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Abstract This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R5250, including Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition, Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (
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Incorporation. All rights reserved. This paper is for informational purposes only. ACER MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT. Acer, Acer Altos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acer Incorporation. Other product or company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 1 HARDWARE SPECIFICATION 2 BOARD LAYOUT 4 System Block Diagram 4 DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE 5 Memory population 5 Single Processor 5 Dual Processor 5 Memory population with Sparing
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Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) 14 BIOS Required 14 Drivers Required 14 Software Required 15 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 15 Installation Tips 15 Chipset Driver Installation 15 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16
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Installation Tips 23 Chipset Driver Installation 24 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 24 VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) 24 VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) 24 RAID Utility Installation 24 Network Utility Installation 24 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
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Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Installation (SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button) 32 Drivers Required 32 Software Required 32 Configuring SAS RAID daughter board 33 Installation Tips 33 Chipset Driver Installation 33 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 33 VGA
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RAID Utility Installation 40 Network Utility Installation 40 Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button) 41 Drivers Required 41 Software Required 41 Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 41 Installation Tips 41 Chipset Driver
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VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 47 RAID Utility Installation 49 Network Utility Installation 49 Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button) 49 Drivers Required 49 Software Required 50 Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 50
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Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (SAS RAID Daughter Board) 56 Drivers Required 56 Software Required 57 Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 57 Installation Tips 57 Chipset Driver Installation 57 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 57 RAID Utility Installation 57
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Installation Tips 64 Chipset Driver Package Installation 64 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 65 VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 65 VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 66 RAID Utility Installation 67 Network Utility Installation 67 Windows XP Professional x64
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Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 75 Installation Tips 75 Chipset Driver Package Installation 75 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 75 VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 75 VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 76 RAID Utility Installation 76 Network Utility
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VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 83 RAID Utility Installation 83 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) 84 Drivers Required 84 Software Required 84 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 84 Installation Tips 84 Gigabit Ethernet Driver
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VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 92 VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 93 RAID Utility Installation 93 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (SAS Daughter Board)93 Drivers Required 93 Software Required 93 Configuring SAS Daughter Board 94 Installation Tips
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RAID Utility Installation 106 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button) 107 Drivers Required 107 Software Required 107 Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 107 Installation Tips 107 VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 109 VGA Driver
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Loading Factory default setting 117 Creating a RAID volume 117 Initial RAID Volume 118 Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 118 Save and Exit Embedded RAID Configuration Utility 118 APPENDIX D: LSI MEGARAID SAS 8204ELP RAID CREATION ....... 119 Starting LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Configuration Utility
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installation tips. Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 1. The Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide would be updated on a monthly basis. Please download the latest release from the Acer support website. 1 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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card support Supporting TCP Offload Engine (TOE) Optional BMC module • IPMI 2.0 compliant Optional ARMC/3P module • Remote KVM support • Dedicate NIC port • Media redirection support Availability sub-system System Power Supply • 650W Fixed Power Supply Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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Storage Subsystem Drive Bays Hard Disks • One slim optical bay • Up to three hot-swap SAS/SATA2 HDDs • Up to 3 SAS/SATA HDDs support 3 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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BOARD LAYOUT System Block Diagram Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 4
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Memory population Single Processor NOTE. When Altos R5250 is installed with single processor, memory can only 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 32 GB Memory population with Sparing Single Processor NOTE. When Altos R5250 is installed with single processor, memory can only be 5 Altos
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Rank 2 x 2GB Dual Rank 2 x 2GB Dual Rank (Spare) 1 24 GB 20 GB NOTE1. Only one rank of each DIMM will be used as spare. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 6
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R5250 OS certification matrix: Operating System Service build 200 (or later) can support Windows Server 2008 The drivers required as these drivers are tested and qualified by Acer. There are two ways you can get manually install Windows Server 2008 7 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support Windows form the Windows Server 2008 x64 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see the " on Load Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select "LSI Adapter,SAS 3000 series, 8-port
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, select Windows Server 2008 x64 and click on Setup. 5. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to install all of the drivers and utilities in the driver package. 6. After all drivers and utilities are installed, please reboot the system. 9 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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drive. 2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> XGI Z9s, select Windows Server 2008 x64 and click on Setup. 3. Click on Display Driver and follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. 2008 Device Manager for ATI FireGL V5600. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 10
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click on Setup. 5. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. 6. At Select Components, please click on Express. 7. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. You would see ATI FireGL V5600 in Display adapters in Device Manager. 11 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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drive. 2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R5250 -> SAS Daughter Board, select MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows Server 2008 x64) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and driver for Windows Server 2008 is not ready. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 12
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manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. BIOS Required Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support Server 2008 x64 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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Next to continue the installation. 7. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation Please manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. BIOS Required Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support
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Windows Server 2008 x64 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select "LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP and continue the installation. 8. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset
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to manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP. BIOS Required Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support Windows Server utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP and NIC can be found Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 16
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system form the Windows Server 2008 x64 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see the "Where do on Load Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select "LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP RAID Controller R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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how to manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 with SAS daughter board. BIOS Required Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support Windows refer to the Appendix B. for the SAS daughter board configuration. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 18
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the system form the Windows Server 2008 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see the "Where and click on Load Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select "LSI Adapter,SAS 3000 series, 8-port with R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 into the optical drive. 2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> XGI Z9s, select Windows Server 2008 and click on Setup. 3. Click on Display Driver and follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 20
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. 3. You can find the ATI FireGL V5600 driver in EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200. Please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 into the optical drive. 4. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI FireGL V5600, select Windows Server 2008 and click on Setup. 21 Altos
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drive. 2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R5250 -> SAS Daughter Board, select MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows Server 2008) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use when you installing the chipset driver package. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 22
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manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. BIOS Required Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support the Windows Server 2008 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 23 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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page, click on Next to continue the installation. 7. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation Please refer to the manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support system form the Windows Server 2008 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see the " click on Load Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select "LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP and 8204ELP
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on Next to continue the installation. 8. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation Please manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP. BIOS Required Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support
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the Windows Server 2008 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select "LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP continue the installation. 8. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset
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Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with SAS daughter board installed. Drivers Required For Windows 2003 x64 Installation, the following device
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Storage Manager ForceWare Network Access Manager 2.30 65.16 \app\R5250\sas\lsi1068\Windows\ Including in chipset driver package 9.18 Configuring 8.0 build 100 into the optical drive 3. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Chipset, select Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 and click on Setup. 29 Altos
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drive. 2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> XGI Z9s, select Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 and click on Setup. 3. Click on Display Driver and follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. x64 Device Manager for ATI FireGL V5200. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 30
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Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI FireGL V5200, select Windows XP x64 and click on Setup. 5. Follow the instruction to install the Monitor and ATI FireGL V5200 and click on Advanced. 11. Select Troubleshoot tab, change the setting of the Hardware acceleration to Full and apply
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-> Altos R5250 -> SAS Daughter Board, select MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows Server 2003 R2 x64) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction, accept the information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board with
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MegaRAID Storage Manager ForceWare Network Access Manager 2.30 65.16 \app\r5250\raid\lsi1068\Windows\ Including in chipset driver package 9.18 Configuring SAS RAID Enterprise x64 Edition (SAS Daughter Board) RAID Utility Installation section. 33 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. Drivers Required For Windows (required) listed. Please select both of them to install. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 34
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SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Drivers Required MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 09.25.1029.20 \Disk\R5250\sas\8204elp\x64\w2k3\ 07 Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset Package 9.18 Disk
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14.10.900 8.323.1.0 Including in chipset driver package 9.18 \Disk\R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\x64\ws03\ \Disk\R5250\graphic\V5200\x64\ws03\ Software Required The management utility for LSI MegaRAID Daughter Board) XGI Z9x Driver Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 36
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manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 r5250\sas\sas1068\x64\ws03\ Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset Package 9.21 \Disk\R5250 \R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\ws03\ ATI FireGL V5200 8.323.1.0 \Disk\R5250\ Storage 2.30 Manager \app\R5250\sas\lsi1068\Windows\ ForceWare Network
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100 into the optical drive 3. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Chipset, select Windows Server 2003 and click on Setup. 4. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to install all of the be installed automatically when you installing the Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 38
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the optical drive. 2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> XGI Z9s, select Windows Server 2003 and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. 4. Please reboot FireGL V5200 driver in EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100. 39 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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and ATI FireGL V5200 and click on Advanced. 11. Select Troubleshoot tab, change the setting of the Hardware acceleration to Full R5250 -> SAS Daughter Board, select MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows Server 2003) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 40
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board with i-Button) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button. Drivers diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. 41 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. Drivers RAID 5.10.2600.687 \Disk\r5250\raid\sas1068\ws03\ Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset Package 9.21 \Disk\R5250\onboard\Chipset\ws03\ Onboard NVIDIA
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Onboard XGI Z9s ATI FireGL V5200 6.14.10.900 8.323.1.0 \Disk\R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\ws03\ \Disk\R5250\graphic\V5200\ws03\ Software Required The management utility for onboard SATA RAID and refer to the Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (SAS 43 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 on Altos R5250 R5250\sas\8204elp\w2k3\ 07 Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset Package 9.21 \Disk\R5250 R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\ws03\ ATI FireGL V5200 8.323.1.0 \Disk\R5250\ Storage 2.30 Manager \app\R5250\sas\8204ELP\Windows\ ForceWare
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installing the chipset driver package. Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 on Altos R5250 with SAS daughter board installed. 45 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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(or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage 2.30 Manager \app\R5250\sas\lsi1068\Windows\ ForceWare Network 65.31 Access Manager Including in chipset driver package the following other devices listed in Device Manager. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 46
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(or later) into the optical drive 3. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Chipset and double-click on Windows 2000. 4. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to install all of the drivers and you install the ATI FireGL V5200 driver, 47 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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the optical drive. 4. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI FireGL V5200, select Windows XP x64 and click on Setup. 5. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. 6. At Select if you see the following message on the screen. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 48
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V5200 and click on Advanced. 11. Select Troubleshoot tab, change the setting of the Hardware acceleration instruction again to complete the installation. Network Utility Installation NOTE. ForceWare Network Access Manager only supports manually install Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 on Altos R5250
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(or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage 2.30 Manager \app\r5250\raid\lsi1068\Windows\ ForceWare Network 65.31 Access Manager Including in chipset driver package would be installed automatically when you installing Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 50
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section. Network Utility Installation NOTE. ForceWare Network Access Manager only supports Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later. If you want ) Below information describes how to manually install Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. Drivers Required
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as SAS daughter board installed. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) ATI FireGL V5200 Driver Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 52
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Manager only supports Microsoft Internet manually install Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 on Altos R5250 R5250\sas\8204elp\w2k\ 07 Onboard NVIDIA NFP 3600 Chipset Package 9.21 \Disk\R5250 R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\ws2k\ ATI FireGL V5200 8.323.1.0 \Disk\R5250 30 Manager \app\R5250\sas\8204ELP\Windows\
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Utility Installation section. Network Utility Installation NOTE. ForceWare Network Access Manager only supports Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later. If you want to use the package. The ForceWare Network Access Manager will be installed Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 54
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manually install Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 r5250\sas\sas1068\x64\vista\ Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset Package 1502 \Disk\R5250 r5250\onboard\xgiz9s\x64\vista\ ATI FireGL V5200 8.362.0.0 \Disk\R5250 R5250 the instructions to will see the supported devices listed. 5.
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R5250 -> Chipset and double-click on Windows Vista x64. 3. Follow the instruction . 5. Follow the instruction again to complete the manually install Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 r5250\raid\sas1068\x64\vista\ Board 07 Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset Package 1502 \Disk\R5250
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the system form the Windows Vista x64 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see the "Where click on Load Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select "LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP and 8204ELP (A:\ R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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describes how to manually install Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID Please boot the system form the Windows Vista x64 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see the "Where do you . Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 58
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?" page, click on Next to continue the installation. 7. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation The chipset driver installation is Below information describes how to manually install Windows Vista Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 SAS daughter board installed.
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R5250 Vista CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select "LSI Adapter 7. Follow the instructions to finish the installation R5250 -> Chipset and double-click on Windows Vista. 3. Follow the instruction Altos R5250 -> SAS DAUGHTER BOARD
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instruction again to complete the installation. Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Installation (SAS RAID Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Vista Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 \app\r5250\raid\lsi1068 CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation.
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section. Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Vista Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. Drivers Required For Windows Vista Installation, the following device drivers are required
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first before the installation. 2. Please boot the system form the Windows Vista CD/DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see the "Where do you want to install Windows?" on when you installing the chipset driver package. 63 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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(SAS Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on Altos R5250 SAS daughter board installed. Drivers Required For Windows see the following devices with yellow mark in Device Manager. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 64
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and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. 4. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. 5. After the system rebooted, you would see XGI Z7/Z9/Z9s/Z11 v1.09.03 listed in Display adapters in Device Manager. 65 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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the optical drive. 4. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI FireGL V5200, select Windows XP x64 and click on Setup. 5. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. 6. At Select if you see the following message on the screen. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 66
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Advanced. 11. Select Troubleshoot tab, change the R5250 -> SAS DAUGHTER BOARD, select MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows XP x64) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction the instruction manually install Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on Altos R5250 r5250\raid\sas1068\x64\wsxp\ Board
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14.10.900 8.323.1.0 Including in chipset driver package 9.21 \Disk\R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\x64\wsxp\ \Disk\R5250\graphic\V5200\x64\wsxp\ Software Required The management utility for SAS RAID Daughter Board) XGI Z9s Driver Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 68
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(with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID enabled. Drivers Required For Windows 31 Access Manager Including in chipset driver package 9.21 69 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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Manager is included in the chipset driver package. The ForceWare Network Access Manager will be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 70
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(SAS Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install Windows XP Professional Edition on Altos R5250 with SAS daughter board. Drivers Required For Windows XP see the following devices with yellow mark in Device Manager. 71 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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into the optical drive. 2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> XGI Z9s, select Windows XP and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. 4. Please reboot the V5200 installed, you need to disable onboard VGA Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 72
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the optical drive. 4. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI FireGL V5200, select Windows XP x64 and click on Setup. 5. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. 6. At Select if you see the following message on the screen. 73 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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on Advanced. 11. Select Troubleshoot tab, change the setting R5250 -> SAS DAUGHTER BOARD, select MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows XP) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction the instruction manually install Windows XP Professional Edition on Altos R5250 r5250\raid\sas1068\wsxp\ Board 07
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6.14.10.900 8.323.1.0 Including in chipset driver package 9.21 \Disk\R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\wsxp\ \Disk\R5250\graphic\V5200\wsxp\ Software Required The management utility for SAS RAID daughter board Board) XGI Z9s Driver Installation section. 75 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows XP Professional Edition on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID enabled. Drivers Required For Windows 65.31 Access Manager Including in chipset driver package 9.21 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 76
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is included in the chipset driver package. The ForceWare Network Access Manager will be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package. 77 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T on Altos R5250 \r5250\ R5250\nic\Nvidia\x64\rhel5\ Onboard XGI Z9s 1.12.03 \Disk\R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\x64\rhel5\ ATI FireGL V5200 8.35.5 \Disk\R5250 \app\R5250\sas\lsi1068 Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the driver for to manually to
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the driver from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 to HDD first. # mount /media/cdrom # cp /media/cdrom/Disk/R5250/nicNvidia/x64rhel5/nvlan-rhel50.62-1.24.i686.rpm /tmp 2. Install the driver # cd /tmp/ # rpm -ivh build 100 to HDD first. # mount /media/cdrom 79 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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daughter board with i-Button) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button. Drivers Required , you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 80
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select the sda as the Driver Disk Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the driver for SAS RAID daughter board from the in the system, you are required to manually to select/install additional package at the media/cdrom/app/r5250/raid/lsi1068/Linux/. /tmp 2. Install MegaRAID Storage Manager # cd
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(with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. Drivers Required For Red Hat start. 3. Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 82
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the instruction to during the OS installation or you need to install the Firefox manually. 1. You can find the onboard SATA RIAD utility in EasyBUILD to HDD first. # mount /media/cdrom # cp -R /media/cdrom/app/R5250/onboard/sataraid/Linux/x64/rhel5/ NvRaid-UI-9-44.x86_64.rpm /tmp 2. Install onboard
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3. Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the driver for MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP from the driver diskette. 5. required to manually to select/install additional package at the Package Installation Defaults. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 84
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and select System Tools -> MegaRAID Storage Manager StartupUI. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 on Altos R5250 with SAS daughter board. 85 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the driver for SAS daughter board from the driver diskette. V5200 in the system, you are required to manually to select/install additional package at the Package Installation R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 86
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HDD first. # mount /media/cdrom # cp /media/cdrom/Disk/R5250/nic/Nvidia/rhel5/nvlan-rhel50.62-1.24.i686.rpm /tmp 2. Install /media/cdrom # cp /media/cdrom/Disk/r5250/onboard/xgiz9s/rhel5/ xgi_xg27_x86_xorg7_1_12_03.run /tmp 2. Install app/R5250/sas/lsi1068Linux/. /tmp 2. Install MegaRAID Storage Manager #
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i-Button) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button. the Driver Disk Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the driver for SAS RAID daughter board Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 88
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section. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation, the following device drivers
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at the start. 3. Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the onboard SATA RAID driver from the driver diskette. 5. At the Package Installation Daughter Board) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 90
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or you need to install the Firefox manually. 1. You can find the onboard SATA . # mount /media/cdrom # cp -R /media/cdrom/app/R5250/onboard/sataraid/Linux/rhel5/ /NvRaid-UI-9-44.i686.rpm /tmp manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 on Altos R5250 25.1029.20 \Disk\R5250\sas\8204elp\rhel5\
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select the sda as the Driver Disk Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the driver for MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP from the driver diskette FireGL V5200 in the system, you are required to manually to select/install additional package at the Package Installation R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 92
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/cdrom # cp -R /media/cdrom/app/R5250/sas/8204ELP/Linux/. /tmp 2. Install MegaRAID manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T on Altos R5250 \Disk\r5250\sas R5250\nic\Nvidia\x64\sles10\ Onboard XGI Z9s 1.12.03 \Disk\r5250\onboard\xgiz9s\x64\sles10\ ATI FireGL V5200 8.35.5 \Disk\R5250
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add the kernel source. 12. Click on Accept and continue the installation. 13. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 14. If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system, the SLES 10 installation completed. You need to reboot the Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 94
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driver installer. # ./ati-driver-installer-8.35.5-x86.x86_64.run 5. Follow the instructions and use the default settings to install the driver. 6. After the driver build 100 to HDD first. # cp /media/EBV71B600/ Disk/R5250/nic/Nvidia/x64/sles10/ nvlan-sles10-0.62-1.23.x86_64.rpm /tmp 3. Install the driver
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Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button. Drivers Required For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation
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RAID Daughter Board and MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, you will need to manually create three partitions: "/boot", "swap" and a root "/" while creating each partition. The Step 8 ~ step16 below will instruct you on how to create these three required partitions and how to R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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add the kernel source. 22. Click on Accept and continue the installation. 23. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 24. If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system, Daughter Board) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 98
