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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide abstract this document provides you a quick os installation guide on altos g540, including windows server 2008, windows server 2008 x64 edition, windows server 2003, windows server 2003 x64 edition, windows 2000, red hat enterprise linux 4.0 (32-bit & 64-b...

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    © 2007 acer incorporation. All rights reserved. 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 tr...

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    Introduction.................................................................................... 1 where can i download the latest altos g540 installation configuration guide 1 hardware specification ............................................................... 2 board layout ........................

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    Configuring onboard sata raid 12 installation tips 12 chipset driver package installation 12 gigabit ethernet driver installation 12 ioat driver installation 12 vga driver installation 12 raid utility installation 13 network utility installation 13 windows server 2008 enterprise x64 edition installa...

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    Network utility installation 19 windows server 2008 enterprise edition installation (with onboard sata raid) 19 bios required 19 drivers required 19 software required 20 configuring onboard sata raid 20 installation tips 20 chipset driver package installation 20 gigabit ethernet driver installation ...

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    Chipset driver installation 28 gigabit ethernet driver installation 28 ioat driver installation 28 ati es1000 driver installation 28 microsoft scalable networking pack installation 28 mystorage installation 29 intel proset utility installation 29 windows server 2003 x64 enterprise edition installati...

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    Windows server 2003 enterprise edition sp1 installation (with lsi 1068 sas im) 36 drivers required 37 software required 37 configuring lsi 1068 sas 37 installation tips 37 chipset driver installation 37 gigabit ethernet driver installation 38 ioat driver installation 38 ati es1000 driver installatio...

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    Gigabit ethernet driver installation 44 ioat driver installation 44 ati es1000 installation 45 megaraid storage manager installation 45 intel proset utility installation 45 windows 2000 advanced server sp4 installation (with lsi 1068 sas im) 46 drivers required 46 software required 46 configuring ls...

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    Megaraid storage manager installation 53 red hat enterprise linux 4.0 em64t update 3 installation (with lsi 1068 sas) 53 drivers required 53 software required 54 configuring lsi 1068 sas 54 installation tips 54 gigabit ethernet driver installation 54 mystorage installation 54 red hat enterprise linu...

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    Gigabit ethernet driver installation 63 megaraid storage manager installation 63 suse linux enterprise server 10 em64t installation (with lsi 1068 sas im) 64 drivers required 64 software required 64 configuring lsi 1068 sas 64 installation tips 64 gigabit ethernet driver installation 65 megaraid sto...

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    Gigabit ethernet driver installation 73 megaraid storage manager installation 73 suse linux enterprise server 9 em64t service pack 3 installation (with lsi 1068 sas im) 74 drivers required 74 software required 74 configuring lsi 1068 sas 74 installation tips 74 gigabit ethernet driver installation 7...

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    Installation tips 84 acpi psm module update 85 netware 6.5 sp5 installation (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) 86 drivers required 86 patch required 86 configuring lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp 86 installation tips 87 acpi psm module update 88 sco openserver 5.0.7 installation (with lsi sas 1068) 88 drivers...

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    1 altos g540 installation configuration guide this article describes the altos g540 installation configuration guide: • hardware parts give you a briefly and quick hardware information about altos g540 • the operating system installation tips. Where can i download the latest altos g540 installation ...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 2 model altos g540 processor dual-core intel xeon processors 5000/5100 sequence (dempsey or woodcrest) at 2.66hz or above frequency front side bus • 667 mhz • 1066mhz • 1333mhz cache • 2 x 2mb l2 cache • 4mb l2 cache chipset intel chipset • north bridge: i...

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    3 altos g540 installation configuration guide availability sub-system system power supply • 1+1 redundant 610w power supply • hot swap storage subsystem drive bays • three 5.25” front accessible drive bays for optical device, tbu, and fdd (w/ conversion kit) • two disk cages hard disks • up to 8 hdd...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 4 system block diagram board layout.

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    5 altos g540 installation configuration guide memory population memory population with mirroring branch 0 branch 1 total memory # dimm a1 dimm a2 dimm b1 dimm b2 dimm c1 dimm c2 dimm d1 dimm d2 physical memory detected by os 1 512 mb 512 mb 512 mb (mirror) 512 mb (mirror) 2 gb 1 gb 2 512 mb 512 mb 5...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 6 below is altos g540 os certification matrix: operating system service pack status note windows server 2008 enterprise x64 edition n/a certified 1, 2, 3 windows server 2008 enterprise edition n/a certified 1, 2, 3 windows server 2003 r2 enterprise x64 edi...

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    7 altos g540 installation configuration guide enterprise x64 edition on altos g540 with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp installed. Bios required altos g540 bios p17 (or later) is required to support windows server 2008. Drivers required for windows server 2008 x64 installation, the following device drivers...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 8 6. Select “lsi logic megaraid sas 8300xlp raid controller (a:\oemsetup.Inf)” and click on next. 7. After the driver is loaded and returned to “where do you want to install windows?” page, click on drive options (advanced) to create a partition for instal...

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    9 altos g540 installation configuration guide 4. After installing the driver, you would see ati es1000 listed in display adapters. Raid utility installation 1. For installing megaraid storage manager for lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp, please insert the easybuild 8.0 build 200 into the optical drive. 2. E...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 10 manager intel proset utility 13.0.44.0 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) configuring sas daughter board please refer to the appendix b. For the sas daughter board integrated mirror configuration. Installation tips 1. Though windows server 2008 x64 can ...

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    11 altos g540 installation configuration guide megaraid sas 8300xlp) vga driver installation section. Raid utility installation 1. For installing megaraid storage manager for sas daughter board, please insert the easybuild 8.0 build 200 into the optical drive. 2. Expand utilities -> altos g540 -> ls...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 12 intel proset utility 13.0.44.0 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) configuring onboard sata raid please refer to the appendix a. For onboard sata raid configuration. Installation tips 1. Though windows server 2008 x64 can recognize the onboard sata raid,...

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    13 altos g540 installation configuration guide raid utility installation 1. For installing matrix storage manager for onboard sata raid, please insert the easybuild 8.0 build 200 into the optical drive. 2. Expand utilities -> altos g540 -> onborad sata raid, select matrix storage manager and click o...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 14 configuring megaraid sas 8708elp please refer to the appendix d. For the megaraid sas 8708elp configuration. Installation tips 1. Though windows server 2008 x64 can recognize the megaraid sas 8708elp, we still replace the driver with the one in easybuil...

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    15 altos g540 installation configuration guide please insert the easybuild 8.0 build 200 into the optical drive. 2. Expand utilities -> altos g540 -> lsi megaraid sas 8708elp, select megaraid storage manager(windows server 2008 x64) and click on setup. 3. Follow the instruction, accept the license a...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 16 configuration. Installation tips 1. Though windows server 2008 can recognize the lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp, we still replace the driver with the one in easybuild. Please copy megaraid sas 8204elp driver from the easybuild 8.0 build 200 to a floppy or usb...

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    17 altos g540 installation configuration guide 6. The ioat driver and proset utility will be installed together automatically. Ioat driver installation the ioat driver will be installed automatically when you installing the onboard gigabit ethernet driver. Vga driver installation 1. Windows will tre...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 18 device version easybuild version sas daughter board 1.27.03.00 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) chipset 8.6.0.1002 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) onboard gigabit ethernet 9.12.17.0 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) onboard vga 8.240.50.3000 easyb...

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    19 altos g540 installation configuration guide chipset driver package installation please refer to the windows server 2008 enterprise edition (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) chipset driver installation section. Gigabit ethernet driver installation please refer to the windows server 2008 enterprise e...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 20 chipset 8.6.0.1002 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) onboard gigabit ethernet 9.12.17.0 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) onboard vga 8.240.50.3000 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) ioat 1.2.79.9 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) software required f...

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    21 altos g540 installation configuration guide gigabit ethernet driver installation please refer to the windows server 2008 enterprise edition (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) gigabit ethernet driver installation section. Ioat driver installation the ioat driver will be installed automatically when y...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 22 onboard vga 8.240.50.3000 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) ioat 1.2.79.9 easybuild 8.0 build 200 (or later) software required for windows server 2008 installation, the following manage utilities are required. Software version easybuild version megarai...

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    23 altos g540 installation configuration guide ioat driver installation the ioat driver will be installed automatically when you installing the onboard gigabit ethernet driver. Vga driver installation please refer to the windows server 2008 enterprise edition (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) vga driv...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 24 software required the management utility for lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp and nic can be found in the easybuild 7.1 build 200 (or later). Software version directory on easybuild microsoft scalable networking pack n/a http://www.Microsoft.Com/downloads/ deta...

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    25 altos g540 installation configuration guide 2. Please insert the easybuild 7.1 build 200 into the optical drive 3. Expand drivers -> altos g540 -> chipset, select windows server 2003 x64 and click on setup. 4. Follow the instruction to install the driver and reboot the server after the chipset dr...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 26 ioat driver installation 1. For base system device, it should be the onboard ioat device. You could find the driver in easybuild 7.1 build 200. 2. Right-click on the base system device and select update driver. 3. Select no, not this time. Do not connec...

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    27 altos g540 installation configuration guide megaraid storage manager installation 1. Please insert the easybuild 7.1 build 200 into the optical drive. 2. Expand utilities -> altos g540 -> lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp, select megaraid storage manager(windows) and click on setup. 3. Follow the instruct...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 28 4c2f-b89d- f35f2b1b83cd&displaylang=en mystorage 3.00.05 \app\g540\sas\lsi1068\mystorage\win dows intel proset utility 10.4.4.2 \app\g540ic\prosetdx\ws2003xpx6 4\ configuring lsi 1068 sas please refer to the appendix b. For the lsi 1068 sas im configu...

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    29 altos g540 installation configuration guide mystorage installation 1. Please insert the easybuild 7.1 build 200 into the optical drive. 2. Expand utilities -> altos g540 -> lsi 1068, select mystorage(windows) and click on setup. 3. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use the ...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 30 4\ configuring onboard sata raid please refer to the appendix a. For the onboard sata raid configuration. Installation tips 1. As windows server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the onboard sata raid, you need to make a driver diskette from the easybuild 7.1 bu...

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    31 altos g540 installation configuration guide 2. Expand utilities -> altos g540 -> onborad sata raid, select matrix storage manager and click on setup. 3. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use the default setting to complete the installation. 4. Please reboot the system when ...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 32 configuring lsi megaraid sas 8708elp please refer to the appendix d. For the lsi megaraid sas 8708elp configuration. Installation tips 1. As windows server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the lsi megaraid sas 8708elp, you need to make a driver diskette from th...

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    33 altos g540 installation configuration guide 3. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use the default setting to the setup type. 4. At the setup type, please select standalone. 5. Follow the instruction again to complete the installation. Intel proset utility installation the pr...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 34 configuring lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp please refer to the appendix c. For the lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp configuration. Installation tips 1. As windows server 2003 can’t recognize the lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp, you need to make a driver diskette from the ea...

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    35 altos g540 installation configuration guide chipset driver is installed. Gigabit ethernet driver installation 1. There are two ethernet controller listed under other device in windows device manager. They are the onboard intel 82563eb gigabit ethernet controller. You could find the driver in easy...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 36 windows server 2003 and click on setup. 3. Follow the instruction to install the vga driver and reboot the server after the driver is installed. 4. After installing the driver, you would see ati es1000 listed in display adapters. Microsoft scalable netw...

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    37 altos g540 installation configuration guide drivers required for windows 2003 installation, the following device drivers are required. Device version directory on easybuild lsi1068 sas 1.21.15.0 \disk\g540\onboard\sas\ws2k3 onboard intel 5000p chipset 7.4.0.1005 \disk\g540\onboard\chipset\ onboar...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 38 lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) chipset driver installation section. Gigabit ethernet driver installation the nic driver installation is the same as lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp installed. Please refer to the windows server 2003 enterprise edition sp1 (with lsi m...

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    39 altos g540 installation configuration guide raid w2k_ws2k3 onboard intel 5000p chipset 7.4.0.1005 \disk\g540\onboard\chipset\ onboard intel 82563eb gigabit ethernet 9.3.39 \disk\g540ic\intel\pro1000.Net\ws03 2k\ onboard ati es1000 8.24.3.0 \disk\g540\onboard\vga\w2k3\ onboard usb 2.0 7.4.0.1005...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 40 please refer to the windows server 2003 enterprise edition sp1 (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) chipset driver installation section. Ioat driver installation the ioat driver installation is the same as lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp installed. Please refer to ...

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    41 altos g540 installation configuration guide 5000p chipset onboard intel 82563eb gigabit ethernet 9.6.31.0 \disk\g540ic\intel\pro1000.Net\ws03 2k\ onboard ati es1000 8.24.3.0 \disk\g540\onboard\vga\w2k3\ onboard usb 2.0 7.4.0.1005 included in chipset driver package ioat 1.2.66.0 \disk\g540\onboa...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 42 ioat driver installation the ioat driver installation is the same as lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp installed. Please refer to the windows server 2003 enterprise edition (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) ioat driver installation section. Ati es1000 driver insta...

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    43 altos g540 installation configuration guide onboard ati es1000 8.24.3 \disk\g540\onboard\vga\w2k\ onboard usb 2.0 5.0.2195.6717 os built-in ioat 1.2.52.0 \disk\g540\onboard\ioat\ws2k3 software required the management utility of lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp can be found in the easybuild 7.1 build 200 ...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 44 6. Please insert the easybuild 7.1 build 200 (or later) into the optical drive 7. Expand drivers -> altos g540 -> chipset and double-click on windows 2000. 8. Follow the instruction to install the driver and reboot the server after the chipset driver is...

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    45 altos g540 installation configuration guide 2. Right-click on the base system device and select properties. 3. Select driver tab and click on update driver. 4. Follow the instructions. Select search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and click on next. 5. Check on the specify a loc...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 46 windows 2000 advanced server sp4 installation (with lsi 1068 sas im) below information describes how to manually install windows 2000 advanced server sp4 on altos g540 with lsi 1068 sas im. Drivers required for windows 2000 installation, the following d...

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    47 altos g540 installation configuration guide installed. Please refer to the windows 2000 advanced server sp4 installation (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) chipset driver installation section. Gigabit ethernet driver installation the nic driver installation is the same as lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp in...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 48 (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) intel proset utility installation section. Windows 2000 advanced server sp4 installation (with onboard sata raid) below information describes how to manually install windows 2000 advanced server sp4 on altos g540 with onb...

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    49 altos g540 installation configuration guide chipset driver installation the chipset driver installation is the same as lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp installed. Please refer to the windows 2000 advanced server sp4 installation (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) chipset driver installation section. Gigabit...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 50 8708elp onboard intel 5000p chipset 7.4.0.1005 \disk\g540\onboard\chipset\ onboard intel 82563eb gigabit ethernet 9.6.31.0 \disk\g540ic\intel\pro1000.Net\ws03 2k\ onboard ati es1000 8.24.3.0 \disk\g540\onboard\vga\w2k\ onboard usb 2.0 5.0.2195.6717 os...

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    51 altos g540 installation configuration guide ioat driver installation the ioat driver installation is the same as lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp installed. Please refer to the windows 2000 advanced server sp4 installation (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) ioat driver installation section. Ati es1000 drive...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 52 onboard usb 2.0 n/a os built-in ioat n/a n/a software required the management utility for megaraid sas 8300xlp can be found in the easybuild 7.1 build 200 (or later). Software version directory on easybuild megaraid storage manager 1.13-07 \app\g540\rai...

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    53 altos g540 installation configuration guide # kudzu 4. Restart the network service to bring up both of the network interfaces. # service network restart megaraid storage manager installation 1. You can find the megaraid storage manager in easybuild 7.1 build 200. Please refer to directory of easy...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 54 es1000 onboard usb 2.0 n/a os built-in ioat n/a n/a software required the management utility for lsi 1068 sas can be found in the easybuild 7.1 build 200 (or later). Software version directory on easybuild mystorage 3.00.05 \app\g540\sas\lsi068\mystorag...

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    55 altos g540 installation configuration guide # mount /media/cdrecorder # cp –r /media/cdrecorder/app/g540/sas/lsi1068/mystorage/linux/. /tmp 2. Install megaraid storage manager utility # cd /tmp/ # ./mystorageinstaller_linux_sas_030005.Bin 3. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement an...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 56 installation tips 1. Since red hat enterprise linux 4.0 em64t update3 cannot recognize the megaraid sas 8708elp, you need to make a driver diskette from the easybuild 7.1 build 600 (or later) first before the installation. 2. Type linux dd when the prom...

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    57 altos g540 installation configuration guide drivers required for red hat enterprise linux 4.0 update 3 installation, the following device drivers are required. Device version directory on easybuild megaraid sas 8300xlp 00.00.03.01 \disk\g540\raid\lsi8300xlp\rhel4\ onboard intel 5000p chipset n/a ...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 58 refer to directory of easybuild in driver required section for the 82563eb driver and copy the driver from the easybuild 7.1 build 200 to hdd first. # mount /media/cdrecorder # cp –r /media/cdrecorder/disk/g540/nic/intel/pro1000.Lx/. /tmp 2. Change the ...

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    59 altos g540 installation configuration guide 4.0 update 3 on altos g540 with lsi 1068 sas im. Drivers required for red hat enterprise linux 4.0 update 3 installation, the following device drivers are required. Device version directory on easybuild lsi 1068 sas 3.02.77 \disk\g540\onboard\sas\rhel4u...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 60 7. At the package group selection step, select development tools under development. 8. Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Gigabit ethernet driver installation the nic driver installation is the same as lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp insta...

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    61 altos g540 installation configuration guide es1000 onboard usb 2.0 n/a os built-in ioat n/a n/a software required the management utility for megaraid sas 8708elp can be found in the easybuild 7.1 build 600 (or later). Software version directory on easybuild megaraid storage manager 2.07-00 \app\g...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 62 # 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, select applications -> system tools -> megaraid storage manager startup ui suse linux enterprise server 10 ...

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    63 altos g540 installation configuration guide 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. The system will automatically load the driver from floppy. After loading the d...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 64 # tar zxvf msm_linux_installer-2.21-00.Tar.Gz # cd disk # ./install.Sh 3. Type y to accept the license agreement and select 3 for standalone installation. 4. To start megaraid storage manager, click on computer, select more applications and megaraid sto...

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    65 altos g540 installation configuration guide 4. Please insert the driver disk into the floppy drive then press enter to continue the installation. 5. The system will automatically load the driver from floppy. After loading the driver, select ok and back to return the installation procedure. 6. Fol...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 66 es1000 onboard usb 2.0 n/a os built-in ioat n/a n/a software required the management utility of lsi megaraid sas 8708elp is required. Software version directory on easybuild megaraid storage manager 2.21-00 n/a configuring lsi megaraid sas 8708elp pleas...

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    67 altos g540 installation configuration guide installation (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) megaraid storage manager installation section. Suse linux enterprise server 10 installation (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) below information describes how to manually install suse linux enterprise server 10 ...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 68 the driver, select ok and back to return the installation procedure. 6. Follow the instructions to the installation settings 7. At the installation settings, select the software. 8. Check c/c++ compiler and tools under development to add c/c++ compiler ...

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    69 altos g540 installation configuration guide installation. 4. To start megaraid storage manager, click on computer, select more applications and megaraid storage manager startup ui. Suse linux enterprise server 10 installation (with lsi 1068 sas im) below information describes how to manually inst...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 70 6. Follow the instructions to the installation settings. 7. At the installation settings, select the software. 8. Check c/c++ compiler and tools under development to add c/c++ compiler tools. 9. Click on details, change filter from patterns to package g...

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    71 altos g540 installation configuration guide software required the management utility of lsi megaraid sas 8708elp is required. Software version directory on easybuild megaraid storage manager 2.21-00 n/a configuring lsi megaraid sas 8708elp please refer to the appendix d. For the lsi megaraid sas ...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 72 suse linux enterprise server 9 em64t service pack 3 installation (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) below information describes how to manually install suse linux enterprise server 9 em64t service pack 3 on altos g540 with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp drivers ...

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    73 altos g540 installation configuration guide 5. After loading the driver, select back to return the installation procedure. 6. Follow the instruction to change the cd to suse linux enterprise server 9 em64t cd #1. 7. Continue to follow the instructions to the installation settings 8. At the instal...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 74 # unzip linux_lsi_msm_1.13-07.Zip # tar zxvf msm_linux_installer-1.13-07.Tar.Gz # cd disk # ./install.Sh 3. Type y to accept the license agreement and select 3 for standalone installation. 4. To start intel raid web console, click on start button, selec...

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    75 altos g540 installation configuration guide installation. If you don’t update the driver, the lsi mystroage management software will not recognize the lsi 1068 sas. 1. Please make the driver diskette from the easybuild 7.1 build 200 (or later) first before the installation. 2. Boot the system for...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 76 3. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use the default setting to complete the installation. 4. To launch the mystorage, click on start button, select lsi logic -> mystorage manager. Suse linux enterprise server 9 em64t service pack...

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    77 altos g540 installation configuration guide bootable cd. 3. When you see the boot menu on the screen, press f6, select installation then press enter to continue. 4. Follow the instruction to load the lsi megaraid sas 8708elp driver from the driver diskette. 5. After loading the driver, select bac...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 78 suse linux enterprise server 9 service pack 3 installation (with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp) below information describes how to manually install suse linux enterprise server 9 service pack 3 on altos g540 with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp installed. Drivers r...

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    79 altos g540 installation configuration guide 5. After loading the driver, select back to return the installation procedure. 6. Follow the instruction to change the cd to suse linux enterprise server 9 cd #1. 7. Continue to follow the instructions to the installation settings 8. At the installation...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 80 # unzip linux_lsi_msm_1.13-07.Zip # tar zxvf msm_linux_installer-1.13-07.Tar.Gz # cd disk # ./install.Sh 3. Type y to accept the license agreement and select 3 for standalone installation. 4. To start intel raid web console, click on start button, selec...

