Acer Altos G5450 Series, Installation & Configuration Manual

Page 1: ...lation guide on Altos G5450 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 bit an...

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Page 3: ...s 8 Chipset Driver Installation 9 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 10 VGA Driver Installation onboard VGA 10 VGA Driver Installation ATI FireGL V5600 10 RAID Utility Installation 12 Network Utilit...

Page 4: ...llation onboard VGA easybuild 18 VGA Driver Installation ATI FireGL V5600 19 RAID Utility Installation 20 Network Utility Installation 20 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation with LSI M...

Page 5: ...re Required 28 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 29 Installation Tips 29 Chipset Driver Installation 29 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 29 VGA Driver Installation onboard XGI Z9s 29 VGA Driver...

Page 6: ...Installation with onboard SATA RAID 37 Drivers Required 37 Software Required 37 Configuring onboard SATA RAID 37 Installation Tips 37 Chipset Driver Installation 38 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installatio...

Page 7: ...nstallation 45 Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 45 Drivers Required 45 Software Required 46 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 46 Installation Tips 46...

Page 8: ...XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 55 Drivers Required 55 Software Required 55 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP 55 Installation Tips 56 Chipset Driver Packa...

Page 9: ...allation 63 Network Utility Installation 63 Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation with onboard SATA RAID 63 Drivers Required 64 Software Required 64 Configuring onboard SATA RAID 64 Install...

Page 10: ...8708ELP 71 Drivers Required 72 Software Required 72 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 72 Installation Tips 72 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 73 VGA Driver Installation onboard XGI Z9s 73 VGA...

Page 11: ...llation 82 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation with onboard SATA RAID 82 Drivers Required 83 Software Required 83 Configuring onboard SATA RAID Utility 83 Installation Tips 83 VGA Drive...

Page 12: ...lity 92 Creating a RAID1 Volume 92 Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 92 APPENDIX B LSI MEGARAID SAS 8708ELP RAID CREATION 93 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 93 Starting LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Configurati...

Page 13: ...u a briefly and quick hardware information about Altos G5450 The operating system installation tips Where Can I Download the Latest Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide 1 The Altos G5450 Insta...

Page 14: ...PCI Express slot w x16 troughtput One x16 PCI Express slot w x8 throughput One x8 PCI Express slot w x4 throughput Two 32 bits 33MHz PCI slots VGA Onboard XGI Z9s video controller w 16MB SDRAM Option...

Page 15: ...3 Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide kit Two disk cages Hard Disks Up to 8 HDDs by two 4 HDD hot plug non hot plug cage...

Page 16: ...Altos G5450 Installation Configuration Guide 4 System Block Diagram BOARD LAYOUT...

Page 17: ...GB 2 x 2GB 16 GB Dual Processor CPU1 CPU1 DIMM A1 B1 DIMM A2 B2 DIMM A3 B3 DIMM A4 B4 DIMM C1 D1 DIMM C2 D2 DIMM C3 D3 DIMM C4 D4 Total Memory 1 2 x 512MB 2 x 512MB 2 GB 2 2 x 512MB 2 x 512MB 2 x 512M...

Page 18: ...D2 DIMM C3 D3 DIMM C4 D4 Physical Memory Detected by OS 1 2 x 512MB Single Rank 2 x 512MB Single Rank 2 x 512MB Single Rank Spare 2 x 512MB Single Rank 2 x 512MB Single Rank 2 x 512MB Single Rank Spa...

Page 19: ...rver 10 EM64T N A Certified SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 N A Certified NOTE 1 Altos G5450 BIOS P14 or later is required to support Windows Server 2008 NOTE 2 This Windows Server 2008 certification...

Page 20: ...build 200 or later Software Required The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID S...

Page 21: ...o finish the installation Chipset Driver Installation 1 Though Windows Server 2008 x64 has built in driver for onboard chipset and can recognize the onboard gigabit Ethernet controller we still need t...

Page 22: ...k on Setup 3 Click on Display Driver and follow the instruction to install the VGA driver 4 Please reboot the server after the driver is installed After the system rebooted you would see XGI Z7 Z9 Z9s...

Page 23: ...into the optical drive 4 Expand Drivers Altos G5450 Graphics adapters ATI FireGL V5600 select Windows Server 2008 x64 and click on Setup 5 Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver 6 At Select...

Page 24: ...d use the default setting to the Setup Type 4 At the Setup Type please select StandAlone Follow the instruction again to complete the installation Network Utility Installation The ForceWare Network Ac...

Page 25: ...ID Storage Manager 2 63 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later ForceWare Network Access Manager 67 80 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Please refer to the Appendix C for...

