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This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos G5450, including Windows
Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003
x64 Edition, Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (32-bit & 64-bit) and SuSE Linux
Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit & 64-bit), Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Version: 1.1
May 2008
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Page 1: Configuration Guide
Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide Abstract This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos G5450, including Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (32-bit & 64-bit) and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit &... - Page 2 © 2007 Acer Incorporation. All rights reserved. This paper is for informational purposes only. ACER MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT. Acer, Acer Altos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acer Incorporation. Other product or company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION..................1 Where Can I Download the Latest Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............... 2 BOARD LAYOUT .................. 4 System Block Diagram DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE ............5 Memory population Single Processor Dual Processor Memory population with Sparing Single Processor Dual Processor OS INSTALLATION TIPS ............... - Page 4 BIOS Required Drivers Required Software Required Configuring onboard SATA RAID Installation Tips Chipset Driver Installation Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) RAID Utility Installation Network Utility Installation Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) BIOS Required Drivers Required...
- Page 5 VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) RAID Utility Installation Network Utility Installation Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Drivers Required Software Required Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Installation Tips Chipset Driver Package Installation Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s)
- Page 6 Chipset Driver Installation Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) RAID Utility Installation Network Utility Installation Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Drivers Required Software Required Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Installation Tips Chipset Driver Installation...
- Page 7 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Installation Tips Chipset Driver Installation Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation VGA Driver Installation (onboard ZGI Z9s) VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) RAID Utility Installation Network Utility Installation Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) 44 Drivers Required Software Required Configuring onboard SATA RAID...
- Page 8 Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Installation (with onboard SATA RAID)50 Drivers Required Software Required Configuring onboard SATA RAID Installation Tips Chipset Driver Installation Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation RAID Utility Installation Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Drivers Required Software Required Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP...
- Page 9 Drivers Required Software Required Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Installation Tips Chipset Driver Installation Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) RAID Utility Installation Network Utility Installation Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Drivers Required Software Required...
- Page 10 Drivers Required Software Required Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Installation Tips Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) RAID Utility Installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 4 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Drivers Required Software Required...
- Page 11 VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) RAID Utility Installation SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Drivers Required Software Required Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Installation Tips VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation RAID Utility Installation SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP)
- Page 12 MeagRAID Storage Manager Installation SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) 89 Drivers Required Software Required Installation Tips VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation RAID Utility Installation APPENDIX A: ONBOARD SATA RAID CREATION ......92 Configuring Onboard SATA RAID Enabling onboard SATA RAID Entering Onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility...
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Page 13: Introduction
The operating system installation tips. Where Can I Download the Latest Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide The Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide would be updated on a monthly basis. Please download the latest release from the Acer support website Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 14: Hardware Specification
Media redirection support Availability sub-system • 1+1 redundant 610W power supply System Power Supply • Hot Swap Storage Subsystem • Three 5.25” front accessible drive bays for Drive Bays optical device, TBU, and FDD (w/ conversion Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... - Page 15 • Two disk cages • Up to 8 HDDs by two 4 HDD hot-plug/non- Hard Disks hot-plug cage Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide...
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Page 16: Board Layout
System Block Diagram BOARD LAYOUT Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 17: Dimm Population Guideline
2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 32 GB Memory population with Sparing Single Processor NOTE. When Altos G5450 is installed with single processor, memory can only be Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 18: Dual Processor
2 x 2GB 2 x 2GB Dual Rank Dual Rank 24 GB 20 GB Dual Rank Dual Rank Dual Rank Dual Rank (Spare) (Spare) NOTE1. Only one rank of each DIMM will be used as spare. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 19: Os Installation Tips
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later), or put it in the optical drive and search the driver directly. NOTE. In this section, we assume the OS is installed on the HDD connected to the onboard SATA RAID, LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP or LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 20: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 Edition Installation (With Lsi Megaraid Sas 8708Elp)
Follow the instructions to do the installation. When you see the “Where do you want to install Windows?” on the screen, please insert the driver diskette and click on Load Driver. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 21: Chipset Driver Installation
Please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 into the optical drive Expand Drivers -> Altos G5450 -> Chipset, select Windows Server 2008 x64 and click on Setup. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to install all of the Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 22: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
F10 to save configuration changes and reboot system. After you reboot and entering the OS, you will see Standard VGA Graphics Adapter and one Video Controller under Other Device in Windows Server 2008 Device Manager for ATI FireGL V5600. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... - Page 23 Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. At Select Components, please click on Express. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. You would see ATI FireGL V5600 in Display adapters in Device Manager. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide...
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Page 24: Raid Utility Installation
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos G5450 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 25: Bios Required
Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. Select “LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP and 8204ELP (A:\MegaSR.INF)” and click on Next. Please hold the ctrl key to select all of listed driver and click on Next to load the driver. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 26: Chipset Driver Installation
Drivers Required For Windows 2008 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version EasyBUILD Version Onboard SATA 10.3.51.1 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) RAID Chipset Package 9.26 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 27: Software Required
SAS 8708ELP) Chipset Driver Installation section. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet driver is included in the chipset driver package. The Gigabit Ethernet driver will be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 28: Vga Driver Installation (Onboard Vga)
The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage 2.63 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) Manager Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 29: Configuring Lsi Megaraid Sas 8708Elp
Ethernet controller, we still need to replace the driver with the one in EasyBUILD. After the installation completes, you would see the following devices in Device Manager without any yellow mark. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 30: Vga Driver Installation (Onboard Vga) 與 Easybuild 對照
8.0 build 200 into the optical drive. Expand Drivers -> Altos G5450 -> Graphics adapters -> XGI Z9s, select Windows Server 2008 and click on Setup. Click on Display Driver and follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 31: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5600)
You can find the ATI FireGL V5600 driver in EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200. Please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 into the optical drive. Expand Drivers -> Altos G5450 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI FireGL V5600, select Windows Server 2008 and click on Setup. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 32: Network Utility Installation
Follow the instruction again to complete the installation. Network Utility Installation The ForceWare Network Access Manager is included in the chipset driver package. The ForceWare Network Access Manager will be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 33: Bios Required
When you see the “Where do you want to install Windows?” on the screen, please insert the driver diskette and click on Load Driver. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 34: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (With Onboard Sata Raid)
Enterprise Edition on Altos G5450 with onboard SATA RAID. BIOS Required Altos G5450 BIOS (or later) is required to support Windows Server 2008. Drivers Required For Windows 2008 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 35: Configuring Onboard Sata Raid
Windows?” page, click on Next to continue the installation. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation Please refer to the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Chipset Driver Installation section. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 36: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5600)
9.18 Controller Onboard XGI Z9s 6.14.10.1080 \Disk\g5450\onboard\xgiz9s\x64\ws03\ ATI FireGL V5200 8.323.1.0 \Disk\g5450\graphic\V5200\x64\ws03\ Software Required The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later). Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 37: Configuring Lsi Megaraid Sas 8708Elp
Chipset Driver Package Installation After the installation completes, you would see the following devices with yellow mark in Device Manager. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 into the optical drive Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 38: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
XGI Z9s driver. You will see two Standard VGA Graphics Adapter under Display Adapter and one Video Controller under Other Device in Windows Server 2003 Device Manager for both ATI FireGL V5200 and XGI Z9s. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... - Page 39 Checking the Device Manager, you would see ATI FireGL V5200 and ATI FireGL V5200 Secondary listed in Display adapters in Device Manager. After you install the driver for ATI FireGL V5200, please also install the Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide...
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Page 40: Raid Utility Installation
8.323.1.0 \Disk\g5450\graphic\V5200\x64\ws03\ Software Required The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage 2.07-00 \app\g5450\sas\8708ELP\Windows\ Manager Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 41: Configuring Lsi Megaraid Sas 8204Elp
RAID Utility Installation The MegaRAID Storage Manager installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) RAID Utility Installation section. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 42: Network Utility Installation
Press F6 at the beginning of installation for providing the driver diskette for the onboard SATA RAID controller. You will see NVIDA RAID CLASS Driver (required) and NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) listed. Please select both of them to install. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 43: Chipset Driver Installation
Enterprise Edition on Altos G5450 with MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed. Drivers Required For Windows 2003 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD LSI MegaRAID SAS 2.7.032 \Disk\g5450\sas\8708elp\w2k3\ 8708ELP Onboard NVIDIA Package 9.21 \Disk\g5450\onboard\Chipset\ws03\ Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 44: Software Required
After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation After the installation completes, you would see the following devices with yellow mark in Device Manager. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 45: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
Windows Server 2003 and click on Setup. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. After the system rebooted, you would see XGI Z7/Z9/Z9s v1.08.03 listed in Display adapters in Device Manager. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 46: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5200)
Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. After the system rebooted, you will see the following message on the screen. Please right-click on desktop and select Properties. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 47: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Sp2 Installation
LSI MegaRAID SAS 07.15.0209.20 \Disk\g5450\sas\8204elp\w2k3\ 8204ELP Onboard NVIDIA Package 9.21 \Disk\g5450\onboard\Chipset\ws03\ NFP3600 Chipset Onboard NVIDIA 65.3.1.0 Including in chipset driver package nForce Networking 9.21 Controller Onboard XGI Z9s 6.14.10.1080 \Disk\g5450\onboard\xgiz9s\ws03\ ATI FireGL V5200 8.323.1.0 \Disk\g5450\graphic\V5200\ws03\ Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 48: Software Required
The ATI FireGL V5200 driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) ATI FireGL V5200 Driver Installation section. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 49: Raid Utility Installation
Please refer to the Appendix A. for the onboard SATA RAID configuration. Installation Tips As Windows Server 2003 can’t recognize the onboard SATA RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 first Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 50: Chipset Driver Installation
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 on Altos G5450 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 51: Drivers Required
Select “LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver (Windows 2000)” as target driver After loading the driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation After the installation completes, you would see the following other devices listed in Device Manager. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 52: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
Display adapters in Device Manager. VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) NOTE. With ATI FireGL V5200 installed, the onboard VGA still can work as secondary VGA output. After you install the ATI FireGL V5200 driver, you still Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 53: Raid Utility Installation
Expand Utilities -> Altos G5450 -> LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP, select MegaRAID Storage Manger (Windows 2000) and click on Setup. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use the default setting to the Setup Type. At Setup Type, please select StandAlone. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 54: Network Utility Installation
Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage 2.07-00 \app\g5450\sas\8708ELP\Windows\ Manager ForceWare Network 65.31 Including in chipset driver package Access Manager 9.21 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Please refer to the Appendix C. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP configuration. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 55: Installation Tips
Manager with Windows 2000, you need to update the Microsoft Internet Explorer to version 6.0 or later. The ForceWare Network Access Manager is included in the chipset driver package. The ForceWare Network Access Manager will be installed Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 56: Windows 2000 Advanced Server Sp4 Installation (With Onboard Sata Raid)
You will see NVIDA RAID CLASS Driver (required) and NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) listed. Please select both of them to install. After loading the onboard SATA RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 57: Windows Vista Enterprise X64 Edition Installation (With Lsi Megaraid Sas 8708Elp)
Below information describes how to manually install Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos G5450 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed. Drivers Required For Windows Vista x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD LSI MegaRAID SAS 2.10.0.64 \Disk\g5450\sas\8708elp\x64\vista Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 58: Software Required
Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later) into the optical drive Expand Drivers -> Altos G5450 -> Chipset and double-click on Windows Vista x64. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to install all of the Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 59: Windows Vista Enterprise X64 Edition Installation (With Onboard Sata Raid)
OS built-in Software Required The management utility for onboard SATA RAID can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA 1.2.1.36 Including in chipset driver package Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 60: Configuring Onboard Sata Raid
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Vista Enterprise Edition on Altos G5450 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 61: Drivers Required
After the driver is loaded and returned to “Where do you want to install Windows?” page, click on Next to continue the installation. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later) into the optical drive Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 62: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
65.5.5.0 Including in chipset driver package nForce Networking 9.31 Controller Onboard XGI Z9s OS built-in ATI FireGL V5200 OS built-in Software Required The management utility for onboard SATA RAID can be found in the EasyBUILD Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 63: Configuring Onboard Sata Raid
RAID Utility Installation The onboard SATA RAID utility is included in the chipset driver package. The onboard SATA RAID utility would be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 64: Windows Xp Professional X64 Edition Sp2 Installation
Press F6 at the beginning of installation for providing the driver diskette for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP. Select “LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver (Windows XP-64)” as target driver After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 65: Chipset Driver Package Installation
Expand Drivers -> Altos G5450 -> Graphics adapters -> XGI Z9s, select Windows XP x64 and click on Setup. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver. Please reboot the server after the driver is installed. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 66: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5200)
FireGL V5200 and ATI FireGL V5200 Secondary listed in Display adapters in Device Manager. After you install the driver for ATI FireGL V5200, please also install the driver for onboard XGI Z9s. RAID Utility Installation For installing MegaRAID Storage Manager for MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP, Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 67: Network Utility Installation
Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage 2.07-00 \app\g5450\sas\8204ELP\Windows\ Manager ForceWare Network 65.16 Including in chipset driver package Access Manager 9.18 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Please refer to the Appendix C. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 68: Installation Tips
