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... the RAID controller driver 6-3 6.2 Management applications and utilities installation 6-13 6.3 Running the Support DVD 6-13 6.4 Intel® chipset device software installation 6-17 6.5 Installing the Intel® I210 Gigabit Adapters driver 6-19 6.6 VGA driver installation 6-22 6.7 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0 installation 6-24 Appendix A: Reference Information A.1 Z10PA-D8 Series block diagram A-2 Z10PA-D8 ...A-2 Z10PA-D8C A-3 ASUS contact information 1 vii
... the RAID controller driver 6-3 6.2 Management applications and utilities installation 6-13 6.3 Running the Support DVD 6-13 6.4 Intel® chipset device software installation 6-17 6.5 Installing the Intel® I210 Gigabit Adapters driver 6-19 6.6 VGA driver installation 6-22 6.7 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0 installation 6-24 Appendix A: Reference Information A.1 Z10PA-D8 Series block diagram A-2 Z10PA-D8 ...A-2 Z10PA-D8C A-3 ASUS contact information 1 vii
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... of the BIOS parameters are not part of the standard package. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up , creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary...
... of the BIOS parameters are not part of the standard package. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up , creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary...
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...6Gb/s ports with 1 x M.2 connector (support both SATA and PCI-E interface.) SATA Controller Intel® RSTe (for Windows only; x 10 in . ASUS Features Rack Ready (Rack and Pedestal dual use) ASWM Enterprise Total Slots 8 (4 channels per CPU, 4 DIMMs per CPU) Voltage 1.2 V Capacity Maximum... Z10PA-D8 Z10PA-D8C Processor Support / System Bus Core Logic 2 x Socket R3 (LGA 2011-3) Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 V3 product family QPI 6.4 / 8.0 / 9.6 GT/s Intel® C612 PCH Form Factor Fan Speed Control 12 in . Support software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5) LSI MegaRAID driver ...
...6Gb/s ports with 1 x M.2 connector (support both SATA and PCI-E interface.) SATA Controller Intel® RSTe (for Windows only; x 10 in . ASUS Features Rack Ready (Rack and Pedestal dual use) ASWM Enterprise Total Slots 8 (4 channels per CPU, 4 DIMMs per CPU) Voltage 1.2 V Capacity Maximum... Z10PA-D8 Z10PA-D8C Processor Support / System Bus Core Logic 2 x Socket R3 (LGA 2011-3) Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 V3 product family QPI 6.4 / 8.0 / 9.6 GT/s Intel® C612 PCH Form Factor Fan Speed Control 12 in . Support software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5) LSI MegaRAID driver ...
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...with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Secure the card to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. See Chapter ...4 for information on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Install the software drivers for later use . Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that you intend to do not need to install expansion cards. Remove...
...with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Secure the card to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. See Chapter ...4 for information on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Install the software drivers for later use . Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that you intend to do not need to install expansion cards. Remove...
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...Disabled] [Auto] XHCI Hand-off [Enabled] This is a workaround for 0Ses without XHCI hand-off support. This should be claimed by EHCI driver. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Port 60/64 Emulation [Enabled] This allows you to enable or disable the USB Mass Storage drvier ...[Enabled] EHCI Hand-off [Disabled] This is a workaround for non-USB aware OSes. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB Mass Storage Driver Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Legacy USB device support. 4.4.11 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable...
...Disabled] [Auto] XHCI Hand-off [Enabled] This is a workaround for 0Ses without XHCI hand-off support. This should be claimed by EHCI driver. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Port 60/64 Emulation [Enabled] This allows you to enable or disable the USB Mass Storage drvier ...[Enabled] EHCI Hand-off [Disabled] This is a workaround for non-USB aware OSes. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB Mass Storage Driver Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Legacy USB device support. 4.4.11 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable...
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... data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all the benefits of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. This RAID configuration provides data...
... data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all the benefits of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. This RAID configuration provides data...
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Chapter 6: Driver installation Driver installation This chapter provides the instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components in both Linux® and Windows® Operating Systems. 6
Chapter 6: Driver installation Driver installation This chapter provides the instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components in both Linux® and Windows® Operating Systems. 6
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... file into the floppy disk from the connected SATA ODD. Type dd if=XXX.img of=/dev/fd0 to avoid computer virus infection. 6.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you want to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. Otherwise, the system will... not boot from the following path in the support DVD: For LSI MegaRAID Driver \Drivers\C610 LSI RAID\Driver\makedisk\Linux 3. Go to the Make disk menu, and then select the type of the SATA optical disk drive has to the USB...
... file into the floppy disk from the connected SATA ODD. Type dd if=XXX.img of=/dev/fd0 to avoid computer virus infection. 6.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you want to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. Otherwise, the system will... not boot from the following path in the support DVD: For LSI MegaRAID Driver \Drivers\C610 LSI RAID\Driver\makedisk\Linux 3. Go to the Make disk menu, and then select the type of the SATA optical disk drive has to the USB...
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When prompted to start installing Windows Server 2008 R2. 2. Follow the screen instructions to choose a type of installation, click Custom (advanced). 3. Click Load Driver. 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver During Windows® Server 2008 R2 OS installation To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® Server 2008 R2 OS 1. Z10PA-D8 Series 6-3 Boot the computer using the Windows® Server 2008 R2 OS installation disc.
When prompted to start installing Windows Server 2008 R2. 2. Follow the screen instructions to choose a type of installation, click Custom (advanced). 3. Click Load Driver. 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver During Windows® Server 2008 R2 OS installation To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® Server 2008 R2 OS 1. Z10PA-D8 Series 6-3 Boot the computer using the Windows® Server 2008 R2 OS installation disc.
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... drive installed in the corresponding folder of the RAID controller driver. Select the drive to continue. 5. Setup then proceeds with the Windows Server installation disc. When the system finishes loading the RAID driver, replace the motherboard Support DVD with the OS installation. Follow... screen instructions to continue. 6. Locate the driver in your system, eject the Windows OS installation disc and replace with the...
... drive installed in the corresponding folder of the RAID controller driver. Select the drive to continue. 5. Setup then proceeds with the Windows Server installation disc. When the system finishes loading the RAID driver, replace the motherboard Support DVD with the OS installation. Follow... screen instructions to continue. 6. Locate the driver in your system, eject the Windows OS installation disc and replace with the...
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...Enterprise OS: 1. Select Yes using the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press . Main Menu Do you have a driver disk? Z10PA-D8 Series 6-5 At the boot:, type linux dd then press . - Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to the USB floppy disk ... upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - Use the function keys listed below for the RAID card are installed to the system. OK Back The drivers for more information. [F1-Main] [F2-Options] [F3-General] [F4-Kernel] [F5-Rescue] boot: linux dd 3. Yes No 4. Insert the Red ...
...Enterprise OS: 1. Select Yes using the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press . Main Menu Do you have a driver disk? Z10PA-D8 Series 6-5 At the boot:, type linux dd then press . - Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to the USB floppy disk ... upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - Use the function keys listed below for the RAID card are installed to the system. OK Back The drivers for more information. [F1-Main] [F2-Options] [F3-General] [F4-Kernel] [F5-Rescue] boot: linux dd 3. Yes No 4. Insert the Red ...
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Do you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . Press + + to switch to finish the OS installation. 7. Type the following commands when using a Legacy floppy. Yes No 6. When asked if you wish to load any more driver disks? mkdir /mnt/driver mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/driver cd /mnt/driver sh replace_ahci.sh reboot 6-6 Chapter 6: Driver installation 5. When the installation is completed, DO NOT click Reboot. Follow the onscreen instructions to the command-line interface from graphic user interface. 8. More Driver Disks?
Do you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . Press + + to switch to finish the OS installation. 7. Type the following commands when using a Legacy floppy. Yes No 6. When asked if you wish to load any more driver disks? mkdir /mnt/driver mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/driver cd /mnt/driver sh replace_ahci.sh reboot 6-6 Chapter 6: Driver installation 5. When the installation is completed, DO NOT click Reboot. Follow the onscreen instructions to the command-line interface from graphic user interface. 8. More Driver Disks?
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While booting from the Red Hat® OS installation CD. 2. Z10PA-D8 Series 6-7 Boot the system from DVD, press to edit options. 3. Press to give the third party driver. Enter the following command at the boot: Linux dd blacklist=isci blacklist=ahci nodmraid, then press . Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 6.x To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS: 1.
While booting from the Red Hat® OS installation CD. 2. Z10PA-D8 Series 6-7 Boot the system from DVD, press to edit options. 3. Press to give the third party driver. Enter the following command at the boot: Linux dd blacklist=isci blacklist=ahci nodmraid, then press . Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 6.x To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS: 1.
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4. Driver Disk Sou8rce You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk. Yes No 5 . Choose one you like to use and select OK, then press . Which would you like to use ? Main Menu Do you have a driver disk? sdc sdd sdb sr0 OK Cancel 6-8 Chapter 6: Driver installation Select Yes using the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press . You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk.
4. Driver Disk Sou8rce You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk. Yes No 5 . Choose one you like to use and select OK, then press . Which would you like to use ? Main Menu Do you have a driver disk? sdc sdd sdb sr0 OK Cancel 6-8 Chapter 6: Driver installation Select Yes using the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press . You have multiple devices which could serve as source for a driver disk.
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OK Back The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the USB floppy disk drive, select OK, then press . Z10PA-D8 Series 6-9 Yes No 8. Do you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the system. 7. Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/sdb and press "OK" to finish the OS installation. Follow the onscreen instructions to continue. More Driver Disks? When asked if you wish to load any more driver disks? 6.
OK Back The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the USB floppy disk drive, select OK, then press . Z10PA-D8 Series 6-9 Yes No 8. Do you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the system. 7. Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/sdb and press "OK" to finish the OS installation. Follow the onscreen instructions to continue. More Driver Disks? When asked if you wish to load any more driver disks? 6.
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... may refer to the examples below which uses a 64bit SUSE Linux system to CD Image. 6-10 Chapter 6: Driver installation Mount the image file into the Linux system. Copy the image file into the image folder using this command format: mount -oloop [image file ...name] image Example: mount -oloop megasr-15-15.00.0120.2012-1-sles11ga-x86__64.img image 4. Preparing the Linux Driver Ensure that there is another computer with a Linux-based OS to create the RAID driver. Example: megasr-15.00.0120.2012-1-sles11-ga-x86_64.img 2. Copy the contents of the image directory, labeled...
... may refer to the examples below which uses a 64bit SUSE Linux system to CD Image. 6-10 Chapter 6: Driver installation Mount the image file into the Linux system. Copy the image file into the image folder using this command format: mount -oloop [image file ...name] image Example: mount -oloop megasr-15-15.00.0120.2012-1-sles11ga-x86__64.img image 4. Preparing the Linux Driver Ensure that there is another computer with a Linux-based OS to create the RAID driver. Example: megasr-15.00.0120.2012-1-sles11-ga-x86_64.img 2. Copy the contents of the image directory, labeled...
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Press , then select Yes from the SUSE OS installation CD. 2. Press . Z10PA-D8 Series 6-11 Boot the system from the menu. Use the arrow keys to select Installation from the Boot Options menu. 3. Installing SUSE 11 Linux OS To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS: 1.
Press , then select Yes from the SUSE OS installation CD. 2. Press . Z10PA-D8 Series 6-11 Boot the system from the menu. Use the arrow keys to select Installation from the Boot Options menu. 3. Installing SUSE 11 Linux OS To install the LSI MegaRAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS: 1.
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4. When below screen appears, select the USB floppy disk drive (sda) as the driver update medium. sda: USB Floppy other device OK Back 6. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to provide the third-party driver during the OS installation. Please choose the Driver Update medium. Type the command brokenmodules=ahci in Boot Options field, and press . 5. Use the USB drive to finish the installation. 6-12 Chapter 6: Driver installation Select OK, then press .
4. When below screen appears, select the USB floppy disk drive (sda) as the driver update medium. sda: USB Floppy other device OK Back 6. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to provide the third-party driver during the OS installation. Please choose the Driver Update medium. Type the command brokenmodules=ahci in Boot Options field, and press . 5. Use the USB drive to finish the installation. 6-12 Chapter 6: Driver installation Select OK, then press .
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...ASUS website (www.asus.com) for the latest updates on the Windows® Server 2012 Operating System (OS). MakeDisk 4. If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to maximize the features of the support DVD are subject to run the support DVD. Utilities 3. Z10PA-D8... from the BIN folder. 6.2 Management applications and utilities installation The support DVD that is bundled with your motherboard contains drivers, management applications, and utilities that you place the support DVD into the optical drive, the DVD automatically displays the ...
...ASUS website (www.asus.com) for the latest updates on the Windows® Server 2012 Operating System (OS). MakeDisk 4. If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to maximize the features of the support DVD are subject to run the support DVD. Utilities 3. Z10PA-D8... from the BIN folder. 6.2 Management applications and utilities installation The support DVD that is bundled with your motherboard contains drivers, management applications, and utilities that you place the support DVD into the optical drive, the DVD automatically displays the ...
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Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 6.3.2 Utilities menu tab The Utilities menu displays the software applications and utilities that the motherboard supports. 6-14 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.3.1 Drivers menu tab The Drivers Menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices.
Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 6.3.2 Utilities menu tab The Utilities menu displays the software applications and utilities that the motherboard supports. 6-14 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.3.1 Drivers menu tab The Drivers Menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices.