Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (SAS
RAID daughter 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 Required
For Windows 2003 Installation, the following device drivers are required.
Device
SAS RAID Daughter
Board
Onboard NVIDIA
NFP3600 Chipset
Onboard NVIDIA
nForce Networking
Controller
Onboard XGI Z9s
ATI FireGL V5200
Software Required
The management utility for SAS RAID daughter board and NIC can be found in
the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later).
Software
MegaRAID Storage
Manager
ForceWare Network
Access Manager
Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board
Please refer to the Appendix C. for the SAS RAID Daughter Board
Configuration.
Installation Tips
As Windows Server 2003 can't recognize the SAS RAID daughter board,
1.
you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 first
before the installation.
Press F6 at the beginning of installation for providing the driver diskette
2.
for the SAS RAID daughter board.
Select "LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID (Windows XP/2003)" as target
3.
driver
After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure
4.
to finish the installation.
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Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
09.25.1029.20
\Disk\r5250\raid\sas1068\ws03\
07
Package 9.21
\Disk\R5250\onboard\Chipset\ws03\
65.3.1.0
Including in chipset driver package
9.21
6.14.10.900
\Disk\R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\ws03\
8.323.1.0
\Disk\R5250\graphic\V5200\ws03\
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
2.30
\app\r5250\raid\lsi1068\Windows\
65.31
Including in chipset driver package
9.21
Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide