Acer Altos R5250 Configuration Guide

Acer Altos R5250 Manual

Acer Altos R5250 manual content summary:

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    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 (32-bit & 64-bit) and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit & 64-bit
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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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    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 5 Single Processor
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    (ATI FireGL V5600) 18 RAID Utility Installation 18 Network Utility Installation 18 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (SAS Daughter Board) 18 BIOS Required 18 Drivers Required 18 Software Required 18 Configuring SAS Daughter Board 18 Installation Tips 19 Chipset
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    (ATI FireGL V5600) 28 RAID Utility Installation 28 Network Utility Installation 28 Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) 28 Drivers Required 28 Software Required 28 Configuring SAS Daughter Board 29 Installation Tips 29 Chipset
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    Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 37 RAID Utility Installation 37 Network Utility Installation 37 Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) 37 Drivers Required 37 Software Required 37 Configuring SAS Daughter Board 37 Installation Tips 38 Chipset
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    (ATI FireGL V5200) 43 RAID Utility Installation 44 Network Utility Installation 44 Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) 44 Drivers Required 44 Software Required 44 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 44 Installation Tips 45
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    (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 Installation Tips 50 Chipset
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    Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) 58 Drivers Required 58 Software Required 58 Configuring onboard SATA RAID 58 Installation Tips 58 Chipset Driver Installation 59 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 59 RAID Utility Installation 59 Windows Vista Enterprise
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    Software Required 71 Configuring SAS Daughter Board 71 Installation Tips 71 Chipset Driver Installation 71 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 72 VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 72 VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 72 RAID Utility Installation 74 Network Utility
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    Required 78 Software Required 78 Configuring SAS Daughter Board 78 Installation Tips 78 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 79 VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 79 VGA Driver Installation (onboard ATI FrireGL V5200) 79 RAID Utility Installation 79 Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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    88 Software Required 88 Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 88 Installation Tips 88 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 89 VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 89 VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 89 RAID Utility Installation 89 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation
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    Software Required 93 Configuring SAS Daughter Board 94 Installation Tips 94 VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 94 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 95 RAID Utility Installation 96 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button) 96
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    Software Required 110 Installation Tips 110 VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 111 VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 111 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 111 RAID Utility Installation 111 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP
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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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    • 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 2
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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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    2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 24 GB 12 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 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 R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    10 GB NOTE1. Only one rank of each DIMM will be used as spare. Dual Processor CPU1 CPU2 Total Memory # DIMM A1/B1 DIMM A2/B2 DIMM A3/B3 DIMM A4/B4 DIMM C1/D1 DIMM C2/D2 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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    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
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    Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with SAS daughter board. BIOS Required Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support Windows Server 2008. Drivers Required For Windows Server 2008 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version EasyBUILD Version SAS
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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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    into the optical 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. 4. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. 5. After the system
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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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    will be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (SAS RAID Daughter Board) At current stage, SAS RAID daughter board driver for Windows Server 2008 is not ready. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 12
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    SATA RAID) Below information describes how to 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 Windows Server 2008. Drivers Required For Windows 2008 x64 Installation, the
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    SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to 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 Windows Server 2008. Drivers Required For Windows 2008 x64 Installation
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    "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, click on Next to continue the installation. 8. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation Please refer to the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition (SAS Daughter 15 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    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 2008. Drivers LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP and NIC can be found Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 16
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    driver would be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package. VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) Please refer to the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition (SAS Daughter Board) XGI Z9x Driver Installation section. 17 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    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 Server 2008. Drivers Required For Windows Server board configuration. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 18
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    chipset and can recognize the onboard gigabit Ethernet controller, we still need to replace the driver with the one in EasyBUILD. 2. After the installation completes, you would see the following devices in Device Manager without any yellow mark. 19 Altos 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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    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 R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 into the optical 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 the default setting to the Setup Type
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    SATA RAID) Below information describes how to 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 Windows Server 2008. Drivers Required For Windows 2008 Installation, the following
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    the chipset driver package. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 24
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    BIOS Required Altos R5250 BIOS P06 (or later) is required to support Windows Server 2008. Drivers Required For Windows 2008 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 09.32.0207.20 07 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or
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    SAS 8708ELP) Below information describes how to 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 Windows Server 2008. Drivers Required For Windows 2008 Installation, the
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    page, click on Next to continue the installation. 8. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation Please refer to the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (SAS Daughter Board) Chipset Driver Installation section. 27 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    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 drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD
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    completes, you would see the following devices with yellow mark in Device Manager. 2. Please insert the EasyBUILD 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 R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    the optical 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. 4. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. 5. After the system
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    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 Components, please click on Express. 7. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. You
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    Utilities -> Altos R5250 -> SAS Daughter Board, select MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows Server 2003 R2 x64) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction, accept to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button. Drivers Required
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    V5200 Driver Installation section. RAID Utility Installation The MegaRAID Storage Manager installation is the same as SAS daughter board installed. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition (SAS Daughter Board) RAID Utility Installation section. 33 Altos R5250 Installation
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    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 2003 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard
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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 For Windows 2003 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD
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    . VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) The XGI Z9s driver installation is the same as SAS daughter board installed. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition (SAS Daughter Board) XGI Z9x Driver Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 36
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    Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 with SAS daughter board installed. Drivers Required For Windows 2003 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD SAS
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    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 drivers and utilities in the driver package. 5. After all drivers and utilities are installed, please reboot
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    8.0 build 100 into 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 the server after the driver is installed. 5. After the system rebooted, you
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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 VGA driver. 6. At Select Components, please click on Express. 7. Please reboot the server after the driver . 11. Select Troubleshoot tab, change the
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    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 Required For Windows 2003 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD
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    onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. Drivers Required For Windows 2003 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard
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    Daughter Board) XGI Z9x Driver Installation section. VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) The ATI FireGL V5200 driver installation is the same as SAS daughter board installed. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (SAS 43 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Drivers Required For Windows 2003 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD
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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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    " as target driver 4. After loading the driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation 1. After the installation completes, you would see the following other devices listed in Device Manager. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 46
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    8.0 build 100 into the optical drive. 2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Graphics adapters -> XGI Z9s, select Windows 2000 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
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    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 Components, please click on Express. 7. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. You
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    board with i-Button) Below information describes how to manually install Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button. Drivers Required For Windows 2000 Installation, the following device drivers are required. 49 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    Server SP4 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) Chipset Driver Installation section. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet driver is included in the chipset driver package. The Gigabit Ethernet driver would be installed automatically when you installing Altos R5250 Installation
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    (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. Drivers Required For Windows 2000 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA
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    Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) The ATI FireGL V5200 driver installation is the same 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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    the chipset driver package. Network Utility Installation NOTE. ForceWare Network Access Manager only supports Microsoft manually install Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Drivers Required For Windows 2000 Installation, the following device drivers
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    Server SP4 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) RAID Utility Installation section. Network Utility Installation NOTE. ForceWare Network Access Manager only supports in the chipset driver package. The ForceWare Network Access Manager will be installed Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 54
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    driver diskette and click on Load Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select "SAS DAUGHTER BOARD RAID (A:\oemsetup.inf)" and click on Next. 6. After the driver is loaded and returned to "Where do you want to install 55 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    Follow the instruction again to complete the installation. Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (SAS RAID Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board installed. Drivers Required For
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    is included in the chipset driver package. The Gigabit Ethernet driver would be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package. RAID Utility Installation The MegaRAID Storage Manager installation for SAS RAID daughter board is 57 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. Drivers Required For Windows Vista x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard
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    7. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation The chipset driver installation is the manually install Windows Vista Enterprise Edition on Altos R5250 SAS daughter board installed. Drivers Required For Windows Vista Installation, the following device drivers
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    or later) into the optical drive 2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R5250 -> Chipset and double-click on Windows Vista. 3. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to install all of the drivers and utilities in the driver package. 4. After all drivers and utilities are installed, please reboot the
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    5. Follow the 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 SAS RAID daughter board installed. Drivers Required For Windows
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    (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. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA
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    installing the chipset driver package. RAID Utility Installation The onboard SATA RAID utility is included in the chipset driver package. The onboard SATA RAID utility would be installed automatically 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 XP x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD SAS
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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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    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 Components, please click on Express. 7. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. You
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    FireGL V5200 and click on Advanced. 11. Select Troubleshoot tab, change the setting of the Hardware acceleration manually install Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on Altos R5250 with SAS RAID daughter board installed. Drivers Required For Windows XP x64 Installation, the following device drivers
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    VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) The XGI Z9s driver installation is the same as SAS daughter board installed. Please refer to the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) XGI Z9s Driver Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 68
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    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 XP x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard
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    chipset driver package. Network Utility Installation The ForceWare Network Access 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 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD SAS Daughter
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    8.0 build 100 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 server after the driver is installed. 5. After the system rebooted, you would
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    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 Components, please click on Express. 7. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. You
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    ATI FireGL V5200 and click on Advanced. 11. Select Troubleshoot tab, change the setting of the Hardware acceleration to manually install Windows XP Professional Edition on Altos R5250 with SAS RAID daughter board installed. Drivers Required For Windows XP Installation, the following device drivers
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    . VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) The XGI Z9s driver installation is the same as SAS daughter board installed. Please refer to the Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation (SAS Daughter 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 XP Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA
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    chipset driver package. Network Utility Installation The ForceWare Network Access Manager 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 with SAS daughter board. Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation, the following device drivers Driver Disk Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the driver for SAS daughter board from the driver
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    rpm VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 1. You can find the onboard XGI Z9s VGA driver in EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100. Please refer to Directory on EasyBUILD in Driver Required section and copy the driver from 100 to HDD first. # mount /media/cdrom 79 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    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 For Red Hat SAS RAID daughter board, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 80
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    in Software Required section for the utility and copy it from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 to HDD first. # mount /media/cdrom # cp -R /media/cdrom/app/r5250/raid/lsi1068/Linux/. /tmp 2. Install MegaRAID Storage Manager # cd /tmp/ 81 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    . Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (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 Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation, the following device
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    /app/R5250/onboard/sataraid/Linux/x64/rhel5/ NvRaid-UI-9-44.x86_64.rpm /tmp 2. Install onboard SATA RAID utility # cd /tmp/ # rpm -ivh NvRaid-UI-9-44.x86_64.rpm 3. To start onboard SATA RAID utility, please double-click on nvRaid icon on the desktop. 83 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Drivers Required For Red 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. When installing MSM
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    Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (SAS Daughter Board) XGI Z9s Driver Installation section. VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) TBD RAID Utility Installation 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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    the listed packages in the right pane under Development, and right click on all the items you just selected and then click "Select all optional Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 86
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    /Disk/R5250/nic/Nvidia/rhel5/nvlan-rhel50.62-1.24.i686.rpm /tmp 2. Install the driver # cd /tmp/ # rpm -ivh nvlan-rhel5-0.62-1.24.i686.rpm VGA Driver Installation cdrom/app/R5250/sas/lsi1068Linux/. /tmp 2. Install MegaRAID Storage Manager # cd /tmp/ 87 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 on Altos R5250 SAS RAID daughter board with i-Button. Drivers Required For Please select the sda as 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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    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 are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard
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    Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet driver installation is the same as SAS daughter board installed. Please refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 90
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    desktop. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation, the following device
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    Board) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) The XGI Z9s driver installation is the same as SAS daughter board installed. Please refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (SAS Daughter Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 92
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    Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T on Altos R5250 SAS daughter board Drivers Required For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD
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    . 13. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 14 driver. VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) NOTE. With ATI FireGL V5200 installed, the system CANNOT boot into Xwindow after the SLES 10 installation completed. You need to reboot the Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    the optical drive, it will be mounted automatically. Please copy the driver from the EasyBUILD 8.0 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 # cd /tmp 95 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    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, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory
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    board controller, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 first before the installation. 2. Boot the system form SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Disk1 bootable CD. 3. When to Device ID and click OK at the bottom. 97 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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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 V5200 Server 10 EM64T Installation (SAS Daughter Board) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    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 Server 10 EM64T Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD
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    /R5250/onboard/sataraid/Linux/x64/sles10 /NvRaid-UI-9-37.x86_64.rpm /tmp 3. Install onboard SATA RAID utility # cd /tmp/ # rpm -ivh NvRaid-UI-9-37.x86_64.rpm 4. To start onboard SATA RAID utility, please double-click on nvRaid icon on the desktop. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 100
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    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 Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on
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    tools. 20. Click on Details, change the Filter from Patterns to Package Groups. 21. Select the Source under Development in left window and check kernel- Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 102
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    the installation. 23. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 24 Server 10 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Altos R5250 SAS daughter board installed. 103 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    Installation Tips 1. Since SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 cannot recognize the SAS daughter board controller, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 C/C++ Compiler and Tools under Development to add C/C++ compiler tools. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 104
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    and continue the installation. 13. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 14. If you NOTE: To install the ATI FireGL V5200 driver on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, you are required to modify the Server 10 (Failsafe) at boot select menu. 105 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    driver installer and run 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 -R /media/EBV71B600/app/R5250/SAS/LSI1068/Linux/. /tmp Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 106
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    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 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD
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    "/". Typitically, assign rest of available driver space for the root partition "/". 16. Once all the partitions are created, click Finish to proceed with normal installation. 17. If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system, you need to Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 108
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    installation. 23. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 24 Driver Server 10 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Altos R5250 with onboard SATA RAID. 109 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    RAID Utility Installation Tips 1. Since SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 cannot recognize the onboard SATA RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 first before in the right window to add the kernel source. Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide 110
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    -click on nvRaid icon on the desktop. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Below 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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    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 you on how to create these three Altos R5250
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    , assign rest of available driver space for the root partition 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 installation completed. You need 113 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    Driver Installation section. MeagRAID Storage Manager Installation The MegaRAID Storage Manager installation is the 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
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    be 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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    , you 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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    Exit the configuration utility and press + + to reboot the server. Creating a RAID volume 1. Select Configuration from Management Menu. 2. Select New Configuration from the 10. Press ESC to return to the Management Menu 117 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    spare is completed, press ESC in the Management Menu 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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    Exit the configuration utility and press + + to reboot the server. Creating a RAID volume 1. Select Configuration from Management Menu. 2. Select New Configuration from the logical drives should be listed under Logical Drives. 119 Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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    spare is completed, press ESC in the Management Menu 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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    from No to Yes then click on submit. 3. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the server. Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume 1. Launch the configuration menu. 2. Select Configuration Wizard 3. 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
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Altos R5250 Installation
Configuration Guide
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 (32-bit & 64-bit) and SuSE
Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit & 64-bit), Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Version: 1.2
May 2008