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with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID Drivers Required For SUSE Linux Enterprise packages during the OS installation. If you are using 99 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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12. Click on Accept and continue the installation. 13. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 14. If you have installed the ATI FireGL the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 to HDD first. # cp /media/EB71B600/ app/R5250/onboard/sataraid/Linux/x64/sles10 /NvRaid-UI-9-37.x86_64.rpm /tmp 3. Install
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LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Drivers Required For SUSE RAID Daughter Board and MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, you will 101 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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manually create three partitions: "/boot", "swap" and a root "/" partitions during installation. You will also need to convert Device Name to Device ID with its associated mount point while creating each partition. The Step 8 ~ step16 below will instruct R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 102
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. 22. Click on Accept and continue the installation. 23. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 24. If you have installed the ATI FireGL manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Altos R5250 SAS daughter board installed. 103 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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(or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage 2.30 Manager \app\R5250\sas\lsi1068\Linux\ Configuring SAS Daughter Board Please refer to the Appendix B. Compiler and Tools under Development to add C/C++ compiler tools. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 104
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add the kernel source. 12. Click on Accept and continue the installation. 13. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 14. If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system, the Enterprise Server 10 (Failsafe) at boot select menu. 105 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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the ATI driver installer # ./ati-driver-installer-8.35.5-x86.x86_64.run 6. Follow the instructions and use the default settings to install the driver. 7. After the driver is to HDD first. # cp -R /media/EBV71B600/app/R5250/SAS/LSI1068/Linux/. /tmp Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 106
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daughter board with i-Button) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button. Drivers Required For the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 first before the installation. 107 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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Daughter Board and MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, you are required to manually create three partitions: "/boot", "swap" and a root while creating each partition. The Step 8 ~ step16 below will instruct you on how to create these three required partitions and how to R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 108
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source. 22. Click on Accept and continue the installation. 23. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 24. If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. 109 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA 9.37 RAID \Disk\R5250\onboard\sataraid\sles10\ Onboard NVIDIA N/A NFP 3600 Chipset OS built-in Onboard kernelsource in the right window to add the kernel source. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 110
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Accept and continue the installation. 13. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 14. If you have installed information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. 111 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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. 7. With SAS RAID Daughter Board and MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, you are required to manually create three partitions: "/boot", "swap" and a root "/" partitions during installation. 8 ~ step16 below will instruct you on how to create these three Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 112
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left window and check kernelsource in the right window to add the kernel source. 22. Click on Accept and continue the installation. 23. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 24. If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system, the system CANNOT boot into X-window after OS
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same as SAS daughter board installed. Please refer to the SuSE Linux Enterprise Linux 10 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 114
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used as Hot Spare Disk. When there is a HDD failed, the HDD marked as free will be used to rebuild the RAID automatically. 115 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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can exit the LSI Logic Config utility and start to install Operation System. Press ESC twice and select Exit the Configuration Utility and Reboot. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 116
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YES to Save Configuration and press any key to return to the Configuration menu. 10. Press ESC to return to the Management Menu 117 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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and select YES to exit the RAID Configuration Utility. 2. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to reboot the server. 3. Now you can start to install OS. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 118
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to return to the Management Menu Initial RAID Volume 1. Select Initialize from Management menu. All logical drives should be listed under Logical Drives. 119 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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and select YES to exit the RAID Configuration Utility. 2. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to reboot the server. 3. Now you can start to install OS. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 120
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to reboot the system. Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 1. Launch the configuration menu. 2. Select a free disk marked as UNCONF GOOD and listed under Physical 121 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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Drives. 3. Select Make Global Dedicated HSP or Make Dedicated HSP and click on Go. 4. Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu. You will see the disk marked as Hotsapare in pink and listed under Physical Drives. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 122