Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide Abstract This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R910, including Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit & 64-bit) and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit &...
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION..................1 Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............... 2 BOARD LAYOUT .................. 4 System Block Diagram DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE ............5 Memory population Memory population with sparing Memory population with mirroring Memory population with RAID OS INSTALLATION TIPS ...............
The operating system installation tips. Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide The Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide would be updated on a monthly basis. Please download the latest release from the Support Website http://support.acer-euro.com Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
LSI SAS 1068 8-port controller (SAS SKU) SAS RAID Controller Integrated SAS hardware RAID (optional) (SAS SKU) • Support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 • Onboard Broadcom BCM5704C Dual port LAN Controller Gigabit Ethernet Controller Default: Acer BMC module Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
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One 5.25” front accessible drive bays for TBU Drive Bays • One slime type optical drive bay • One disk cage • Up to five U320 SCSI HDD (SCSI SKU) Hard Disks • Up to five SAS or SATA HDD (SAS SKU) Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
The drivers required for the OS installation can be found on the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100. We suggest that you use the drivers contained in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100, as these drivers are tested and qualified by Acer. There are two ways you can get the drivers. You can either make diskettes from Resource CD, or put the Resource CD in the CD-ROM drive and search the driver directly from the Resource CD.
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation Although the Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition could detect the onboard Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet automatically, we still replace the driver with the one in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 DVD. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation. Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with onboard LSI SCSI) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R910 with onboard LSI SCSI. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet driver installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
The management utility for integrated SAS hardware RAID and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Intel RAID Web 1.13-07 \app\r910\Integrated_SAS\Windows\ Console 2 Broadcom 7.7.7 \app\r910\NIC\BACS\WS3XPx64\ Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
There is an ESG-SHV, SCA HSBP M5..SCSI Enclosure Device listed under Other device in Windows Device Manager. It is the hot-swap SAS backplane for R910. Right-click on the ESG-SHV, SCA HSBP M5..SCSI Enclosure Device and Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Installation section. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Press F6 at the start of installation to provide the driver disk for the integrated SAS. Select “LSI Logic Fusion-MPT SAS Driver (Server 2003 x64)” as target driver. After loading the SAS driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver and reboot the server after the driver is installed. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation There are two Ethernet Controller listed under Other device in Windows Device Manager. Please do the same on both of the devices. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
(JRE) version 1.3.1 at least. The setup will detect for the JER automatically. If you do not install the JRE in advance, please click on continue and the setup will install the JRE version 1.4.2 for you. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Broadcom 7.7.6 \app\r910\NIC\BACS\2KXPWS03 Advanced Control Suite Installation Tips NOTE. You need an USB floppy for applying driver during the OS installation. Although there is built-in drive for onboard LSI SCSI in the OS, please use Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Acer certified driver for it. You can make the driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 first before the installation. Press F6 at the start of installation to provide the driver disk for the onboard LSI SCSI controller.
As Windows Server 2003 can’t recognize the integrated SAS hardware RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 first before the installation. Press F6 at the start of installation to provide the driver disk for the Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Driver required section for the Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 for Hot-swap backplane driver. Click on Next and follow the instruction to finish the driver update. After installing the driver, you would see Intel (r) SCA Hotswap Backplane listed in System devices. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Intel RAID Web Console 2 and click on Setup. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use the default setting to the Setup Type. At the Setup Type, please select StandAlone. Follow the instruction again to complete the installation. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
As Windows Server 2003 can’t recognize the integrated SAS, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 first before the installation. Press F6 at the start of installation to provide the driver disk for the integrated SAS. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Advanced Server on Altos R910 with integrated SCSI hardware RAID. Drivers Required For Windows 2000 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI 8.221.0.0 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel 7.2.2.1001 \Disk\R910\onboard\Chipset E8501 Chipset Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Select “Intel (R) RAID Controllers For Windows 2000” as target driver After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation After the installation is completed, you would see the following other devices listed in Device Manager. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Radeon 7000 VGA driver. You can find and download the DirectX form the Microsoft website http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx. Download the DirectX 8 or later from the Microsoft website. Follow the instructions to install the Microsoft DirectX 8 or later and reboot the server after the DirectX is installed. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
For using the Intel RAID Web Console Utility, please launch the web browser and link to http://localhost:3570. Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 into the optical drive. Expand Utility -> Altos R910 -> Broadcom Ethernet Adapters, select BACS Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
USB floppy for applying driver during the OS installation. As Windows 2000 can’t recognize the onboard LSI SCS, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 first before the installation. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Advanced Server (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Installation section. Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SAS hardware RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server on Altos R910 with integrated SAS hardware RAID. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 first before the installation. Press F6 at the start of installation to provide the driver diskette. Select “Intel SAS RAID Controller Driver (Windows 2000)” as target driver Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Other device in Windows Device Manager. It is the hot-swap SCSI backplane for R910. Right-click on the ESG-SHV SCA HSBP M5 SCSI Processor Device and select Properties. Select Driver tab and click on Update Driver. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Advanced Server (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Installation section. Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SAS) Below information describes how to manually install Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server on Altos R910 with integrated SAS. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
After loading the driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation The Chipset Driver Installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with Integrated Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Built-in Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel Built-in E8501 Chipset Integrated SCSI 2.20.4.6 Built-in hardware RAID Onboard Broadcom 3.43-rh Built-in Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 update 3 on Altos R910 with onboard LSI SCSI. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Execute install.bin in /app/r910/scsi/CIMBowser/Linux/InstData/Linux/vm of EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 from a terminal. It will launch the graphic installation wizard. # ./install.bin Follow the instruction and use the default setting to complete the installation. Launch the CIM Browser. # /usr/local/bin/LSICim/CIMLSIBroser Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
OS installation. Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update3 cannot recognize the integrated SAS hardware RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 first before the installation. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Built-in Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel Built-in E8501 Chipset Integrated SAS 3.02.77 \Disk\r910\onboard\SAS\rhel4u3\ Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Built-in Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel Built-in E8501 Chipset Integrated SCSI 2.20.4.6 Built-in hardware RAID Onboard Broadcom 3.43-rh Built-in BCM5704 Gigabit Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 EM64T on Altos R910 with onboard LSI SCSI. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Execute install.bin in /app/r910/scsi/CIMBowser/Linux/InstData/Linux/vm of EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 from a terminal. It will launch the graphic installation wizard. # ./install.bin Follow the instruction and use the default setting to complete the installation. Launch the CIM Browser. # /usr/local/bin/LSICim/CIMLSIBroser Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
OS installation. Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update3 cannot recognize the integrated SAS hardware RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 first before the installation. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
4.0 Update 3 EM64T on Altos R910 with integrated SAS. Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 EM64T Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Built-in Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel Built-in E8501 Chipset Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 to HDD first. # cp –R /media/EBV71B600/app/r910/Integrated_SAS/Linux/. /tmp Install Intel RAID Web Console 2 utility # cd /tmp # ./install.sh Type y to accept the license agreement and select 3 for StandAlone installation. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Follow the instruction to complete the installation. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T on Altos R910 with integrated SAS hardware RAID. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
When you see the boot menu on the screen, press F5 and select Yes. Please insert the driver disk into the floppy drive then press Enter to continue the installation. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Ethernet Onboard USB 2.0 Built-in Hot-swap Built-in backplane Installation Tips NOTE. The Integrated SAS driver is required for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T. You need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Built-in Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel Built-in E8501 Chipset Integrated SAS 00.00.03.01 \Disk\r910\raid\Integrated_SAS\sles9sp Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation You can find the Intel RAID Web Console 2 in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300. Please refer to Software Required section for the directory of the Intel Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Integrated SCSI 2.20.4.6 Built-in hardware RAID Onboard Broadcom 3.37 Built-in BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet Onboard USB 2.0 Built-in Hot-swap Built-in backplane Software Required The management utility for integrated SCSI hardware RAID can be found in the Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Drivers Required For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Built-in Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel Built-in E8501 Chipset Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 on Altos R910 with integrated SAS hardware RAID. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 first before the installation. Boot the system form SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack3 bootable CD. When you see the boot menu on the screen, select Installation, press F6 then press Enter to continue. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Built-in Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel Built-in E8501 Chipset Integrated SAS 3.02.77 \Disk\r910\onboard\SAS\SLES9SP3X64\ Onboard LSI 1030 3.02.77 The driver is bundled in integrated Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
For SCO OpenServer 6.0.0 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Built-in Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel Built-in E8501 Chipset Integrated SAS You can find the driver at SCO hardware RAID website. http://www.sco.com/support/update/ download/release.php?rid=219 Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
After you applied the driver for integrated SAS hardware RAID, continue to follow the instruction to do the installation. At Configuring optional software page, select Deferred for Network card option to skip the network installation. Install the network adapter after OS installation finished. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
There is built-in driver for onboard BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet controller in OpenSrever 6.0.0. Please just Launch netcfg utility and select Hardware -> Add new LAN adapter to add the adapters and set the network settings. # netcfg Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Exit, click on Yes and press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the system. Assigning a Hot Spare Disk Launch the configuration menu. Select a free disk marked as Ready and listed under Physical Drives. Select Make Hotspare and click on Go. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
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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 R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
Exit, click on Yes and press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the system. Assigning a Hot Spare Disk Launch the configuration menu. Select a free disk marked as UNCONF GOOD and listed under Physical Drives. Select Make Global HSP or Make Dedicated HSP and click on Go. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...
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Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu. You will see the disk marked as HOTSPARE in pink and listed under Physical Drives. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide...