Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with LSI
MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP)
Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.0 EM64T on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP.
Drivers Required
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation, the following device
drivers are required.
Device
LSI MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP
Onboard NVIDIA
NFP3600 Chipset
Onboard NVIDIA
nForce Networking
Controller
Onboard XGI Z9s
ATI FireGL V5200
Software Required
The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP can be found in the
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later).
Software
MegaRAID Storage
Manager
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP
Please refer to the Appendix D. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP
configuration.
Installation Tips
Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T cannot recognize the
1.
MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, you need to make a driver diskette from the
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later) first before the installation.
Type linux dd when the prompt boot: appears at the start.
2.
Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source.
3.
Follow the instruction to load the driver for MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP from
4.
the driver diskette.
When installing MSM (MegaRAID Storage Manager) for MegaRAID SAS
5.
8204ELP after installation complted OR if you have installed the ATI
FireGL V5200 in the system, you are required to manually to select/install
additional package at the Package Installation Defaults.
84
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
09.25.1029.20
\Disk\R5250\sas\8204elp\x64\rhel5\
07
N/A
OS built-in
0.62
\Disk\R5250\nic\Nvidia\x64\rhel5
1.12.03
\Disk\R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\x64\rhel5\
8.35.5
\Disk\R5250\graphic\V5200\x64\rhel5\
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
2.30
\app\R5250\sas\8204ELP\Linux\