 on the system. Y ou need to manually install the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise 3.0 utility on a Windows® operating system. T o install the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise 3.0 utility: 1. Restart the computer , and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. 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 le ASSETUP .EXE from the BIN folder . Double-click the ASSETUP .EXE to run the support DVD. 3. Click the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology enterprise 3.0 to begin installation. 4. When the Welcome to the Setup Program appears, click Next to start the installation.
6-26 Chapter 6: Driver installation 5. Read the W arning message and click Next to continue. 6. Read the License Agreement and click Y es to continue. 7. Read the Readme File Information and click Next to continue.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-27 9. Select Y es, I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to restart your computer before using the program. 8. After completing the installation, click Next to complete the setup process.
6-28 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.7 Intel ® PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapters Driver installation This section provides the instructions on how to install Intel ® PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapters Driver . T o install the Intel ® PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapters Driver on a Windows ® OS: 1. Restart the computer , and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer . If Autorun is NOT enable d in your computer , browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the le AUTORUN.EXE and double-click the AUTORUN.EXE and follow step 4 to run the installation. 3. Click Intel ® PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapters Driver .
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-29 5. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next to continue. 4. When the Intel ® PRO Network Connections – InstallShield Wizard window appears, click Next to start the installation.
6-30 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6. Select the programs you want to install and click Next to continue. 7. Click Install to start the installation.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-31 8. The programs you select are being installed. 9. Click Finish to nish the installation.
6-32 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.8 Management applications and utilities installation The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, management applications, and utilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features. The contents of the support DVD are subject to change at any time without notice. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for updates. 6.8.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The 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 le A SSETUP .EXE from the BIN folder . Double-click the ASSETUP .EXE to run the support DVD. 6.8.2 Drivers menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. The screen display and driver options vary under different operating system versions.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-33 6.8.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu displays the software applications and utilities that the motherboard supports. Click an item to install. 6.8.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create the Intel RAID driver disks. 6.8.5 Contact information Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact information. Y ou can also nd this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.
6-34 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6 . 9 M e ll a n o x Co n n ec t X - 3 In  n ib a n d dr i v e r installation (Z9PH-D16/QDR and Z9PH-D16/ FDR only) This section provides instructions on how to install the Mellanox driver . 6.9.1 Windows operating system Y ou need to manuall install the Mellanox driver on a Windows ® operating system. T o install the Mellanox driver: 1. Restart the computer , then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the Mellanox Inniband support DVD to the optical drive. The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer . 3. Click Mellanox ConnectX Virtual Channel Adapter Driver . 4. Click Next to start installing the driver .
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-35 5. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue. 6. Click Change to select your desired destination folder and click Next to continue. 7. Check the box and click Next to continue.
6-36 Chapter 6: Driver installation 8. Click Install to begin the installation. 9. Click your preferred options and click Finish to exit the wizard. 10. Click Y es to restart your system for the conguration changes made to MLNX_VPI to take effect.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-37 6.9.2 Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux OS Y ou need to manually mount the Mellanox driver on a Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux OS. For users using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS, follow the general instructions in this section to mount the Mellanox driver on your system. T o mount the Mellanox driver: 1. Log in to the system as root. 2. Create a folder on the desktop and copy the latest Mellanox driver into the same folder . Rename the folder according to your preference, then type the following commands: cd / mkdir [folder name] 3. T ype the command line: mount -o ro,loop /tmp/[image le name] /[folder name] then mount the driver into the system. The driver version and the OS label may vary . Ensure that the command line matches your driver version and operating system.
6-38 Chapter 6: Driver installation 4. T ype the following commands before you install the driver: cd /[folder name] ./mlnxofedinstall 5. All other Mellanox, OEM, OFED, or distribution IB packages will be removed. Press <Y> to continue. 6. The system starts uninstalling the previous version of OFED.
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series 6-39 7. When the installation nis hes, reboot your syste m to complete the ins tallation. If your system has the latest rmware, no rmware update will occur . T o force the rmware update, type -- force-fw-update.
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A Appendix: Reference information This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when conguring the motherboard.
Appendix summary A ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series A.1 Z9PH-D16 Series block diagram ................................................. A-3
ASUS Z9PH-D16 Series A-3 A.1 Z9PH-D16 Series block diagram
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ASUS contact information ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (T aiwan) Address 15 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 1259 T elephone 886-2-2894-3447 Fax 886-2-2890-7798 E-mail info@asus.com.tw Web site http://www .asus.com.tw T echnical Support T elephone 886-2-2894-3447 (0800-093-456) Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv .aspx ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (China) Address No.508, Chundong Road, Xinzhuang Industrial Zone, Minhang District, Shanghai, China. T elephone 86-21-5442-1616 Fax 86-21-5442-0099 Web site http://www .asus.com.cn T echnical Support T elephone 86-21-3407-4610 (800-820-6655) Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv .aspx ASUS COMPUTER INTERNA TIONAL (America) Address 800 Corporate W ay , Fremont, CA 94539, USA Fax 1-510-608-4555 Web site http://usa.asus.com T echnical Support Support fax 1-812-284-0883 General support 1-812-282-2787 Online support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv .aspx ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria) Address Harkort Str . 21-23, D-40880 Ratingen, Germany Fax 49-2102-95991 1 Web site http://www .asus.de Online contact http://www .asus.de/sales T echnical Support T elephone 49-1805-010923* Support Fax 49-2102-95991 1 Online support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv .aspx * EUR 0.14/minute from a German xed landline; EUR 0.42/minute from a mobile phone.
EC Declaration of Conformity We, the undersigned, Manufacturer: ASUSTek COMPUTER INC. Address, City: No. 150, LI-TE RD., PEITOU, TAIPEI 112, TAIWAN R.O.C. Country: TAIWAN Authorized representative in Europe: ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Address, City: HARKORT STR. 21-23, 40880 RATINGEN Country: GERMANY declare the following apparatus: Product name : Mothe rboard Model name : Z9PH-D16/FDR, Z9PH-D16/QDR, Z9PH-D16 conform with the essential requirements of the following directives: 2004/108/EC-EMC Directive EN 55022:2 006 A1:2007 EN 61000 -3-2:2006 A2:2009 EN 55013:2 001 A1:2003 A2:2006 EN 55024:1 998 A1:2001 A2:2003 EN 61000 -3-3:2008 EN 55020:2 007 1999/5/EC-R &TTE Directive EN 300 328 V1.7.1(2006-10) EN 300 440-1 V1.4.1(2008-05) EN 300 440-2 V1.2.1(2008-03) EN 301 511 V9.0.2(2003-03) EN 301 908-1 V3.2.1(2007-05) EN 301 908-2 V3.2.1(2007-05) EN 301 893 V1.4.1(2005-03) EN 302 544-2 V1.1.1(2009-01) EN 50360:2 001 EN 50371:2 002 EN 50385:2 002 EN 301 489-1 V1.8.1(2008-04) EN 301 489-3 V1.4.1(2002-08) EN 301 489-4 V1.3.1(2002-08) EN 301 489-7 V1.3.1(2005-11) EN 301 489-9 V1.4.1(2007-11) EN 301 489-17 V2.1.1(2009-05) EN 301 489-24 V1.4.1(2007-09) EN 302 326-2 V1.2.2(2007-06) EN 302 326-3 V1.3.1(2007-09) EN 301 357-2 V1.3.1(2006-05) EN 302 623 V1.1.1(2009-01) 2006/95/EC-L VD Directive EN 60950 -1 / A1 1:2009 EN 60950-1 / A12:2011 EN 60065:2 002 A1:2006 A11:2008 EN 60065:2 002 / A12:2011 2009/125/EC-ErP Directive Regulation (EC) No. 1275/2008 EN 62301:2 005 Regulation (EC) No. 642/2009 EN 62301:2 005 Regulation (EC) No. 278/2009 EN 62301:2 005 Ver. 111121 CE marking Declaration Date: Feb. 17, 2012 Y ear to begin affixing CE marking:2012 Position : CEO Name : Jerry Shen Signature : __________ ( EC conformit y markin g) DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2. 1077(a) Responsible Party Name: Asus Computer International Address: 800 Corporate Way, Fremont , CA 94539. Phone/Fax No: (510)739-3777/(510)608-4555 hereby declares that the product Product Name : Motherboard Model Number : Z9PH-D16/FDR, Z9PH -D16/QDR, Z9PH-D16 Conforms to the following specifications: FC C Pa rt 15, Sub pa rt B , Unintentional Radiators FC C Pa rt 15, Sub pa rt C , Intentional Radiators FC C Pa rt 15, Sub pa rt E , Intentional Radiators Supplementary Information: This devic e comp lies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Opera tion is subje ct to the f ollo wing two c onditi ons: (1) This devi ce ma y not caus e harmf ul inte rferen ce, an d (2) th is dev ice must accep t any inter ferenc e rec eive d, incl uding interf erence that m ay ca use undesi red op eratio n. Representative Person’s Name : Steve Chang / President Signature : Date : Feb. 17, 2012 Ver. 110101