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
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ASUS RS700A-E9 Series V2
1. Install the storage devices into the supported bays.
Refer to section
2.4 Storage Devices
for details on how to install storage devices.
1
2
NVMe
NVMe
The illustrations are for reference only and may vary with your storage device setup.
NVMe
NVMe
NVMe
NVMe
NVMe
NVMe
Backplane connector Cable Connect to
OCUPCIE1
OCuLink (vertical) to
OCuLink (right angle)
Port 1 on ASUS PCIE-NVME4-
OCuLink Card
OCUPCIE2
OCuLink (vertical) to
OCuLink (right angle)
Port 2 on ASUS PCIE-NVME4-
OCuLink Card
OCUPCIE3
OCuLink (vertical) to
OCuLink (right angle)
Port 3 on ASUS PCIE-NVME4-
OCuLink Card
OCUPCIE4
OCuLink (vertical) to
OCuLink (right angle)
Port 4 on ASUS PCIE-NVME4-
OCuLink Card
OCUPCIE5
OCuLink (vertical) to
OCuLink (left angle)
MPCIE_HD1
OCUPCIE6
OCuLink (vertical) to
OCuLink (left angle)
MPCIE_HD2
OCUPCIE7
OCuLink (vertical) to
OCuLink (right angle)
Port 1 on ASUS PCIE-NVME2-
OCuLink Card
OCUPCIE8
OCuLink (vertical) to
OCuLink (right angle)
Port 2 on ASUS PCIE-NVME2-
OCuLink Card
2.8.6 8 x NVMe storage device configuration and cabling
2. Install a PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink card into your server system.
Refer to section
2.5.4 Installing an ASUS PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink card to the butterfly
riser card bracket (optional for RS700A-E9-RS12V2 only)
for details on how to install a
ASUS PCIE-NVME2-OCuLink card.