Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (SAS RAID
Daughter Board)
At current stage, SAS RAID daughter board driver for Windows Server 2008 is
not ready.
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with
onboard SATA RAID)
Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2008
Enterprise 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 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.
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 CD/DVD. Follow
2.
the instructions to do the installation.
23
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
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 10.3.51.1 200 (or
10.3.51.1
later)
67.80.0.0
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
EasyBUILD Version