Asus ASMB2 User Manual

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Contents

Notices ................................................................................................. v
Safety information .............................................................................. vi
About this guide ................................................................................ vii
ASMB2 specifications summary .......................................................... ix

Chapter 1:

Product introduction

1.1

Welcome! .............................................................................. 1-2

1.2

Package contents ................................................................. 1-2

1.3

Board layout ......................................................................... 1-3

1.4

System requirements ........................................................... 1-3

1.5

Network setup ...................................................................... 1-4

Chapter 2: Installation

2.1

Before you proceed .............................................................. 2-2

2.2

Hardware installation ............................................................ 2-2

2.3

Firmware update ................................................................... 2-5
2.3.1

For motherboards without ASF function support ... 2-5

2.3.2

For motherboards with ASF function support ........ 2-5

2.4

BIOS remote console ............................................................ 2-6

2.5

ASMB2 configuration ............................................................ 2-7
2.5.1

Running the BIOS IPMI configuration ....................... 2-7

2.5.2

Running the ASMC utility ...................................... 2-10

2.5.3

Configuring the LAN controller ............................. 2-11

2.5.4

Using ASWM to update the ASMB2 firmware ....... 2-13

2.6

Software installation .......................................................... 2-14
2.6.1

Installing the ARC ................................................. 2-14

2.6.2

Launching ARC ...................................................... 2-15