Asus TS300-E5 User Manual
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Contents
Expansion cards ........................................................................ 2-21
2.8.1
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-21
Removing an expansion card ....................................... 2-22
Cable connections ..................................................................... 2-23
2.9.1
Motherboard connections ............................................. 2-23
SATA/SAS backplane connections .............................. 2-24
2.10 Removable components ............................................................ 2-28
2.10.1 System fan .................................................................... 2-28
2.10.2 HDD blower (optional) ................................................... 2-30
2.10.3 SATA/SAS backplane .................................................... 2-33
2.10.4 Floppy disk drive ........................................................... 2-35
2.10.5 Front I/O board .............................................................. 2-37
2.10.6 Chassis footpads and roller wheels .............................. 2-39
2.10.7 Power supply unit .......................................................... 2-41
Preparing the system for rack mounting ................................... 3-2
3.1.1
Removing the footpads or roller wheels .......................... 3-2
Removing the top cover .................................................. 3-2
Attaching the mounting ears ...................................................... 3-3
Attaching the inner rail to the server ......................................... 3-4
Attaching the rack rails ............................................................... 3-5
Mounting the server to the rack .................................................. 3-7
Installing the cable manager ....................................................... 3-8
Motherboard layouts .................................................................... 4-2
Jumpers ........................................................................................ 4-4
Rear panel connectors .................................................... 4-7
Internal connectors ......................................................... 4-8
Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 5-2
5.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 5-2
AFUDOS utility ................................................................ 5-3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 5-6