Acer AAR720 User Manual
Altos R720 Installation
Configuration Guide
Abstract
This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R720, 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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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................... 1
Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R720 Installation Configuration
Guide 1
HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............................................................... 1
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 RAID) 6
Drivers Required 6
Software Required 7
Configuring integrated SAS 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 Installation 10
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 10
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Installation (with integrated
SAS RAID) 10
Drivers Required 10
Software Required 11
Configuring integrated SAS RAID 11
Installation Tips 11
Chipset Driver Installation 12
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 12
IOAT Driver Installation 13
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 13
ATI ES1000 Installation 14
Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack Installation 14
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 14
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 14
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Installation (with integrated SAS RAID) 14
Drivers Required 15
Software Required 15
Configuring integrated SAS RAID 15
Installation Tips 15
Chipset Driver Installation 16
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16
IOAT Driver Installation 17
Hot-swap Backplane Driver Installation 17
ATI ES1000 Installation 17
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 18
Intel PROSet Utility Installation 18
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 2 Installation (with integrated
SAS RAID) 18
Drivers Required 18
Software Required 19
Configuring integrated SAS RAID 19
Installation Tips 19
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 19
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 2 Installation (with integrated SAS
RAID) 20
Drivers Required 20
Software Required 21
Configuring integrated SAS RAID 21
Installation Tips 21
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 21
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 22
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with integrated SAS
RAID) 22
Drivers Required 22
Software Required 23
Configuring integrated SAS RAID 23
Installation Tips 23
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 24
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 25
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with integrated SAS RAID)25
Drivers Required 25
Software Required 26
Configuring integrated SAS RAID 26
Installation Tips 26
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 27
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 28
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with
integrated SAS RAID) 28
Drivers Required 28
Software Required 28
Configuring integrated SAS RAID 29
Installation Tips 29
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 29
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 30
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with integrated
SAS RAID) 30
Drivers Required 30
Software Required 31
Configuring integrated SAS RAID 31
Installation Tips 31
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 31
Intel RAID Web Console Installation 32
NetWare 6.5 SP5 Installation (with integrated SAS RAID) 32
Drivers Required 32
Installation Tips 33
APPENDIX A: INTEGRATED SAS RAID CREATION ............................ 35
Configuring integrated SAS RAID 35
Starting Integrated SAS RAID Configuration Utility 35
Loading Factory Default Setting 35
Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume 35
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 35
INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Altos R720 Installation Configuration guide:
• Hardware parts give you 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
The Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide would be updated on a
monthly basis. Please download the latest release from the Support Website
http://support.acer-euro.com
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HARDWARE
SPECIFICATION
Model Altos R720
Processor Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors 5000 sequence
(Dempsey or Woodcrest) at 2.66Hz or above
Frequency
Front Side Bus
Cache
Chipset Intel chipset
Memory
Storage Interface
Expansion Slots
VGA
SAS Controller
• 667MHz
• 1066MHz
• 1333MHz
• 2 x 2MB L2 cache
• 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 (2006 Q3)
• LSI SAS 1068 3Gb/s SAS controller
• One ATA-100 port
Total 5 slots (three full height slots, two low
profile slots)
Low profile riser slot
• Two x8 PCI-Express slots (with x4 throughput)
Full height riser slot
• Option 1: One 64-bits/133MHz/3.3V PCI-X slot
+ Two x8 PCI-Express slots (with x4
throughput)
• Option 2: Three 64-bits/133MHz/3.3V PCI-X
slots
• Option 3: Three 64-bits
66MHz/100MHz/133MHz PCI-X slots
Onboard ATI ES1000 video controller w/ 16MB
SDRAM
• Integrated SAS RAID with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and
50 support
• 128MB of cache (DDR2 400 registered, 244 pin
Mini DIMM)
• BBU support
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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 750W power supply
• Hot Swap
• Five 1” front accessible drive bay for 3.5”
SAS/SATA HDD
• One 3.5” front accessible half-height device
bay space that shared with 6th HDD bay or
Tape backup device
• Up to 6 SAS/SATA HDD (without FDD and
tape drive, additional 6th Hard Drive Upgrade
Kit is required)
• Only support 5 SAS/SATA HDD when Slim
optical drive and FDD installed simultaneously
• Only support 4 SAS/SATA HDD when Slim
optical drive, FDD and tape drive installed
simultaneously
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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 R720 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 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 2 Tested
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T
SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 Certified
NetWare 6.5 Support Pack5 Tested
The drivers required for the OS installation can be found on the EasyBUILD 7.1
build 100 (or later). We suggest that you use the drivers contained in the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later), as these drivers are tested and qualified by
Acer.
Tested
Tested
Tested
Tested
Certified
There are two ways you can get the drivers. You can either make diskettes
from EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (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 SAS or integrated SAS RAID.
NOTE. The internal USB floppy drive is an option. If you do not have this option
and you need to apply the driver during the OS installation, you need an
external USB floppy drive.
Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition Installation (with
integrated SAS RAID)
Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 x64
Enterprise Edition on Altos R720.
Drivers Required
For Windows 2003 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required.
Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD
Integrated SAS
RAID
Onboard Intel
5000P Chipset
Onboard Intel 9.3.39 \Disk\R720\NIC\Intel\pro1000.net\ws03
1.17.0.64 \Disk\R720\RAID\Integrated_SAS\WS2K
3X64
7.3.0.1011 \Disk\R720\onboard\Chipset\
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82563EB Gigabit
Ethernet
Onboard ATI
ES1000
Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 OS built-in
IOAT 1.2.52.0 \Disk\R720\onboard\IOAT\WS2K3X64
Hot-swap
backplane
Software Required
The management utility of integrated SAS RAID and NIC can be found in the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later).
Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD
Microsoft Scalable
Networking Pack
Intel RAID Web
Console
Intel PROSet Utility 10.4.4.2 \APP\R720\NIC\PROSETDX\WS2003XPx6
8.243.0 \Disk\R720\onboard\VGA\W2K3\
5.0.6055.2 \Disk\R720\onboard\Backplane\Windo
N/A http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
1.13-00 \APP\R720\RAID\Integrated_SAS\Windo
x64\
ws
details.aspx?FamilyID=778ee6fe-53594c2f-b89df35f2b1b83cd&DisplayLang=en
ws
4\
Configuring integrated SAS RAID
Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SAS RAID configuration.
Installation Tips
NOTE. There is no built-in driver Integrated SAS 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 Server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the integrated SAS RAID, you
need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 first
before the installation.
2. Press F6 at the beginning of installation for providing the driver diskette
for the integrated SAS 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
1. After the installation completes, you would see the following devices
with yellow mark in Device Manager.
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