Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with
onboard 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
(or later) is required to support Windows Server 2008.
P06
Drivers Required
For Windows 2008 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required.
Device
Onboard
SATA
RAID
Chipset
Onboard
Gigabit
Ethernet
Onboard VGA
ATI FireGL V5600
Software Required
The management utility for onboard SATA RAID and NIC can be found in the
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later).
Software
Onboard
SATA
RAID Utility
ForceWare Network
Access Manager
Configuring onboard SATA RAID
Please refer to the Appendix A. for the onboard SATA RAID configuration.
Installation Tips
Though Windows Server can recognize the onboard SATA RAID, we still
1.
replace the driver with the one in EasyBUILD. Please make the driver
diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 first before the installation.
Please boot the system form the Windows Server 2008 x64 CD/DVD.
2.
Follow the instructions to do the installation.
When you see the "Where do you want to install Windows?" on the
3.
screen, please insert the driver diskette and click on Load Driver.
Click on OK. You will see the NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller
4.
(A:\nvrd64.inf), NVIDIA nForce RAID Device (A:\nvrd64.inf) and NVIDIA
nForce Serial ATA Controller (A:\nvrd64.inf) listed.
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Version
10.3.51.1
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Package 9.26
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
67.80.0.0
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
6.14.10.1090
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
8.440.0.0
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
10.3.51.1
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
67.80.0.0
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
EasyBUILD Version