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    81 altos g540 installation configuration guide you don’t update the driver, the lsi mystroage management software will not recognize the lsi 1068 sas. 1. Please make the driver diskette from the easybuild 7.1 build 200 (or later) first before the installation. 2. Boot the system form suse linux ente...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 82 setting to complete the installation. 4. To launch the mystorage, click on start button, select lsi logic -> mystorage manager. Suse linux enterprise server 9 service pack 3 installation (with lsi megaraid sas 8708exlp) below information describes how t...

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    83 altos g540 installation configuration guide 3. When you see the boot menu on the screen, press f6, select installation then press enter to continue. 4. Follow the instruction to load the lsi megaraid sas 8708elp driver from the driver diskette. 5. After loading the driver, select back to return t...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 84 pack 5 overlay cd) on altos g540 with lsi 1068 sas im. Drivers required for netware 6.5 sp5 installation with lsi 1068 sas im, the following device drivers are required. Device version directory on easybuild lsi 1068 sas 4.01.05 \disk\g540\onboard\sas...

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    85 altos g540 installation configuration guide 6. Please select lsimptnw.Ham and press delete to delete the module. 7. Then, press insert key to insert the lsi 1068 sas driver. After the drivers are successfully loaded, please select return to driver summary. 8. Continue the installation. 9. When yo...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 86 4. Insert the disk with the update and press enter. You will see the following message. Indicated which file groups you want to installed: ------------------------------------------------------ [x] netware 6.5 post-sp5/novell oes post-sp2 acpi nlms 5. P...

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    87 altos g540 installation configuration guide installation tips 1. Make a driver diskette for lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp and onboard intel 82563eb gigabit ethernet from easybuild 7.1 build 200. 2. Boot the system from the netware 6.5 sp5 os cd. 3. At welcome to the netware 6.5 server installation pag...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 88 return to driver summary. 11. Then, you would see the following message. Please select continue. The following device drivers were detected for this server. Add, change, or delete device drivers as needed. Device types driver names ---------------------...

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    89 altos g540 installation configuration guide supplement 3 ftp://ftp.Sco.Com/pub/openserver5/507/iso/suppcd3/ installation tips 1. Please download the lsi sas 1068 driver form gcsd website and make the driver diskette by using raw write utility like dd. Dd if=sco10409 of=a: 2. Insert the installati...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 90 # btmnt –w # cd /stand/etc/default # vi boot 8. Add boot string at the end of defbootstr line and save it. It looks like below: defbootstr=hd(40)unix swap=hd(41) dump=hd(41) root=hd(42) sdsk=lsil(0,0,1,0) 9. Modify /etc/default/boot file # cd /etc/defau...

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    91 altos g540 installation configuration guide 4. Select software -> install new -> from scosysv (your system name) 5. Insert the sco openserver release 5.0.7 supplement 3 cd into cd-rom, select cd-rom drive 0 and press continue. 6. Select sco openserver release 5.0.7 update pack 3 (ver 1.0.0la) to ...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 92 configuring onboard sata raid this section briefly shows how to create raid1 with onboard sata raid function. Enabling onboard sata raid to configure onboard sata raid, you have to enable the onboard sata raid in bios first. 1. Press f2 during the post ...

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    93 altos g540 installation configuration guide configuring lsi 1068 sas this section briefly shows how to create mirror with lsi 1068 sas daughter card. Starting lsi 1068 sas configuration utility to start lsi logic config utility, press ctrl-c when you see the sas bios during post. Loading factory ...

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 94 configuring lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp this section briefly shows how to create raid with lsi megaraid sas 8300xlp. Starting lsi megaraid sas raid configuration utility to start lsi megaraid sas raid configuration utility, press ctrl-h when you see the ra...

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    95 altos g540 installation configuration guide go. 4. 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..

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    Altos g540 installation configuration guide 96 configuring lsi megaraid sas 8708elp this section briefly shows how to create raid with lsi megaraid sas 8708elp. Starting lsi megaraid sas raid configuration utility to start lsi megaraid sas raid configuration utility for megaraid sas 8708elp, press c...

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    97 altos g540 installation configuration guide drives. 3. Select make global dedicated hsp or make dedicated hsp and click on go. 4. 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..