Asus RS920-E7/RS8 User Manual

5-2 Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1 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
(Recovers 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 ash disk.)
3.
BUPDATER utility
(Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable USB
ash disk drive.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a bootable
USB ash
disk drive
in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original
motherboard BIOS using the BUPDATER utility.
5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore
the BIOS le when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can
update a corrupted BIOS le using a USB ash drive that contains the updated
BIOS le.
Prepare a USB ash drive containing the updated motherboard BIOS before
using this utility.
RecoveringtheBIOSfromaUSBashdrive
To recover the BIOS from a USB ash drive:
1. Insert the USB ash drive with the original or updated BIOS le to one USB
port on the system.
2. The utility will automatically recover the BIOS. It resets the system when the
BIOS recovery is nished.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS! Doing so
would cause system boot failure!
The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard.
Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com to download the latest BIOS le.

Asus RS920-E7/RS8 Specifications

General

Processor family	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 2011 (Socket R)
Intel Xeon series	E5-4600
Motherboard chipset	Intel® C602
Compatible processor series	Intel® Xeon®
Number of processors supported	4
Maximum RDIMM memory	1024 GB
Maximum UDIMM memory	256 GB
Number of DIMM slots	32
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Supported RDIMM clock speeds	800, 1066, 1333, 1600 MHz
Supported UDIMM clock speeds	1066, 1333 MHz
Supported DIMM module capacities	16GB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Hot-swap HDD bays	Yes
Storage drive sizes supported	3.5 \
Number of storage drives supported	8
Supported storage drive interfaces	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III
Graphics card	AST2300
Graphics card family	Aspeed
Maximum graphics card memory	16 MB
LAN controller	Intel® I350-AM4
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
Ethernet interface type	Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Chassis type	Rack (2U)
PS/2 ports quantity	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	5
PCI Express x8 slots	2
Compatible operating systems	CentOS 5.6 32/64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit, RedHat Enterprise Linux AS5.6/6.0 32/64-bit, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.2 32/64-bit, VMWare ESX4.1/ESXi4.1
Safety	CE, EN55022
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 90 %
Power supply	1620 W

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	750 mm
Width	444 mm
Height	88 mm
Weight	20000 g