Asus P8B-X User manual

Confidential
P8B-X
How to differentiate REV 1.0x and REV 2.0x
By ASUS Server BU
Aug 12, 2011

R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
How to differentiate the motherboard
VGA chipset location

R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
How to differentiate the motherboard
PCB revision location

R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
How to differentiate the motherboard
SN label location
* Bmeans year, B=2011, C=2012… 9 means month, 1...9,A, B, C
** After September 2011, we will be shipping R2.0x, the SN will be B9S2XXXXXXXX or above

R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
How to differentiate the motherboard
PCBA revision location
* B06 or earlier PCBA revision indicate R1.0x
** After September 2011, we will be shipping R2.0x, the PCBA revision will be C03 or above

Supplier
Component name and version
R1.0x
(Z9s)
R2.0x
(AST1100)
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Edition SP2
x86
VV
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
R2
x64
VV
Windows 7
x86
VV
Windows 7
x64
VV
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.6
x86
XV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.6
x64
X V
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.5
x86
VV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.5
x64
VV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.0
x86
VV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.0
x64
VV
Novell
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.1
x86
VV
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.1
x64
VV
CentOS
CentOS
5.6
x86
X V
CentOS 5.6
x64
X V
CentOS 5.5
x86
VV
CentOS 5.5
x64
VV
PS: ‘X’ means vendor doesn’t provide driver. When using OS default driver only can support 1280 x 1024
‘V’ means vendor provide driver, could support 1600 x 1200
Functionality –OS support list

R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
1280 x 1024
*
Vendor doesn’t provide Z9s driver for
Red Hat 5.6
and CentOS 5.6 or later OS,
when using OS default driver only could
support
1280 x 1024
1600 x 1200
*
Driver provided by vendor for previous
OS could support
1600 x 1200. (Detail
please refer to previous page)
1600 x 1200
Functionality –Maximum resolution