Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide Abstract This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R910, including Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit & 64-bit) and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit & 64-bit). Version 1.
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.................................................................................... 1 Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide 1 HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............................................................... 2 BOARD LAYOUT .................................................................................. 4 System Block Diagram 4 DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE .........................................................
Drivers Required 15 Software Required 15 Installation Tips 15 SAS Backplane Driver Installation 16 VGA Driver Installation 16 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 16 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) 16 Drivers Required 16 Software Required 17 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 17 Installation Tips 17 VGA Driver Installation 17 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 17 Intel RAID Web Console Utility In
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Drivers Required 25 Software Required 26 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 26 Installation Tips 26 Chipset Driver Installation 26 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 27 VGA Driver Installation 27 SCSI Backplane Driver Installation 28 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 28 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 28 Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 29 Drivers Required 29 Software Require
Software Required 36 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 36 Installation Tips 36 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 36 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 36 Drivers Required 37 Software Required 37 Installation Tips 37 CIM Browser Installation 37 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
Software Required 46 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 46 Installation Tips 46 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 46 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with Integrated SAS) 47 Drivers Required 47 Installation Tips 47 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 47 Drivers Required 48 Software Required 48 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 48 Installation Tips 48 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 49 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T
Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 56 Installation Tips 56 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 56 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with onboard LSI SCSI) 56 Drivers Required 56 Software Required 57 Installation Tips 57 CIM Browser Installation 57 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 57 Drivers Required 58 Software Required 58 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 58 Installation Tips 58 Intel R
INTRODUCTION This article describes the Altos R7100 Installation Configuration guide: • Hardware parts give you a briefly and quick hardware information about Altos R910 • The operating system installation tips. Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide The Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide would be updated on a monthly basis. Please download the latest release from the Support Website http://support.acer-euro.
HARDWARE SPECIFICATION Model Altos R910 Processor Up to four Intel Xeon MP processors at 2.66GHz or above Front Side Bus 800/667 MHz Cache 2 x 2M L2 cache Chipset Intel chipset • • • • • • Memory • • • Storage Interface • • • • • Four memory boards, four DIMM sockets per board.
• IPMI 2.0 compliant Optional: Advanced ARMC/3 • • • • • IPMI 2.0 compliant Integrated Intel 82551QM Network controller for dedicated LAN connection KVM over IP Access via web SNMP, telnet access Availability sub-system System Power Supply 1470W 1+1 Redundant Power Supply (220 volt only) Storage Subsystem Drive Bays • • • One 5.
BOARD LAYOUT Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide System Block Diagram 4
DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE Memory population Population with one memory board MemoryBoardA 1A/1B 2x512MB 2x512MB 2x1GB 2x1GB 2x2GB 2x2GB 2x4GB 2x4GB 2A/2B MemoryBoardB 1A/1B MemoryBoardC 2A/2B 1A/1B Total Memory MemoryboardD 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1GB 2GB 2GB 4GB 4GB 8GB 8GB 16GB 2x512MB 2x1GB 2x2GB 2x4GB Population with two memory boards MemoryBoardA 1A/1B 2x512MB 2x512MB 2x1GB 2x1GB 2x2GB 2x2GB 2x4GB 2x4GB 2A/2B 2x512MB 2x1GB 2x2GB 2x4GB MemoryBoardB 1A/1B 2x512MB 2x512MB 2x1GB 2x1GB 2x2GB 2x2GB
MemoryBoardA 1A/1B 2x1GB (Spare) 2x2GB (Spare) 2x4GB (Spare)1 2x4GB (Spare)1 2A/2B 2x1GB 2x2GB 2x4GB MemoryBoardB 1A/1B 2x1GB (Spare) 2x2GB (Spare) 2x4GB (Spare)1 2x4GB (Spare)1 MemoryBoardC MemoryboardD TotalMemory Physical memory Detected byOS 2x1GB 8GB 4GB 2x2GB 8GB 8GB 16GB 8GB 32GB 24GB 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 2x4GB NOTE1. Only 4 GB in DIMM 1A/1B will be set aside as spare, one rank from each dual-rank DIMM.
MemoryBoardA 1A/1B 2A/2B 2x2GB 2x2GB 2x2GB 2x4GB 2x4GB 2x4GB MemoryBoardB 1A/1B 2x2GB (Mirror) 2x2GB (Mirror) 2x4GB (Mirror) 2x4GB (Mirror) 2A/2B MemoryBoardC 1A/1B MemoryboardD 2A/2B 1A/1B 2x2GB 2x2GB (Mirror) 2x2GB 2x2GB 2x4GB 2x4GB (Mirror) 2x4GB 2x4GB 2x2GB (Mirror) 2x2GB (Mirror) 2x4GB (Mirror) 2x4GB (Mirror) 2A/2B 2x2GB (Mirror) 2x4GB (Mirror) TotalMemory Physical memory Detected byOS 16GB 8GB 32GB 16GB 32GB 16GB 64GB 32GB Memory population with RAID Population with fou
OS INSTALLATION TIPS Below is Altos R910 OS certification matrix: Operating System Status Windows 2000 Advanced Server Tested Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Certified Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Certified Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Certified Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 8.48.0.0 \Disk\r910\nic\bcm\WS2003X64\ Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 Built-in Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Software Required The management utility for integrated SCSI hardware RAID and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later) Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Intel RAID Web Console 2.8-00 \app\R910\romb\IntelRAIDWebConsol e\Windows Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 7.7.
1. Please right-click on the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet under Network adapters in Device Manager and select Update Driver to update onboard Broadcom NIC driver. 2. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the driver. 3. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). 4. Select Search the best driver these locations and check Include this location in the search. 5. Click on Browse and specify the path for the driver.
Drivers Required For Windows Server 2003 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA 6.14.10.6553 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset 5.2.3790.1380 Built-in Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI controller 5.2.3790.1380 Built-in Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 8.48.0.0 \Disk\r910\nic\bcm\WS2003X64\ Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.
CIM Browser Installation 1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 into the optical drive. 2. Select Utilities, expand Utilities -> Altos R910 -> LSI Logic 53C1030 U320 SCSI, select CIM Browser (Windows Server 2003 x64) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instructions to complete the CIM Browser installation. Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled.
Advanced Control Suite Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID Please refer to the Appendix B. for the integrated SAS hardware RAID configuration. Installation Tips NOTE. There is no built-in driver for integrated SAS hardware RAID in the OS. You need an USB floppy for applying driver during the OS installation. 1. As Windows Server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the integrated SAS hardware RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 first before the installation. 2.
select Update Driver. 3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the driver. 4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). 5. Select Search the best driver these locations and check Include this location in the search. 6. Click on Browse and specify the path for the driver. Please refer to the Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 for Hot-swap backplane driver in Driver required section. 7.
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SAS) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R910 with integrated SAS. Drivers Required For Windows Server 2003 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA 6.14.10.6553 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset 5.2.3790.1380 Built-in Integrated SAS 1.21.15.
SAS Backplane Driver Installation The SAS backplane driver installation is the same as integrated SAS hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) SAS Backplane Driver Installation section. VGA Driver Installation The VGA driver installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) VGA Driver Installation section.
Software Required The management utility for integrated SCSI hardware RAID and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later) Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Intel RAID Web Console 2.8-00 \app\r910\romb\IntelRAIDWebConsol e\windows Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 7.7.6 \app\r910\NIC\BACS\2KXPWS03 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID Please refer to the Appendix A. for the Integrated SCSI hardware RAID configuration. Installation Tips NOTE.
2. Right-click on the Ethernet Controller and select Update Driver. 3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the driver. 4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). 5. Select Search the best driver these locations and check Include this location in the search. 6. Click on Browse and specify the path for the driver. Please refer to the Driver required section for the Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 for NIC driver. 7.
7. Follow the instruction to complete the installation. 8. For using the Intel RAID Web Console Utility, please launch the web browser and link to http://localhost:3570. Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 into the optical drive. 2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R910 -> Broadcom Ethernet Adapter, select BACS Utility (Windows Server 2003) and click on Setup. 3.
the Acer certified driver for it. You can make the driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 first before the installation. 2. Press F6 at the start of installation to provide the driver disk for the onboard LSI SCSI controller. 3. Select “LSI Logic PCI SCSI/FC MPI Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)” as target driver. 4. After you applied the driver for onboard LSI SCSI controller, you would see the following message. Please press ‘S’ to use the driver on the floppy disk.
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition on Altos R910 with integrated SAS hardware RAID. Drivers Required For Windows Server 2003 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard VGA 6.14.10.6553 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset 5.2.3790.1380 Built-in Integrated SAS hardware RAID 1.17.0.
integrated SAS hardware RAID. 3. Select “Intel SAS RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)” as target driver. 4. After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. SAS Backplane Driver Installation Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide 1. There is a ESG-SHV, SCA HSBP M5.... SCSI Enclosure Device listed under Other device in Windows Device Manager. It is the hot-swap SAS backplane for R910. 2. Right-click on the ESG-SHV, SCA HSBP M5....
SCSI Driver Installation Although the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition could detect the onboard SCSI automatically, we still replace the driver with the one in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 DVD. 1. Please right-click on the LSI Logic PCI-X Ultra320 SCSI Host Adapter in Windows Device Manager and select Update Driver to update onboard LSI Logic 1030 U320 SCSI driver. 2. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the driver. 3.
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite utility installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation section. Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SAS) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition on Altos R910 with integrated SAS.
3. Select “LSI Logic Fusioin-MPT SAS Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)” as target driver. 4. After loading the SAS driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. SAS Backplane Driver Installation The SAS backplane driver installation is the same as integrated SAS hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) SAS Backplane Driver Installation section.
Integrated SCSI hardware RAID 5.49.0.0 \Disk\R910\onboard\romb\romb.w2k Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 8.93.1.0 \Disk\R910\NIC\BCM\bcm_5704.w2k Onboard USB 2.0 7.2.2.1001 The USB 2.0 driver is in the same package with chipset driver. Hot-swap backplane 5.0.2195.1 \Disk\R910\onboard\HSBP Software Required The management utility of integrated SCSI hardware RAID and onboard NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later).
2. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 into the optical drive. 3. Expand Drivers -> Altos R910 -> Chipset, select Windows 2000 Advance Server and click on Setup. 4. Follow the instruction to install the driver and reboot the server after the chipset driver is installed. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 1. There are two Ethernet Controller listed under Other device in Windows Device Manager. Please do the same on the both of the devices. 2.
3. Insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 into the optical drive. 4. Expand Drivers -> Altos R910 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI Radeon 7000, select Windows 2000 Advanced Server and click on Setup. 5. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver and reboot the server after the driver is installed. SCSI Backplane Driver Installation 1. There is a ESG-SHV SCA HSBP M34 SCSI Processor Device listed under Other device in Windows Device Manager. It is the hot-swap SCSI backplane for R910. 2.
Utility (Windows 2000 Advanced Server) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to complete the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation. Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with onboard LSI SCSI) Below information describes how to manually install Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server on Altos R910 with onboard LSI SCSI. Drivers Required For Windows 2000 Installation, the following device drivers are required.
2. Press F6 at the start of installation to provide the driver diskette. 3. Select “LSI Logic PCI SCSI/FC MPI Miniport Driver” as target driver 4. After loading the driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation The Chipset Driver Installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Chipset Driver Installation section.
Drivers Required For Windows 2000 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA 8.221.0.0 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset 7.2.2.1001 \Disk\R910\onboard\Chipset Integrated SAS hardware RAID 1.17.0.32 \Disk\R910\raid\Integrated_SAS\w2k Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI Controller 1.9.11.0 \Disk\R910\onboard\SCSI\LSI\ultra320. w2k Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 8.93.1.0 \Disk\R910\NIC\BCM\bcm_5704.
4. After loading the driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation The Chipset Driver Installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Chipset Driver Installation section. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet Driver installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled.
4. Follow the instructions. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended) and click on Next. 5. Check on the Specify a location and click on Next to specify the path for the driver. Please refer to Driver required section for the Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 for SAS HSBP. 6. Follow the instructions to finish the installation. You would see Intel (r) SCA Hotswap Backplane listed in System devices. SCSI Driver Installation 1.
Drivers Required For Windows 2000 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA 8.221.0.0 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset 7.2.2.1001 \Disk\R910\onboard\Chipset Integrated SAS 1.21.15.00 \Disk\r910\onboard\SAS\W2K Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI Controller 1.9.11.0 \Disk\R910\onboard\SCSI\LSI\ultra320. w2k Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 8.93.1.0 \Disk\R910\NIC\BCM\bcm_5704.w2k Onboard USB 2.
SCSI Hardware RAID) Chipset Driver Installation section. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet Driver installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. VGA Driver Installation The VGA Driver Installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled.
BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet Onboard USB 2.0 N/A Built-in Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Software Required The management utility for integrated SCSI hardware RAID can be found in the EasyBUID 7.1 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Intel RAID Web Console 2.8-00 \app\r910\romb\IntelRAIDWebConsole \linux\ Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SCSI hardware RAID configuration. Installation Tips 1.
Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA N/A Built-in Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset N/A Built-in Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI Controller 3.02.62.01rh Built-in Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 3.43-rh Built-in Onboard USB 2.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 update 3 on Altos R910 with integrated SAS hardware RAID. Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA N/A Built-in Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset N/A Built-in Integrated SAS hardware RAID 00.00.03.
2. Type linux dd when the prompt boot: appears at the start. 3. Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the integrated SAS hardware RAID driver from the driver diskette. 5. After loading the driver for integrated SAS RAID, please follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 1. You can find the Intel RAID Web Console 2 in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300.
Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI Controller 3.02.77 The driver is bundled in integrated SAS driver Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 3.43-rh Built-in Onboard USB 2.0 N/A Built-in SAS Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Installation Tips NOTE. There is no built-in driver for Integrated SAS in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update3. You need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver during the OS installation. 1. Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
Ethernet Onboard USB 2.0 N/A Built-in Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Software Required The management utility for integrated SCSI hardware RAID can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Intel RAID Web Console 2.8-00 \app\r910\romb\IntelRAIDWebConsole \linux\ Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SCSI hardware RAID configuration. Installation Tips 1. Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 EM64T Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA N/A Built-in Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset N/A Built-in Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI Controller 3.02.62.01rh Built-in Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 3.43-rh Built-in Onboard USB 2.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 EM64T on Altos R910 with integrated SAS hardware RAID. Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 EM64T Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA N/A Built-in Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset N/A Built-in Integrated SAS hardware RAID 00.
2. Type linux dd when the prompt boot: appears at the start. 3. Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source. 4. Follow the instruction to load the integrated SAS RAID driver from the driver diskette. 5. After loading the driver for integrated SAS RAID, please follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 1. You can find the Intel RAID Web Console 2 in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300.
Integrated SAS 3.02.77 \Disk\r910\onboard\SAS\RHEL4U3X64\ Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI Controller 3.02.77 The driver is bundled in integrated SAS driver Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 3.43-rh Built-in Onboard USB 2.0 N/A Built-in SAS Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Installation Tips NOTE. There is no built-in driver for Integrated SAS in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update3. You need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver during the OS installation. 1.
BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet Onboard USB 2.0 N/A Built-in Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Software Required The management utility for integrated SAS hardware RAID can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Intel RAID Web Console 2 1.19-00 \app\r910\Integrated_SAS\Linux\ Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID Please refer to the Appendix B. for the integrated SAS hardware RAID configuration. Installation Tips NOTE.
4. To start Intel RAID Web Console 2, click on Computer, select More Applications and RAID Web Console 2 Startup UI. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with Integrated SAS) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Altos R910 with integrated SAS. Drivers Required For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Those drivers can be found in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later).
Drivers Required For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation, the following device drivers are required. Those drivers can be found in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later). Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA N/A Built-in Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset N/A Built-in Integrated SAS hardware RAID 00.00.03.07 \Disk\r910\raid\Integrated_SAS\SLES10 X64 Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI controller Built-in Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 3.
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 1. You can find the Intel RAID Web Console 2 in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600. Please refer to Software Required section for the directory of the Intel RAID Web Console 2 on EasyBUILD and copy the utility from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 to HDD first. # cp –R /media/EBV71B600/app/r910/Integrated_SAS/Linux/. /tmp 2. Install Intel RAID Web Console 2 utility # cd /tmp # ./install.sh 3. Type y to accept the license agreement and select 3 for StandAlone installation. 4.
during the OS installation. 1. Please make the driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 first before the installation. 2. Boot the system form SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T bootable CD. 3. When you see the boot menu on the screen, press F5 and select Yes. 4. Please insert the driver disk into the floppy drive then press Enter to continue the installation. 5. Follow the instruction to complete the installation.
Installation Tips 1. Since the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP3 could detected the integrated SCSI hardware RAID automatically, just boot the system form SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack3 bootable CD. 2. When you see the boot menu on the screen, select Installation to continue. 3. Follow the instructions to change the installation and service pack CDs during the installation. And follow the normal installation procedure to complete the installation.
Software Required The management utility for onboard LSI SCSI can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD CIM Browser for Linux 3.06.01 \app\r910\scsi\CIMBrowser\Linux\ Installation Tips 1. Since the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP3 could detected the integrated SCSI hardware RAID automatically, just boot the system form SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack3 bootable CD. 2.
hardware RAID 3\ Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI controller 3.02.62suse Built-in Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 3.37 Built-in Onboard USB 2.0 N/A Built-in Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Software Required The management utility for integrated SAS hardware RAID and onboard LSI SCSI can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Intel RAID Web Console 2 1.13-07 \app\r910\Integrated_SAS\Linux\ CIM Browser for Linux 3.06.
RAID Web Console 2 on EasyBUILD and copy the utility from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 to HDD first. # mount /media/dvd # cp –R /media/dvd/app/r910/Integrated_SAS/Linux/. /tmp 2. Install Intel RAID Web Console 2 utility # cd /tmp # ./install.sh 3. Type y to accept the license agreement and select 3 for StandAlone installation. 4. To start Intel RAID Web Console 2, select System -> More Programs -> RAID Web Console 2 Startup UI from start menu.
Installation Tips NOTE. There is no built-in driver Integrated SAS in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3. You need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver during the OS installation. 1. Since SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 cannot recognize the integrated SAS, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 first before the installation. 2. Boot the system form SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack3 bootable CD. 3.
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Intel RAID Web Console 2.8-00 \app\r910\romb\IntelRAIDWebConsole \linux\ Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SCSI hardware RAID configuration. Installation Tips 1. Since the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP3 could detected the integrated SCSI hardware RAID automatically, just boot the system form SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack3 bootable CD. 2.
Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI controller 3.02.62suse Built-in Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 3.37 Built-in Onboard USB 2.0 N/A Built-in Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Software Required The management utility for onboard LSI SCSI can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD CIM Browser for Linux 3.06.01 \app\r910\scsi\CIMBrowser\Linux\ Installation Tips 1. Since the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
Drivers Required For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA N/A Built-in Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset N/A Built-in Integrated SAS hardware RAID 00.00.03.01 \Disk\r910\raid\Integrated_SAS\SLES9S P3X64\ Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI controller 3.02.62suse Built-in Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 3.37 Built-in Onboard USB 2.
4. Follow the instruction to load the integrated SAS hardware RAID driver from the driver diskette. 5. Follow the instructions to change the installation and service pack CDs during the installation. And follow the normal installation procedure to complete the installation. Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 1. You can find the Intel RAID Web Console 2 in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300.
SCSI controller SAS driver Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 3.37 Built-in Onboard USB 2.0 N/A Built-in Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Installation Tips NOTE. There is no built-in driver for integrated SAS in the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3. You need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver during the OS installation. 1.
Or you can contact GCSD for the driver. Onboard LSI 1030 SCSI controller 8.0.2 Built-in Onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 8.0.2b-7.5.22 Built-in Onboard USB 2.0 N/A Built-in Hot-swap backplane N/A Built-in Patch Required For OpenServer 6.0.0 installation, the following patches are needed. Patch Where to download OpenServer 6.0.0 March 2006 CD1 Recut http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release .php?rid=161 Maintenance Pack 2 http://www.sco.
Maintenance Pack 2 Installation 1. Please download the Maintenance Pack 2 form SCO website and burn the image to a CD. 2. Please launch the Software Manager. 3. Select Software -> Install New -> From scosysv (your system name) -> CDROM Drive 0. 4. Select SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 Maintenance Pack 2 (ver 1.0.0Dy) to install. 5. When the installation completed, please reboot the system.
APPENDIX A: INTEGRATED SCSI HARDWARE RAID CREATION Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID This section briefly shows how to create RAID with integrated SCSI Hardware RAID. Starting Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID Configuration Utility To start Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID Configuration Utility, press CTRL-G when you see the RAID BIOS during POST. After POST finished, the Adapter Selection page will show on the screen. Please click on Start to launch the configuration menu.
4. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu. You will see the disk marked as Hotsapare in pink and listed under Physical Drives.
APPENDIX B: INTEGRATED SAS HARDWARE RAID CREATION Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID This section briefly shows how to create RAID with integrated SAS Hardware RAID. Starting Integrated SAS Hardware RAID Configuration Utility To start Integrated SAS Hardware RAID Configuration Utility, press CTRL-G when you see the RAID BIOS during POST. After POST finished, the Adapter Selection page will show on the screen. Please click on Start to launch the configuration menu. Loading Factory Default Setting 1.
4. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu. You will see the disk marked as HOTSPARE in pink and listed under Physical Drives.
