Acer Altos R720 Series, Installation & Configuration Manual

Page 1: ...ows 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 Enterp...

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Page 3: ...tallation 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 Ed...

Page 4: ...18 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation with integrated SAS hardware RAID 18 Drivers Required 18 Software Required 18 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 19 Installation Tips 1...

Page 5: ...s Required 31 Software Required 31 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 31 Installation Tips 31 Chipset Driver Installation 32 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 32 IOAT Driver Installation 33...

Page 6: ...Hat Enterprise Linux 5 0 EM64T Installation with integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 45 Drivers Required 45 Software Required 45 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 45 Installation Tips 45 Gigabit...

Page 7: ...ivers Required 57 Software Required 58 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 58 Installation Tips 58 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 58 RAID Utility Installation 59 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4...

Page 8: ...allation 74 IOAT driver installation 75 RAID Utility Installation 75 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation with integrated SAS hardware RAID 76 Drivers Required 76 Software...

Page 9: ...rated SAS hardware RAID 88 Drivers Required 88 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 88 Installation Tips 88 Downloading the VMware Infrastructure Client 89 VMware Infrastructure Client Installatio...

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Page 11: ...u a briefly and quick hardware information about Altos R720 The operating system installation tips Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R720 Installation Configuration Guide 1 The Altos R720 Installa...

Page 12: ...DIMM 667 Maximum memory of 32GB when 4GB DIMM is available Up to 17 GB s maximum b w for FB DIMM 533 Up to 21 GB s maximum b w for FB DIMM 677 Support memory sparing and memory mirroring 2006 Q3 Stor...

Page 13: ...ant Option Can be upgraded to Intel Remote Management Module with Virtual Media and remote KVM support Availability sub system System Power Supply 1 1 redundant 750W power supply Hot Swap Storage Subs...

Page 14: ...Altos R720 Installation Configuration Guide 4 System Block Diagram BOARD LAYOUT...

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Page 16: ...Certified NOTE1 Altos R720 BIOS P88 or later BMC 63 or later and FRUSDR 47 or later are required to support Windows Server 2008 NOTE2 This Windows Server 2008 certification also applies to Standard E...

Page 17: ...EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Onboard USB 2 0 N A OS built in IOAT 1 2 79 9 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Hot swap backplane N A OS built in Software Required The management utility of integrate...

Page 18: ...uld see the following devices with yellow mark in Device Manager Chipset Driver Installation 1 Please insert the EasyBUILD into the optical drive 2 Expand Drivers Altos R720 Chipset select Windows Ser...

Page 19: ...ct Windows Server 2008 x64 and click on Setup 3 Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver and reboot the server after the driver is installed RAID Utility Installation 1 Please insert the EasyB...

Page 20: ...guring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 Please refer to the APPENDIX B for the integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 configuration Installation Tips NOTE The Windows Server 2008 x64 can recognize integrated SA...

Page 21: ...syBUILD Please do the same on both of the Gigabit Ethernet devices 2 Please insert the EasyBUILD into the optical drive 3 Expand Drivers Altos R720 Network adapters Intel 82563EB Gigabit Ethernet Cont...

Page 22: ...et utility for the onboard Gigabit Ethernet controller will be installed automatically when you installing the onboard Gigabit Ethernet driver Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation with...

Page 23: ...lease replace the driver with the one provided by EasyBUILD If you do not have the optional internal USB floppy drive you need an external USB floppy drive or USB Flash drive to load driver during the...

Page 24: ...BUILD Please do the same on both of the Gigabit Ethernet devices 2 Please insert the EasyBUILD into the optical drive 3 Expand Drivers Altos R720 Network adapters Intel 82563EB Gigabit Ethernet Contro...

Page 25: ...ility for the onboard Gigabit Ethernet controller will be installed automatically when you installing the onboard Gigabit Ethernet driver Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Installation with integ...

Page 26: ...2 Please replace the driver with the one provided by EasyBUILD If you do not have the optional internal USB floppy drive you need an external USB floppy drive or USB Flash drive to load driver during...

Page 27: ...BUILD Please do the same on both of the Gigabit Ethernet devices 2 Please insert the EasyBUILD into the optical drive 3 Expand Drivers Altos R720 Network adapters Intel 82563EB Gigabit Ethernet Contro...

Page 28: ...Set utility for the onboard Gigabit Ethernet controller will be installed automatically when you installing the onboard Gigabit Ethernet driver Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation...

Page 29: ...ware RAID in the Windows Server 2003 x64 If you do not have the optional internal USB floppy drive you need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver during the OS installation 1 As Windows Ser...

Page 30: ...Intel 82563EB Gigabit Ethernet controller You could find the driver in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 Please do the same on both of the devices 2 Right click on the Ethernet Controller and select Update Dri...

Page 31: ...Intel R 5000 Series Chipsets Integrated Device 1A38 listed in System devices Hot swap Backplane Driver Installation 1 There is a ESG SHV SCA HSBP M11 SCSI Enclosure Device listed under Other device in...

Page 32: ...nstall the SNP and reboot the server after the SNP is installed RAID Utility Installation 1 Please insert the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 into the optical drive 2 Expand Utilities Altos R720 Integrated SA...

Page 33: ...9d f35f2b1b83cd DisplayLang en RAID Web Console 2 2 63 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Intel PROSet Utility 13 0 44 0 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 Pleas...

Page 34: ...oot the server after the chipset driver is installed Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 1 There are two Ethernet Controller listed under Other device in Windows Device Manager It should be the onboa...

Page 35: ...ver Please refer to the EasyBUILD Version 7 1 build 100 for IOAT driver in Driver required section 7 Click on Next and follow the instruction to finish the driver update 8 After installing the driver...

Page 36: ...ng en 1 Download the SNP from Microsoft website 2 Double click on the downloaded file to run the installation program 3 Follow the instruction to install the SNP and reboot the server after the SNP is...

Page 37: ...details aspx FamilyID c65f4a89 f4da 463e a496 4b5abd660bf9 DisplayLang en RAID Web Console 2 1 13 00 EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 or later Intel PROSet Utility 10 4 4 2 EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 or later Co...

Page 38: ...t the server after the chipset driver is installed Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 1 There are two Ethernet Controller listed under Other device in Windows Device Manager It should be the onboard...

Page 39: ...ver Please refer to the EasyBUILD Version 7 1 build 100 for IOAT driver in Driver required section 7 Click on Next and follow the instruction to finish the driver update 8 After installing the driver...

Page 40: ...en 1 Download the SNP from Microsoft website 2 Double click on the downloaded file to run the installation program 3 Follow the instruction to install the SNP and reboot the server after the SNP is i...

Page 41: ...tworking Pack N A http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID c65f4a89 f4da 463e a496 4b5abd660bf9 DisplayLang en RAID Web Console 2 2 63 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Intel PROSet Utili...

Page 42: ...et select Windows Server 2003 and click on Setup 4 Follow the instruction to install the driver and reboot the server after the chipset driver is installed Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 1 There...

Page 43: ...t Search the best driver these locations and check Include this location in the search 6 Click on Browse and specify the path for the driver Please refer to the EasyBUILD Version 7 1 build 100 for IOA...

Page 44: ...Networking Pack for Windows Server 2003 in the Microsoft website http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID c65f4a89 f4da 463e a496 4b5abd660bf9 DisplayLang en 1 Download the SNP from Micr...

Page 45: ...Software Required The management utility of integrated SAS hardware RAID can be found in the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 or later Software Version EasyBUILD Version RAID Web Console 2 1 13 00 EasyBUILD 7...

Page 46: ...Follow the instruction to install the driver and reboot the server after the chipset driver is installed Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 5 There are two Ethernet Controller listed under Other dev...

Page 47: ...build 100 for IOAT driver in Driver required section 6 Follow the instruction to finish the driver update 7 After installing the driver you would see Intel R 5000 Series Chipsets Integrated Device 1A...

Page 48: ...sert the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 into the optical drive 2 Expand Utilities Altos R720 Intel 82563EB Gigabit Controller select PROSet Utility Windows 2000 and click on Setup 3 Follow the instruction an...

Page 49: ...driver Integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 in the Windows Server 2003 If you do not have the optional internal USB floppy drive you need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver during the OS inst...

Page 50: ...You could find the driver in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 Please do the same on the both of the devices 2 Right click on the Ethernet Controller and select Properties 3 Select Driver tab and click on Upda...

Page 51: ...ther device in Windows Device Manager It is the hot swap SAS backplane for R720 2 Right click on the ESG SHV SCA HSBP M11 SCSI Enclosure Device and select Properties 3 Select Driver tab and click on U...

Page 52: ...ault setting to complete the Network Utility Installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 0 EM64T Installation with integrated SAS hardware RAID Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat...

Page 53: ...instruction to load the integrated SAS hardware RAID driver from the driver diskette 5 At the package selection step select Software Development for the installation package 6 Please follow the normal...

Page 54: ...modprobe dca cd ioatdma insmod ioatdma ko modprobe ioatdma ll sys class dma When IOAT driver installation completed you could see subdirectories and files for each subdirectory of sys class dma folder...

Page 55: ...e RAID 2 00 00 03 18 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Onboard Chipset N A OS built in Onboard Gigabit Ethernet 0 3 3 3 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Onboard VGA N A OS built in Onboard USB 2 0 N A...

Page 56: ...1 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 EM64T prior to install the Gigabit Ethernet driver 1 You can find the Gigabit Ethernet driver in EasyBUILD Please copy the driver from the EasyBUILD to HDD first mount...

Page 57: ...t libstdc 296 2 96 138 i386 rpm and compat libstdc 33 3 2 3 61 i386 rpm packages with the CD 3 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 EM64T prior to install the RAID Web Console 2 1 You can find the RAID Web C...

Page 58: ...rated SAS hardware RAID can be found in the EasyBUILD Software Version EasyBUILD Version RAID Web Console 2 2 19 01 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 100 or later Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID Please ref...

Page 59: ...e the OS built in NIC driver rmmod e1000 ko 3 Change the directory to the driver source and install the driver cd tmp src make install insmod e1000 ko 4 Run the kudzu utility it will auto detect the G...

Page 60: ...e copy the utility from the EasyBUILD to HDD first mount media cdrecorder cp R media cdrecorder app r720 raid Integrated_SAS Linux tmp 2 Install RAID Web Console 2 utility cd tmp unzip ir3_Linux_RWC2_...

Page 61: ...2 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 0 If you do not have the optional internal USB floppy drive you need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver during the OS installation 1 Since Red Hat Ent...

Page 62: ...it kudzu 5 Restart the network service to bring up both of the network interfaces service network restart IOAT driver installation 1 Please remove the old version of IOAT driver from the system manua...

Page 63: ...19_01 zip chmod 755 install sh chmod 755 RunRPM sh install sh 3 Type y to accept the license agreen and select 1 for full installation 4 To start RAID Web Console 2 on select applications System Tools...

Page 64: ...you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 first before the installation 2 Type linux dd when the prompt boot appears at the start 3 Please select the sda as the Driver Disk...

Page 65: ...13 00 zip chmod 755 install sh chmod 755 RunRPM sh install sh 3 Type y to accept the license agreen and select 1 for full installation 4 To start RAID Web Console 2 on select applications System Tools...

Page 66: ...2 you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 first before the installation 2 Type linux dd when the prompt boot appears at the start 3 Please select the sda as the Driver Dis...

Page 67: ...C2_v1 13 00 zip chmod 755 install sh chmod 755 RunRPM sh install sh 3 Type y to accept the license agreen and select 1 for full installation 4 To start RAID Web Console 2 on select applications System...

Page 68: ...eed to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 first before the installation 2 Type linux dd when the prompt boot appears at the start 3 Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source...

Page 69: ...RWC2_v1 13 00 zip chmod 755 install sh chmod 755 RunRPM sh install sh 3 Type y to accept the license agreen and select 1 for full installation 4 To start RAID Web Console 2 select applications System...

Page 70: ...need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 first before the installation 2 Type linux dd when the prompt boot appears at the start 3 Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Sour...

Page 71: ...p chmod 755 install sh chmod 755 RunRPM sh install sh 3 Type y to accept the license agreen and select 1 for full installation 4 To start RAID Web Console 2 select applications System Tools RAID Web C...

Page 72: ...build 600 first before the installation 2 Boot the system with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T CD 1 3 When you see the boot menu on the screen select Installation Then press F5 and select YES f...

Page 73: ...ory of the 82546EB driver in Driver Required section above and copy the driver from the EasyBUILD 7 1 to HDD first mount media dvdram cp R media dvdram Disk R720 NIC Intel pro1000 lx tmp 2 Change the...

Page 74: ...first Copy the IOAT driver to tmp cd tmp tar zxf ioatdma ioat version tar gz 3 Install the IOAT driver cd ioatdma ioat version make install 4 Load the IOAT driver modprobe dca cd ioatdma insmod ioatd...

Page 75: ...rd Chipset N A OS built in Onboard Gigabit Ethernet 0 3 3 3 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Onboard VGA N A OS built in Onboard USB 2 0 N A OS built in IOAT 2 15 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Soft...

Page 76: ...d click on Details Select Package Groups in the Filter drop down menu then click Development sources to add kernel package Select Patterns in the Filter drop down menu then add C C Compiler and Tools...

Page 77: ...ory of the 82546EB driver in Driver Required section above and copy the driver from the EasyBUILD 7 1 to HDD first mount media dvdram cp R media dvdram Disk R720 NIC Intel pro1000 lx tmp 2 Change the...

Page 78: ...ko modprobe ioatdma ll sys class dma When IOAT driver installation completed you could see subdirectories and files for each subdirectory of sys class dma folder RAID Utility Installation 1 You can f...

Page 79: ...The management utility of integrated SAS hardware RAID can be found in the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 or later Software Version EasyBUILD Version RAID Web Console 2 1 19 00 EasyBUILD 7 1 build 600 or la...

