Acer Altos R380 F3 Configuration Guide

Altos R380 F3 Installation Configuration Guide

Version 1.0

March 2015

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Ver.

Date

Description

1.0

Mar 31, 2015

First release

Revision History

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CONTENTS

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

WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 ................................. 2

Intel Onboard SATA RSTe RAID 2

BIOS Required 2
Drivers Required 2
Software Required 2
Configuring Intel Onboard SATA RSTe RAID 2
Installation Tips 2
Chipset Driver Package Installation 3
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 3
VGA Driver Installation 4
Management Engine Interface Installation 4
RAID Utility Installation 4
Network Utility Installation 5

Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID 5

BIOS Required 5
Drivers Required 5
Software Required 5
Configuring Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID 5
Installation Tips 5
Chipset Driver Package Installation 6
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 6
VGA Driver Installation 7
Management Engine Interface Installation 7
RAID Utility Installation 7
Network Utility Installation 8

Intel Integrated RAID Module 8

BIOS Required 8
Drivers Required 8
Software Required 8
Configuring Intel Integrated RAID Module 8
Installation Tips 8
Chipset Driver Package Installation 9
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 9
VGA Driver Installation 10
Management Engine Interface Installation 10
RAID Utility Installation 10
Network Utility Installation 11

WINDOWS SERVER 2012 ................................... 12

Intel Onboard SATA RSTe RAID 12

BIOS Required 12

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Drivers Required 12
Software Required 12
Configuring Intel Onboard SATA RSTe RAID 12
Installation Tips 12
Chipset Driver Package Installation 13
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 13
VGA Driver Installation 14
Management Engine Interface Installation 14
RAID Utility Installation 14
Network Utility Installation 15

Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID 15

BIOS Required 15
Drivers Required 15
Software Required 15
Configuring Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID 15
Installation Tips 15
Chipset Driver Package Installation 16
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16
VGA Driver Installation 17
Management Engine Interface Installation 17
RAID Utility Installation 17
Network Utility Installation 18

Intel Integrated RAID Module 18

BIOS Required 18
Drivers Required 18
Software Required 18
Configuring Intel Integrated RAID Module 18
Installation Tips 18
Chipset Driver Package Installation 19
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 19
VGA Driver Installation 20
Management Engine Interface Installation 20
RAID Utility Installation 20
Network Utility Installation 21

RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 UPDATE 5 ................... 22

Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID 22

BIOS Required 22
Drivers Required (64 bit) 22
Drivers Required (32 bit) 22
Software Required 22
Configuring Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID 22
Installation Tips 22

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Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 23
VGA Driver Installation 24
RAID Utility Installation 24

Intel Integrated RAID Module 24

BIOS Required 24
Drivers Required (64 bit) 25
Drivers Required (32 bit) 25
Software Required 25
Configuring Intel Integrated RAID Module 25
Installation Tips 25
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 26
VGA Driver Installation 26
RAID Utility Installation 27

SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 SP3 ................... 28

Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID 28

BIOS Required 28
Drivers Required (64 bit) 28
Drivers Required (32 bit) 28
Software Required 28
Configuring Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID 28
Installation Tips 28
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 30
VGA Driver Installation 30
RAID Utility Installation 30

Intel Integrated RAID Module 31

BIOS Required 31
Drivers Required (64 bit) 31
Drivers Required (32 bit) 31
Software Required 31
Configuring Intel Integrated RAID Module 31
Installation Tips 32
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 33
VGA Driver Installation 33
RAID Utility Installation 33

VMWARE ESXI 5.5 UPDATE 2 .............................. 35

Intel Integrated RAID Module 35

BIOS Required 35
Drivers Required 35
Configuring Intel Integrated RAID Module 35
Installation Tips 35
Configure the VMware ESXI 5.5 Update 2 host 36

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Downloading vSphere Client to a PC 36
vSphere Client Installation on a PC 36
Launch vSphere Client on a PC 37
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 38
VGA Driver Installation 38

XENSERVER 6.5 ......................................... 39

AHCI 39

BIOS Required 39
Drivers Required 39
Configuring Intel Integrated RAID Module 39
Installation Tips 39
Configure the XenServer 6.5 host 40
Downloading XenCenter to a PC 40
XenCenter Installation on a PC 40
Launch XenCenter on a PC 40
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 41
VGA Driver Installation 41

APPENDIX A: INTEL ONBOARD SATA RSTE RAID CONFIGURATION 42

Enabling Intel Onboard SATA RSTe RAID 42
Set Intel onboard SATA RSTe RAID in EFI Mode or Legacy Mode 42
Entering Intel onboard SATA RSTe RAID BIOS Utility (Legacy Mode) 43
Entering Intel onboard SATA RSTe RAID BIOS Utility (EFI Mode) 43
Loading Factory Default Setting 43
Creating a RAID Volume 43
Initializing a RAID Volume 43
Assigning a Hot Spare Drive 43

APPENDIX B: INTEL ONBOARD SATA ESRTII RAID CONFIGURATION44

Enabling Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID 44
Entering Intel onboard SATA ESRTII RAID BIOS Utility 44
Loading Factory Default Setting 44
Creating a RAID Volume 44
Initializing a RAID Volume 45
Assigning a Hot Spare Drive 45
Saving and Exiting Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID Configuration Utility 46

APPENDIX C: INTEL INTEGRATED RAID MODULE.............. 47

Set RAID Controller in EFI Mode or Legacy Mode 47
Legacy Mode 47

Entering RAID BIOS Utility (Legacy Mode) 47
Loading Factory Default Setting (Legacy Mode) 47

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Creating a RAID Volume (Legacy Mode) 47
Initializing a RAID Volume (Legacy Mode) 48
Assigning a Hot Spare Drive (Legacy Mode) 48

EFI Mode 48

Entering RAID EFI Utility (EFI Mode) 48
Loading Factory Default Setting (EFI Mode) 48
Creating a RAID Volume (EFI Mode) 48
Initializing a RAID Volume (EFI Mode) 49
Assigning a Hot Spare Drive (EFI Mode) 49

APPENDIX D: CUSTOMIZED VMWARE ESXI INSTALLATION CD ... 50

Prerequisites 50
Create Customized ISO 50

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INTRODUCTION

The driver required for installing the OS manually is

included in Resource Kit v1.0, this document provides you

a OS installation guide on Altos R380 F3, including,

 Windows Server 2012 R2
 Windows Server 2012
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 5
 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
 VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2
 XenServer 6.5

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Device

Version

Driver Source

Intel Onboard
SATA RSTe RAID

4.1.0.1046

Resource Kit v1.0
Chipset

10.0.20.0

Resource Kit v1.0

Onboard VGA

4.1.1.5

Resource Kit v1.0

Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet

Package

19.3

Resource Kit v1.0

Management
Engine
Interface

1.2.3.2005

Resource Kit v1.0

Software

Version

Software Source

Intel Onboard
SATA RSTe RAID
Utility

4.1.0.1046

Resource Kit v1.0

PROSet

Package

19.3

Resource Kit v1.0

WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2

Intel Onboard SATA RSTe RAID

Below information describes how to manually install

Windows Server 2012 R2 on Altos R380 F3 with Intel Onboard

SATA RSTe RAID.

BIOS Required

Altos R380 F3 BIOS 01.01.0008 (or later) can support

Windows Server 2012 R2.

Drivers Required

Software Required

Configuring Intel Onboard SATA RSTe RAID

Please refer to Appendix A. for Intel Onboard SATA RSTe

RAID configuration.

Installation Tips

NOTE. Please refer to Altos R380 F3 FAQ (Frequently Asked

Questions) to select OS installation in EFI mode or Legacy

mode if the OS media supports EFI.

NOTE. Windows Server 2012 R2 cannot detect Intel Onboard

SATA RSTe RAID. Please load the RAID driver during OS

installation.

NOTE. You need an external USB floppy drive or USB Flash

drive to load RAID driver during the OS installation.

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NOTE. Please copy Intel Onboard SATA RSTe RAID driver from

Resource Kit DVD to a USB floppy drive or USB flash drive.

NOTE. For OS installation, a USB optical drive is required

as well.

1. Please boot the system from the Windows Server 2012 R2 DVD. Follow the

instructions to do the installation.

2. When “Where do you want to install Windows” message displayed, please

Insert the USB flash drive which includes the RAID driver and click Load Driver.

3. Browse to the folder that includes the Intel Onboard SATA RSTe RAIDD driver and

click OK.

4. It will show the available driver. Please select “iaStorA.inf” as target driver.

NOTE. There would be two iaStorA.inf listed for SATA

and sSATA controllers respectively. Please select the

one that is with HDD connected.

5. After the RAID driver is loaded, please click Drive options to partition the drive

or click Next to use default disk partition.

6. Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation.

Chipset Driver Package Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the Chipset Driver by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos

R380 F3 -> Onboard Chipset

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Setup.exe and follow the instructions to complete the driver

installation.

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the Gigabit Ethernet Driver by expanding the directory in the following

order, Altos R380 F3 -> Onboard Network.

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Windows_x64_Install.bat.

6. Follow the instructions, accept the license agreement and use the default setting

to complete the driver installation.

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7. The driver and PROSet utility will be installed together automatically.

VGA Driver Installation

NOTE. Windows will treat onboard VGA as Standard VGA

device. Please install onboard VGA driver from Resource

Kit DVD.

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive.

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the VGA Driver by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos

R380 F3 -> Onboard VGA.

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Install.bat.

6. Accept the license agreement to install the VGA driver.

7. After the installation is completed, reboot the system.

8. After installing the driver, you would see Matrox G200e (Emulex) listed in

Display adapters.

Management Engine Interface Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the MEI Driver by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos R380

F3 -> MEI

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Setup.exe and follow the instructions to complete the driver

installation.

RAID Utility Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive.

2. Select model and click on Utilities.

3. Find the RAID Utility by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos

R380 F3 -> Onboard RSTe RAID.

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2.

5. Double-click on Setup.exe.

6. Accept the license and follow the instruction to install the RAID Utility. Reboot

the system after the installation completed.

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Device

Version

Driver Source

Intel Onboard
SATA ESRTII
RAID

16.3.2014.1
127

Resource Kit v1.0
Chipset

10.0.20.0

Resource Kit v1.0

Onboard VGA

4.1.1.5

Resource Kit v1.0

Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet

Package

19.3

Resource Kit v1.0

Management
Engine
Interface

1.2.3.2005

Resource Kit v1.0

Software

Version

Software Source

Intel RAID Web
Console 2

14.11.01.00

Resource Kit v1.0

PROSet

Package

19.3

Resource Kit v1.0

Network Utility Installation

The PROSet utility for the onboard Gigabit Ethernet

controller will be installed automatically when you

installing the onboard Gigabit Ethernet driver.

Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID

Below information describes how to manually install

Windows Server 2012 R2 on Altos R380 F3 with Intel Onboard

SATA ESRTII RAID.

BIOS Required

Altos R380 F3 BIOS 01.01.0008 (or later) can support

Windows Server 2012 R2.

Drivers Required

Software Required

Configuring Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID

Please refer to Appendix B. for Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII

RAID configuration.

Installation Tips

NOTE. Please refer to Altos R380 F3 FAQ (Frequently Asked

Questions) to select OS installation in EFI mode or Legacy

mode if the OS media supports EFI.

NOTE. Windows Server 2012 R2 cannot detect Intel Onboard

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SATA ESRTII RAID. Please load the RAID driver during OS

installation.

NOTE. You need an external USB floppy drive or USB Flash

drive to load RAID driver during the OS installation.

NOTE. Please copy Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAID driver

from Resource Kit DVD to a USB floppy drive or USB flash

drive.

NOTE. For OS installation, a USB optical drive is required

as well.

1. Please boot the system from the Windows Server 2012 R2 DVD. Follow the

instructions to do the installation.

2. When “Where do you want to install Windows” message displayed, please

Insert the USB flash which includes the RAID driver and click on “Load Driver”.

3. Browse to the folder that includes the Intel Onboard SATA ESRTII RAIDD driver

and click OK.

4. It will show the available driver. Please select “MegaSR1.inf” as target driver.

5. After the RAID driver is loaded, please click Drive options to partition the drive

or click Next to use default disk partition.

6. Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation n.

Chipset Driver Package Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the Chipset Driver by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos

R380 F3 -> Onboard Chipset

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Setup.exe and follow the instructions to complete the driver

installation.

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the Gigabit Ethernet Driver by expanding the directory in the following

order, Altos R380 F3 -> Onboard Network.

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Windows_x64_Install.bat.

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6. Follow the instructions, accept the license agreement and use the default setting

to complete the driver installation.

7. The driver and PROSet utility will be installed together automatically.

VGA Driver Installation

NOTE. Windows will treat onboard VGA as Standard VGA

device. Please install onboard VGA driver from Resource

Kit DVD.

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive.

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the VGA Driver by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos

R380 F3 -> Onboard VGA.

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Install.bat.

6. Accept the license agreement to install the VGA driver.

7. After the installation is completed, reboot the system.

8. After installing the driver, you would see Matrox G200e (Emulex) listed in

Display adapters.

Management Engine Interface Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the MEI Driver by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos R380

F3 -> MEI

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Setup.exe and follow the instructions to complete the driver

installation.

RAID Utility Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive.

2. Select model and click on Utilities.

3. Find the RAID Utility by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos

R380 F3 -> Onboard ESRTII RAID.

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2.

5. Double-click on Setup.exe.

6. Accept the license and follow the instruction to install the RAID Utility. Reboot

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Device

Version

Driver Source

Intel
Integrated RAID
Module

6.705.5.0

Resource Kit v1.0
Chipset

10.0.20.0

Resource Kit v1.0

Onboard VGA

4.1.1.5

Resource Kit v1.0

Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet

Package

19.3

Resource Kit v1.0

Management
Engine
Interface

1.2.3.2005

Resource Kit v1.0

Software

Version

Software Source

Intel RAID Web
Console 2

14.11.01.00

Resource Kit v1.0

PROSet

Package

19.3

Resource Kit v1.0

the system after the installation completed.

Network Utility Installation

The PROSet utility for the onboard Gigabit Ethernet

controller will be installed automatically when you

installing the onboard Gigabit Ethernet driver.

Intel Integrated RAID Module

Below information describes how to manually install

Windows Server 2012 R2 on Altos R380 F3 with Intel

Integrated RAID Module.

BIOS Required

Altos R380 F3 BIOS 01.01.0008 (or later) can support

Windows Server 2012 R2.

Drivers Required

Software Required

Configuring Intel Integrated RAID Module

Please refer to Appendix C. for Intel Integrated RAID

Module.

Installation Tips

NOTE. Please refer to Altos R380 F3 FAQ (Frequently Asked

Questions) to select OS installation in EFI mode or Legacy

mode if the OS media supports EFI.

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NOTE. Please load the RAID driver during OS installation.

NOTE. You need an external USB floppy drive or USB Flash

drive to load RAID driver during the OS installation.

NOTE. Please copy Intel Integrated RAID Module driver from

Resource Kit DVD to a USB floppy drive or USB flash drive.

NOTE. For OS installation, a USB optical drive is required

as well.

1. Please boot the system from the Windows Server 2012 R2 DVD. Follow the

instructions to do the installation.

2. When “Where do you want to install Windows” message displayed, please

Insert the USB flash which includes the RAID driver and click on “Load Driver”.

3. Browse to the folder that includes the Integrated Hardware RAID driver and click

OK.

4. It will show the available driver. Please select “megasas2.inf” as target driver.

5. After the RAID driver is loaded, please click Drive options to partition the drive

or click Next to use default disk partition.

6. Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation n.

Chipset Driver Package Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the Chipset Driver by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos

R380 F3 -> Onboard Chipset

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Setup.exe and follow the instructions to complete the driver

installation.

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the Gigabit Ethernet Driver by expanding the directory in the following

order, Altos R380 F3 -> Onboard Network.

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Windows_x64_Install.bat.

6. Follow the instructions, accept the license agreement and use the default setting

to complete the driver installation.

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7. The driver and PROSet utility will be installed together automatically.

VGA Driver Installation

NOTE. Windows will treat onboard VGA as Standard VGA

device. Please install onboard VGA driver from Resource

Kit DVD.

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive.

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the VGA Driver by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos

R380 F3 -> Onboard VGA.

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Install.bat.

6. Accept the license agreement to install the VGA driver.

7. After the installation is completed, reboot the system.

8. After installing the driver, you would see Matrox G200e (Emulex) listed in

Display adapters.

Management Engine Interface Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive

2. Select model and click on Drivers.

3. Find the MEI Driver by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos R380

F3 -> MEI

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2 then click on Browse.

5. Double-click on Setup.exe and follow the instructions to complete the driver

installation.

RAID Utility Installation

1. Please insert the Resource Kit DVD into the optical drive.

2. Select model and click on Utilities.

3. Find the RAID Utility by expanding the directory in the following order, Altos

R380 F3 -> Integrated RAID Module.

4. Select WS2012/WS2012 R2.

5. Double-click on Setup.exe.

6. Accept the license and follow the instruction to install the RAID Utility. Reboot

the system after the installation completed.

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Network Utility Installation

The PROSet utility for the onboard Gigabit Ethernet

controller will be installed automatically when you

installing the onboard Gigabit Ethernet driver.

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