Acer Altos T110 F4 User manual

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Altos T110 F4 Installation Configuration Guide
Version 1.0
January 2017

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Revision History
Ver.
Date
Description
1.0
Jan 5, 2017
First release

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Altos T110 F3 Installation Configuration Guide
INTRODUCTION ........................................... 1
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 ................................. 2
Intel Onboard SATA RAID 2
BIOS Required 2
Drivers Required 2
Software Required 2
Configuring Intel Onboard SATA RAID 2
Installation Tips 2
Chipset Driver Package Installation 3
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 3
VGA Driver Installation 4
USB 3.0 Driver Installation 4
RAID Utility Installation 4
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 7.3........................... 5
Intel Onboard SATA (No RAID) 5
BIOS Required 5
Drivers Required 5
Installation Tips 5
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 5
VGA Driver Installation 5
APPENDIX A: INTEL ONBOARD SATA RAID CONFIGURATION ..... 6
Set Intel Onboard SATA RAID in EFI Mode Mode 6
Enabling Intel Onboard SATA RAID 6
Creating a RAID Volume 6
Initializing a RAID Volume 7
CONTENTS

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The driver required for installing the OS manually is
included in Resource CD, this document provides you a OS
installation guide on Altos T110 F4, including,
Windows Server 2012 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
INTRODUCTION

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Intel Onboard SATA RAID
Below information describes how to manually install
Windows Server 2012 R2 on Altos T110 F4 with Intel Onboard
SATA RAID.
BIOS Required
Altos T110 F4 BIOS 1.0b (or later) can support Windows
Server 2012 R2.
Drivers Required
Device
Version
Driver Source
Intel Onboard
SATA RAID
4.3.0.1198
(Package
4.3.0.1223)
Resource CD
Chipset
10.1.2.8
(Package
10.1.2)
Resource CD
Onboard VGA
N/A
OS Built-in
Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet
20.5
(Package
20.5)
Resource CD
USB 3.0
N/A
OS Built-in
Software Required
Software
Version
Software Source
Intel Onboard
SATA RAID
Utility
4.3.0.1198
(Package
4.3.0.1223)
Resource CD
Configuring Intel Onboard SATA RAID
Please refer to Appendix A. for Intel Onboard SATA RAID
configuration.
Installation Tips
NOTE. Please refer to Altos T110 F4 FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions) to select OS installation in EFI mode or Legacy
mode if the OS media supports EFI.
NOTE. Windows Server 2012 R2 cannot detect Intel Onboard
SATA RAID. Please load the RAID driver during OS
installation.
NOTE. You need an external USB floppy drive or USB Flash
drive to load RAID driver during the OS installation.
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2

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NOTE. Please copy Intel Onboard SATA RAID driver from
Resource CD to a floppy diskette or USB flash drive.
NOTE. For OS installation, a USB optical drive is required
as well. Please prepare a USB Hub to have USB keyboard,
USB mouse, USB floppy/flash drive and USB optical drive
connected.
1. Please boot the system from the Windows Server 2012 R2
DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation.
2. When “Where do you want to install Windows” message
displayed, please Insert the USB flash which includes
the Intel Onboard SATA RAID driver and click on “Load
Driver”.
3. Specify the Raid folder that includes the Intel
Onboard SATA RAID driver and the system will show the
available driver. Select “Intel(R) C600+/C220+ Series
Chipset SATA RAID Controller as target driver.
4. After loading the RAID driver, you could click “Drive
options” to partition the drive or click “Next” to use
default disk partition setting directly.
5. Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation.
Chipset Driver Package Installation
1. Please insert the Resource CD into the optical drive
2. Select Resource Kit.
3. Select model and click on Drivers.
4. Find the Chipset Driver by expanding the directory in
the following order, Altos T110 F4 -> (On board)
Chipset -> Intel Chipset INF files.
5. Select Windows Server 2012 R2 then click on Browse.
6. Double-click on Setup.exe and follow the instructions
to complete the driver installation.
7. After the installation is completed, reboot the system.
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
1. Please insert the Resource CD into the optical drive.
2. Select Resource Kit.
3. Select model and click on Drivers.

