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Altos R520 Installation Configuration Guide
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation (with
integrated SAS hardware RAID 2)
Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.0 Update 3 on Altos R520 with integrated SAS hardware RAID 2.
Drivers Required
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation, the following device
drivers are required.
Device
Integrated SAS
hardware RAID 2
Onboard Chipset
Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet
Onboard VGA
Onboard USB 2.0
Software Required
The management utility of integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 can be found in
the EasyBUILD.
Software
RAID Web Console
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Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2
Please refer to the APPENDIX D. for the integrated SAS hardware RAID 2
configuration.
Installation Tips
NOTE. There is no built-in driver Integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 in the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update2. You need an external USB floppy drive to
load driver during the OS installation.
Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update2 cannot recognize the
1.
integrated SAS hardware RAID 2, you need to make a driver diskette from
the EasyBUILD first before the installation.
Type linux dd when the prompt boot: appears at the start.
2.
Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source.
3.
Follow the instruction to load the integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 driver
4.
from the driver diskette.
At the Package Installation Defaults, select Customize software packages
5.
to be installed.
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Version
00.00.03.18
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
N/A
OS built-in
0.3.3.3
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
N/A
OS built-in
N/A
OS built-in
Version
2.63
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
EasyBUILD Version
EasyBUILD Version
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