Acer R5250-Q2000 Configuration Guide - Page 23

OS INSTALLATION TIPS Below is Altos R5250 OS certification matrix: Operating System Service Pack Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition N/A Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition N/A Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition N/A Windows Vista Enterprise Edition N/A Windows XP Professional x64 SP2 Windows XP Professional SP2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T N/A Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 N/A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T N/A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 N/A Status Note Certified 1, 2, 3 Certified 1, 2, 3 Certified Certified Tested Tested Tested Tested Tested Certified Certified Certified Certified NOTE 1. Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support Windows Server 2008. NOTE 2. This Windows Server 2008 certification also applies to Standard Edition and Web Server 2008. NOTE 3. EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) can support Windows Server 2008 The drivers required for the OS installation can be found on the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later). We suggest that you use the drivers contained in the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later), as these drivers are tested and qualified by Acer. There are two ways you can get the drivers. You can either make diskettes from EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later), or put it in the optical drive and search the driver directly. NOTE. In this section, we assume the OS is installed on the HDD connected to the onboard SATA RAID, SAS/SAS RAID Daughter Card, LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP or LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (SAS Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2008 7 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide