Asus P8B-E/4L manual

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ii E6293 First Edition V1 January 201 1 Copyright © 201 1 ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this ma nual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, trans mitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the[...]

iii Contents Notices ........................................................................................................ vii Safety information .................................................................................... viii About this guide ......................................................................................... ix ?[...]

iv Contents 2.5.6 PCI slots ........................................................................ 2-19 2.5.7 PIKE slot ....................................................................... 2-19 2.5.8 Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card ............................. 2-20 2.5.9 Installing ASMB5 management card ............................. 2-21 2.[...]

v Contents 4.5 Advanced menu ......................................................................... 4-14 4.5.1 ACPI Settings ................................................................ 4-14 4.5.2 T rusted Computing ........................................................ 4-15 4.5.3 WHEA Conguration .......................................[...]

vi Contents 5.3 Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology Option ROM Utility ............. 5-25 5.3.1 Creating a RAID set ...................................................... 5-26 5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set ............................................... 5-27 5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set ...................................................... 5-29 5.3.4 [...]

vii Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. Thi s equ ipme nt h[...]

viii Safety information Electrical safety • T o prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system. • When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible, disconnect a[...]

ix About this guide This user guide contains the information you need when installing and conguring the motherboard. How this guide is organized This user guide contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter describes the features of the motherboard and the new technologies it supports. • Chapter 2: Hardware inf[...]

x Conventions used in this guide T o make sure that you perform certain tasks properly , take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual. T ypography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select. Italics Used to emphasize a word or a phrase. <Key> Keys enclosed in the less-than and greater- than sign means that you must pres[...]

xi P8B-E/4L specications summary Processor Support / System Bus 1 x Socket LGA1 155 Intel ® Xeon ® E3-1200 Processor Family Intel ® Core™ i3-2100 Processor Family Core Logic Intel ® C204 Chipset Form Factor A TX, 12” x 9.6” ASUS Features Fan Speed Control V Rack Ready (Rack and Pedestal dual use) V ASWM V Memory T otal Slots 4 (2 Chann[...]

xii P8B-E/4L specications summary  Onboard I/O Connectors TPM Header 1 PSU Connector 24-pin A TX power connector + 8-pin A TX 12V power connector USB Connectors 1 x USB connector (T ype A USB[...]

1 Product introduction This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports.[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L Chapter summary 1 1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-3 1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-3 1.3 Serial number label ...................................................................... 1-4 1.4 Special feat[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 1-3 1.1 Welcome! Thank you for buying an ASUS ® P8B-E/4L motherboard! The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it another standout in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards! Before you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it, check the items in your package with the list[...]

1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.4 Special features 1.4.1 Product highlights Latest processor technology This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Xeon ® E3-1200/Core™ i3-2100 processors in LGA1 155 package, which has memory and PCI Express controller integrated to support 2-channel (4 DIMMs) DDR3 memory and 20 PCI Express 2.0 lanes, pr[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 1-5 DDR3 memory support The P8B-E/4L supports UDIMM DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 1333/1066 MHZ to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of server and workstation applications. The 2-channel DDR3 architecture boosts system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidth of up to 21GB/s. Furthermore, the su[...]

1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction T emperature, fan, and voltage monitoring The CPU temperature is monitored to prevent overheating and damage. The system fan rotations per minute (RPM) is monitored for timely failure detection. The chip monitors the voltage levels to ensure stable supply of current for critical components. 1.4.2 Innovative ASUS [...]

2 Chapter 2: Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components. It includes description of the jumpers and connectors on the motherboard.[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L Chapter summary 2 2.1 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 2-3 2.2 Motherboard overview ................................................................. 2-5 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 2-9 2.4 System memory ..................[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-3 2.1 Before you proceed T ake note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. • Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. • Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object or a metal object, such as the power supply case[...]

2-4 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2. BMC LED (BMC_LED1) The green heartbeat LED blinks per second to indicate that the ASMB5 is working normally . The heartbeat LED functions only when you install the ASUS ASMB5. Onboard LEDs 1. Standby Power LED (SB_PWR1) The motherboard comes with a standby power LED. The green LED lights up to indicate that th[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-5 2.2 Motherboard overview Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. T o optimize the motherboard features, we highly recommend that you install it in an A TX 1.1 compliant chassis. 2.2.1 Placement direction When installing the motherboard, ensure that [...]

2-6 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.2.3 Motherboard layout[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-7 2.2.4 Layout contents Slots/Soocket Page 1. CPU sockets 2-9 2. DDR3 sockets 2-15 3. PCI Express x8 / PCI Express x16 / PCI slots 2-19 4. PIKE slot 2-19 Jumpers Page 1. Clear RTC RAM (CLR TC1) 2-22 2. VGA controller setting (3-pin VGA_SW1) 2-23 3. CPU Fan and Chassis Fan control setting (3-pin CPUF AN_SEL1, CHAFAN_SEL1) 2-23 4. LAN[...]

2-8 Chapter 2: Hardware information Internal connectors Page 1. Serial A T A connectors (SA T A 6Gb/s: 7-pin SA T A1, SA T A2 [Blue]) (SA T A 3Gb/s: 7-pin SA T A3, SA T A4, SA T A5, SA T A6 [Black]) 2-29 2. SAS connectors (7-pin SAS1, SAS2, SAS3, SAS4 [Blue]) (7-pin SAS5, SAS6, SAS7, SAS8 [Black]) 2-30 3. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDL[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-9 2.3.1 Installing the CPU T o install a CPU: 1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard. Before installing the CPU, ensure that the socket box is facing toward you and the load lever is on your left. 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA1 155 socket designed for the Intel ® Xeon E3-1200/[...]

2-10 Chapter 2: Hardware information 3. Lift the load lever in the direction of the arrow until the load plate is completely lifted. The CPU ts in only one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the connectors on the socket and damaging the CPU! Load plate Gold triangle mark Alignment keys CPU notches 5. Pos[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-1 1 7. Close the load plate (A), and then push down the load lever (B), ensuring that the front edge of the load plate slides under the retention knob (C). C B A Some heatsinks come with pre- applied thermal paste. If so, skip this step. The Thermal Interface Material is toxic and inedible. DO NOT eat it. If it gets into your eyes o[...]

2-12 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan The Intel ® LGA1 155 processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance. • When you buy a boxed Intel ® processor , the package includes the CPU fan and heatsink assembly . If you buy a CPU separately[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-13 3. Connect the CPU fan cable to the connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_F AN1. DO NOT forget to connect the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring errors can occur if you fail to plug this connector . 2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan T o uninstall the CPU heatsink and fan: 1. Disconnect the CPU fan cable from the [...]

2-14 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.3.4 Installing the CPU heatsink in rack The Intel ® 1 155 processor requires a specially designed heatsink to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance. • Ensure that you use qualied heatsink assembly only . • Ensure that you have applied the thermal interface material to the top of the CPU befo[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-15 2.4 System memory 2.4.1 Overview The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets. A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2 DIMM but is notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR2 DIMM socket. DDR3 modules are developed for better performance with less p[...]

2-16 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 1. Simultaneously press the retaining clips outward to unlock the DIMM. 2. Remove the DIMM from the socket. 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 3. Hold the DIMM by both of its ends, then insert the DIMM vertically into the socket. Apply force to both ends of the DIMM simultaneously until the retaining [...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-17 2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The following subsections describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card T o install an expansion card: 1. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that came with it and make the necess[...]

2-18 Chapter 2: Hardware information * These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices. IRQ Priority Standard function 0 1 System T imer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 - Programmable Interrupt 3* 1 1 Communications Port (COM2) 4* 12 Communications Port (COM1) 5* 13 -- 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7* 15 -- 8 3 System CMOS/Real T ime Clock 9* 4 ACP[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-19 2.5.4 PCI Express x8 slot (x4 link) The onboard PCI Express x8 slot provides one x4 link to CPU. This slot supports VGA cards and various server class high performance add-on cards. 2.5.5 PCI Express x16 slots (x16 link; x8 link) The onboard PCI Express x16 slots provide one x16 link and one x8 link to CPU. This slot supports VGA[...]

2-20 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.5.8 Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card Follow the ste ps below to install an optional ASUS RAID card on yo ur motherboard. 1. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard. 2. Align the golden ngers of the RAID card with the PIKE RAID card slot. 3. Insert the RAID card into the PIKE RAID card slot. Ensur[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-21 2.5.10 Connecting the thermal sensor cable Follow the steps below to connect the thermal sensor cable to the connector on your motherboard. 1. Locate the TR1 connector on the motherboard. 2. Connect the thermal sensor cable to the connector . 3. Place the other end of the thermal sensor cable to the device you would like to monit[...]

2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.6 Jumpers 1. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) This jumper allows you to clear the Real T ime Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS. Y ou can clear the CMOS memory of date, t ime, and system setup parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data. The onboard button cell battery powers the RAM data in CMOS, which include system setup inform[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-23 2. VGA controller setting (3-pin VGA_SW1) This jumper allows you to enable or disable the onboard VGA controller . Set to pins 1–2 to activate the VGA feature. 3. CPU Fan and Chassis Fan control setting (3-pin CPUF AN_SEL1, CHAF AN_SEL1) These jumpers allow you to switch for fan pin selection. The CPUF AN_SEL1 jumper is for the[...]

2-24 Chapter 2: Hardware information 4. LAN controller setting (3-pin LAN_SW1, LAN_SW2, LAN_SW3, LAN_SW4) These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the onboard Intel ® 82574L Gigabit LAN controllers. Set to pins 1-2 to activate the Gigabit LAN feature.  ?[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-25 6. Force BIOS recovery setting (3-pin RECOVER Y1) This jumper allows you to quickly update or recover the BIOS settings when it becomes corrupted. T o update the BIOS: 1. Prepare a USB ash disk that contains the original or latest BIOS for the motherboard (XXXXXX.ROM) and the BUPDA TER.EXE utility . 2. Set the jumper to pins 2[...]

2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information 7. Chassis intrusion connector (2-pin CHASSIS) This connector is for a chassis-mounted intrusion detection sensor or switch. Connect one end of the chassis intrusion sensor or switch cable to this connector . The chassis intrusion sensor or switch sends a high-level signal to this connector when a chassis compon[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-27             T[...]

2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.7 Connectors 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 1. PS/2 mouse port (green). This port is for a PS/2 mouse. 2. RJ-45 port for iKVM. This RJ-45 port functions only when you install ASMB5 management card. 3. PS/2 keyboard port (purple). This port is for a PS/2 keyboard. 4. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2. These two 4-pin Universa[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-29 2.7.2 Internal connectors 1. Serial A T A connectors (SA T A 6Gb/s: 7-pin SA T A1, SA T A2 [Blue]) (SA T A 3Gb/s: 7-pin SA T A3, SA T A4, SA T A5, SA T A6 [Black]) Supported by the Intel ® C204 chipset, these connectors are for the Serial A T A signal cables for Serial A T A hard disk drives that allows up to 6Gb/s of data trans[...]

2-30 Chapter 2: Hardware information 3. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1) This LED connector is for the storage add-on card cable connected to the SA T A or SAS add-on card. The read or write activities of any device connected to the SA T A or SAS add-on card causes the front panel LED to light up. 2. SAS connectors (7-pin SAS1, SAS2,[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-31 4. USB connector (10-1 pin USB34, USB56; A-T ype USB7) These connectors are for USB 2.0 ports. Connect the USB module cables to connectors USB34 and USB56, then install the modules to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. These USB connectors comply with USB 2.0 specication that supports up to 480 Mbps connection s[...]

2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware information 6. CPU, front and rear fan connectors (4-pin CPU_F AN1, FRNT_F AN1, FRNT_F AN2, FRNT_F AN3, REAR_F AN1) The fan connectors support cooling fans of 350 mA–740 mA (8.88 W max.) or a total of 3.15 A–6.66 A (53.28 W max.) at +12V . Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard, ensuring that th[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-33 7. Serial General Purpose Input/Output connector (6-1 pin SGPIO1) This connector is used for the SGPIO peripherals for the Intel Rapid Storage T echnology RAID SA T A LED. 8. Serial General Purpose Input/Output connectors (8-1 pin SGPIO2/3) These connectors are used for the SAS chip SGPIO interface that controls the LED pattern g[...]

2-34 Chapter 2: Hardware information 9. Serial port connectors (10-1 pin COM1/COM2) Thess connectors are for the serial (COM) ports. Connect the serial port module cable to one of these connectors, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. 10. BMC header (BMC_FW1) The BMC connector on the motherboard supports an A[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-35 1 1. Power Supply SMBus connector (5-pin PSUSMB1) This connector allows you to connect SMBus (System Management Bus) to the power supply unit to read PSU information. Devices communicate with an SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices using the SMBus interface. This connector functions only when you install the ASUS ASMB5. 12. TPM [...]

