Altos R520 Installation Configuration Guide
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required.
Device Version
EasyBUILD Version
Integrated SAS
hardware 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
OS built-in
IOAT
2.15
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Software Required
The management utility of integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 can be found in
the EasyBUILD.
Software Version
EasyBUILD
Version
RAID Web Console
2
2.63
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 2
Please refer to the APPENDIX D. for the integrated SAS hardware RAID 2
configuration.
Installation Tips
NOTE. There is no built-in driver for Integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 in the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0. You need an external USB floppy drive for applying
driver during the OS installation.
1.
Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 cannot recognize the integrated SAS
hardware RAID 2, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD
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.
4.
Follow the instruction to load the integrated SAS hardware RAID 2 driver
from the driver diskette.
5.
At the package selection step, select Software Development for the
installation package.
6.
Please follow the normal procedure to finish the installation.
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
NOTE. Please install the
kernel-devel-<version>
package with the CD #1 of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 prior to install the Gigabit Ethernet driver.
1.
You can find the Gigabit Ethernet driver in EasyBUILD. Please copy the