Acer R5250-Q2000 - Altos - 2 GB RAM User manual

Altos R5250 Installation

Configuration Guide

Abstract

This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R5250, including Windows

Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server

2003 R2 x64 Edition, Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (32-bit & 64-bit) and SuSE

Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit & 64-bit), Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Version: 1.2

May 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 R5250 Installation Configuration

Guide 1

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

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

System Block Diagram 4

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

Memory population 5

Single Processor 5

Dual Processor 5

Memory population with Sparing 5

Single Processor 5

Dual Processor 6

OS INSTALLATION TIPS ....................................................................... 7

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (SAS Daughter

Board) 7

BIOS Required 8

Drivers Required 8

Software Required 8

Configuring SAS Daughter Board 8

Installation Tips 8

Chipset Driver Package Installation 9

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 10

VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) 10

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) 10

RAID Utility Installation 12

Network Utility Installation 12

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (SAS RAID

Daughter Board) 12

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with onboard

SATA RAID) 13

BIOS Required 13

Drivers Required 13

Software Required 13

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 13

Installation Tips 13

Chipset Driver Installation 14

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 14

VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) 14

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) 14

RAID Utility Installation 14

Network Utility Installation 14

CONTENTS

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with LSI

MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) 14

BIOS Required 14

Drivers Required 14

Software Required 15

Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 15

Installation Tips 15

Chipset Driver Installation 15

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16

VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) 16

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) 16

RAID Utility Installation 16

Network Utility Installation 16

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with LSI

MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) 16

BIOS Required 16

Drivers Required 16

Software Required 16

Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 17

Installation Tips 17

Chipset Driver Installation 17

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 17

VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) 17

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) 18

RAID Utility Installation 18

Network Utility Installation 18

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (SAS Daughter Board) 18

BIOS Required 18

Drivers Required 18

Software Required 18

Configuring SAS Daughter Board 18

Installation Tips 19

Chipset Driver Package Installation 19

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 20

VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) 20

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) 21

RAID Utility Installation 22

Network Utility Installation 22

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (SAS RAID Daughter

Board) 23

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with onboard SATA

RAID) 23

BIOS Required 23

Drivers Required 23

Software Required 23

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 23

Installation Tips 23

Chipset Driver Installation 24

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 24

VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) 24

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) 24

RAID Utility Installation 24

Network Utility Installation 24

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with LSI MegaRAID

SAS 8204ELP) 24

BIOS Required 25

Drivers Required 25

Software Required 25

Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 25

Installation Tips 25

Chipset Driver Installation 26

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 26

VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) 26

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) 26

RAID Utility Installation 26

Network Utility Installation 26

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with LSI MegaRAID

SAS 8708ELP) 26

BIOS Required 26

Drivers Required 26

Software Required 27

Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 27

Installation Tips 27

Chipset Driver Installation 27

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 28

VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) 28

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5600) 28

RAID Utility Installation 28

Network Utility Installation 28

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Installation (SAS

Daughter Board) 28

Drivers Required 28

Software Required 28

Configuring SAS Daughter Board 29

Installation Tips 29

Chipset Driver Package Installation 29

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 30

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 30

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 30

RAID Utility Installation 32

Network Utility Installation 32

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Installation (SAS RAID

daughter board with i-Button) 32

Drivers Required 32

Software Required 32

Configuring SAS RAID daughter board 33

Installation Tips 33

Chipset Driver Installation 33

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 33

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 33

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 33

RAID Utility Installation 33

Network Utility Installation 34

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Installation (with

onboard SATA RAID) 34

Drivers Required 34

Software Required 34

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 34

Installation Tips 34

Chipset Driver Installation 35

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 35

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 35

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 35

RAID Utility Installation 35

Network Utility Installation 35

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI

MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) 35

Drivers Required 35

Software Required 36

Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 36

Installation Tips 36

Chipset Driver Installation 36

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 36

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 36

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 37

RAID Utility Installation 37

Network Utility Installation 37

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (SAS Daughter

Board) 37

Drivers Required 37

Software Required 37

Configuring SAS Daughter Board 37

Installation Tips 38

Chipset Driver Installation 38

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 38

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 39

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 39

RAID Utility Installation 40

Network Utility Installation 40

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (SAS RAID

daughter board with i-Button) 41

Drivers Required 41

Software Required 41

Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 41

Installation Tips 41

Chipset Driver Installation 42

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 42

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 42

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 42

RAID Utility Installation 42

Network Utility Installation 42

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (with onboard

SATA RAID) 42

Drivers Required 42

Software Required 43

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 43

Installation Tips 43

Chipset Driver Installation 43

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 43

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 43

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 43

RAID Utility Installation 44

Network Utility Installation 44

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI

MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) 44

Drivers Required 44

Software Required 44

Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 44

Installation Tips 45

Chipset Driver Installation 45

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 45

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 45

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 45

RAID Utility Installation 45

Network Utility Installation 45

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) 45

Drivers Required 46

Software Required 46

Configuring SAS Daughter Board 46

Installation Tips 46

Chipset Driver Installation 46

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 47

VGA Driver Installation (onboard ZGI Z9s) 47

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 47

RAID Utility Installation 49

Network Utility Installation 49

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (SAS RAID daughter board

with i-Button) 49

Drivers Required 49

Software Required 50

Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 50

Installation Tips 50

Chipset Driver Installation 50

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 50

VGA Driver Installation (onboard ZGI Z9s) 51

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 51

RAID Utility Installation 51

Network Utility Installation 51

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) 51

Drivers Required 51

Software Required 52

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 52

Installation Tips 52

Chipset Driver Installation 52

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 52

VGA Driver Installation (onboard ZGI Z9s) 52

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 52

RAID Utility Installation 53

Network Utility Installation 53

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS

8204ELP) 53

Drivers Required 53

Software Required 53

Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 53

Installation Tips 54

Chipset Driver Installation 54

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 54

VGA Driver Installation (onboard ZGI Z9s) 54

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 54

RAID Utility Installation 54

Network Utility Installation 54

Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (SAS Daughter Board)55

Drivers Required 55

Software Required 55

Configuring SAS Daughter Board 55

Installation Tips 55

Chipset Driver Installation 56

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 56

RAID Utility Installation 56

Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (SAS RAID Daughter

Board) 56

Drivers Required 56

Software Required 57

Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 57

Installation Tips 57

Chipset Driver Installation 57

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 57

RAID Utility Installation 57

Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with onboard SATA

RAID) 58

Drivers Required 58

Software Required 58

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 58

Installation Tips 58

Chipset Driver Installation 59

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 59

RAID Utility Installation 59

Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Installation (SAS Daughter Board) 59

Drivers Required 59

Software Required 59

Configuring SAS Daughter Board 60

Installation Tips 60

Chipset Driver Installation 60

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 60

RAID Utility Installation 60

Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Installation (SAS RAID Daughter Board)61

Drivers Required 61

Software Required 61

Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 61

Installation Tips 61

Chipset Driver Installation 62

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 62

RAID Utility Installation 62

Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Installation (with onboard SATA RAID)62

Drivers Required 62

Software Required 62

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 63

Installation Tips 63

Chipset Driver Installation 63

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 63

RAID Utility Installation 63

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Installation (SAS Daughter Board) 64

Drivers Required 64

Software Required 64

Configuring SAS Daughter Board 64

Installation Tips 64

Chipset Driver Package Installation 64

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 65

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 65

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 66

RAID Utility Installation 67

Network Utility Installation 67

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Installation (SAS RAID daughter

board with i-Button) 67

Drivers Required 67

Software Required 68

Configuring SAS RAID Daughter Board 68

Installation Tips 68

Chipset Driver Package Installation 68

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 68

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 68

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 69

RAID Utility Installation 69

Network Utility Installation 69

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Installation (with onboard SATA

RAID) 69

Drivers Required 69

Software Required 69

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 70

Installation Tips 70

Chipset Driver Package Installation 70

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 70

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 70

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 70

RAID Utility Installation 70

Network Utility Installation 70

Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation (SAS Daughter Board)71

Drivers Required 71

Software Required 71

Configuring SAS Daughter Board 71

Installation Tips 71

Chipset Driver Installation 71

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 72

VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 72

VGA Driver Installation (ATI FireGL V5200) 72

RAID Utility Installation 74

Network Utility Installation 74

Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation (SAS RAID daughter

board with i-Button) 74

Drivers Required 74

Software Required 75

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