Acer Altos R910 Installation

Altos R910 Installation
Configuration Guide

Abstract

This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R910, including Windows
2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0
(32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit & 64-bit) and SuSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10 (32-bit & 64-bit).

Version 1.2

July 2007

© 2007 Acer Incorporation. All rights reserved.

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

Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R910 Installation Configuration
Guide 1

HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............................................................... 2

BOARD LAYOUT .................................................................................. 4

System Block Diagram 4

DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE ......................................................... 5

Memory population 5
Memory population with sparing 5
Memory population with mirroring 6
Memory population with RAID 7

OS INSTALLATION TIPS ....................................................................... 8

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SCSI
Hardware RAID) 8

Drivers Required 8
Software Required 9
Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 9
Installation Tips 9
VGA Driver Installation 9
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 9
Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 10
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 10

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with onboard LSI SCSI)10

Drivers Required 11
Software Required 11
Installation Tips 11
VGA Driver Installation 11
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 11
CIM Browser Installation 12
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 12

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SAS
Hardware RAID) 12

Drivers Required 12
Software Required 12
Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID 13
Installation Tips 13
SAS Backplane Driver Installation 13
VGA Driver Installation 14
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 14
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 14
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 14

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SAS) 15

Drivers Required 15
Software Required 15
Installation Tips 15
SAS Backplane Driver Installation 16
VGA Driver Installation 16
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 16

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (with Integrated SCSI
Hardware RAID) 16

Drivers Required 16
Software Required 17
Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 17
Installation Tips 17
VGA Driver Installation 17
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 17
Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 18
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 19

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with onboard LSI SCSI) 19

Drivers Required 19
Software Required 19
Installation Tips 19
VGA Driver Installation 20
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 20
CIM Browser Installation 20
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 20

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SAS Hardware
RAID) 21

Drivers Required 21
Software Required 21
Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID 21
Installation Tips 21
SAS Backplane Driver Installation 22
SCSI Driver Installation 23
VGA Driver Installation 23
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 23
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Utility Installation 23
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 24

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SAS) 24

Drivers Required 24
Software Required 24
Installation Tips 24
SAS Backplane Driver Installation 25
SCSI Driver Installation 25
VGA Driver Installation 25
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 25
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 25

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) 25

Drivers Required 25
Software Required 26
Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 26
Installation Tips 26
Chipset Driver Installation 26
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 27
VGA Driver Installation 27
SCSI Backplane Driver Installation 28
Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 28
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 28

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 29

Drivers Required 29
Software Required 29
Installation Tips 29
Chipset Driver Installation 30
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 30
VGA Driver Installation 30
SCSI Backplane Driver Installation 30
CIM Browser Installation 30
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 30

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SAS hardware RAID) 30

Drivers Required 31
Software Required 31
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 31
Installation Tips 31
Chipset Driver Installation 32
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 32
VGA Driver Installation 32
SAS Backplane Driver Installation 32
SCSI Driver Installation 33
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Utility Installation 33
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 33

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SAS) 33

Drivers Required 34
Software Required 34
Installation Tips 34
Chipset Driver Installation 34
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 35
VGA Driver Installation 35
SAS Backplane Driver Installation 35
SCSI Driver Installation 35
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 35

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware
RAID) 35

Drivers Required 35

Software Required 36
Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 36
Installation Tips 36
Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 36

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 36

Drivers Required 37
Software Required 37
Installation Tips 37
CIM Browser Installation 37

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID)
38

Drivers Required 38
Software Required 38
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 38
Installation Tips 38
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 39
CIM Browser Installation 39

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with Integrated SAS) 39

Drivers Required 39
Installation Tips 40

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SCSI
Hardware RAID) 40

Drivers Required 40
Software Required 41
Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 41
Installation Tips 41
Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 41

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 41

Drivers Required 42
Software Required 42
Installation Tips 42
CIM Browser Installation 42

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SAS
Hardware RAID) 43

Drivers Required 43
Software Required 43
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 43
Installation Tips 43
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 44
CIM Browser Installation 44

