Acer Network Device Altos R520 User manual

Altos R520 Installation

Configuration Guide

Abstract

This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R520, including Windows

Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64,

Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (32-bit & 64-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0

(32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server

10 (32-bit & 64-bit), NetWare 6.5 and VMware ESX Server 3.5.

Version: 1.4

December 2008

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

their respective owners.

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................... 1

Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R520 Installation Configuration

Guide 1

HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............................................................... 2

BOARD LAYOUT .................................................................................. 4

System Block Diagram 4

DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE ......................................................... 5

Memory population 5

Memory population with mirroring 5

Memory population with Sparing 5

OS INSTALLATION TIPS ....................................................................... 6

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated

SAS hardware RAID) 7

BIOS Required 7

Drivers Required 7

Software Required 7

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 7

Installation Tips 7

Chipset Driver Installation 8

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 8

IOAT Driver Installation 9

VGA Driver Installation 9

RAID Utility Installation 9

Network Utility Installation 9

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated

SAS hardware RAID 2) 9

BIOS Required 9

Drivers Required 9

Software Required 10

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 10

Installation Tips 10

Chipset Driver Installation 11

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 11

IOAT Driver Installation 11

VGA Driver Installation 12

RAID Utility Installation 12

Network Utility Installation 12

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated

SAS SW RAID) 12

BIOS Required 12

Drivers Required 12

Software Required 13

CONTENTS

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 13

Installation Tips 13

Chipset Driver Installation 14

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 14

IOAT Driver Installation 14

VGA Driver Installation 15

RAID Utility Installation 15

Network Utility Installation 15

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with onboard

SATA RAID) 15

BIOS Required 15

Drivers Required 15

Software Required 16

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 16

Installation Tips 16

Chipset Driver Installation 17

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 17

IOAT Driver Installation 17

VGA Driver Installation 18

RAID Utility Installation 18

Network Utility Installation 18

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with integrated SAS

hardware RAID) 18

BIOS Required 18

Drivers Required 18

Software Required 19

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 19

Installation Tips 19

Chipset Driver Installation 20

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 20

IOAT Driver Installation 20

VGA Driver Installation 21

RAID Utility Installation 21

Network Utility Installation 21

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with integrated SAS

hardware RAID 2) 21

BIOS Required 21

Drivers Required 21

Software Required 22

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 22

Installation Tips 22

Chipset Driver Installation 23

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 23

IOAT Driver Installation 23

VGA Driver Installation 24

RAID Utility Installation 24

Network Utility Installation 24

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with integrated SAS

SW RAID) 24

BIOS Required 24

Drivers Required 24

Software Required 25

Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 25

Installation Tips 25

Chipset Driver Installation 26

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 26

IOAT Driver Installation 26

VGA Driver Installation 27

RAID Utility Installation 27

Network Utility Installation 27

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with onboard SATA

RAID) 27

BIOS Required 27

Drivers Required 27

Software Required 28

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 28

Installation Tips 28

Chipset Driver Installation 29

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 29

IOAT Driver Installation 29

VGA Driver Installation 30

RAID Utility Installation 30

Network Utility Installation 30

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated

SAS hardware RAID) 30

Drivers Required 30

Software Required 30

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 31

Installation Tips 31

Chipset Driver Installation 31

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 32

IOAT Driver Installation 33

Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 33

VGA Driver Installation 33

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 34

RAID Utility Installation 34

Network Utility Installation 34

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated

SAS hardware RAID 2) 34

Drivers Required 34

Software Required 35

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 35

Installation Tips 35

Chipset Driver Installation 35

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 36

IOAT Driver Installation 37

Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 37

VGA Driver Installation 37

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 38

RAID Utility Installation 38

Network Utility Installation 38

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated

SAS SW RAID) 38

Drivers Required 38

Software Required 39

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 39

Installation Tips 39

Chipset Driver Installation 39

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 40

IOAT Driver Installation 41

VGA Driver Installation 41

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 41

RAID Utility Installation 41

Network Utility Installation 42

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with onboard

SATA RAID) 42

Drivers Required 42

Software Required 42

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 43

Installation Tips 43

Chipset Driver Installation 43

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 44

IOAT Driver Installation 44

VGA Driver Installation 44

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 45

RAID Utility Installation 45

Network Utility Installation 45

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with integrated

SAS hardware RAID) 45

Drivers Required 45

Software Required 46

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 46

Installation Tips 46

Chipset Driver Installation 46

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 47

