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... Hardware Monitor 4-27 4.6 Boot menu 4-29 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-29 4.6.2 Hard Disk Drives 4-29 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 4-30 4.6.4 Security 4-31 4.7 Exit menu 4-34 Chapter 5: RAID configuration 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 RAID configuration utility 5-2 5.2 Marvel® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS Configuration Utility (for P5BV-C / 4L only 5-3 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 5-4 5.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM...
... Hardware Monitor 4-27 4.6 Boot menu 4-29 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-29 4.6.2 Hard Disk Drives 4-29 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 4-30 4.6.4 Security 4-31 4.7 Exit menu 4-34 Chapter 5: RAID configuration 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 RAID configuration utility 5-2 5.2 Marvel® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS Configuration Utility (for P5BV-C / 4L only 5-3 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 5-4 5.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM...
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... higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. USB 2.0 technology The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the 12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 2.0. ASUS P5BV-C Series 1- PCI Express features point‑to 300 MB/s data transfer rate. This high speed interface is monitored for SATA hard disk drives via the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager (under Windows Operating System) or the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility (no RAID 5). See page 2-22...
... higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. USB 2.0 technology The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the 12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 2.0. ASUS P5BV-C Series 1- PCI Express features point‑to 300 MB/s data transfer rate. This high speed interface is monitored for SATA hard disk drives via the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager (under Windows Operating System) or the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility (no RAID 5). See page 2-22...
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... installing the expansion card, configure it and make the necessary hardware settings for information on the slot. 5. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that the cards do so may need IRQ assignments. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that you intend to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on BIOS setup. 2. Turn...
... installing the expansion card, configure it and make the necessary hardware settings for information on the slot. 5. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that the cards do so may need IRQ assignments. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that you intend to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on BIOS setup. 2. Turn...
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.../66 IDE master device (hard disk drive). If you install two hard disk drives, you connect the IDE cable. • Use the 80-conductor IDE cable for the jumper settings. Refer to PIN 1. PRI_IDE1 ® P5BV-C/4L PRI_IDE3 PIN 1 NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the Ultra DMA cable connector. P5BV-C/4L IDE Connectors • Pin 20 on the IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the...
.../66 IDE master device (hard disk drive). If you install two hard disk drives, you connect the IDE cable. • Use the 80-conductor IDE cable for the jumper settings. Refer to PIN 1. PRI_IDE1 ® P5BV-C/4L PRI_IDE3 PIN 1 NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the Ultra DMA cable connector. P5BV-C/4L IDE Connectors • Pin 20 on the IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the...
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... cables for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set using these connectors. If you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors, set to [RAID]. See section "4.3.5 IDE Configuration" for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, SATA_ RAID5, SATA_RAID6, SATA_RAID7, and SATA_RAID8) These connectors are set the Configure SATA as item in the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge. Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Connector SATA1/SATA3 SATA2/SATA4 Setting Master Slave Use Boot disk Data disk ASUS P5BV...
... cables for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set using these connectors. If you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors, set to [RAID]. See section "4.3.5 IDE Configuration" for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, SATA_ RAID5, SATA_RAID6, SATA_RAID7, and SATA_RAID8) These connectors are set the Configure SATA as item in the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge. Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Connector SATA1/SATA3 SATA2/SATA4 Setting Master Slave Use Boot disk Data disk ASUS P5BV...
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... IDE device is installed in the system. Setting to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of IDE drive. 4.3.4 Primary IDE Master/Slave, and SATA 1/2/3/4 The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] 4-10 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Block (Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto] Enables or disables data multi...
... IDE device is installed in the system. Setting to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of IDE drive. 4.3.4 Primary IDE Master/Slave, and SATA 1/2/3/4 The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] 4-10 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Block (Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto] Enables or disables data multi...
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... a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 configurations using the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility. Refer to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 for the RAID configuration). Set Configure SATA As to [RAID], if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5 configurations using the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager or if you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver...
... a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 configurations using the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility. Refer to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 for the RAID configuration). Set Configure SATA As to [RAID], if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5 configurations using the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager or if you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver...
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... USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4 USB Devices Enabled: 1Drive Options Disabled Enabled USB Functions USB2.0 Controller Legacy USB Support USB2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [HiSpeed] [Enabled] USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Select Screen Select Item +- 4.4 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to enable or disable the USB function. Take caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect field values can cause the system to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices...
... USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4 USB Devices Enabled: 1Drive Options Disabled Enabled USB Functions USB2.0 Controller Legacy USB Support USB2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [HiSpeed] [Enabled] USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Select Screen Select Item +- 4.4 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to enable or disable the USB function. Take caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect field values can cause the system to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices...
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... rest is emulated as hard disk. USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the BIOS EHCI Hand-Off support function. Configuration options: [10 Sec] [20 Sec] [30 Sec] [40 Sec] Emulation Type [Auto] Allows you to Auto, the part of less than 530MB of Seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after starting unit command. When the USB Function is no USB device connected. Change Option F1 General Help...
... rest is emulated as hard disk. USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the BIOS EHCI Hand-Off support function. Configuration options: [10 Sec] [20 Sec] [30 Sec] [40 Sec] Emulation Type [Auto] Allows you to Auto, the part of less than 530MB of Seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after starting unit command. When the USB Function is no USB device connected. Change Option F1 General Help...
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... Combo Key Support [Enabled] [COM1] [3F8h,4] [115200 8, n,1] [None] [Always] [ANSI] [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item +- Serial port number [COM1] Allows you to configure the Remote Access features. Configuration options: [ANSI] [VT100] [VT-UTF8] 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC SEexlietct Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [None] [Hardware] [Software] Redirection After BIOS POST [Always] Sets the redirection mode after the BIOS Power-On Self-Test (POST). Some operating systems...
... Combo Key Support [Enabled] [COM1] [3F8h,4] [115200 8, n,1] [None] [Always] [ANSI] [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item +- Serial port number [COM1] Allows you to configure the Remote Access features. Configuration options: [ANSI] [VT100] [VT-UTF8] 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC SEexlietct Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [None] [Hardware] [Software] Redirection After BIOS POST [Always] Sets the redirection mode after the BIOS Power-On Self-Test (POST). Some operating systems...
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...: [Disabled] [Enabled] Disable this item if you to remap the overlap PCI memory over the total physical memory. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to display the sub-menu. Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] Allows you are using RedHat Linux...
...: [Disabled] [Enabled] Disable this item if you to remap the overlap PCI memory over the total physical memory. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to display the sub-menu. Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] Allows you are using RedHat Linux...
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... DRAM Serial Presence Detect (SPD). Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] ASUS P5BV-C Series 4-21 When disabled, you are set or disable the PCI Express Graphic port. Configuration options: [3 DRAM Clocks] [4 DRAM Clocks] [5 DRAM Clocks] [6 DRAM Clocks] DRAM RAS# Precharge [6 DRAM Clocks] Controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM SPD. When Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] When this item is disabled, this item. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled...
... DRAM Serial Presence Detect (SPD). Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] ASUS P5BV-C Series 4-21 When disabled, you are set or disable the PCI Express Graphic port. Configuration options: [3 DRAM Clocks] [4 DRAM Clocks] [5 DRAM Clocks] [6 DRAM Clocks] DRAM RAS# Precharge [6 DRAM Clocks] Controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM SPD. When Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] When this item is disabled, this item. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled...
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... APIC Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 2.0 Support. Configuration options: [PCI Device] [Reserved] 4.5 Power Configuration The Power Configuration menu items allow you to display the configuration options. When set to [Yes], BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card requests for legacy ISA devices. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Exit ACPI 2.0 Support ACPI APIC Support [Disabled] [Enabled] APM Configuration Hardware Monitor Add additional tables as per ACPI 2.0 specifications. Change...
... APIC Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 2.0 Support. Configuration options: [PCI Device] [Reserved] 4.5 Power Configuration The Power Configuration menu items allow you to display the configuration options. When set to [Yes], BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card requests for legacy ISA devices. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Exit ACPI 2.0 Support ACPI APIC Support [Disabled] [Enabled] APM Configuration Hardware Monitor Add additional tables as per ACPI 2.0 specifications. Change...
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... Boot Device 4th Boot Device 5th Boot Device 6th Boot Device 7th Boot Device [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [ATAPI CD-ROM] [Hard Drive] [Network: B02 D00 Yu] [Network: B03 D00 Yu] [Network: B04 D00 Yu] [Network: B05 D00 Yu] Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Main Advanced Power BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Exit Boot Settings Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Boot Settings Configuration Security Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. 4.6 Boot menu...
... Boot Device 4th Boot Device 5th Boot Device 6th Boot Device 7th Boot Device [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [ATAPI CD-ROM] [Hard Drive] [Network: B02 D00 Yu] [Network: B03 D00 Yu] [Network: B04 D00 Yu] [Network: B05 D00 Yu] Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Main Advanced Power BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Exit Boot Settings Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Boot Settings Configuration Security Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. 4.6 Boot menu...