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SAS) 44

Drivers Required 44
Installation Tips 45

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware
RAID) 45

Drivers Required 45

Software Required 46
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 46
Installation Tips 46
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 46

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with Integrated SAS) 47

Drivers Required 47
Installation Tips 47

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with Integrated SAS
Hardware RAID) 47

Drivers Required 48
Software Required 48
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 48
Installation Tips 48
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 49

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with Integrated SAS)49

Drivers Required 49
Installation Tips 49

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 (with Integrated SCSI
Hardware RAID) 50

Drivers Required 50
Software Required 50
Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 50
Installation Tips 51
Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 51

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with onboard LSI
SCSI) 51

Drivers Required 51
Software Required 52
Installation Tips 52
CIM Browser Installation 52

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated
SAS Hardware RAID) 52

Drivers Required 52
Software Required 53
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 53
Installation Tips 53
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 53
CIM Browser Installation 54

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated
SAS) 54

Drivers Required 54
Installation Tips 55

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 (with Integrated SCSI
Hardware RAID) 55

Drivers Required 55
Software Required 55

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 56
Installation Tips 56
Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 56

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with
onboard LSI SCSI) 56

Drivers Required 56
Software Required 57
Installation Tips 57
CIM Browser Installation 57

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with
Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 57

Drivers Required 58
Software Required 58
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 58
Installation Tips 58
Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 59
CIM Browser Installation 59

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with
Integrated SAS) 59

Drivers Required 59
Installation Tips 60

SCO OpenServer 6.0.0 Installation (with Integrated SAS hardware RAID)60

Drivers Required 60
Patch Required 61
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 61
Installation Tips 61
Maintenance Pack 2 Installation 62
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 62

APPENDIX A: INTEGRATED SCSI HARDWARE RAID CREATION ...... 63

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 63

Starting Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID Configuration Utility 63
Loading Factory Default Setting 63
Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume 63
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 63

APPENDIX B: INTEGRATED SAS HARDWARE RAID CREATION ....... 65

Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID 65

Starting Integrated SAS Hardware RAID Configuration Utility 65
Loading Factory Default Setting 65
Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume 65
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 65

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Altos R7100 Installation Configuration guide:

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

Altos R910

• The operating system installation tips.

Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R910 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

1 Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide

HARDWARE
SPECIFICATION

Model Altos R910

Processor Up to four Intel Xeon MP processors at 2.66GHz or

above

Front Side Bus 800/667 MHz

Cache 2 x 2M L2 cache

Chipset Intel chipset

• Intel E8501 North Bridge

• Intel E8500 Chipset eXtended Memory Bridge

(XMB)

• Intel IOP332 Storage I/O Processor

• Intel 82801EB I/O Controller Hub (ICH5)

• Intel 6700 PXH 64-bit Hub

Memory

Storage Interface

Expansion Slots

VGA

SATA Controller

SCSI Controller LSI 1030Dual Channel Ultra 320 SCSI

RAID on Motherboard Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID (optional)

SAS Controller LSI SAS 1068 8-port controller (SAS SKU)

SAS RAID Controller Integrated SAS hardware RAID (optional) (SAS

LAN Controller

BMC Default: Acer BMC module

• Four memory boards, four DIMM sockets per

board. Support 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB DDR2­400 registered with ECC

• Maximum memory of 64GB

• Dual DDR2 channels per board

• PCI Express x16 connect to server board

• Two Ultra 320 SCSI ports

• One SATA port

• Optional Integrated Hardware RAID support

RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50

• Integrated SAS support (SAS SKU)

• Optional Integrated SAS Hardware RAID

support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 (SAS SKU)

• One PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz slot

• Two PCI-X 64-bit/100MHz slots

• One x8 PCI-Express slot

• Three x8 PCI-Express slots (w/ x4 throughput)

• Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 video controller w/

16MB SDRAM

• One SATA port

• Support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 10

SKU)

• Support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50

• Onboard Broadcom BCM5704C Dual port

Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide 2

• IPMI 2.0 compliant

Optional: Advanced ARMC/3

• IPMI 2.0 compliant

• Integrated Intel 82551QM Network controller

for dedicated LAN connection

• KVM over IP

• Access via web

• SNMP, telnet access

Availability sub-system

System Power Supply 1470W 1+1 Redundant Power Supply (220 volt

only)

