Asus RS260-E3/RS8 User Manual

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Contents

2.5.5

Configuring an expansion card .............................. 2-24

2.6

Cable connections .............................................................. 2-25
2.6.1

Motherboard ......................................................... 2-26

2.6.2

SCSI backplanes .................................................... 2-27

2.6.3

SCSI HDD configurations ....................................... 2-28

2.6.4

SCSI ID assignments ............................................. 2-31

2.6.5

SCSI jumper settings ............................................ 2-31

2.6.6

SMBus and backplane power cabling .................... 2-32

2.6.7

Fan boards ............................................................ 2-33

2.7

Removable components ..................................................... 2-35
2.7.1

Hot-swap mid-fans (80mm) ................................. 2-35

2.7.2

Rear fans (60mm) ................................................ 2-36

2.7.3

Power supply modules .......................................... 2-36

2.7.4

Slim optical and floppy drives ............................... 2-37

2.7.5

Front panel LED and switch board ........................ 2-38

2.7.6

SCSI backplanes .................................................... 2-38

Chapter 3:

Installation options

3.1

Rackmount rail kit items ....................................................... 3-2

3.2

Attaching the rails to the server .......................................... 3-3

3.3

Attaching the rack rails ........................................................ 3-4

3.4

Rackmounting the server ..................................................... 3-6

Chapter 4:

Motherboard info

4.1

Motherboard layout .............................................................. 4-2

4.2

Screw holes .......................................................................... 4-2

4.3

Support kits for the motherboard ........................................ 4-4

4.4

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

4.5

Connectors ......................................................................... 4-11

Chapter 5:

BIOS information

5.1

Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................ 5-2
5.1.1

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

5.1.2

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

5.1.3

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

5.1.4

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

5.2

BIOS setup program ........................................................... 5-11
5.2.1

BIOS menu screen ................................................. 5-12

5.2.2

Menu bar ............................................................... 5-12