IOAT Driver Installation 48

Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 48

VGA Driver Installation 48

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 49

RAID Utility Installation 49

Network Utility Installation 49

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with integrated

SAS hardware RAID 2) 49

Drivers Required 49

Software Required 50

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 50

Installation Tips 50

Chipset Driver Installation 50

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 51

IOAT Driver Installation 52

Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 52

VGA Driver Installation 52

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 53

RAID Utility Installation 53

Network Utility Installation 53

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with integrated

SAS SW RAID) 53

Drivers Required 53

Software Required 54

Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 54

Installation Tips 54

Chipset Driver Installation 54

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 55

IOAT Driver Installation 56

VGA Driver Installation 56

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 56

RAID Utility Installation 56

Network Utility Installation 57

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with onboard

SATA RAID) 57

Drivers Required 57

Software Required 57

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 57

Installation Tips 58

Chipset Driver Installation 58

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 59

IOAT Driver Installation 59

VGA Driver Installation 59

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 60

RAID Utility Installation 60

Network Utility Installation 60

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with integrated SAS

hardware RAID) 60

Drivers Required 60

Software Required 61

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 61

Installation Tips 61

Chipset Driver Installation 61

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 62

IOAT Driver Installation 63

Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 63

VGA Driver Installation 63

RAID Utility Installation 64

Network Utility Installation 64

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with integrated SAS

hardware RAID 2) 64

Drivers Required 64

Software Required 64

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 65

Installation Tips 65

Chipset Driver Installation 65

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 66

IOAT Driver Installation 66

Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 66

VGA Driver Installation 67

RAID Utility Installation 67

Network Utility Installation 67

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with integrated SAS SW

RAID) 67

Drivers Required 68

Software Required 68

Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 68

Installation Tips 68

Chipset Driver Installation 68

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 69

IOAT Driver Installation 69

VGA Driver Installation 70

RAID Utility Installation 70

Network Utility Installation 70

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) 70

Drivers Required 71

Software Required 71

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 71

Installation Tips 71

Chipset Driver Installation 71

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 72

IOAT Driver Installation 72

VGA Driver Installation 73

RAID Utility Installation 73

Network Utility Installation 73

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with integrated SAS

hardware RAID) 73

Drivers Required 74

Software Required 74

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 74

Installation Tips 74

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 75

IOAT driver installation 75

RAID Utility Installation 76

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with integrated SAS

hardware RAID 2) 76

Drivers Required 76

Software Required 77

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 77

Installation Tips 77

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 77

IOAT driver installation 78

RAID Utility Installation 78

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with integrated SAS SW

RAID) 79

Drivers Required 79

Software Required 79

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 80

Installation Tips 80

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 80

IOAT driver installation 81

RAID Utility Installation 81

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with Onboard SATA RAID) 82

Drivers Required 82

Software Required 82

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 82

Installation Tips 82

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 83

IOAT driver installation 83

RAID Utility Installation 84

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with integrated SAS hardware

RAID) 85

Drivers Required 85

Software Required 85

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 85

Installation Tips 85

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 86

IOAT driver installation 86

RAID Utility Installation 87

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with integrated SAS hardware

RAID 2) 87

Drivers Required 87

Software Required 88

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 88

Installation Tips 88

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 88

IOAT driver installation 89

RAID Utility Installation 90

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with integrated SAS SW RAID)90

Drivers Required 90

Software Required 91

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 91

Installation Tips 91

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 91

IOAT driver installation 92

RAID Utility Installation 92

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with Onboard SATA RAID) 93

Drivers Required 93

Software Required 93

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 93

Installation Tips 94

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 94

IOAT driver installation 95

RAID Utility Installation 95

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation (with integrated

SAS hardware RAID) 96

Drivers Required 96

Software Required 96

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 96

Installation Tips 96

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 97

RAID Utility Installation 97

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation (with integrated

SAS hardware RAID 2) 98

Drivers Required 98

Software Required 98

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 98

Installation Tips 98

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 99

RAID Utility Installation 99

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation (with integrated

SAS SW RAID) 100

Drivers Required 100

Software Required 100

Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 100

Installation Tips 100

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 101

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