Storage Subsystem

Drive Bays

Hard Disks

• One 5.25” front accessible drive bays for TBU

• One slime type optical drive bay

• One disk cage

• Up to five U320 SCSI HDD (SCSI SKU)

• Up to five SAS or SATA HDD (SAS SKU)

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BOARD LAYOUT

System Block Diagram

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DIMM POPULATION
GUIDELINE

Memory population

Population with one memory board

Memory Board A Memor y Board B Memory Board C Memory board D

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B
2 x 512 MB 1 GB
2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 GB

2 x 1 GB 2 GB
2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 4 GB
2 x 2 GB 4GB
2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 8 GB
2 x 4 GB 8 GB
2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 16 GB

Population with two memory boards

Memory Board A Memor y Board B Memory Board C Memory board D

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B
2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 GB
2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 4 GB

2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 4 GB
2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 8 GB
2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 8GB
2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 16 GB
2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 16 GB
2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 32 GB

Population with four memory boards

Memory Board A Memor y Board B Memory Board C Memory board D

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B
2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 4 GB
2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 8 GB

2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 8 GB
2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 16 GB
2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 16 GB
2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 32 GB
2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 32 GB
2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 64 GB

Total

Memory

Total

Memory

Total

Memory

Memory population with sparing

Population with one memory board

Memory Board A Memory Board B Memory Board C Memory board D Total Memory

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B

2 x 512 MB

(Spare)
2 x 1 GB
(Spare)
2 x 2 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)

2 x 512 MB 2 GB 1 GB

2 x 1 GB 4 GB 2 GB

2 x 2 GB 8 GB 4 GB

8 GB 4 GB

1

2 x 4 GB 16 GB 12 GB

1

Physical

memory

NOTE1. Only 4 GB in DIMM 1A/1B will be set aside as spare, one rank from each
dual-rank DIMM

Population with two memory boards

Memory Board A Memory Board B Memory Board C Memory board D Total Memory

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B

2 x 512 MB

(Spare)

2 x 512 MB

2 x 512 MB

(Spare)

2 x 512 MB 4 GB 2 GB

Physical

memory

Detected

by OS

Detected

by OS

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Memory Board A Memory Board B Memory Board C Memory board D Total Memory

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B

2 x 1 GB
(Spare)
2 x 2 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)

2 x 1 GB

2 x 2 GB

1

2 x 4 GB

1

2 x 1 GB

(Spare)

2 x 2 GB

(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)

2 x 1 GB 8 GB 4 GB

2 x 2 GB 8 GB 8 GB

16 GB 8 GB

1

2 x 4 GB 32 GB 24 GB

1

Physical

memory

Detected

by OS

NOTE1. Only 4 GB in DIMM 1A/1B will be set aside as spare, one rank from each
dual-rank DIMM.

Population with four memory boards

Memory Board A Memory Board B Memory Board C Memory board D Total Memory

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B

2 x 512 MB

(Spare)
2 x 1 GB
(Spare)
2 x 2 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)

2 x 512 MB

2 x 1 GB

2 x 2 GB

1

2 x 4 GB

1

2 x 512 MB

(Spare)
2 x 1 GB

(Spare)
2 x 2 GB

(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)

2 x 512 MB

2 x 1 GB

2 x 2 GB

1

2 x 4 GB

1

2 x 512 MB

(Spare)

2 x 1 GB

(Spare)

2 x 2 GB

(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)

2 x 512 MB

2 x 1 GB

2 x 2 GB

1

2 x 4 GB

1

2 x 512 MB

(Spare)

2 x 1 GB

(Spare)

2 x 2 GB

(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)
2 x 4 GB
(Spare)

2 x 512 MB 8 GB 8 GB

2 x 1 GB 16 GB 8 GB

2 x 2 GB 16 GB 16 GB

32 GB 16 GB

1

2 x 4 GB 64 GB 48 GB

1

Physical

memory

Detected

by OS

NOTE1. Only 4 GB in DIMM 1A/1B will be set aside as spare, one rank from each
dual-rank DIMM.

Memory population with mirroring

Population with two memory boards

Memory Board A Memory Board B Memory Board C Memory board D Total Memory

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B

2 x 512 MB

2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB

2 x 1 GB

2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB

2 x 2 GB

2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB

2 x 4 GB

2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB

2 x 512 MB

(Mirror)

2 x 512 MB

(Mirror)
2 x 1 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 1 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 2 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 2 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 4 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 4 GB
(Mirror)

2 GB 1 GB

2 x 512 MB

(Mirror)

4 GB 2 GB

4 GB 2 GB

2 x 1 GB
(Mirror)

8 GB 4 GB

8 GB 4 GB

2 x 2 GB
(Mirror)

2 x 4 GB
(Mirror)

16 GB 8 GB

Population with four memory boards

Memory Board A Memory Board B Memory Board C Memory board D Total Memory

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B

2 x 512 MB

2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB

2 x 1 GB

2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB

2 x 512 MB

(Mirror)

2 x 512 MB

(Mirror)
2 x 1 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 1 GB
(Mirror)

2 x 512 MB

2 x 512 MB

(Mirror)

2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB

2 x 1 GB

2 x 1 GB
(Mirror)

2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB

2 x 512 MB

(Mirror)

2 x 512 MB

(Mirror)
2 x 1 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 1 GB
(Mirror)

2 x 512 MB

(Mirror)

2 x 1 GB
(Mirror)

Physical

memory

16 GB 8 GB

32 GB 16 GB

Physical

memory

4 GB 2 GB

8 GB 4 GB

Detected

by OS

Detected

by OS

8 GB 4 GB

16 GB 8 GB

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Memory Board A Memory Board B Memory Board C Memory board D Total Memory

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B

2 x 2 GB

2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB

2 x 4 GB

2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB

2 x 2 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 2 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 4 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 4 GB
(Mirror)

2 x 2 GB

2 x 2 GB
(Mirror)

2 x 4 GB
(Mirror)

2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB

2 x 4 GB

2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB

2 x 2 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 2 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 4 GB
(Mirror)
2 x 4 GB
(Mirror)

2 x 2 GB
(Mirror)

2 x 4 GB
(Mirror)

Physical

memory

16 GB 8 GB

32 GB 16 GB

Memory population with RAID

Population with four memory boards

Memory Board A Memory Board B Memory Board C Memory board D Total Memory

1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B 1A/1B 2A/2B

2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB

2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB 2 x 512 MB

2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB

2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1 GB

2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB

2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB 2 x 2 GB

2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB

2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB

2 x 512 MB

(Parity)

2 x 512 MB

(Parity)
2 x 1 GB

(Parity)
2 x 1 GB

(Parity)
2 x 2 GB

(Parity)
2 x 2 GB

(Parity)
2 x 4 GB

(Parity)
2 x 4 GB

(Parity)

2 x 512 MB

(Parity)

2 x 1 GB

(Parity)

2 x 2 GB

(Parity)

2 x 4 GB

(Parity)

Physical

memory

4 GB 3 GB

8 GB 6 GB

16 GB 12 GB

32 GB 24 GB

Detected

by OS

32 GB 16 GB

64 GB 32 GB

Detected

by OS

8 GB 6 GB

16 GB 12 GB

32 GB 24 GB

64 GB 48 GB

7 Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide

OS INSTALLATION TIPS

Below is Altos R910 OS certification matrix:

Operating System Status Note

Windows 2000 Advanced Server Tested

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64
Edition

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Certified

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T
Update 3

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 Certified

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T
SP3

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Tested

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Certified

The drivers required for the OS installation can be found on the EasyBUILD 7.1
build 100. We suggest that you use the drivers contained in the EasyBUILD 7.1
build 100, as these drivers are tested and qualified by Acer.

There are two ways you can get the drivers. You can either make diskettes
from Resource CD, or put the Resource CD in the CD-ROM drive and search the
driver directly from the Resource CD.