Page 26: ...ndows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP ATI FireGL V5600 Driver Installation section RAID Utility Installation Please refer to the Windows Server 2008 x64Enterprise Edition L...

Page 27: ...nstallation 2 Please boot the system form the Windows Server 2008 x64 CD DVD Follow the instructions to do the installation 3 When you see the Where do you want to install Windows on the screen please...

Page 28: ...set driver package Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition on Altos...

Page 29: ...Windows on the screen please insert the driver diskette and click on Load Driver 4 Click on OK You will see the supported devices listed 5 Select LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP RAID Controller A oemse...

Page 30: ...Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet driver is included in the chipset driver package The Gigabit Ethernet driver would be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package V...

Page 31: ...After you entering the BIOS select Advanced PCI Configuration Onboard VGA Control press Enter and change the setting from Enabled to Disabled press And then press F10 to save configuration changes an...

Page 32: ...LD 8 0 build 200 into the optical drive 2 Expand Utilities Altos G5450 LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP select MegaRAID Storage Manager Windows Server 2008 and click on Setup 3 Follow the instruction accept t...

Page 33: ...0 build 200 or later Software Required The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID...

Page 34: ...he Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP XGI Z9s Driver Installation section VGA Driver Installation ATI FireGL V5600 Please refer to the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Editi...

Page 35: ...dows Server can recognize the onboard SATA RAID we still replace the driver with the one in EasyBUILD Please make the driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 first before the installation 2 P...

Page 36: ...rk Access Manager is included in the chipset driver package The ForceWare Network Access Manager will be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package Windows Server 2003 Ente...

Page 37: ...D SAS 8708ELP you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 first before the installation 2 Press F6 at the beginning of installation for providing the driver diskette for the LS...

Page 38: ...river in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 Please insert the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 into the optical drive 2 Expand Drivers Altos G5450 Graphics adapters XGI Z9s select Windows Server 2003 x64 and click on Set...

Page 39: ...After the system rebooted you will see the following message on the screen 7 Please right click on desktop and select Properties 8 Select Setting tab Change the setting of Display to 1 Plug and Play M...

Page 40: ...iver package Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition on...

Page 41: ...Enterprise x64 Edition with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Chipset Driver Installation section Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet driver is included in the chipset driver package The...

Page 42: ...luding in chipset driver package 9 18 Onboard XGI Z9s 6 14 10 1080 Disk g5450 onboard xgiz9s x64 ws03 ATI FireGL V5200 8 323 1 0 Disk g5450 graphic V5200 x64 ws03 Software Required The management util...

Page 43: ...V5200 driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP ATI FireGL V5200 Driver Instal...

Page 44: ...hipset driver package 9 21 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Please refer to the Appendix B for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP configuration Installation Tips 1 As Windows Server 2003 can t recognize...

Page 45: ...chipset driver package The Gigabit Ethernet driver will be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package VGA Driver Installation onboard XGI Z9s 1 Windows 2003 will treat onbo...

Page 46: ...Other Device in Windows Server 2003 Device Manager for both ATI FireGL V5200 and XGI Z9s 2 You can find the ATI FireGL V5200 driver in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 Please insert the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 60...

Page 47: ...ent and use the default setting to the Setup Type 4 At Setup Type please select StandAlone 5 Follow the instruction again to complete the installation Network Utility Installation The ForceWare Networ...

Page 48: ...ading the RAID driver from diskette follow the normal procedure to finish the installation Chipset Driver Installation The chipset driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed...

Page 49: ...evice drivers are required Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA RAID 5 10 2600 687 Disk g5450 onboard sataraid ws03 Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset Package 9 21 Disk g5450 onboard Chipset...

Page 50: ...s The XGI Z9s driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP XGI Z9x Driver Installation...

Page 51: ...sion Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage Manager 2 07 00 app g5450 sas 8708ELP Windows ForceWare Network Access Manager 65 31 Including in chipset driver package 9 21 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS...

Page 52: ...n you installing the chipset driver package VGA Driver Installation onboard ZGI Z9s 1 Windows 2000 cannot recognize the onboard VGA You can find the XGI Z9s driver in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 Please in...

Page 53: ...ts please click on Express 6 Please reboot the server after the driver is installed You would see ATI FireGL V5200 and ATI FireGL V5200 Secondary listed in Display adapters in Device Manager 7 After y...

Page 54: ...Altos G540 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Drivers Required For Windows 2000 Installation the following device drivers are required Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 2 7 0...

Page 55: ...Installation onboard ZGI Z9s The ZGI Z9s driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8...

