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Asus TS700-E7/RS8 User Manual

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Contents

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

Chapter 1:

Product introduction

1-1

1.1

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

1.2

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

1.3

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

1.4

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

1.5

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

1.6

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

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

1.6.2

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

Chapter 2:

Hardware setup

2-1

2.1

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

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

2.1.2

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

2.2

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

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

2.2.2

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

2.3

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

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

2.3.2

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

2.3.3

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

2.4

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

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

2.4.2

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

2.5

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

2.6

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

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

2.6.2

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

2.6.3

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

2.6.4

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

2.7

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

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

2.7.2

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

2.7.3

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

2.7.5

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