Page 80: ...Compiler and Tools packages 6 Follow the instruction to complete the installation of CD 1 7 Remove the driver diskette when system automatically reboot at the end of the installation process with CD...

Page 81: ...network controller and help you to configure it IOAT driver installation NOTE Please update the onboard Gigabit Ethernet driver to version 7 6 5 or later prior to install IOAT driver you could found...

Page 82: ...and select 1 for full installation 4 To start RAID Web Console 2 click on start button select System More Programs RAID Web Console 2 Startup UI SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation with inte...

Page 83: ...on 2 Boot the system with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 CD 1 3 When you see the boot menu on the screen select Installation Then press F5 and select YES for the driver loading in the installation Pr...

Page 84: ...ory of the 82546EB driver in Driver Required section above and copy the driver from the EasyBUILD 7 1 to HDD first mount media dvdram cp R media dvdram Disk R720 NIC Intel pro1000 lx tmp 2 Change the...

Page 85: ...a ko modprobe ioatdma ll sys class dma When IOAT driver installation completed you could see subdirectories and files for each subdirectory of sys class dma folder RAID Utility Installation 1 You can...

Page 86: ...f integrated SAS hardware RAID can be found in the EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 or later Software Version EasyBUILD Version RAID Web Console 2 1 13 00 EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 or later Configuring integrate...

Page 87: ...nstallation 1 You can find the Intel 82546EB driver in EasyBUILD 7 1 build 100 Please refer to directory of the 82546EB driver in Driver Required section and copy the driver from the EasyBUILD 7 1 bui...

Page 88: ...rdware RAID 2 00 00 03 18 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Onboard Chipset N A OS built in Onboard Gigabit Ethernet 0 3 3 3 EasyBUILD 8 0 build 200 or later Onboard VGA N A OS built in Onboard USB 2 0...

Page 89: ...d kernel source please select Various Linux Tools in the left window and check kernel source in the right window 9 After you add the kernel source and C C Compiler and Tools please click on Accept and...

Page 90: ...to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 on Altos R720 with integrated SAS hardware RAID Drivers Required For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation the fo...

Page 91: ...8 Follow the instruction to change the CD to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 1 9 At the Installation Settings select the Software and click on Detailed selection to add kernel source and C C Compil...

Page 92: ...select 1 for full installation 4 To start RAID Web Console 2 click on start button select System More Programs RAID Web Console 2 Startup UI SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation...

Page 93: ...u see the boot menu on the screen select Installation press F6 then press Enter to continue 4 Follow the instruction to load the integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 driver from the driver diskette 5 Follow...

Page 94: ...app r720 raid Integrated_SAS Linux tmp 2 Install RAID Web Console 2 utility cd tmp unzip ir3_Linux_RWC2_v1 13 00 zip chmod 755 install sh chmod 755 RunRPM sh install sh 3 Type y to accept the license...

Page 95: ...l to install 4 At Prepare boot partition page create one 500 MB DOS partition 5 When you see the following message please select Modify Then move the cursor to Storage adapters and press Enter The fol...

Page 96: ...t Pack 5 overlay CD on Altos R720 with integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 Drivers Required For NetWare 6 5 SP5 installation with integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 the following device drivers are required De...

Page 97: ...ly loaded please select Return to driver summary 8 Continue the installation 9 When you see the following message please select Modify Then move the cursor to Network boards and press Enter The follow...

Page 98: ...in Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID Please refer to the Appendix A for the integrated SAS hardware RAID configuration Installation Tips 1 Please use the built in driver of VMware ESX Server 3...

Page 99: ...e this ESX Server use any browser to open the URL http IP address of the ESX Server 2 Please remotely connect the ESX Server from a console system by typing in the IP address of the ESX Server with we...

Page 100: ...Altos R720 Installation Configuration Guide 90 3 Now you can manage the ESX Server or create virtual machines with the VMware Infrastructure Client utility...

Page 101: ...ialing a RAID Volume 1 Launch the configuration menu 2 Select Configuration Wizard 3 Select Add Configuration default and click on Next 4 Select Custom Configuration default and click on Next 5 Select...

Page 102: ...iguration Guide 92 3 Select Make Global Dedicated HSP or Make Dedicated DSP 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 l...

Page 103: ...tialing a RAID Volume 1 Launch the configuration menu 2 Select Configuration Wizard 3 Select Add Configuration default and click on Next 4 Select Custom Configuration default and click on Next 5 Selec...

Page 104: ...guration Guide 94 13 Select Make Global Dedicated HSP or Make Dedicated DSP and click on Go 14 Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu You will see the disk marked as Hotsapare in pink and...