Page 56: ...aphic V5200 ws2k Software Required The management utility for onboard SATA RAID and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 or later Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA RAID U...

Page 57: ...I MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP ATI FireGL V5200 Driver Installation section RAID Utility Installation The onboard SATA RAID utility is included in the chipset driver package The onboard SATA RAID utility will...

Page 58: ...lace the driver with the one in EasyBUILD Please make the driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 first before the installation 2 Please boot the system form the Windows Vista x64 CD DVD Foll...

Page 59: ...e Setup Type 4 At Setup Type please select StandAlone 5 Follow the instruction again to complete the installation Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition Installation with onboard SATA RAID Below informa...

Page 60: ...load the driver 6 After the driver is loaded and returned to Where do you want to install Windows page click on Next to continue the installation 7 Follow the instructions to finish the installation C...

Page 61: ...fer to the Appendix B for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP configuration Installation Tips 1 Though Windows Vista can recognize the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP we still replace the driver with the one in Eas...

Page 62: ...RAID Storage Manger Windows Vista x64 and click on Setup 3 Follow the instruction accept the license agreement and use the default setting to the Setup Type 4 At Setup Type please select StandAlone 5...

Page 63: ...ce RAID Device A nvrd32 inf and NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller A nvrd32 inf listed 5 Please hold the Ctrl key to select all of listed driver and click on Next to load the driver 6 After the drive...

Page 64: ...g5450 graphic V5200 x64 wsxp Software Required The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 or later Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD...

Page 65: ...s are installed please reboot the system Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet driver is included in the chipset driver package The Gigabit Ethernet driver would be installed autom...

Page 66: ...eGL V5200 and XGI Z9s 2 You can find the ATI FireGL V5200 driver in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 Please insert the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 into the optical drive 3 Expand Drivers Altos G5450 Graphics adapt...

Page 67: ...l Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on Altos G5450 with MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP installed Drivers Required For Windows XP x64 Installation the following device drivers are required Device Version Direc...

Page 68: ...The Gigabit Ethernet driver would be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package VGA Driver Installation onboard XGI Z9s The XGI Z9s driver installation is the same as LSI...

Page 69: ...5450 graphic V5200 x64 ws03 Software Required The management utility for onboard SATA RAID and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 or later Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard...

Page 70: ...gaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed Please refer to the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP ATI FireGL V5200 Driver Installation section RAID Utility Installati...

Page 71: ...chipset driver package 9 21 Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Please refer to the Appendix B for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP configuration Installation Tips 1 As Windows XP can t recognize the LSI...

Page 72: ...er will be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package VGA Driver Installation onboard XGI Z9s 1 Windows XP cannot recognize the onboard VGA You can find the XGI Z9s driver...

Page 73: ...he instruction to install the VGA driver 5 At Select Components please click on Express 6 Please reboot the server after the driver is installed You would see ATI FireGL V5200 and ATI FireGL V5200 Sec...

Page 74: ...07 15 0209 20 07 E Disk g5450 sas 8204elp wsxp Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset Package 9 21 Disk g5450 onboard Chipset wsxp Onboard NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller 65 3 1 0 Including in chipset dr...

Page 75: ...lled Please refer to the Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP XGI Z9s Driver Installation section VGA Driver Installation ATI FireGL V5200 The ATI FireGL V520...

Page 76: ...chipset driver package 9 21 Configuring onboard SATA RAID Please refer to the Appendix A for the onboard SATA RAID configuration Installation Tips 1 As Windows XP can t recognize the onboard SATA RAID...

Page 77: ...SATA RAID utility will be installed automatically when you installing the chipset driver package Network Utility Installation The ForceWare Network Access Manager is included in the chipset driver pac...

Page 78: ...or MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP from the driver diskette 5 If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system you need to install additional package at the Package Installation Defaults If you use the o...

Page 79: ...taller ati driver installer 8 35 5 x86 x86_64 run 3 Follow the instructions and use the default settings to install the driver 4 After the driver is installed run aticonfig initial to configure the dr...

Page 80: ...0209 20 07 Disk g5450 sas 8204elp x64 rh4u4 Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset N A OS built in Onboard NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller 0 60 Disk g5450 nic Nvidia x64 rhel4ud4 Onboard XGI Z9s 1 2 53 D...

Page 81: ...aRAID SAS 8708ELP Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section VGA Driver Installation onboard XGI Z9s The XGI Z9s driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed Please refer to...

Page 82: ...A for the onboard SATA RAID configuration Installation Tips 1 Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 EM64T Update4 cannot recognize the onboard SATA RAID you need to make a driver diskette before the inst...

Page 83: ...e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 EM64T Update 4 Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP ATI FireGL V5200 Driver Installation section RAID Utility Installation NOTE You need the firefox to use the onb...

Page 84: ...aRAID SAS 8708ELP Please refer to the Appendix B for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP configuration Installation Tips 1 Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 Update4 cannot recognize the MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP...

Page 85: ...ard XGI Z9s VGA driver in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 Please refer to Directory on EasyBUILD in Driver Required section and copy the driver from the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 to HDD first mount media cdrom...

Page 86: ...and select 3 for StandAlone installation 4 To start MegaRAID Storage Manager click on Applications and select System Tools MegaRAID Storage Manager StartupUI Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 Update 4 Inst...

Page 87: ...XGI Z9s please follow the instructions to finish the installation directly 6 At the Package Installation Defaults select Customize software packages to be installed 7 At the Package Group Selection st...

Page 88: ...llation the following device drivers are required Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA RAID N A N A Onboard NVIDIA NFP3600 Chipset N A OS built in Onboard NVIDIA nForce Networking Contro...

Page 89: ...VGA Driver Installation onboard XGI Z9s The XGI Z9s driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed Please refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 EM64T Update 4 Installation...

Page 90: ...S built in Onboard NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller 0 60 Disk g5450 nic Nvidia x64 sles10 Onboard XGI Z9s N A OS built in ATI FireGL V5200 8 35 5 N A Software Required The management utility of LSI...

Page 91: ...e system the system CANNOT boot into X window after OS installation completed You need reboot the system into text and install the driver for ATI FireGL V5200 first Please refer to VGA driver installa...

Page 92: ...EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 into the optical drive it will be mounted automatically Please copy the driver from the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 to HDD first cp media EBV71B600 Disk g5450 nic Nvidia x64 sles1...

Page 93: ...VIDIA nForce Networking Controller 0 60 Disk g5450 nic Nvidia x64 sles10 Onboard XGI Z9s N A OS built in ATI FireGL V5200 8 35 5 N A Software Required The management utility of LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204EL...

Page 94: ...leted You need reboot the system into text and install the driver for ATI FireGL V5200 first Please refer to VGA driver installation ATI FireGL V5200 section for how to install the driver VGA Driver I...

Page 95: ...Please refer to the Appendix A for the onboard SATA RAID configuration Installation Tips 1 Since SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T cannot recognize the onboard SATA RAID you need to make a driver...

Page 96: ...708ELP installed Please refer to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP VGA Driver Installation ATI FireGL V5200 section Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installat...

Page 97: ...600 or later Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage Manager 2 07 00 app g5450 sas 8708ELP Linux Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Please refer to the Appendix B for the LSI MegaR...

Page 98: ...allation ATI FireGL V5200 NOTE With ATI FireGL V5200 installed the system CANNOT boot into X window after the SLES 10 installation completed You need to reboot the system into text mode and install th...

Page 99: ...l the driver cd tmp rpm ivh nvlan sles10 0 60 1 21 i686 rpm RAID Utility Installation 1 You can find the MegaRAID Storage Manager in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 Please refer to Directory on EasyBUILD in S...

Page 100: ...the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP configuration Installation Tips 1 Since SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 cannot recognize the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUIL...

Page 101: ...RAID SAS 8708ELP VGA Driver Installation ATI FireGL V5200 section Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The NIC driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed Please refer to the...

Page 102: ...r diskette 6 After loading the driver select OK and Back to return to the installation 7 If you have installed the ATI FireGL V5200 in the system you need to install addition packages during the OS in...

Page 103: ...Installation with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section RAID Utility Installation 1 You can find the onboard SATA RAID utility in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 Please refer t...

Page 104: ...on Utility To enter the onboard SATA RAID configuration utility press F10 when you see MediaShield ROM BIOS 6 77 during POST Note You have to install at least one SATA HDD to the onboard SATA controll...

Page 105: ...Select Add Configuration default and click on Next 12 Select Custom Configuration default and click on Next 13 Hold the Ctrl key and select the drives that you want to add into the array After you se...

Page 106: ...ation Guide 94 Drives 24 Select Make Global Dedicated HSP or Make Dedicated HSP and click on Go 25 Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu You will see the disk marked as Hotsapare in pink...

Page 107: ...Del to reboot the server Creating a RAID volume 1 Select Configuration from Management Menu 2 Select New Configuration from the Configuration menu An array selection window displays the devices connec...

Page 108: ...ect Objects from Management menu 2 Select Physical Drive from Objects All of the HDDs will be listed 3 Select a drive marked as READY and press Enter 4 Select Make Hot Spare and press Enter 5 Select Y...