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... ix Typography x DSBV-DX Series specifications summary xi Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-1 1.2 Package contents 1-1 1.3 Serial number label 1-1 1.4 Special features 1-2 1.4.1 Product highlights 1-2 1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features 1-4 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.1 Before you proceed 2-1 2.2 Motherboard overview 2-2 2.2.1 Placement direction 2-2 2.2.2 Screw holes 2-2 2.2.3 Support kits for the motherboard 2-3 2.2.4 Motherboard layouts 2-6 2.2.5 .../PCI-X slots 2-26 2.5.5 PCI Express x8 slots (x8 and x4 link 2-27 2.5.6 ZCR slot (DSBV-DX/SAS model only 2-27 iii
... ix Typography x DSBV-DX Series specifications summary xi Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-1 1.2 Package contents 1-1 1.3 Serial number label 1-1 1.4 Special features 1-2 1.4.1 Product highlights 1-2 1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features 1-4 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.1 Before you proceed 2-1 2.2 Motherboard overview 2-2 2.2.1 Placement direction 2-2 2.2.2 Screw holes 2-2 2.2.3 Support kits for the motherboard 2-3 2.2.4 Motherboard layouts 2-6 2.2.5 .../PCI-X slots 2-26 2.5.5 PCI Express x8 slots (x8 and x4 link 2-27 2.5.6 ZCR slot (DSBV-DX/SAS model only 2-27 iii
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... the figure below . 1.2 Package contents Check your motherboard package for buying an ASUS® DSBV-DX series motherboard! Before you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it another standout in -1 cable I/O shield CEK spring Support CD User Guide Optional Pack MemCool FB-DIMM fan kit Anti-virus software DSBV-DX 6 3 -- 1 1 2 1 1 DSBV-DX/C 6 3 -- 1 1 2 1 1 DSBV-DX/SAS 6 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 If any of the above items...
... the figure below . 1.2 Package contents Check your motherboard package for buying an ASUS® DSBV-DX series motherboard! Before you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it another standout in -1 cable I/O shield CEK spring Support CD User Guide Optional Pack MemCool FB-DIMM fan kit Anti-virus software DSBV-DX 6 3 -- 1 1 2 1 1 DSBV-DX/C 6 3 -- 1 1 2 1 1 DSBV-DX/SAS 6 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 If any of the above items...
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... (NCQ), Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm, and Hot Swap. Zero-Channel RAID (ZCR) solution (DSBV-DX/SAS model only) The motherboard comes with a dual-port 82563EB network connection to ‑point serial interconnections between devices and allows higher... The ZCR capability provides a cost-effective high‑performance and added reliability. 82563 LAN solution The motherboard comes with a ZCR socket for details. Serial ATA II technology The motherboard supports the Serial ATA II 3 Gb/s technology through 6321ESB Serial ATA interfaces. ASUS DSBV-DX Series 1-
... (NCQ), Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm, and Hot Swap. Zero-Channel RAID (ZCR) solution (DSBV-DX/SAS model only) The motherboard comes with a dual-port 82563EB network connection to ‑point serial interconnections between devices and allows higher... The ZCR capability provides a cost-effective high‑performance and added reliability. 82563 LAN solution The motherboard comes with a ZCR socket for details. Serial ATA II technology The motherboard supports the Serial ATA II 3 Gb/s technology through 6321ESB Serial ATA interfaces. ASUS DSBV-DX Series 1-
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... Onboard LED SB_PWR1 (green) ON Standby Power OFF Powered Off LED1 Blinks Normal (green) OFF Abnormal ASUS DSBV-DX Series 2- The green LED lights up to indicate that the system is ON, in sleep mode, or in soft-off or the power cord is ... is switched off mode. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. SAS LED (for DSBV-DX/SAS only) The green heartbeat LED blinks per second to indicate that you install or remove any motherboard component. The illustration below shows the location of the following precautions before you install...
... Onboard LED SB_PWR1 (green) ON Standby Power OFF Powered Off LED1 Blinks Normal (green) OFF Abnormal ASUS DSBV-DX Series 2- The green LED lights up to indicate that the system is ON, in sleep mode, or in soft-off or the power cord is ... is switched off mode. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. SAS LED (for DSBV-DX/SAS only) The green heartbeat LED blinks per second to indicate that you install or remove any motherboard component. The illustration below shows the location of the following precautions before you install...