Professional x64 Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) RAID Utility Installation section. Network Utility Installation The ForceWare Network Access Manager is included in the chipset driver package. The ForceWare Network Access Manager will be installed Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 69: Windows Xp Professional X64 Edition Sp2 Installation (With Onboard Sata Raid)
You will see NVIDA RAID CLASS Driver (required) and NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) listed. Please select both of them to install. After loading the onboard SATA RAID driver from the diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 70: Chipset Driver Package Installation
Edition on Altos G5450 with MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed. Drivers Required For Windows XP Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD LSI MegaRAID SAS 2.7.032 \Disk\g5450\sas\8708elp\wsxp 8708ELP Onboard NVIDIA Package 9.21 \Disk\g5450\onboard\Chipset\wsxp\ NFP3600 Chipset Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 71: Software Required
After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation After the installation completes, you would see the following devices with yellow mark in Device Manager. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 72: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
After the system rebooted, you would see XGI Z7/Z9/Z9s v1.08.03 listed in Display adapters in Device Manager. VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) NOTE. With ATI FireGL V5200 installed, the onboard VGA still can work as Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 73: Raid Utility Installation
Expand Utilities -> Altos G5450 -> LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP, select MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows XP) and click on Setup. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use the default setting to the Setup Type. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 74: Windows Xp Professional Edition Sp2 Installation (With Lsi Megaraid Sas 8204Elp)
Please refer to the Appendix C. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP configuration. Installation Tips As Windows XP can’t recognize the MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 first before the installation. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 75: Chipset Driver Package Installation
Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows XP Professional Edition on Altos G5450 with onboard SATA RAID enabled. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 76: Drivers Required
Please refer to the Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Chipset Driver Installation section. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet driver is included in the chipset driver package. The Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 77: Vga Driver Installation (Onboard Xgi Z9S)
Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD LSI MegaRAID SAS 00.00.03.06 \Disk\g5450\sas\8708elp\x64\rh4u4\ 8708ELP Onboard NVIDIA OS built-in NFP3600 Chipset Onboard NVIDIA 0.60 \Disk\g5450\nic\Nvidia\x64\rhel4ud4\ nForce Networking Controller Onboard XGI Z9s 1.2.53 \Disk\g5450\onboard\xgiz9s\x64\rhel4u ATI FireGL V5200 8.35.5 Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 78: Software Required
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600. Please refer to Directory on EasyBUILD in Driver Required section and copy the driver from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 to HDD first. # mount /media/cdrom nvlan- # cp /media/cdrom/Disk/g5450/nic/Nvidia/x64/rhel4ud4/ rhel4.4-0.60-1.21.x86_64.rpm /tmp Install the driver # cd /tmp/ Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 79: Vga Driver Installation (Onboard Xgi Z9S)
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600. Please refer to Directory on EasyBUILD in Software Required section for the utility and copy it from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 to HDD first. # mount /media/cdrom # cp –R /media/cdrom/ app/g5450/sas/8708ELP/Linux/. /tmp Install MegaRAID Storage Manager Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 80: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Em64T Update 4 Installation (With Lsi Megaraid Sas 8204Elp)
Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update4 cannot recognize the MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later) first before the installation. Type linux dd when the prompt boot: appears at the start. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 81: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 4 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 4 on Altos G5450 with onboard SATA RAID. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 82: Drivers Required
At the Package Group Selection step, select Graphic Internet under Applications. If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system, please also select Development Tools and under Development. If you don’t have ATI FireGL V5200, please go to next step directly Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 83: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 4 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 4 on Altos G5450 with MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 84: Drivers Required
XGI Z9s, please follow the instructions to finish the installation directly. At the Package Installation Defaults, select Customize software packages to be installed. At the Package Group Selection step, select Development Tools and under Development. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 85: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
Follow the instructions and use the default settings to install the driver. After the driver is installed, run “aticonfig --initial” to configure the driver. # aticonfig –initial Uninitialised file found. Configuring. Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf Please reboot the system. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 86: Raid Utility Installation
OS built-in NFP3600 Chipset Onboard NVIDIA 0.60 \Disk\g5450\nic\Nvidia\rhel4ud4\ nForce Networking Controller Onboard XGI Z9s 1.2.53 \Disk\g5450\onboard\xgiz9s\rhel4ud4 ATI FireGL V5200 8.35.5 Software Required The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP can be found in the Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 87: Configuring Lsi Megaraid Sas 8204Elp
(with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) XGI Z9s Driver Installation section. VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) The ATI FireGL V5200 driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed. Please refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 4 Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 88: Raid Utility Installation
Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update4 cannot recognize the onboard SATA RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later) first before the installation. Type linux dd when the prompt boot: appears at the start. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 89: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
Please refer to Directory on EasyBUILD in Software Required section for the utility and copy it from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 to HDD first. # mount /media/cdrom # cp –R /media/cdrom/app/g5450/onboard/sataraid/Linux/RHEL4U4 /NvRaid-UI-9-22.i686.rpm /tmp Install onboard SATA RAID utility Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 90: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 Em64T Installation
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 first before the installation. Boot the system form SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Disk1 bootable CD. When you see the boot menu on the screen, press F5 and select Yes. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 91: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5200)
After you the system boot into text mode, copy the ATI driver installer to HDD. Go to the directory that includes the ATI driver installer and run the ATI driver installer. # ./ati-driver-installer-8.35.5-x86.x86_64.run Follow the instructions and use the default settings to install the driver. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 92: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 to HDD first. EBV71B600/ # cp –R /media/ app/g5450/SAS/8708ELP/Linux/. /tmp Install MegaRAID Storage Manager # cd /tmp/ # ./install.sh Type y to accept the license agreement and select 3 for StandAlone Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 93: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 Em64T Installation (With Lsi Megaraid Sas 8204Elp)
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 first before the installation. Boot the system form SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Disk1 bootable CD. When you see the boot menu on the screen, press F5 and select Yes. Press Enter to continue the installation. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 94: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5200)
Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 95: Drivers Required
If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system, you need to install addition packages during the OS installation. If you are using onboard XGI Z9s, please go to step 13 directly. At Installation Setting, select the Software. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 96: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5200)
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 to HDD first. # cp /media/EB71B600/app/g5450/onboard/sataraid/Linux/x64/NvRaid- UI-9-22.x86_64.rpm /tmp Install onboard SATA RAID utility # cd /tmp/ # rpm –ivh NvRaid-UI-9-22.x86_64.rpm To start onboard SATA RAID utility, please double-click on nvRaid icon on the desktop. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 97: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (With Lsi Megaraid Sas 8708Elp)
After loading the driver, select OK and Back to return to the installation. If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system, you need to install addition packages during the OS installation. If you are using Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 98: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5200)
# ./ati-driver-installer-8.35.5-x86.x86_64.run Follow the instructions and use the default settings to install the driver. After the driver is installed, run “aticonfig --initial” to configure the driver. # aticonfig –initial Uninitialised file found, Configuring. Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 99: Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
Applications -> MegaRAID Storage Manager StartupUI. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Altos G5450 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 100: Drivers Required
OS installation. If you are using onboard XGI Z9s, please go to step 13 directly. At Installation Setting, select the Software. Check C/C++ Compiler and Tools under Development to add C/C++ compiler tools. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 101: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5200)
Drivers Required For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA RAID Onboard NVIDIA OS built-in NFP 3600 Chipset Onboard NVIDIA 0.60 \Disk\g5450\nic\Nvidia\sles10\ nForce Networking Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 102: Software Required
CANNOT boot into X-window after OS installation completed. You need reboot the system into text and install the driver for ATI FireGL V5200 first. Please refer to VGA driver installation (ATI FireGL V5200) section for how to install the driver. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 103: Vga Driver Installation (Ati Firegl V5200)
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 to HDD first. # cp /media/EB71B600/app/g5450/onboard/sataraid/Linux/x64/NvRaid- UI-9-22.i686.rpm /tmp Install onboard SATA RAID utility # cd /tmp/ # rpm –ivh NvRaid-UI-9-22.i686.rpm To start onboard SATA RAID utility, please double-click on nvRaid icon on the desktop. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 104: Enabling Onboard Sata Raid
HDD is not configured and marked as free, the HDD will be used as Hot Spare Disk. When there is a HDD failed, the HDD marked as free will be used to rebuild the RAID automatically. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 105: Starting Lsi Megaraid Sas Raid Configuration Utility
Now you can reboot the system and install the Operating System. Select 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 Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... - Page 106 Select Make Global Dedicated HSP or Make Dedicated HSP and click on 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 G5450 Installation Configuration Guide...
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Page 107: Starting Lsi Megaraid Sas Raid Configuration Utility
Select YES to Save Configuration and press any key to return to the Configuration menu. Press ESC to return to the Management Menu Initial RAID Volume Select Initialize from Management menu. All logical drives should be Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide... -
Page 108: Assigning A Hot Spare Disk
When RAID configuration, initialization and assigning hot spare is completed, press ESC in the Management Menu and select YES to exit the RAID Configuration Utility. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to reboot the server. Now you can start to install OS. Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide...