Acer Network Device Altos R520 User manual

Altos R520 Installation
Configuration Guide
Abstract
This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R520, including Windows
Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64,
Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (32-bit & 64-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0
(32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 (32-bit & 64-bit), NetWare 6.5 and VMware ESX Server 3.5.
Version: 1.4
December 2008

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INTRODUCTION.................................................................................... 1
Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R520 Installation Configuration
Guide 1
HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............................................................... 2
BOARD LAYOUT .................................................................................. 4
System Block Diagram 4
DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE ......................................................... 5
Memory population 5
Memory population with mirroring 5
Memory population with Sparing 5
OS INSTALLATION TIPS ....................................................................... 6
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated
SAS hardware RAID) 7
BIOS Required 7
Drivers Required 7
Software Required 7
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 7
Installation Tips 7
Chipset Driver Installation 8
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 8
IOAT Driver Installation 9
VGA Driver Installation 9
RAID Utility Installation 9
Network Utility Installation 9
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated
SAS hardware RAID 2) 9
BIOS Required 9
Drivers Required 9
Software Required 10
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 10
Installation Tips 10
Chipset Driver Installation 11
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 11
IOAT Driver Installation 11
VGA Driver Installation 12
RAID Utility Installation 12
Network Utility Installation 12
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated
SAS SW RAID) 12
BIOS Required 12
Drivers Required 12
Software Required 13
CONTENTS

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 13
Installation Tips 13
Chipset Driver Installation 14
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 14
IOAT Driver Installation 14
VGA Driver Installation 15
RAID Utility Installation 15
Network Utility Installation 15
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with onboard
SATA RAID) 15
BIOS Required 15
Drivers Required 15
Software Required 16
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 16
Installation Tips 16
Chipset Driver Installation 17
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 17
IOAT Driver Installation 17
VGA Driver Installation 18
RAID Utility Installation 18
Network Utility Installation 18
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with integrated SAS
hardware RAID) 18
BIOS Required 18
Drivers Required 18
Software Required 19
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 19
Installation Tips 19
Chipset Driver Installation 20
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 20
IOAT Driver Installation 20
VGA Driver Installation 21
RAID Utility Installation 21
Network Utility Installation 21
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with integrated SAS
hardware RAID 2) 21
BIOS Required 21
Drivers Required 21
Software Required 22
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 22
Installation Tips 22
Chipset Driver Installation 23
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 23
IOAT Driver Installation 23
VGA Driver Installation 24
RAID Utility Installation 24

Network Utility Installation 24
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with integrated SAS
SW RAID) 24
BIOS Required 24
Drivers Required 24
Software Required 25
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 25
Installation Tips 25
Chipset Driver Installation 26
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 26
IOAT Driver Installation 26
VGA Driver Installation 27
RAID Utility Installation 27
Network Utility Installation 27
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation (with onboard SATA
RAID) 27
BIOS Required 27
Drivers Required 27
Software Required 28
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 28
Installation Tips 28
Chipset Driver Installation 29
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 29
IOAT Driver Installation 29
VGA Driver Installation 30
RAID Utility Installation 30
Network Utility Installation 30
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated
SAS hardware RAID) 30
Drivers Required 30
Software Required 30
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 31
Installation Tips 31
Chipset Driver Installation 31
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 32
IOAT Driver Installation 33
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 33
VGA Driver Installation 33
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 34
RAID Utility Installation 34
Network Utility Installation 34
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated
SAS hardware RAID 2) 34
Drivers Required 34
Software Required 35
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 35

Installation Tips 35
Chipset Driver Installation 35
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 36
IOAT Driver Installation 37
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 37
VGA Driver Installation 37
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 38
RAID Utility Installation 38
Network Utility Installation 38
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with integrated
SAS SW RAID) 38
Drivers Required 38
Software Required 39
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 39
Installation Tips 39
Chipset Driver Installation 39
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 40
IOAT Driver Installation 41
VGA Driver Installation 41
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 41
RAID Utility Installation 41
Network Utility Installation 42
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with onboard
SATA RAID) 42
Drivers Required 42
Software Required 42
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 43
Installation Tips 43
Chipset Driver Installation 43
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 44
IOAT Driver Installation 44
VGA Driver Installation 44
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 45
RAID Utility Installation 45
Network Utility Installation 45
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with integrated
SAS hardware RAID) 45
Drivers Required 45
Software Required 46
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 46
Installation Tips 46
Chipset Driver Installation 46
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 47
IOAT Driver Installation 48
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 48
VGA Driver Installation 48

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 49
RAID Utility Installation 49
Network Utility Installation 49
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with integrated
SAS hardware RAID 2) 49
Drivers Required 49
Software Required 50
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 50
Installation Tips 50
Chipset Driver Installation 50
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 51
IOAT Driver Installation 52
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 52
VGA Driver Installation 52
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 53
RAID Utility Installation 53
Network Utility Installation 53
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with integrated
SAS SW RAID) 53
Drivers Required 53
Software Required 54
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 54
Installation Tips 54
Chipset Driver Installation 54
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 55
IOAT Driver Installation 56
VGA Driver Installation 56
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 56
RAID Utility Installation 56
Network Utility Installation 57
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with onboard
SATA RAID) 57
Drivers Required 57
Software Required 57
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 57
Installation Tips 58
Chipset Driver Installation 58
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 59
IOAT Driver Installation 59
VGA Driver Installation 59
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 60
RAID Utility Installation 60
Network Utility Installation 60
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with integrated SAS
hardware RAID) 60
Drivers Required 60

Software Required 61
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 61
Installation Tips 61
Chipset Driver Installation 61
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 62
IOAT Driver Installation 63
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 63
VGA Driver Installation 63
RAID Utility Installation 64
Network Utility Installation 64
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with integrated SAS
hardware RAID 2) 64
Drivers Required 64
Software Required 64
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 65
Installation Tips 65
Chipset Driver Installation 65
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 66
IOAT Driver Installation 66
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 66
VGA Driver Installation 67
RAID Utility Installation 67
Network Utility Installation 67
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with integrated SAS SW
RAID) 67
Drivers Required 68
Software Required 68
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 68
Installation Tips 68
Chipset Driver Installation 68
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 69
IOAT Driver Installation 69
VGA Driver Installation 70
RAID Utility Installation 70
Network Utility Installation 70
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) 70
Drivers Required 71
Software Required 71
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 71
Installation Tips 71
Chipset Driver Installation 71
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 72
IOAT Driver Installation 72
VGA Driver Installation 73
RAID Utility Installation 73
Network Utility Installation 73

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with integrated SAS
hardware RAID) 73
Drivers Required 74
Software Required 74
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 74
Installation Tips 74
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 75
IOAT driver installation 75
RAID Utility Installation 76
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with integrated SAS
hardware RAID 2) 76
Drivers Required 76
Software Required 77
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 77
Installation Tips 77
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 77
IOAT driver installation 78
RAID Utility Installation 78
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with integrated SAS SW
RAID) 79
Drivers Required 79
Software Required 79
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 80
Installation Tips 80
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 80
IOAT driver installation 81
RAID Utility Installation 81
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with Onboard SATA RAID) 82
Drivers Required 82
Software Required 82
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 82
Installation Tips 82
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 83
IOAT driver installation 83
RAID Utility Installation 84
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with integrated SAS hardware
RAID) 85
Drivers Required 85
Software Required 85
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 85
Installation Tips 85
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 86
IOAT driver installation 86
RAID Utility Installation 87
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with integrated SAS hardware
RAID 2) 87

Drivers Required 87
Software Required 88
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 88
Installation Tips 88
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 88
IOAT driver installation 89
RAID Utility Installation 90
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with integrated SAS SW RAID)90
Drivers Required 90
Software Required 91
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 91
Installation Tips 91
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 91
IOAT driver installation 92
RAID Utility Installation 92
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with Onboard SATA RAID) 93
Drivers Required 93
Software Required 93
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 93
Installation Tips 94
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 94
IOAT driver installation 95
RAID Utility Installation 95
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation (with integrated
SAS hardware RAID) 96
Drivers Required 96
Software Required 96
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 96
Installation Tips 96
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 97
RAID Utility Installation 97
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation (with integrated
SAS hardware RAID 2) 98
Drivers Required 98
Software Required 98
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 98
Installation Tips 98
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 99
RAID Utility Installation 99
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation (with integrated
SAS SW RAID) 100
Drivers Required 100
Software Required 100
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 100
Installation Tips 100
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 101