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2.2.4 Motherboard layouts DSBV-DX/SAS model PS/2 T: Mouse B: Keyboard USB12 ATXPWR1 PSUSMB1 26.7cm (10.5in) CPU_FAN1 ATX12V1 CPU1 DSBV-DX/SAS COM1 DIMM_12 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module) DIMM_11 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module) DIMM_10 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module) DIMM_02 (64/72 ...
2.2.4 Motherboard layouts DSBV-DX/SAS model PS/2 T: Mouse B: Keyboard USB12 ATXPWR1 PSUSMB1 26.7cm (10.5in) CPU_FAN1 ATX12V1 CPU1 DSBV-DX/SAS COM1 DIMM_12 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module) DIMM_11 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module) DIMM_10 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module) DIMM_02 (64/72 ...
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This slot is designed for DSBV-DX/SAS onboard LSI 1068 SAS controller is LSI MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP card. ZCR slot The optional ZCR card for various server class high performance add-on the motherboard supports a Zero-Channel RAID card that allows RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 and RAID 5 configurations. 2.5.5 PCI ... (PCIE5) and x4 link (PCIE4) to the ESB2. com) for more information. PCIE x 8 slots 2.5.6 ZCR slot (DSBV-DX/SAS model only) The 64bit PCI-X slot (green) on cards like SCSI RAID card, fiber-channel card, etc. ASUS DSBV-DX Series 2-27 Visit the LSI LOGIC website (www.lsilogic.
This slot is designed for DSBV-DX/SAS onboard LSI 1068 SAS controller is LSI MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP card. ZCR slot The optional ZCR card for various server class high performance add-on the motherboard supports a Zero-Channel RAID card that allows RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 and RAID 5 configurations. 2.5.5 PCI ... (PCIE5) and x4 link (PCIE4) to the ESB2. com) for more information. PCIE x 8 slots 2.5.6 ZCR slot (DSBV-DX/SAS model only) The 64bit PCI-X slot (green) on cards like SCSI RAID card, fiber-channel card, etc. ASUS DSBV-DX Series 2-27 Visit the LSI LOGIC website (www.lsilogic.
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DSBV-DX Series SAS connectors To connect the SAS cable: Plug in the SAS cable to the SAS1-8 connector until the cable snaps in place. 2-36 Chapter 2: Hardware information SAS connectors (DSBV-DX/SAS model only) This motherboard comes with eight blue Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connectors, the next-generation storage technology that supports both Series SCSI and Serial ATA (SATA). DSBV-DX 5. Each connector supports one device.
DSBV-DX Series SAS connectors To connect the SAS cable: Plug in the SAS cable to the SAS1-8 connector until the cable snaps in place. 2-36 Chapter 2: Hardware information SAS connectors (DSBV-DX/SAS model only) This motherboard comes with eight blue Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connectors, the next-generation storage technology that supports both Series SCSI and Serial ATA (SATA). DSBV-DX 5. Each connector supports one device.
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...ASUS DSBV-DX Series 4- Prepare the recovery diskette: 1. Select the item "Create the emergent BIOS Recovery diskette". The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the floppy for DSBV-DX MB U) ESB2 ASF Firmware update Please choose A TO U: B. RN50 DDR1 A21 BIOS 3. Insert the motherboard.../64 bit Driver Disk O) Create the DSBV-DX/SAS emergent BIOS Recovery diskette P) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/SAS MB Q) Create the DSBV-DX/C emergent BIOS Recovery diskette R) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/C MB S) Create the DSBV-DX emergent BIOS Recovery diskette T) Flash Phoenix ...
...ASUS DSBV-DX Series 4- Prepare the recovery diskette: 1. Select the item "Create the emergent BIOS Recovery diskette". The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the floppy for DSBV-DX MB U) ESB2 ASF Firmware update Please choose A TO U: B. RN50 DDR1 A21 BIOS 3. Insert the motherboard.../64 bit Driver Disk O) Create the DSBV-DX/SAS emergent BIOS Recovery diskette P) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/SAS MB Q) Create the DSBV-DX/C emergent BIOS Recovery diskette R) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/C MB S) Create the DSBV-DX emergent BIOS Recovery diskette T) Flash Phoenix ...
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...identical hard disk drives for this setup. 5.1 Setting up RAID The motherboard comes with each stripe unit having to be of the same size or larger than the existing drive. DSBV-DX/SAS model • Intel Matrix Storage Manager embeded in the Intel 6321ESB ...is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having a secondary (or alternate) copy stored on a different disk. ASUS DSBV-DX Series 5- The Intel Matrix Storage Manager also supports RAID5 configuration. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data ...
...identical hard disk drives for this setup. 5.1 Setting up RAID The motherboard comes with each stripe unit having to be of the same size or larger than the existing drive. DSBV-DX/SAS model • Intel Matrix Storage Manager embeded in the Intel 6321ESB ...is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having a secondary (or alternate) copy stored on a different disk. ASUS DSBV-DX Series 5- The Intel Matrix Storage Manager also supports RAID5 configuration. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data ...
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... SATA RAID Enable item to the Main Menu > IDE Configuration > S-ATA Configuration, then press . 3. Refer to Chapter 4 for details on the motherboard. 3. Refer to the SATA connector on how to use each RAID controller. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in.... For example, use , you can create a RAID set using the utilities embedded in the system user guide. 2. For DSBV-DX/SAS model, you may use the LSI1068 SAS Configuration Utility if you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives on the RAID connectors that you use the LSI Logic Embedded SATA...
... SATA RAID Enable item to the Main Menu > IDE Configuration > S-ATA Configuration, then press . 3. Refer to Chapter 4 for details on the motherboard. 3. Refer to the SATA connector on how to use each RAID controller. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in.... For example, use , you can create a RAID set using the utilities embedded in the system user guide. 2. For DSBV-DX/SAS model, you may use the LSI1068 SAS Configuration Utility if you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives on the RAID connectors that you use the LSI Logic Embedded SATA...
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... Driver Disk O) Create the DSBV-DX/SAS emergent BIOS Recovery diskette P) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/SAS MB Q) Create the DSBV-DX/C emergent BIOS Recovery diskette R) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/C MB S) Create the DSBV-DX emergent BIOS Recovery diskette T) ...motherboard support CD or from the support CD. Place the motherboard support CD in the support CD). Restart the computer. 5. Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO! The Makedisk menu appears. 6.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for DSBV-DX... by typing the number before the option ASUS DSBV-DX Series 6-
... Driver Disk O) Create the DSBV-DX/SAS emergent BIOS Recovery diskette P) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/SAS MB Q) Create the DSBV-DX/C emergent BIOS Recovery diskette R) Flash Phoenix BIOS for DSBV-DX/C MB S) Create the DSBV-DX emergent BIOS Recovery diskette T) ...motherboard support CD or from the support CD. Place the motherboard support CD in the support CD). Restart the computer. 5. Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO! The Makedisk menu appears. 6.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for DSBV-DX... by typing the number before the option ASUS DSBV-DX Series 6-
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Restart the system from the hard disk drive, then place the system/ motherboard support CD in Windows® 2000/2003 Server environment: 1. Follow screen instructions to the floppy ...makedisk\win64.exe or win64.zip The Windows 32-bit OS RAID driver disk for the LSI1068 SAS is located in: \Drivers\LSI 1068\Driver\makedisk\2k_2k3.exe The Windows 2003 64-bit OS RAID driver ...disk for the LSI1068 SAS controller is located in: \Drivers\LSI 1068\Driver\makedisk\2k364.exe 3. After creating a RAID driver disk,...
Restart the system from the hard disk drive, then place the system/ motherboard support CD in Windows® 2000/2003 Server environment: 1. Follow screen instructions to the floppy ...makedisk\win64.exe or win64.zip The Windows 32-bit OS RAID driver disk for the LSI1068 SAS is located in: \Drivers\LSI 1068\Driver\makedisk\2k_2k3.exe The Windows 2003 64-bit OS RAID driver ...disk for the LSI1068 SAS controller is located in: \Drivers\LSI 1068\Driver\makedisk\2k364.exe 3. After creating a RAID driver disk,...