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... to select the power-on self tests (POST) while booting to decrease the time needed to be pressed when error occurs. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4-30 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Quick Boot Full Screen Logo AddOn ROM Display Mode Bootup Num-Lock PS/2 Mouse Support Wait For 'F1' If Error Hit 'DEL' Message Display Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] [Enabled] [Force BIOS] [On] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] Allows BIOS to enable or disable support for PS/2 mouse. Change Option F1 General...
... to select the power-on self tests (POST) while booting to decrease the time needed to be pressed when error occurs. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4-30 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Quick Boot Full Screen Logo AddOn ROM Display Mode Bootup Num-Lock PS/2 Mouse Support Wait For 'F1' If Error Hit 'DEL' Message Display Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] [Enabled] [Force BIOS] [On] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] Allows BIOS to enable or disable support for PS/2 mouse. Change Option F1 General...
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... to change the supervisor password. ASUS P5BV-C Series 4-31 Confirm the password when prompted. To change password. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled] When set to Enabled, the system displays the message "Press DEL to run Setup" during POST. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.6.4 Security The Security menu items allow you set a password, this item to set or change the system security settings. Select Screen Select Item +- Hit 'DEL' Message Display [Enabled] When set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs...
... to change the supervisor password. ASUS P5BV-C Series 4-31 Confirm the password when prompted. To change password. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled] When set to Enabled, the system displays the message "Press DEL to run Setup" during POST. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.6.4 Security The Security menu items allow you set a password, this item to set or change the system security settings. Select Screen Select Item +- Hit 'DEL' Message Display [Enabled] When set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs...
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...BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Security Settings Supervisor Password User Password : Installed : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Full Access] [Setup] to change to any field. User Access Level [Full Access] This item allows you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. To clear the supervisor password, select the Change Supervisor Password then press . If you forgot your BIOS password, you to select the access restriction to the Setup items. Configuration options: [No Access] [View...
...BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Security Settings Supervisor Password User Password : Installed : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Full Access] [Setup] to change to any field. User Access Level [Full Access] This item allows you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. To clear the supervisor password, select the Change Supervisor Password then press . If you forgot your BIOS password, you to select the access restriction to the Setup items. Configuration options: [No Access] [View...
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...; Matrix Storage Manager. ASUS P5BV-C Series 5- 5.1 RAID configurations The server system/motherboard comes with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. RAID 10 is a striped configuration with Intel® ICH7R and Marvell® 88SE6145 chipsets. The Intel® ICH7R Soutbridge chip comes with the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID (for this setup. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: 5.1.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to a second drive. The RAID 5 configuration is required for transaction...
...; Matrix Storage Manager. ASUS P5BV-C Series 5- 5.1 RAID configurations The server system/motherboard comes with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. RAID 10 is a striped configuration with Intel® ICH7R and Marvell® 88SE6145 chipsets. The Intel® ICH7R Soutbridge chip comes with the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID (for this setup. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: 5.1.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to a second drive. The RAID 5 configuration is required for transaction...
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.... 2. Connect a SATA power cable to the Main Menu, select IDE Configuration, then press . 3. Go to the power connector on the RAID_SEL1 jumper settings. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICHR chip allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. This technology also allows you can select a utility to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. If you want to boot...
.... 2. Connect a SATA power cable to the Main Menu, select IDE Configuration, then press . 3. Go to the power connector on the RAID_SEL1 jumper settings. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICHR chip allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. This technology also allows you can select a utility to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. If you want to boot...
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... the utility main menu, select 3. Press to reset the RAID set drives. 5.3.7 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager utility To exit the utility: 1. This window appears. [ CONFIRM EXIT ] Are you sure you reset a RAID volume HDD to non-RAID. WARNING: Resetting a disk causes all internal RAID structure on the disk to highlight the RAID set hard disk drive: 1. A confirmation message appears. 4. From the utility main menu, select 4. Exit, then press . Port Drive Model Serial Size Status 0 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Member Disk 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX...
... the utility main menu, select 3. Press to reset the RAID set drives. 5.3.7 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager utility To exit the utility: 1. This window appears. [ CONFIRM EXIT ] Are you sure you reset a RAID volume HDD to non-RAID. WARNING: Resetting a disk causes all internal RAID structure on the disk to highlight the RAID set hard disk drive: 1. A confirmation message appears. 4. From the utility main menu, select 4. Exit, then press . Port Drive Model Serial Size Status 0 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Member Disk 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX...