Drivers Required
For Windows Vista Installation, the following device drivers are required.
Device
LSI MegaRAID SAS
8708ELP
Onboard NVIDIA
NFP3600 Chipset
Onboard NVIDIA
nForce Networking
Controller
Onboard XGI Z9s
ATI FireGL V5200
Software Required
The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP can be found in the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later).
Software
MegaRAID Storage
Manager
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP
Please refer to the Appendix B. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP
configuration.
Installation Tips
Though Windows Vista can recognize the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP, we
1.
still replace the driver with the one in EasyBUILD. Please make the driver
diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 first before the installation.
Please boot the system form the Windows Vista CD/DVD. Follow the
2.
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 MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP RAID (A:\oemsetup.inf)" and click on
5.
Next.
After the driver is loaded and returned to "Where do you want to install
6.
Windows?" page, click on Next to continue the installation.
Follow the instructions to finish the installation.
7.
Chipset Driver Installation
Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later) into the optical drive
1.
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Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
2.10.0.32
\Disk\g5450\sas\8708elp\vista
Package 9.31
\Disk\g5450\onboard\Chipset\vista\
65.5.5.0
Including in chipset driver package
9.31
N/A
OS built-in
N/A
OS built-in
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
2.07-00
\app\g5450\sas\8204ELP\Windows\
Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide