Acer G330 - Altos - 1 GB RAM User manual

Altos G330 Installation
Configuration Guide
Abstract
This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos G330, including Windows
Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0
(32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 (32-bit & 64-bit) and NetWare 6.5.
Version 1.3
July 2007

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their respective owners.

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................... 1
Where Can I Download the Latest Altos G330 Installation Configuration
Guide 1
HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............................................................... 2
BOARD LAYOUT .................................................................................. 3
System Block Diagram 3
DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE ......................................................... 4
Memory population 4
OS INSTALLATION TIPS ....................................................................... 5
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with onboard Intel SATA
RAID) 5
Drivers Required 5
Software Required 6
Configuring Onboard Intel SATA RAID 6
Installation Tips 6
Chipset Driver Installation 6
VGA Driver Installation 7
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 7
iAMT Driver Installation 8
Matrix Storage Manager Utility Installation 8
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 8
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with onboard LSI SATA RAID) 9
Drivers Required 9
Software Required 9
Configuring onboard LSI SATA RAID 9
Installation Tips 9
Chipset Driver Installation 10
VGA Driver Installation 10
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 10
iAMT Driver Installation 10
SATA RAID Monitor Utility Installation 10
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 10
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with Adaptec SAS 44300
HostRAID) 10
Drivers Required 10
Software Required 11
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 11
Installation Tips 11
Chipset Driver Installation 11
VGA Driver Installation 11
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 12
iAMT Driver Installation 12
CONTENTS

Adaptec Storage Manager Installation 12
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 12
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with LSI MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP) 12
Drivers Required 12
Software Required 13
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 13
Installation Tips 13
Chipset Driver Installation 13
VGA Driver Installation 13
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 13
iAMT Driver Installation 13
MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation 14
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 14
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (with onboard Intel SATA
RAID) 14
Drivers Required 14
Software Required 14
Configuring Onboard Intel SATA RAID 15
Installation Tips 15
Chipset Driver Installation 15
VGA Driver Installation 15
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16
iAMT Driver Installation 16
Matrix Storage Manager Utility Installation 17
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 17
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (with onboard LSI SATA RAID) 17
Drivers Required 17
Software Required 17
Configuring onboard LSI SATA RAID 18
Installation Tips 18
Chipset Driver Installation 18
VGA Driver Installation 18
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 18
iAMT Driver Installation 18
SATA RAID Monitor Utility Installation 18
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 19
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (with Adaptec SAS 44300
HostRAID) 19
Drivers Required 19
Software Required 19
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 19
Installation Tips 19
Chipset Driver Installation 20
VGA Driver Installation 20
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 20

iAMT Driver Installation 20
Adaptec Storage Manager Installation 20
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 20
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (with LSI MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP) 20
Drivers Required 21
Software Required 21
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 21
Installation Tips 21
Chipset Driver Installation 21
VGA Driver Installation 22
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 22
iAMT Driver Installation 22
MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation 22
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 22
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with onboard Intel SATA RAID) 22
Drivers Required 22
Software Required 23
Configuring Onboard Intel SATA RAID 23
Installation Tips 23
Chipset Driver Installation 23
VGA Driver Installation 24
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 24
iAMT Driver Installation 25
Matrix Storage Manager Utility Installation 25
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 25
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with onboard LSI SATA RAID) 26
Drivers Required 26
Software Required 26
Configuring Onboard Intel SATA RAID 26
Installation Tips 27
Chipset Driver Installation 27
VGA Driver Installation 27
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 27
iAMT Driver Installation 27
SATA RAID Monitor Utility Installation 27
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 27
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID)28
Drivers Required 28
Software Required 28
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 28
Installation Tips 28
Chipset Driver Installation 29
VGA Driver Installation 29
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 29
iAMT Driver Installation 29

Adaptec Storage Manager Utility Installation 29
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 29
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) 29
Drivers Required 29
Software Required 30
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 30
Installation Tips 30
Chipset Driver Installation 30
VGA Driver Installation 30
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 30
iAMT Driver Installation 31
MegaRIAD Storage Manager Utility Installation 31
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 31
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with onboard LSI SATA RAID) 31
Drivers Required 31
Software Required 32
Configuring Onboard LSI SATA RAID 32
Installation Tips 32
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 32
Onboard SATA RAID Utility Setup 33
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID) 33
Drivers Required 33
Software Required 33
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 33
Installation Tips 33
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 34
Adaptec Storage Manager Installation 34
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP)34
Drivers Required 34
Software Required 34
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 35
Installation Tips 35
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 35
MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation 35
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with onboard LSI SATA RAID)
36
Drivers Required 36
Software Required 36
Configuring onboard LSI SATA RAID 36
Installation Tips 36
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 37
Onboard SATA RAID Utility Setup 37
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with Adaptec SAS 44300
HostRAID) 37
Drivers Required 37
Software Required 38

Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 38
Installation Tips 38
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 38
Adaptec Storage Manager Installation 38
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with LSI MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP) 39
Drivers Required 39
Software Required 39
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 39
Installation Tips 39
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 40
MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation 40
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (with onboard LSI SATA RAID) 40
Drivers Required 41
Software Required 41
Configuring onboard LSI SATA RAID 41
Installation Tips 41
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 42
Onboard SATA RAID Utility Setup 42
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with Adaptec SAS 44300
HostRAID) 42
Drivers Required 42
Software Required 43
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 43
Installation Tips 43
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 45
Adaptec Storage Manager Installation 45
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP) 45
Drivers Required 46
Software Required 46
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 46
Installation Tips 46
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 48
MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation 48
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T (with onboard LSI SATA RAID) 49
Drivers Required 49
Software Required 49
Configuring onboard LSI SATA RAID 49
Installation Tips 49
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 50
Onboard SATA RAID Utility Setup 50
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with Adaptec SAS
44300 HostRAID) 50
Drivers Required 51
Software Required 51

Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 51
Installation Tips 51
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 53
Adaptec Storage Manager Installation 53
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP) 53
Drivers Required 54
Software Required 54
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 54
Installation Tips 54
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 56
MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation 56
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 (with onboard LSI SATA RAID) 57
Drivers Required 57
Software Required 57
Configuring onboard LSI SATA RAID 57
Installation Tips 57
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 58
Onboard SATA RAID Utility Setup 58
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with Adaptec SAS
44300 HostRAID) 58
Drivers Required 59
Software Required 59
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 59
Installation Tips 59
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 60
Adaptec Storage Manager Installation 60
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with LSI
MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) 60
Drivers Required 60
Software Required 60
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 61
Installation Tips 61
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 61
MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation 62
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 (with onboard LSI
SATA RAID) 62
Drivers Required 62
Software Required 62
Configuring onboard LSI SATA RAID 63
Installation Tips 63
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 63
Onboard SATA RAID Utility Setup 64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with
Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID) 64
Drivers Required 64

Software Required 64
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 64
Installation Tips 65
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 65
Adaptec Storage Manager Installation 65
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with LSI
MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) 66
Drivers Required 66
Software Required 66
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 66
Installation Tips 66
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 67
MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation 67
NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 5 Installation (with Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID)
68
Drivers Required 68
Software Required 68
Patch Required 68
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 68
Installation Tips 68
ACPI PSM Module Update 71
Adaptec Storage Manager Installation 72
NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 6 Installation (with onboard LSI SATA RAID) 72
Drivers Required 72
Software Required 73
Configuring onboard LSI SATA RAID 73
Installation Tips 73
Onboard LSI SATA RAID Monitor Utility Installation 75
NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 5 Installation (with onboard LSI SATA RAID) 75
Drivers Required 75
Software Required 76
Patch Required 76
Configuring onboard LSI SATA RAID 76
Installation Tips 76
Onboard LSI SATA RAID Monitor Utility Installation 79
APPENDIX A: ONBOARD INTEL SATA RAID CREATION ................... 80
Configuring the onboard Intel SATA RAID 80
Enable onboard Intel SATA RAID function 80
Enter the onboard Intel SATA RAID Configuration Utility 80
Create RAID 1 volume 80
APPENDIX B: ONBOARD LSI SATA RAID CREATION ........................ 81
Configuring the onboard LSI SATA RAID 81
Enable onboard SATA RAID function 81
Enter the onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility 81

Loading onboard SATA RAID default setting 81
Create RAID 1 volume 81
Initial RAID Volume 82
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 82
Save and Exit Embedded RAID Configuration Utility 82
APPENDIX C: ADAPTEC SAS 44300 HOSTRAID CREATION.............. 83
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID 83
Starting SAS Configuration Utility 83
Create RAID1 volume 83
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 83
APPENDIX D: LSI MEGARAID SAS 8204ELP RAID CREATION ......... 84
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 84
Starting LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Configuration Utility 84
Loading Factory default setting 84
Creating a RAID volume 84
Initial RAID Volume 84
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 85
Save and Exit Embedded RAID Configuration Utility 85