Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with
integrated SAS hardware RAID)
Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2008
Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R720.
BIOS Required
Altos R720 BIOS
(or later), BMC
P88
required to support Windows Server 2008.
Drivers Required
For Windows Server 2008 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are
required.
Device
Integrated SAS
hardware RAID
Onboard Chipset
Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet
Onboard VGA
Onboard USB 2.0
IOAT
Hot-swap
backplane
Software Required
The management utility of integrated SAS hardware RAID and NIC can be
found in the EasyBUILD.
Software
RAID Web Console
2
Intel PROSet Utility
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID
Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SAS hardware RAID
configuration.
Installation Tips
NOTE. The Windows Server 2008 x64 can recognize integrated SAS hardware
RAID. Please replace the driver with the one provided by EasyBUILD. If you do
not have the optional internal USB floppy drive, you need an external USB
floppy drive or USB Flash drive to load driver during the OS installation.
Please make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD first before the
1.
installation.
7
(or later) and FRUSDR
63
Version
2.20.0.64
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
8.6.0.1002
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
9.12.17.0
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
8.240.50.3000
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
N/A
OS built-in
1.2.79.9
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
N/A
OS built-in
Version
2.63
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
13.0.44.0
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Altos R720 Installation Configuration Guide
(or later) are
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EasyBUILD Version
EasyBUILD Version