Acer AAR520 User Manual

Altos R520 Installation
Configuration Guide

Abstract

This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R520, including Windows
Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0
(32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 (32-bit & 64-bit) and NetWare 6.5.

Version: 1.1

June 2007

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This paper is for informational purposes only. ACER MAKES NO WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT.

Acer, Acer Altos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acer Incorporation.

Other product or company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of
their respective owners.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................... 1

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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 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition Installation (with integrated
SAS HW RAID) 6

Drivers Required 6
Software Required 7
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 7
Installation Tips 7
Chipset Driver Installation 7
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 8
IOAT Driver Installation 9
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 9
ATI ES1000 Installation 9
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 10
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 10
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 10

Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition Installation (with integrated
SAS SW RAID) 10

Drivers Required 10
Software Required 11
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 11
Installation Tips 11
Chipset Driver Installation 12
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 12
IOAT Driver Installation 13
ATI ES1000 Installation 13
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 13
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 14
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 14

Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition Installation (with onboard
SATA RAID) 14

Drivers Required 14
Software Required 14

Configuring onboard SATA RAID 15
Installation Tips 15
Chipset Driver Installation 15
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16
IOAT Driver Installation 17
ATI ES1000 Installation 17
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 17
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 18
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 18

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with integrated
SAS HW RAID) 18

Drivers Required 18
Software Required 18
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 19
Installation Tips 19
Chipset Driver Installation 19
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 20
IOAT Driver Installation 21
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 21
ATI ES1000 Installation 21
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 22
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 22
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 22

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with integrated
SAS SW RAID) 22

Drivers Required 22
Software Required 23
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 23
Installation Tips 23
Chipset Driver Installation 24
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 24
IOAT Driver Installation 25
ATI ES1000 Installation 25
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 25
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 26
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 26

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with onboard
SATA RAID) 26

Drivers Required 26
Software Required 26
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 27
Installation Tips 27
Chipset Driver Installation 27
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 28
IOAT Driver Installation 29
ATI ES1000 Installation 29

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 29
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 30
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 30

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with integrated SAS HW
RAID) 30

Drivers Required 30
Software Required 30
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 31
Installation Tips 31
Chipset Driver Installation 31
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 32
IOAT Driver Installation 32
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 32
ATI ES1000 Installation 33
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 33
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 33

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with integrated SAS SW
RAID) 34

Drivers Required 34
Software Required 34
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 34
Installation Tips 34
Chipset Driver Installation 35
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 35
IOAT Driver Installation 36
ATI ES1000 Installation 36
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 36
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 36

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 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 Installation 38
IOAT Driver Installation 39
ATI ES1000 Installation 39
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 39
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 40

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation (with integrated
SAS HW RAID) 40

Drivers Required 40
Software Required 40
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 40
Installation Tips 40
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 41

Intel RAID Web Console Installation 41

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation (with integrated
SAS SW RAID) 42

Drivers Required 42
Software Required 42
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 42
Installation Tips 43
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 43
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 43

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Installation (with onboard
SATA RAID) 44

Drivers Required 44
Software Required 44
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 45
Installation Tips 45
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 45
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 45

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation (with integrated SAS HW
RAID) 46

Drivers Required 46
Software Required 46
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 47
Installation Tips 47
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 47
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 48

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation (with integrated SAS SW
RAID) 48

Drivers Required 48
Software Required 49
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 49
Installation Tips 49
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 49
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 50

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation (with onboard SATA
RAID) 50

Drivers Required 50
Software Required 51
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 51
Installation Tips 51
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 51
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 52

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with integrated SAS
HW RAID) 52

Drivers Required 52
Software Required 53
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 53

Installation Tips 53
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 54
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 55

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with integrated SAS
SW RAID) 55

Drivers Required 55
Software Required 55
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 56
Installation Tips 56
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 57
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 57

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with onboard SATA
RAID) 58

Drivers Required 58
Software Required 58
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 58
Installation Tips 58
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 59
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 60

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with
integrated SAS HW RAID) 60

Drivers Required 60
Software Required 61
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 61
Installation Tips 61
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 61
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 62

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with
integrated SAS SW RAID) 62

Drivers Required 62
Software Required 63
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 63
Installation Tips 63
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 64
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 64

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with
onboard SATA RAID) 65

Drivers Required 65
Software Required 65
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 65
Installation Tips 65
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 66
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 66

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with integrated SAS HW RAID) 67

Drivers Required 67
Software Required 67

Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 67
Installation Tips 67
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 69
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 70

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with integrated SAS SW RAID) 70

Drivers Required 70
Software Required 70
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 71
Installation Tips 71
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 72
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 72

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) 73

Drivers Required 73
Software Required 73
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 73
Installation Tips 73
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 74
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 75

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with integrated
SAS HW RAID) 75

Drivers Required 75
Software Required 76
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 76
Installation Tips 76
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 76
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 77

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with integrated
SAS SW RAID) 77

Drivers Required 77
Software Required 78
Configuring integrated SAS SW RAID 78
Installation Tips 78
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 79
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 79

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with onboard
SATA RAID) 80

Drivers Required 80
Software Required 80
Configuring onboard SATA RAID 80
Installation Tips 80
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 81
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 81

NetWare 6.5 SP5 Installation (with integrated SAS HW RAID) 82

Drivers Required 82
Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 82
Installation Tips 82

APPENDIX A: INTEGRATED SAS HW RAID CREATION ..................... 84

Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID 84

Load BIOS default setting 84
Enter the integrated SAS HW RAID Configuration Utility 84
Loading Factory Default Setting 84
Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume 84
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 85

APPENDIX B: INTEGRATED SAS SW RAID CREATION ...................... 86

Configuring the integrated SAS SW RAID 86

Load BIOS default setting 86
Enable integrated SAS SW RAID function 86
Enter the integrated SAS SW RAID Configuration Utility 86
Loading integrated SAS SW RAID default setting 86
Create RAID 1 volume 86
Initial RAID Volume 87
Save and Exit Embedded RAID II Configuration Utility 87

APPENDIX C: ONBOARD SATA RAID CREATION .............................. 88

Configuring the onboard SATA RAID 88

Load BIOS default setting 88
Enable onboard SATA RAID function 88
Enter the onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility 88
Loading onboard SATA RAID default setting 88
Create RAID 1 volume 88
Initial RAID Volume 89
Save and Exit Embedded RAID II Configuration Utility 89

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Altos R520 Installation Configuration guide:

• Hardware parts give you a briefly and quick hardware information about

Altos R520

• The operating system installation tips.

1 Altos R520 Installation Configuration Guide

HARDWARE
SPECIFICATION

Model Altos R520

Processor

Front Side Bus

Cache

Chipset Intel chipset

Memory

Storage Interface

Expansion Slots

VGA

SAS Controller

SATA Controller

• Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors 5000

sequence (Dempsey or Woodcrest) at 2.66GHz
or above Frequency

• Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors 5300

sequence (Clovertown) at 1.60GHz or above
Frequency

• 667MHz

• 1066MHz

• 1333MHz

• 2 x 2MB L2 cache

• 4MB L2 cache

• 2 x 4MB L2 cache

• North Bridge: Intel 5000P (Blackford)

• South Bridge: Intel 6321ESB

• Quad FB-DIMM memory channels

• 8 x DIMM sockets support 512MB/1GB/2GB FB-

DIMM 533 or FB-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

• LSI SAS 1068 3Gb/s SAS controller

• Six SATA ports

• One ATA-100 port

Total 2 slots (one full height slot, one low profile
slot)
Low profile riser slot

• One x8 PCI-Express slot

Full height riser slot

• Option 1: One PCI-Express x8 slot

• Option 2: One 64-bits/133MHz/3.3V PCI-X slot

Onboard ATI ES1000 video controller w/ 16MB
SDRAM

• Integrated SAS HW RAID with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

and 50 support

• 128MB or 256MB of cache (DDR2 400

registered, 244 pin Mini DIMM)

• BBU support

• Six SATA ports with RAID 0, 1, 10 support

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• Optional RAID 5 support with activation key

LAN Controller

BMC BMC (Baseboard Management Controller)

Availability sub-system

System Power Supply

Storage Subsystem

Drive Bays

Hard Disks

• Onboard Intel 82563EB dual-channel gigabit

network interface controller

• Supporting Intel I/O Acceleration Technology

• IPMI 2.0 compliant

Option

• Can be upgraded to Intel Remote

Management Module with Virtual Media and
remote KVM support

• 1+1 redundant 650W power supply

• Hot Swap

• Six front accessible drive bay for 2.5”

SAS/SATA HDD

• Optional front accessible bay space for 7th,

8th HDD bay

• Up to 8 SAS/SATA 2.5” HDD (without

standard control panel or dummy cover
installed)

• Only support 6 SAS/SATA 2.5” HDD when

standard control panel or dummy cover
installed

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BOARD LAYOUT

System Block Diagram

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DIMM POPULATION
GUIDELINE

Memory population

Branch 0 Branch 1

# DIMM A1 DIMM A2 DIMM B1 DIMM B2 DIMM C1 DIMM C2 DIMM D1 DIMM D2
1 512 MB

2 512 MB 512 MB
3 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
4 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
5 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
6 1 GB
7 1 GB 1 GB
8 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB

9 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
10 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
11 2 GB
12 2 GB 2 GB
13 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
14 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
15 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB

Memory population with mirroring

# DIMM A1 DIMM A2 DIMM B1 DIMM B2 DIMM C1 DIMM C2 DIMM D1 DIMM D2

1 512 MB 512 MB

2 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB

3 1 GB 1 GB

4 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB

5 2 GB 2 GB

6 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB

Branch 0 Branch 1 Total Memory

512 MB
(Mirror)

512 MB
(Mirror)

1 GB

(Mirror)

1 GB

(Mirror)

2 GB

(Mirror)

2 GB

(Mirror)

512 MB
(Mirror)

1 GB

(Mirror)

2 GB

(Mirror)

512 MB
(Mirror)

512 MB
(Mirror)

1 GB

(Mirror)

1 GB

(Mirror)

2 GB

(Mirror)

2 GB

(Mirror)

Physical
Memory

2 GB 1 GB

512 MB
(Mirror)

4 GB 2 MB

1 GB

(Mirror)

8 GB 4 GB

2 GB

(Mirror)

4 GB 2 GB

8 GB 4 GB

16 GB 8 GB

Detected by

OS

Memory population with Sparing

Branch 0 Branch 1 Total Memory

# DIMM A1 DIMM A2 DIMM B1 DIMM B2 DIMM C1 DIMM C2 DIMM D1 DIMM D2

512 MB

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

(Sparing)

512 MB

(Sparing)

512 MB

(Sparing)

1 GB

(Sparing)

1 GB

(Sparing)

1 GB

(Sparing)

2 GB

(Sparing)

2 GB

(Sparing)

2 GB

(Sparing)

512 MB 1 GB 512 MB

512 MB

512 MB

1 GB 2 GB 1 GB

1 GB

1 GB

2 GB 4 GB 2 GB

2 GB

2 GB

512 MB

(Sparing)

512 MB

(Sparing)

1 GB

(Sparing)

1 GB

(Sparing)

2 GB

(Sparing)

2 GB

(Sparing)

512 MB 2 GB 1 GB

512 MB

1 GB 4 GB 2 GB

1 GB

2 GB 8 GB 4 GB

2 GB

512 MB

(Sparing)

1 GB

(Sparing)

2 GB

(Sparing)

512 MB

1 GB

2 GB

512 MB

(Sparing)

1 GB

(Sparing)

2 GB

(Sparing)

512 MB 4 GB 2 GB

1 GB 8 GB 4 GB

2 GB 16 GB 8 GB

Physical
Memory

Detected by

OS

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OS INSTALLATION TIPS

Below is Altos R520 OS certification matrix:

Operating System Status Note

Windows 2000 Advanced Server,
Service Pack 4

Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise
Edition

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition SP1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T
Update 3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update
3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T
SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 Certified

NetWare 6.5 Support Pack5 Certified

The drivers required for the OS installation can be found on the EasyBUILD 7.1
build 400 (or later). We suggest that you use the drivers contained in the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 (or later), as these drivers are tested and qualified by
Acer.

Tested

Certified

Certified

Certified

Certified

Certified

There are two ways you can get the drivers. You can either make diskettes
from EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 (or later), or put it in the optical drive and search
the driver directly.

NOTE. In this section, we assume the OS is installed on the HDD connected to
the onboard SATA RAID, integrated SAS SW RAID or integrated SAS HW RAID.

NOTE. You need an external USB floppy drive to load the driver during the OS
installation.

Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition Installation (with
integrated SAS HW RAID)

Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 x64
Enterprise Edition on Altos R520.

Drivers Required

For Windows 2003 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required.

Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Integrated SAS HW
RAID

Onboard Intel
5000P Chipset

Onboard Intel
82563EB Gigabit

1.17.0.64 \Disk\R520\RAID\HW_SAS\W2K3X64\

7.4.0.1005 \Disk\R520\onboard\Chipset\

9.3.39 \Disk\R520\NIC\Intel\pro1000.net\ws03
x64\

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Ethernet

Onboard ATI
ES1000

Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 OS built-in

IOAT 1.2.52.0 \Disk\R520\onboard\IOAT\WS2K3X64

Hot-swap
backplane

Software Required

The management utility of integrated SAS HW RAID and NIC can be found in
the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 (or later).

Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Microsoft Scalable
Networking Pack

Intel RAID Web
Console 2

Intel PROSet Utility 10.4.4.2 \APP\R520\NIC\PROSETDX\WS3XPx64\

8.24.3.0 \Disk\R520\onboard\VGA\W2K3\

5.0.6055.2 \Disk\R520\onboard\Backplane\Windo
ws

N/A http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

details.aspx?FamilyID=778ee6fe-5359­4c2f-b89d­f35f2b1b83cd&DisplayLang=en

1.13-07 \APP\R520\RAID\Integrated_SAS\Windo

ws

Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID

Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SAS HW RAID configuration.

Installation Tips

NOTE. There is no built-in driver of Integrated SAS HW RAID in the Windows
Server 2003 x64. You need an external USB floppy drive to load driver during
the OS installation.

1. As Windows Server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the integrated SAS HW RAID,

you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 first
before the installation.

2. Press F6 at the beginning of installation for providing the driver diskette

for the integrated SAS HW RAID.

3. Select “Intel(R) SAS RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 for x64)” as target

driver

4. After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure

to finish the installation.

Chipset Driver Installation

5. After the installation completes, you would see the following devices

with yellow mark in Device Manager.

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6. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive

7. Expand Drivers -> Altos R520 -> Chipset, select Windows Server 2003 x64

and click on Setup.

8. Follow the instruction to install the driver and reboot 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 Intel 82563EB Gigabit Ethernet
controller. You could find the driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400. Please do
the same on both of the devices.

2. Right-click on the Ethernet Controller and select Update Driver.

3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the

driver.

4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).

5. Select 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

Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 for NIC driver in Driver required
section.

7. Click on Next and follow the instruction to finish the driver update.

8. After installing the driver, you would see Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network

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Connection with I/O Acceleration listed in Network adapters.

IOAT Driver Installation

1. For Base System Device, it should be the onboard IOAT device. You could

find the driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400.

2. Right-click on the Base System Device and select Update Driver.

3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the

driver.

4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).

5. Select 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

Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 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, you would see Intel(R) 5000 Series Chipsets

Integrated Device – 1A38 listed in System devices.

Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation

1. There is an ESG-SHV SCA HSBP M11.... SCSI Enclosure Device listed under

Other device in Windows Device Manager. It is the hot-swap SAS
backplane for R520.

2. Right-click on the ESG-SHV SCA HSBP M11.... SCSI Enclosure Device and

select Update Driver.

3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the

driver.

4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).

5. Select 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

Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 for Hot-swap backplane driver in
Driver required section.

7. Click on Next and follow the instruction to finish the driver update.

8. After installing the driver, you would see Intel (r) SCA Hotswap Backplane

listed in System devices.

ATI ES1000 Installation

1. Windows will treat onboard VGA as Standard VGA device. You can find

the ATI ES1000 driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400. Please insert the

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EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R520 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI ES1000, select

Windows Server 2003 x64 and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver and reboot the server

after the driver is installed.

4. After installing the driver, you would see ATI ES1000 listed in Display

adapters.

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation

You can find the Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack for Windows Server 2003
x64 in the Microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=778ee6fe-5359­4c2f-b89d-f35f2b1b83cd&DisplayLang=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 installed.

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R520 -> Integrated SAS Hardware RAID, select

RAID Web Console 2 (Windows) and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to complete the Intel

RAID WebConsole installation.

Intel PROSet Utility Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R520 -> Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller/Intel

PRO/1000 Network Adapter, select PROSet Utility (Windows Server 2003
x64) and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to complete the Intel

PROSet utility installation.

Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition Installation (with
integrated SAS SW RAID)

Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 x64
Enterprise Edition on Altos R520.

Drivers Required

For Windows 2003 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required.

Altos R520 Installation Configuration Guide 10

Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Integrated SAS SW
RAID

Onboard Intel
5000P Chipset

Onboard Intel
82563EB Gigabit
Ethernet

Onboard ATI
ES1000

Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 OS built-in

IOAT 1.2.52.0 \Disk\R520\onboard\IOAT\WS2K3X64

Software Required

The management utility of integrated SAS SW RAID and NIC can be found in
the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 (or later).

Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Microsoft Scalable
Networking Pack

Intel RAID Web
Console 2

Intel PROSet Utility 10.4.4.2 \APP\R520\NIC\PROSETDX\WS3XPx64\

04.24.0620.20

06

7.4.0.1005 \Disk\R520\onboard\Chipset\

9.3.39 \Disk\R520\NIC\Intel\pro1000.net\ws03

8.24.3.0 \Disk\R520\onboard\VGA\W2K3\

N/A http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

1.13-07 \APP\R520\RAID\Integrated_SAS\Windo

\Disk\R520\RAID\SW_SAS\W2K3X64\

x64\

details.aspx?FamilyID=778ee6fe-5359­4c2f-b89d­f35f2b1b83cd&DisplayLang=en

ws

Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID

Please refer to the Appendix B. for the integrated SAS SW RAID configuration.

Installation Tips

NOTE. There is no built-in driver of Integrated SAS SW RAID in the Windows
Server 2003 x64. You need an external USB floppy drive to load driver during
the OS installation.

1. As Windows Server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the integrated SAS SW RAID,

you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 first
before the installation.

2. Press F6 at the beginning of installation for providing the driver diskette

for the integrated SAS SW RAID.

3. Select “Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology II (Windows XP/2003 64-

bit)” as target driver

4. After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure

to finish the installation.

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Chipset Driver Installation

1. After the installation completes, you would see the following devices

with yellow mark in Device Manager.

2. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive

3. Expand Drivers -> Altos R520 -> Chipset, select Windows Server 2003 x64

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 are two Ethernet Controller listed under Other device in Windows

Device Manager. It should be the onboard Intel 82563EB Gigabit Ethernet
controller. You could find the driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400. Please do
the same on both of the devices.

2. Right-click on the Ethernet Controller and select Update Driver.

3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the

driver.

4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).

5. Select Search the best driver these locations and check Include this

location in the search.

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6. Click on Browse and specify the path for the driver. Please refer to the

Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 for NIC driver in Driver required
section.

7. Click on Next and follow the instruction to finish the driver update.

8. After installing the driver, you would see Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network

Connection with I/O Acceleration listed in Network adapters.

IOAT Driver Installation

1. For Base System Device, it should be the onboard IOAT device. You could

find the driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400.

2. Right-click on the Base System Device and select Update Driver.

3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the

driver.

4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).

5. Select 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

Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 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, you would see Intel(R) 5000 Series Chipsets

Integrated Device – 1A38 listed in System devices.

ATI ES1000 Installation

1. Windows will treat onboard VGA as Standard VGA device. You can find

the ATI ES1000 driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400. Please insert the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R520 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI ES1000, select

Windows Server 2003 x64 and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver and reboot the server

after the driver is installed.

4. After installing the driver, you would see ATI ES1000 listed in Display

adapters.

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation

You can find the Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack for Windows Server 2003
x64 in the Microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=778ee6fe-5359­4c2f-b89d-f35f2b1b83cd&DisplayLang=en

1. Download the SNP from Microsoft website.

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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 installed.

Intel RAID Web Console Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R520 -> Integrated SAS SW RAID, select RAID

Web Console 2 (Windows) and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to complete the Intel

RAID WebConsole installation.

Intel PROSet Utility Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R520 -> Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller/Intel

PRO/1000 Network Adapter, select PROSet Utility (Windows Server 2003
x64) and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to complete the Intel

PROSet utility installation.

Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition Installation (with
onboard SATA RAID)

Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 x64
Enterprise Edition on Altos R520.

Drivers Required

For Windows 2003 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required.

Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD

onboard SATA RAID 04.24.0620.20

06

Onboard Intel
5000P Chipset

Onboard Intel
82563EB Gigabit
Ethernet

Onboard ATI
ES1000

Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 OS built-in

IOAT 1.2.52.0 \Disk\R520\onboard\IOAT\WS2K3X64

Software Required

7.4.0.1005 \Disk\R520\onboard\Chipset\

9.3.39 \Disk\R520\NIC\Intel\pro1000.net\ws03

8.24.3.0 \Disk\R520\onboard\VGA\W2K3\

\Disk\R520\RAID\SATA\W2K3X64\

x64\

The management utility of onboard SATA RAID and NIC can be found in the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 (or later).

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Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Microsoft Scalable
Networking Pack

Intel RAID Web
Console 2

Intel PROSet Utility 10.4.4.2 \APP\R520\NIC\PROSETDX\WS3XPx64\

Configuring onboard SATA RAID

Please refer to the Appendix C. for the onboard SATA RAID configuration.

Installation Tips

NOTE. There is no built-in driver of Onboard SATA RAID in the Windows Server
2003 x64. You need an external USB floppy drive to load driver during the OS
installation.

1. As Windows Server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the onboard SATA RAID, you

need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 first
before the installation.

N/A http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

details.aspx?FamilyID=778ee6fe-5359­4c2f-b89d­f35f2b1b83cd&DisplayLang=en

1.13-07 \APP\R520\RAID\Integrated_SAS\Windo

ws

2. Press F6 at the beginning of installation for providing the driver diskette

for the onboard SATA RAID.

3. Select “Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology II (Windows XP/2003 64-

bit)” as target driver

4. After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure

to finish the installation.

Chipset Driver Installation

1. After the installation completes, you would see the following devices

with yellow mark in Device Manager.

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2. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive

3. Expand Drivers -> Altos R520 -> Chipset, select Windows Server 2003 x64

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 are two Ethernet Controller listed under Other device in Windows

Device Manager. It should be the onboard Intel 82563EB Gigabit Ethernet
controller. You could find the driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400. Please do
the same on both of the devices.

2. Right-click on the Ethernet Controller and select Update Driver.

3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the

driver.

4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).

5. Select 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

Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 for NIC driver in Driver required
section.