Certified

Certified

Certified

Certified

NOTE. In this section, we assume the OS is installed on the HDD connected to
the onboard SCSI or integrated SCSI hardware RAID.

NOTE. You need an USB floppy for applying driver during OS installation if
there is no built-in driver for disk controller driver in the OS.

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with
Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID)

Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 x64
Edition on Altos R910 with integrated SCSI hardware RAID.

Drivers Required

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

Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Onboard ATI
Radeon 7000 VGA

Onboard Intel
E8501 Chipset

Integrated SCSI
hardware RAID

6.14.10.6553 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA

5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

6.45.3.64 \Disk\R910\onboard\romb\x64\romb.ne
t

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Onboard Broadcom
BCM5704 Gigabit
Ethernet

Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

Hot-swap
backplane

Software Required

The management utility for integrated SCSI hardware RAID and NIC can be
found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later)

Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Intel RAID Web
Console

Broadcom
Advanced Control
Suite

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID

Please refer to the Appendix A. for the Integrated SCSI hardware RAID
configuration.

Installation Tips

8.48.0.0 \Disk\r910\nic\bcm\WS2003X64\

N/A Built-in

2.8-00 \app\R910\romb\IntelRAIDWebConsol

e\Windows

7.7.7 \app\r910\NIC\BACS\WS3XPx64\

NOTE. There is no built-in driver for integrated SCSI hardware RAID in the OS.
You need an USB floppy for applying driver during the OS installation.

1. As Windows Server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the integrated SCSI

hardware RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD

7.1 build 100 first before the installation.

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

3. Select “Intel (R) RAID Controller SROMBU42E” as target driver

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

to finish the installation.

VGA Driver Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Drivers -> Altos R910 -> Graphics adapters -> ATI Radeon, 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.

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation

Although the Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition could detect the
onboard Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet automatically, we still replace the driver
with the one in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 DVD.

9 Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide

1. Please right-click on the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet under

Network adapters in Device Manager and select Update Driver to update
onboard Broadcom NIC driver.

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

driver.

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

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

location in the search.

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

required section for the Directory on EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 for
Broadcom BCM5704 driver.

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

Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R910 -> Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID, select

Intel RAID Web Console (Windows Server 2003 x64) and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction to install the Intel RAID Web Console Utility.

4. At Installation Options, please select Standalone.

5. At Setup, please use the default setting.

6. The Intel RAID Web Console Utility needs the Java Runtime Environment

(JRE) version 1.3.1 at least. The setup will detect for the JER automatically.
If you do not install the JRE in advance, please click on continue and the
setup will install the JRE version 1.4.2 for you.

7. Follow the instruction to complete the installation.

8. For using the Intel RAID Web Console Utility, please launch the web

browser and link to http://localhost:3570.

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R910 -> Broadcom Ethernet Adapter, select BACS

Utility (Windows Server 2003 x64) and click on Setup.

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

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation.

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with onboard
LSI SCSI)

Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003
Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R910 with onboard LSI SCSI.

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Drivers Required

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

Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Onboard ATI
Radeon 7000 VGA

Onboard Intel
E8501 Chipset

Onboard LSI 1030
SCSI controller

Onboard Broadcom
BCM5704 Gigabit
Ethernet

Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

Hot-swap
backplane

Software Required

6.14.10.6553 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA

5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

8.48.0.0 \Disk\r910\nic\bcm\WS2003X64\

N/A Built-in

The management utility for onboard LSI 1030 SCSI controller and NIC can be
found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later).

Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD

CIM Browser for
Windows

Broadcom
Advanced Control
Suite

Installation Tips

The driver for LSI Logic 22320-R SCSI card is built-in in Windows Server 2003
Enterprise x64 Edition installation CD. Just boot the system form the Windows
Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition CD and follow the normal installation
procedure to complete the installation.

VGA Driver Installation

The VGA driver installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID
enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with
Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) VGA Driver Installation section.

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation

The Gigabit Ethernet driver installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware
RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
(with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
section.

3.05.00 \app\r910\SCSI\CIMBrowser\x64\WS2003

\Windows\VM\

7.7.7 \app\r910\NIC\BACS\WS3XPx64\

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CIM Browser Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 into the optical drive.

2. Select Utilities, expand Utilities -> Altos R910 -> LSI Logic 53C1030 U320

SCSI, select CIM Browser (Windows Server 2003 x64) and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instructions to complete the CIM Browser installation.

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation

The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility installation is the same as
integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server
2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Broadcom
Advanced Control Suite Installation section.

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with
Integrated SAS Hardware RAID)

Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003
Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R910 with integrated SAS hardware RAID.

Drivers Required

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

Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Onboard ATI
Radeon 7000 VGA

Onboard Intel
E8501 Chipset

Integrated SAS
hardware RAID

Onboard LSI 1030
SCSI controller

Onboard Broadcom
BCM5704 Gigabit
Ethernet

Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

SAS Hot-swap
backplane

Software Required

The management utility for integrated SAS hardware RAID and NIC can be
found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 (or later).

Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Intel RAID Web
Console 2

Broadcom 7.7.7 \app\r910\NIC\BACS\WS3XPx64\

6.14.10.6553 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA

5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

1.17.0.64 \Disk\r910\raid\Integrated_SAS\ws2k3x
64\

5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

8.48.0.0 \Disk\r910\nic\bcm\WS2003X64\

5.0.6055.2 \Disk\r910\onboard\hsbp\sas\

1.13-07 \app\r910\Integrated_SAS\Windows\

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Advanced Control
Suite

Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID

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

Installation Tips

NOTE. There is no built-in driver for integrated SAS hardware RAID in the OS.
You need an USB floppy for applying driver during the OS installation.

1. As Windows Server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the integrated SAS hardware

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

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

integrated SAS hardware RAID.

3. Select “Intel 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.

SAS Backplane Driver Installation

1. There is an ESG-SHV, SCA HSBP M5.... SCSI Enclosure Device listed under

Other device in Windows Device Manager. It is the hot-swap SAS
backplane for R910.

2. Right-click on the ESG-SHV, SCA HSBP M5.... SCSI Enclosure Device and

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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 300 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.

VGA Driver Installation

The VGA driver installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID
enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with
Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) VGA Driver Installation section.

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation

The Gigabit Ethernet driver installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware
RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
(with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
section.

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation

1. Please insert the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 into the optical drive.

2. Expand Utilities -> Altos R910 -> Integrated SAS Hardware RAID, select

Intel RAID Web Console 2 and click on Setup.

3. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use the default

setting to the Setup Type.

4. At the Setup Type, please select StandAlone.

5. Follow the instruction again to complete the installation.

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation

The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility installation is the same as
integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server
2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Broadcom
Advanced Control Suite Installation section.

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Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with
Integrated SAS)

Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003
Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R910 with integrated SAS.

Drivers Required

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

Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Onboard ATI
Radeon 7000 VGA

Onboard Intel
E8501 Chipset

Integrated SAS 1.21.15.00 \Disk\r910\onboard\SAS\WS2K3X64\

Onboard LSI 1030
SCSI controller

Onboard Broadcom
BCM5704 Gigabit
Ethernet

Onboard USB 2.0 5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

SAS Hot-swap
backplane

6.14.10.6553 \Disk\R910\onboard\VGA

5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

5.2.3790.1380 Built-in

8.48.0.0 \Disk\r910\nic\bcm\WS2003X64\

5.0.6055.2 \Disk\r910\onboard\hsbp\sas\

Software Required

The management utility for the NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1 build
300 (or later).

Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD

Broadcom
Advanced Control
Suite

Installation Tips

NOTE. There is no built-in driver for integrated SAS in the Windows Server 2003
x64. You need an USB floppy for applying driver during the OS installation.

1. As Windows Server 2003 x64 can’t recognize the integrated SAS, you need

to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 300 first before
the installation.

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

integrated SAS.

3. Select “LSI Logic Fusion-MPT SAS Driver (Server 2003 x64)” as target driver.

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

to finish the installation.

7.7.7 \app\r910\NIC\BACS\WS3XPx64\

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