2-36 Chapter 2: Hardware information 13. A TX power connectors (24-pin EA TXPWR1, 8-pin EA TX12V1) These connectors are for an A TX power supply plugs. The power supply plugs are designed to t these connectors in only one orientation. Find the proper orientation and push down rmly until the connectors completely t. • DO NOT forget to con[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 2-37 15. System panel connector (20-1 pin P ANEL1) This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions. 1. System power LED (3-pin PLED) This 3-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector . The system power LED lights up when you turn on the system power , and blinks when the [...]

2-38 Chapter 2: Hardware information 16. Auxiliary panel connector (20-2 pin AUX_P ANEL1) This connector is for additional front panel features including front panel SMB, locator LED and switch, chassis intrusion, and LAN LEDs. 1. Front panel SMB (6-1 pin FPSMB) These leads connect the front panel SMBus cable. 2. LAN activity LED (2-pin LAN1_LED, L[...]

3 Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence, and ways of shutting down the system.[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L Chapter summary 3   ........................................................ 3-3 3.2 Powering off the computer .......................................................... 3-4[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 3-3 3.1 Starting up for the rst time 1. After making all the connections, replace the system case cover . 2. Be sure that all switches are off. 3. Connect the power cord to the power connector at the back of the system chassis. 4. Connect the power cord to a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector . 5. T urn on the dev[...]

3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up 3.2 Powering off the computer 3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function If you are using Windows ® 2008 Server: 1. Click the Start button, move the cursor to the triangle on the right of Log off , and then click Shut Down . 2. From the Shutdown Event T racker , select the option that best describes why you want to shut down [...]

4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.[...]

Chapter summary 4 ASUS P8B-E/4L 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 4-3 4.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................... 4-7 4.3 Main menu .................................................................................. 4-10 4.4 Event Logs menu ...............[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-3 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup: 1. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (T o recover the BIOS using a bootable USB ash disk drive when the BIOS le fails or gets corrupted.) 2. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a USB a[...]

4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 3. Press <T ab> to switch to the Drive eld. 4. Press the Up/Down arrow keys to nd the USB ash disk that contains the latest BIOS, and then press <Enter>. 5. Press <T ab> to switch to the Folder Info eld. 6. Press the Up/Down arrow keys to nd the BIOS le, and then press <Enter> to p[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-5 4.1.3 BUPDA TER utility The succeeding BIOS screens are for reference only . The actual BIOS screen displays may not be the same as shown. The BUPDA TER utility allows you to update the BIOS le in DOS environment using a bootable USB ash disk drive with the updated BIOS le. [...]

4-6 Chapter 4: BIOS setup The utility veries the le, then starts updating the BIOS le. DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure! ASUSTek BIOS Update for DOS V1.06 (09/08/04) Current ROM Update ROM Note Writing BIOS: FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A PATH: BOARD: P8B-E/4L VER: 0201 DATE: 12/01/2010[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-7 4.2 BIOS setup program This motherboard supports a programmable rmware chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS . Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconguring your system, or prompted to “Run Setup.” This section explains[...]

4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.2.2 Menu bar The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items: Main For changing the basic system conguration Event Logs For changing the event log settings Advanced For changing the advanced system settings Monitor For displaying the system temperature, power status, and changing the fan settings Boot F[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-9 4.2.3 Menu items The highlighted item on the menu bar displays the specic items for that menu. For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items (Event Logs, Advanced, Monitor , Boot, T ool, and Exit) on the menu bar have their respective menu items. 4.2.4 Submenu items A solid triangle before each item on [...]

4-10 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears. The Main menu provides you an overview of the basic system information, and allows you to set the system date, time, language, and security settings. 4.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Allows you to set the system date. 4.3.2 System Time [x[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-1 1 Administrator Password If you have set an administrator password, we recommend that you enter the administrator password for accessing the system. Otherwise, you might be able to see or change only selected elds in the BIOS setup program. T o set an administrator password: 1. Select the Administrator Password item and press &[...]

4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.4 Event Logs menu The Event Logs menu items allow you to change the event log settings and view the system event logs. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Event Logs Advanced Monitor Boot Tool Exit Press <Enter> to change the Smbios Event Log conguration. Change Smbios Event [...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-13 Log OEM Codes [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the logging of EFI status codes as OEM codes. Conguration option: [Disabled] [Enabled] Convert OEM Codes [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the converting of EFI sta tus codes to standard Smbios types. Conguration option: [Disabled] [Enabled] View Smbios Event [...]

4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.5 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices. T ake caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect eld values can cause the system to malfunction. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Event Lo[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-15 4.5.2 T rusted Computing Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Enables or Disables TPM support. O.S. will not show TPM. Reset of platform is required. TPM Conguration TPM SUPPORT [Disabled] Current TPM Status Information NO TPM Hardware TPM SUPPORT [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disabl[...]

4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup   The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically detects. Some items may not appear if your CPU does not support the related functions. Scroll down for more items. Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled] Allows you to e[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-17 Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Setting this item to [Enabled] allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs with extended CPUID functions. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the No-Execution Page Protection T echnology . Setting th is [...]

4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.5.5 North Bridge The North Bridge is built in the CPU. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Low MMIO resources align at 64MB/1024MB Memory Information TOTAL Memory 1024 MB DIMM_A0 0 M B ( DD R3 1 33 3) DIMM_A1 10 24 M B ( DD R3 1 33 3) DIMM_B0 0 M B ( DD R3 1 33 3) DIMM_B1 0 M B ( [...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-19 Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. SATA Conguration SATA Mode [IDE Mode] Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced] Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled] SATA Port1 ST3160812AS (160.0GB) SATA Port2 ST3160812AS (160.0GB) [...]

4-20 Chapter 4: BIOS setup   Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Ena ble s L ega cy USB sup por t. AUT O o pti on dis able s l ega cy sup por t i f n o U SB d evi ces ar e con nec ted . D ISA BLE opt ion wi ll kee p U SB dev ice s av ail abl e [...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-21 4.5.10 ME Subsystem Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced ME Subsystem Help Intel ME Subsystem Conguration ME Subsystem [Disabled] USB transfer time-out [20 sec] Allows you to select the USB transfer time-out value. Conguration options: [1 sec] [5 sec] [10 sec] [20 sec] Device reset tim[...]

4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup INTEL W82574L OpROM1/OpROM2 [PXE] INTEL W82574L OpROM3/OpROM4 [Disabled] Allows you to select the options for the OptionRom of the Intel LAN controllers. Conguration options: [Disabled] [PXE] [iSCSI]  The sub-items in this menu allow yo[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-23 4.5.12 APM Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Spe cif y w hat st ate to go to whe n p owe r i s r e-ap pli ed aft er a p owe r f ail ure (G3 st ate ). Restrore AC Power Loss [Power Off] EuP Ready [Disabled] Power On By PCI [Disabled] Power On By PCIE [Disabled] Power On By Ring [Disabled] [...]

4-24 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Redirection After BIOS POST [Disabled] Enables or disables the redirection after BIOS POST feature. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] COM0 Console Redirection [Disabled] Enables or disables the console redirection feature. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Console Redirection Settings This item becom[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-25 Network stack [Disable] Enables or disables the network stack feature. Conguration options: [Disable] [Enable] 4.5.14 Network Stack Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced En ab le / Di sa bl e th e ne tw or k st ac k ( Px e an d UE FI ) Network stack [Disable] Stop Bits [1] Stop bits indica[...]

4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.6 Monitor menu The Monitor menu displays the system temperature/power status, and allows you to change the fan settings. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Event Logs Advanced Monitor Boot Tool Exit CPU Temperature(PECI) [ +35ºC/ +94ºF] MB Temperature [ +35ºC/ +94ºF] TR1 Temperat[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-27 4.7 Boot menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Event Logs Advanced Monitor Boot Tool Exit Num ber of se con ds t o w ait fo r set up act iva tio n ke y. 655 35( 0xF FFF ) m eans in de nit e wai tin g. Setup Prompt Timeout 3 [...]

4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Boot Device Seeking [Endless PXE] [Endless PXE] Continuous seek remote boot image until boot image found or user abort (press Ctrl+Alt+Del). [Normal] Seek remote boot image once then stop. Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The number of device items th[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 4-29 4.8 Tool menu The T ool menu items allow you to congure options for special functions. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the submenu. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Event Logs Advanced Monitor Boot Tool Exit Be use d t o u pda te B IOS ASUS EZ Flash Utility ASUS EZ Flas[...]

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5 RAID conguration This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating, and conguring RAID sets using the available utilities.[...]

Chapter summary 5 ASUS P8B-E/4L 5.1 Setting up RAID ............................................................................ 5-3   .................................... 5-5 5.3 Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology Option RO[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-3 5.1 Setting up RAID The motherboard comes with the Intel ® C204 controller that supports the following SA T A RAID solutions: •  (default) with RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support (for bot[...]

5-4 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS Y ou must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set from SA T A hard disk drives attached to the SA T A connectors supported by Intel ® C204 chipset. T o do this: 1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST . 2. Go to the Advanced Menu >    [...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-5 3. The utility main window appears. Use the arrow keys to select an option from the Management Menu and then press <Enter>. Refer to the Management Menu descriptions on the next page. At the bottom of the screen is the legend box. The keys on the legend box allow you to navigate through the setup menu options or execute comm[...]

5-6 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set The LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility allows you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 10 set using two types of congurations: Easy and New . In  , the virtual drive parameters are set automatically . In ?[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-7 3. Select all the drives required for the RAID set, and then press <F10> to congure array setting. 4. Press <Space> to select the congurable array . 2. The ARRA Y SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the SA T A ports. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the drives you want to include in the [...]

5-8 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5. Press <F10> again, the virtual drive information appears including a Virtual Drive menu that allows you to change the virtual drive parameters. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency PORT # DNLIN A00-00 DNLIN A00-01 0 1 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-9 8. Select Units from the Virtual Drive sub-menu, and then press <Enter>. 9. Select the units for virtual drive size from the menu, and then press <Enter>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency PORT # DNLIN A00-00 DNLIN A00-01 0 1 LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17[...]

5-10 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 12. When nished setting the selected virtual drive conguration, select Accept from the menu, and then press <Enter>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency PORT # LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010 BIOS Version A.10.09231523R DNLIN A00-00 DN[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-1 1  When a RAID set already exists, using the  command erases the existing RAID conguration data. If you do not want to delete the existing RAID set, use the ?[...]

5-12 Chapter 5: RAID conguration   Y ou can add a new RAID conguration or view an existing conguration using the  command. ?[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-13 5.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives After creating the RAID set(s), you must initialize the virtual drives. Y ou may initialize the virtual drive s of a RAID set(s) using the Initi alize or  command on the Management Menu . Using the Initialize command T o initialize the virtual drive using the Initialize c[...]

5-14 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 3. Press <F10> to start initialization. When prompted, select Y es from the Initialize? dialog box, and then press <Enter>. Initializing a virtual drive erases all data on the drive. 4. A progress bar appears on screen. If desired, press <Esc> to abort initialization. When initialization is comp[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-15  T o initialize the virtual drives using the  command 1. From the Management Menu , select  , and then press <Enter>. Management Menu Congure Initialize Obje[...]

5-16 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 3. Select Initialize from the pop-up menu, and then press <Enter> to start initialization. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Initilize VD Objects Adapter Virtual Drive Physical Drive Vitual Drive(1) Virtual Drive 0 Initialze Check Consistency View/Update Parameters Vitu[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-17 5.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives Y ou can manually rebuild failed hard disk drives using the Rebuild command in the Management Menu . T o rebuild a failed hard disk drive 1. From the Management Menu , select Rebuild , and then press <Enter>. 2. The PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU displays the available drives connected to the [...]

5-18 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 3. After selecting the drive to rebuild, press <F10>. When prompted, press <Y> to rebuild the drive. 4. When rebuild is complete, press any key to continue. Management Menu Congure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Port # 1 DISK 77247MB HDS728080PLA380 PF20A60A REBUILD - PHYSICAL DRIVES [...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-19 5.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency Y ou can check and verify the accuracy of data redundancy in the selected virtual drive. The utility can automatically detect and/or detect and correct any dif ferences in data redundancy depending on the selected option in the   men[...]

5-20 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 3. When prompted, use the arrow keys to select Y es from the Consistency Check? dialog box, and then press <Enter>. A progress bar appears on screen. 4. While checking the disk consistency , press <Esc> to display the following options. • Stop - Stops the consistency check. The utility stores the pe[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-21  T o check data consistency using the  command 1. From the Management Menu , select  , and then select Virtual Drive from the sub-menu. 2. Use the arrow keys to select the virtual drive you want to check, and then [...]

5-22 Chapter 5: RAID conguration   T o delete a RAID conguration 1. From the Management Menu , select  >  , and then press <Enter>. 2. When prompted, use t[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-23 5.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set Y ou must have created a new RAID conguration before you can select the boot drive from a RAID set. See section 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set: Using New  for details. T o select the boot drive from a RAID set 1. From the Management Menu , select [...]

5-24 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache Y ou may manually enable the RAID controller’s WriteCache option after creating a RAID set to improve the data transmission performance. Wh en yo u ena bl e W rite Ca ch e, yo u m ay l ose d ata w he n a p owe r int erru pt io n o cc urs wh il e t ra nsm it tin g or e xc han gi ng da t[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-25 5.3 Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM Utility The Int el ® R apid Sto rage T ech nolo gy Op tion ROM uti lity all ows you to c reate RAI D 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 1+0), and RAID 5 set(s) from Serial A T A hard disk drives that are connected to the Serial A T A connectors supported by the Southbridge. T o enter the In[...]

5-26 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.3.1 Creating a RAID set T o create a RAID set: 1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID V olume and press <Enter>. The following screen appears. 2. Enter a name for the RAID set and press <Enter>. 3. When the RAID Level item is selected, press the up/down arrow keys to select a RAID leve[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-27 6. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0, 10 and 5 only), and then press <Enter>. The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB. The following are typical values: RAID 0: 128KB RAID 10: 64KB RAID 5: 64KB We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a hig[...]

5-28 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 2. Enter a name for the recovery set and press <Enter>. 3. When the RAID Level item is selected, press the up/down arrow keys to select Recovery , and then press <Enter>. 4. When the Disks item is selected, press <Enter> to select the hard disk drives you want to include in the recovery set. The[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-29 5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set T ake caution when deleting a RAID set. Y ou will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you delete a RAID set. T o delete a RAID set: 1. From the utility main menu, select 2. Delete RAID V olume and press <Enter>. The following screen appears. 2. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the RAID s[...]

5-30 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID T ake caution before you reset a RAID volume hard disk drive to non-RAID. Resetting a RAID volume hard disk drive deletes all internal RAID structure on the drive. T o reset a RAID set hard disk drive: 1. From the utility main menu, select 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press <[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-31 5.3.5 Recovery V olume Options If you have created a recovery set, you can congure more recovery set options following the descriptions in the section. See section 5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set to create a recovery set before continue. T o congure a recovery set: 1. From the utility main menu, select 4. Recovery V olume Opt[...]

5-32 Chapter 5: RAID conguration Select a destination disk with the same size as the original hard disk. [ DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED ] [ ↑↓ ]-Previous/Next [ENTER]-Select [ESC]-Exit "Degraded" volume and disk available for rebuilding detected. Selecting a disk initiates a rebuild. Rebuild completes in the operating system. Select th[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 5-33 3. The utility immediately starts rebuilding after the disk is selected. The status of the degraded RAID volume is changed to “Rebuild” . Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 10.1.0.1008 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 2. D[...]

5-34 Chapter 5: RAID conguration 5.3.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility Y ou can set the boot priority sequence in the BIOS for your RAID arrays when creating multi-RAID using the Intel ® Rapid Storage T echnology . T o set the boot array in the BIOS: Set at least one of the arrays bootable to boot from the hard disk. 1. Reboot [...]

6 Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides the instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components.[...]

Chapter summary 6 ASUS P8B-E/4L 6.1 RAID driver installation ............................................................... 6-3 6.2 Intel chipset device software installation ................................ 6-16 6.3 LAN driver installation ............................................................... 6-18 6.4 VGA driver installation............[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-3 6.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array . This part provides the instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation. 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk The sy[...]

6-4 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6. Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density oppy disk to the oppy disk drive. 7. Press <Enter>. 8. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk. C20x LSI RAID Driver C20x LSI RAID Driver Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2003 64 bit Wind[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-5 T o create a RAID driver disk in Windows ® environment 1. Start Windows ® . 2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 3. Go to the Make disk menu, and then select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create. 4. Insert a oppy disk into the USB oppy disk drive. 5. Follow succeeding screen instructions [...]

6-6 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver Windows ® Server OS During Windows ® Server OS installation T o install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows ® Server OS: 1. Boot the computer using the Windows ® Server installation DVD. The Windows ® Server OS Setup starts. 2. Press <F6> when t[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-7 4. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the USB oppy disk drive, then press <Enter>. 5. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list, then press <Enter>. 6. The Windows ® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the RAID driver disk. When prompted, press <Enter> to continue insta[...]

6-8 Chapter 6: Driver installation T o verify the RAID controller driver installation: 1. Right-click the My Computer icon on the Windows ® desktop, and then select Properties from the menu. 2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button. 3. Click the “+” sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers , and then the Intel([...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-9 Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux OS 5.0 T o install the RAID controller driver when installing Red Hat Red Hat ® Enterprise OS: 1. Boot the system from the Red Hat ® OS installation CD. 2. At the boot: , type linux dd . 3. Press <Enter>. - To install or upgrade in graphical mode, press the <ENTER> key. - To install or upg[...]

6-10 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No , then press <Enter>. 7. Follow the onscreen instructions to nish the OS installation. More Driver Disks? Do you wish to load any more driver disks? Yes No[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-1 1 SUSE Linux 1 1 OS T o install the RAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS: 1. Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD. 2. Use the arrow keys to select Installation from the Boot Options menu. F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source F5 Kernel F6 Driver English(US) 1024 X768 DVD Default [...]

6-12 Chapter 6: Driver installation 4. Insert the RAID driver disk to the oppy disk drive. T ype the command acpi=off apic=bigsmp brokenmodules=ahci in Boot Options eld, and press <Enter>. F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source F5 Kernel F6 Driver English(US) 1024 X768 DVD Default Yes Boot from Hard Disk Installation Repair Install[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-13 7. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to nish the installation. 6. The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system as shown below . Please choose the Driver Update medium. OK sda: USB Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, ASUS DRW-1612BLT sdb: Disk, LSI MEGA RAID sd3: Disk, LSI MEGA RAID Console other device Back[...]

6-14 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.2 Intel ® chipset device software installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel ® chipset device software on the system. Y ou need to manually install the Intel ® chipset device software on a Windows operating system. T o install the Intel ® chipset device software: 1. Rest[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-15 5. Select Y es to accept the terms of the License Agreement and continue the process. 6. Read the Readme File Information and press Next to continue the installation. 7. After completing the installation, click Finish to complete the setup process.[...]

6-16 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.3 LAN driver installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel ® Gigabit LAN controller drivers on the system. Y ou need to manually install the LAN contrroller driver on a Windows ® operating system. T o install the LAN controller drivers: 1. Restart the computer , and then log [...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-17 4. Click Next when the Intel(R) Network Connections–InstallShield Wizard window appears. 5. T oggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue. 6. Click the Intel(R) PROSet for Windows Device Manager box, and then click Next to start the installation.[...]

6-18 Chapter 6: Driver installation 7. Follow the screen instructions to complete installation. 8. When nished, press Finish to continue.[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-19 6.4 VGA driver installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the ASPEED Video Graphics Adapter (VGA) driver . Y ou need to manually install the ASPEED VGA driver on a Windows ® operating system. T o install the ASPEED VGA driver: 1. Restart the computer , and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. [...]

6-20 Chapter 6: Driver installation 5. T oggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue. 6. Enter the user information and click Next to continue. 7. Select a setup type and click Next to continue.[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-21 9. When the installation completes, click Finish to restart your computer before using the program. 8. Click Install to start driver installation.[...]

6-22 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.5 Management applications and utilities installation The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, management applications, and utilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features. The contents of the support DVD are subject to change at any time without notice. Visit[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L 6-23 6.5.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu displays the software applications and utilities that the motherboard supports. Click an item to install. 6.5.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create the Intel RAID and LSI MegaRAID driver disks. 6.5.5 Contact information Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contac[...]

6-24 Chapter 6: Driver installation[...]

A Appendix: Reference information This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when conguring the motherboard.[...]

Appendix summary A ASUS P8B-E/4L A.1 P8B-E/4L block diagram .............................................................. A-3[...]

ASUS P8B-E/4L A-3 A.1 P8B-E/4L block diagram[...]

A-4 Appendix A: Reference information[...]

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