7. Click on Next and follow the instruction to finish the driver update.

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8. After installing the driver, you would see Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network

Connection with I/O Acceleration listed in Network adapters.

IOAT Driver Installation

1. For Base System Device, it should be the onboard IOAT device. You could

find the driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400.

2. Right-click on the Base System Device and select Update Driver.

3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the

driver.

4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).

5. Select 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

Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 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, you would see Intel(R) 5000 Series Chipsets

Integrated Device – 1A38 listed in System devices.

ATI ES1000 Installation

1. Windows will treat onboard VGA as Standard VGA device. You can find

the ATI ES1000 driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400. Please insert the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R520 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI ES1000, select

Windows Server 2003 x64 and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction to install the VGA driver and reboot the server

after the driver is installed.

4. After installing the driver, you would see ATI ES1000 listed in Display

adapters.

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation

You can find the Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack for Windows Server 2003
x64 in the Microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=778ee6fe-5359­4c2f-b89d-f35f2b1b83cd&DisplayLang=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 installed.

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Intel RAID Web Console Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R520 -> Onboard SATA RAID, select RAID Web

Console 2 (Windows) and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to complete the Intel

RAID WebConsole installation.

Intel PROSet Utility Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R520 -> Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller/Intel

PRO/1000 Network Adapter, select PROSet Utility (Windows Server 2003
x64) and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction and use the default setting to complete the Intel

PROSet utility installation.

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with
integrated SAS HW RAID)

Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003
Enterprise Edition on Altos R520.

Drivers Required

For Windows 2003 Installation, the following device drivers are required.

Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Integrated SAS HW
RAID

Onboard Intel
5000P Chipset

Onboard Intel
82563EB Gigabit
Ethernet

Onboard ATI
ES1000

Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 OS built-in

IOAT 1.2.52.0 \Disk\R520\onboard\IOAT\WS2K3

Hot-swap
backplane

Software Required

1.17.0.32 \Disk\R520\RAID\HW_SAS\W2K3\

7.4.0.1005 \Disk\R520\onboard\Chipset\

9.3.39.0 \Disk\R520\NIC\Intel\pro1000.net\ws03
2k\

8.24.3.0 \Disk\R520\onboard\VGA\W2K3\

5.0.6055.2 \Disk\R520\onboard\Backplane\Windo
ws

The management utility of integrated SAS HW RAID can be found in the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 (or later).

Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Microsoft Scalable N/A http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

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Networking Pack details.aspx?FamilyID=c65f4a89-f4da-

463e-a496­4b5abd660bf9&DisplayLang=en

Intel RAID Web
Console 2

Intel PROSet Utility 10.4.4.2 \APP\R520\NIC\PROSETDX\2KXPWS03\

Configuring integrated SAS HW RAID

Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SAS HW RAID configuration.

Installation Tips

NOTE. There is no built-in driver of Integrated SAS HW RAID in the Windows
Server 2003. You need an external USB floppy drive to load driver during the
OS installation.

1. As Windows Server 2003 can’t recognize the integrated SAS HW RAID,

you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 first
before the installation.

2. Press F6 at the start of installation to provide the driver disk for the

integrated SAS HW RAID.

1.13-07 \APP\R520\RAID\Integrated_SAS\Windo

ws

3. Select “Intel(R) SAS RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)” as target

driver

4. After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure

to finish the installation.

Chipset Driver Installation

1. After the installation completes, you would see the following devices

with yellow mark in Device Manager.

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2. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 into the optical drive

3. Expand Drivers -> Altos R520 -> Chipset, 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 are two Ethernet Controller listed under Other device in Windows

Device Manager. It should be the onboard Intel 82563EB Gigabit Ethernet
controller. You could find the driver in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400. Please do
the same on both of the devices.

2. Right-click on the Ethernet Controller and select Update Driver.

3. Select No, not this time. Do not connect to Windows Update to search the

driver.

4. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).

5. Select 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

Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 400 for NIC driver in Driver required
section.

7. Click on Next and follow the instruction to finish the driver update.

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