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4. Find the Gigabit Ethernet Driver by expanding the
directory in the following order, Altos T110 F4 -> (On
Board)LAN -> Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers.
5. Select Windows Server 2012 R2 then click on Browse.
6. Double-click on Autorun.exe.
7. Follow the instructions, accept the license agreement
and use the default setting to complete the driver
installation.
8. The driver and PROSet utility will be installed
together automatically.
VGA Driver Installation
Windows Server 2012 R2 has the built-in driver for VGA.
You don’t need to install VGA driver manually.
USB 3.0 Driver Installation
Windows Server 2012 R2 has the built-in driver for USB 3.0.
You don’t need to install USB 3.0 driver manually.
RAID Utility Installation
1. Please insert the Resource CD into the optical drive.
1. Select Resource Kit.
2. Select model and click on Utilities.
3. Find the RSTe Utility by expanding the directory in
the following order, Altos T110 F4 -> (On board)RAID
-> Intel RSTe AHCI SCU Software RAID driver for
Windows.
4. Select Windows Server 2012 R2 then click on Browse.
5. Double-click on setup.exe.
6. After the installation is completed, reboot the system.

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Intel Onboard SATA (No RAID)
BIOS Required
Altos T110 F4 BIOS 1.0b (or later) can support Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.3.
Drivers Required
Device
Version
Driver Source
Onboard VGA
N/A
OS Built-in
Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet
N/A
OS Built-in
Installation Tips
NOTE. Please refer to Altos T110 F4 FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions) to select OS installation in EFI mode or Legacy
mode if the OS media supports EFI.
1. Please boot the system from the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.3.
2. For legacy installation, at Welcome Menu, Please press
Enter.
3. For EFI installation, when the following message shows
on screen, press any key to enter the boot menu
Press any key to enter the menu
4. Select Basic Storage Devices and press Next.
5. Follow the instruction to install.
6. Select Software Development Workstation.
7. Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation.
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 has the built-in driver for
onboard Gigabit Ethernet. You don’t need to install the
onboard Gigabit Ethernet driver manually.
VGA Driver Installation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 has the built-in driver for
onboard VGA. You don’t need to install the VGA driver
manually.
RED HAT ENTERPRISE
LINUX 7.3

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Set Intel Onboard SATA RAID in EFI Mode
1. Please enter BIOS Setup during POST
2. Please select Boot Options.
3. You would see below information.
Boot Mode [UEFI]
NOTE. The default setting is DUAL.
4. To enable EFI mode, please keep Boot Mode as UEFI. To
enable Legacy mode , please change Boot Mode as Legacy.
5. Please save the setting and exit from BIOS Setup.
Enabling Intel Onboard SATA RAID
1. Please enter BIOS Setup during POST
2. Please select Advanced.
3. Please select SATA Configuration.
4. You might see below information:
SATA Mode [AHCI]
5. Please change the setting of SATA Mode from AHCI to
RAID.
SATA Mode [RAID].
6. Save the setting and exit from BIOS Setup.
Creating a RAID Volume
1. Please enter BIOS Setup during POST
2. Load default BIOS settings by press DELETE.
3. Please select Advanced.
4. Please select Intel RSTe SATA Controller.
5. Press Create Raid Volume.
6. Type in the name of RAID volume.
7. Select RAID level.
8. Select desired HDD to create the RAID.
9. If you using RAID0(Stripe) you can select Strip Size.
10. Select Capacity.
APPENDIX A: INTEL
ONBOARD SATA RAID
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11. Select Create Volume.
12. Now the RAID volume is created, you can press ESC and
select Exit to exit.
Initializing a RAID Volume
During Intel Onboard SATA RAID volume creation process,
the Intel Onboard SATA RAID volume will be automatically
initiated once the onboard SATA RSTe RAID volume has been
created.