Bios Required; Drivers Required; Software Required; Configuring Lsi Megaraid Sas 8204Elp - Acer Altos G5450 Installation & Configuration Manual

BIOS Required

Altos G5450 BIOS (or later) is required to support Windows Server 2008.
P14

Drivers Required

For Windows 2008 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required.
Device
LSI MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP
Chipset
Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet
Onboard VGA s
ATI FireGL V5600

Software Required

The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP and NIC can be found
in the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later).
Software
MegaRAID Storage
Manager
ForceWare Network
Access Manager

Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP

Please refer to the Appendix C. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP
configuration.

Installation Tips

Though Windows Server can recognize the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP,
1.
we still need to 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 supported devices listed.
4.
Select "LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP and 8204ELP (A:\MegaSR.INF)"
5.
and click on Next.
Please hold the ctrl key to select all of listed driver and click on Next to
6.
load the driver.
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Version
09.32.0207.20
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
07
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
2.63 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
67.80 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide
Directory on EasyBUILD