Altos R5250 Installation Configuration Guide
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation (with LSI
MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP)
Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.0 EM64T on Altos R5250 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP.
Drivers Required
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T Installation, the following device
drivers are required.
Device
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
LSI MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP
09.25.1029.20
07
\Disk\R5250\sas\8204elp\x64\rhel5\
Onboard NVIDIA
NFP3600 Chipset
N/A OS
built-in
Onboard NVIDIA
nForce Networking
Controller
0.62 \Disk\R5250\nic\Nvidia\x64\rhel5
Onboard XGI Z9s
1.12.03
\Disk\R5250\onboard\xgiz9s\x64\rhel5\
ATI FireGL V5200
8.35.5
\Disk\R5250\graphic\V5200\x64\rhel5\
Software Required
The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP can be found in the
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later).
Software
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
MegaRAID Storage
Manager
2.30 \app\R5250\sas\8204ELP\Linux\
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP
Please refer to the Appendix D. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP
configuration.
Installation Tips
1.
Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 EM64T cannot recognize the
MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, you need to make a driver diskette from the
EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later) 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 driver for MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP from
the driver diskette.
5.
When installing MSM (MegaRAID Storage Manager) for MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP after installation complted OR if you have installed the ATI
FireGL V5200 in the system, you are required to manually to select/install
additional package at the Package Installation Defaults.