Asus RS700-E9 series - User Manual

1U Rackmount Server
User Guide
RS700-E9 Series
RS700-E9-RS4
RS700-E9-RS12

Summary

Chapter 1: Product Introduction

1.3 System specifications

Details the technical specifications for the RS700-E9 Series server models.

Safety information

Electrical Safety

Operation Safety

Chapter 2: Hardware Information

2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)

2.2.1 Installing the CPU and heatsink

Step-by-step guide for installing the CPU and its heatsink.

2.3 System memory

2.3.2 Memory Configurations

2.3.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket

Step-by-step guide for installing a DIMM into a socket.

2.4 Hard disk drives

Instructions for installing 2.5" and 3.5" hot-swap hard disk drives.

2.5 Expansion slot

2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket

Guide for installing expansion cards into the riser card bracket.

2.5.2 Installing an expansion card to the butterfly riser card bracket

Guide for installing expansion cards into the butterfly riser card bracket.

2.5.3 Installing an ASUS PIKE II card

Specific instructions for installing an ASUS PIKE II card.

2.5.4 Installing an ASUS HFI-OMNI card

Instructions for installing an ASUS HFI-OMNI card.

2.5.5 Replacing the ASUS PCIE-NVME4-OCuLink card on the riser card bracket (for RS700-E9-RS12 only)

2.5.6 Installing ASUS PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink cards to the butterfly riser card bracket (optional for RS700-E9-RS12)

2.5.8 Installing Mezzanine cards

Guide for installing Mezzanine cards onto the motherboard.

2.5.9 Installing M.2 (NGFF) cards

Steps for installing M.2 (NGFF) storage cards.

2.8.2 Redundant power supply module

Chapter 4: Motherboard Information

4.2 Jumpers

4.4 Internal connectors

Chapter 5: BIOS Setup

5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS

Guides on managing and updating the system BIOS.

5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility

How to recover BIOS using the CrashFree BIOS 3 utility.

5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility

How to update BIOS using the ASUS EZ Flash Utility.

5.1.3 BUPDATER utility

How to update BIOS using the BUPDATER utility in DOS.

5.2 BIOS setup program

5.3 Main menu

5.4 Advanced menu

5.4.4 Onboard LAN I350 IO Configuration

5.4.5 Serial Port Console Redirection

5.4.6 APM

5.4.7 PCI Subsystem Settings

5.4.9 CSM Configuration

5.4.11 USB Configuration

5.4.13 Intel(R) RSTe RAID Controller

5.5 Platform Configuration menu

5.5.1 PCH Configuration

5.6 Socket Configuration menu

5.6.1 Processor Configuration

Configuration options for the CPU.

5.6.3 UPI Configuration

5.6.4 Memory Configuration

Settings for memory frequency, topology, and RAS.

5.6.5 IIO Configuration

5.6.6 Advanced Power Management Configuration

Advanced power management settings for CPU.

5.8 Server Mgmt menu

5.9 Security menu

Settings for passwords, Secure Boot, and System Mode.

5.10 Boot menu

Options for configuring system boot behavior.

Chapter 6: RAID Configuration

6.1 Setting up RAID

Instructions for setting up RAID arrays.

6.1.1 RAID definitions

6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives

Steps for installing SATA HDDs for RAID configuration.

6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS

How to set the RAID item in BIOS setup.

6.1.4 RAID configuration utilities

6.2 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA;SSATA Option ROM Utility

Guide to using the Intel RSTe Option ROM utility for RAID.

6.2.1 Creating a RAID set

Step-by-step guide to creating a RAID set.

6.2.2 Deleting a RAID set

Instructions for deleting a RAID set.

6.2.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID

How to reset RAID disks to non-RAID state.

6.2.5 Rebuilding the RAID

Guide for rebuilding a RAID array.

6.2.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility

How to set RAID boot priority in BIOS.

6.3 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows)

Using the RSTe utility within Windows.

6.3.1 Creating a RAID set

Steps to create a RAID set using the Windows utility.

6.3.2 Changing a Volume Type

How to change RAID volume type and stripe size.

6.3.3 Deleting a volume

Instructions for deleting a RAID volume.

Chapter 7: Driver Installation

7.1 RAID driver installation

How to install RAID controller drivers during OS installation.

7.1.1 Creating a USB flash drive with RAID drive

7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver

Installing RAID driver during Windows OS setup.

7.2 Management applications and utilities installation

7.4 Intel chipset device software installation

Instructions for installing Intel chipset drivers.

7.5 VGA driver installation

Instructions for installing the ASPEED VGA driver.

7.6 Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 5.0 installation

How to install Intel RSTe 5.0 utility.

Asus RS700-E9 series Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel C621
Processor Support	Dual Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Storage	Supports 2.5"/3.5" HDD/SSD
Expansion Slots	2 PCIe 3.0 x16
Network Interface	Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports
Management	ASUS ASMB9-iKVM for remote management
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Linux
Form Factor	1U Rackmount