User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Information
- 2.1 Chassis cover
- 2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 2.3 System memory
- 2.4 Storage devices
- 2.5 Expansion slot
- 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket
- 2.5.2 Installing an expansion card to the butterfly riser card bracket
- 2.5.3 Installing an ASUS PIKE II card
- 2.5.4 Installing an ASUS PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink card to the butterfly riser card bracket (optional for RS700A-E9-RS12V2 only)
- 2.5.5 Installing an ASUS PCIE-NVME4-OCuLink card to the riser card bracket (optional for RS700A-E9-RS12V2 only)
- 2.5.6 Configuring an expansion card
- 2.5.7 Installing Mezzanine cards
- 2.5.8 Installing M.2 (NGFF) cards
- 2.6 Cable connections
- 2.7 Backplane cabling
- 2.8 Storage device configuration and cabling (for RS700A-E9-RS12V2 only)
- 2.8.1 8 x SATA storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.2 12 x SATA storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.3 8 x SATA/SAS and 4 x SATA storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.4 2 x NVMe storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.5 4 x NVMe storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.8.6 8 x NVMe storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.9 Removable/optional components
- Chapter 3: Installation Options
- Chapter 4: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 5: BIOS Setup
- 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 5.2 BIOS setup program
- 5.3 Main menu
- 5.4 Performance Tuning menu
- 5.5 Advanced menu
- 5.5.1 Trusted Computing
- 5.5.2 PSP Firmware Versions
- 5.5.3 APM Configuration
- 5.5.4 Onboard LAN Configuration
- 5.5.5 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 5.5.6 CPU Configuration
- 5.5.7 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 5.5.8 USB Configuration
- 5.5.9 CSM Configuration
- 5.5.10 NVMe Configuration
- 5.5.11 SATA Configuration
- 5.5.12 Network Stack Configuration
- 5.5.13 AMD Mem Configuration Status
- 5.5.14 iSCSI Configuration
- 5.6 Chipset menu
- 5.7 Security menu
- 5.8 Boot menu
- 5.9 Tool menu
- 5.10 Save & Exit menu
- 5.11 AMD CBS menu
- 5.12 Event Logs menu
- 5.13 Server Mgmt menu
- Chapter 6: Driver Installation
- Appendix
ASUS RS700A-E9 Series V2
1-11
The barebone server does not include a floppy disk drive. Connect a USB floppy disk drive
to any of the USB ports on the front or rear panel if you need to use a floppy disk.
WARNING
HAZARDOUS MOVING PARTS
KEEP FINGERS AND OTHER BODY PARTS AWAY
1. Redundant Power supply
2. ASUS KNPP-D32-R Server
Board
3. System fans
4. 12 x 2.5” storage device
trays
5. SATA/SAS/NVMe
backplane (hidden)
6. PCIE-NVME4-OCuLink
card (optional)
7. OCP Mezzanine card
(optional)
8. Butterfly riser card
(2 x Gen3 x8 link)
9. Riser card (Gen3 x16 link)
10. Asset tag (hidden)
11. PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink
card (hidden, optional on
x8 slot (Gen3 x8 link) on
butterfly riser card)
A protection film is pre-attached to the front cover before shipping. Please remove the
protection film before turning on the system for proper heat dissipation.
RS700A-E9-RS12V2