Acer Altos R520 - Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 Edition Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID); BIOS Required; Drivers Required; Software Required

7 Altos R520 Installation Configuration Guide
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with
integrated SAS hardware RAID)
Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2008
Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos R520.
BIOS Required
Altos R520 BIOS P88 (or later), BMC 63 (or later) and FRUSDR 47 (or later) are
required to support Windows Server 2008.
Drivers Required
For Windows Server 2008 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are
required.
Device Version EasyBUILD Version
Integrated SAS
hardware RAID
2.20.0.64 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Onboard Chipset 8.6.0.1002 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet
9.12.17.0 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Onboard VGA 8.240.50.3000 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Onboard USB 2.0 N/A OS built-in
IOAT 1.2.79.9 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Hot-swap
backplane
N/A OS built-in
Software Required
The management utility of integrated SAS hardware RAID and NIC can be
found in the EasyBUILD.
Software Version EasyBUILD Version
RAID Web Console
2
2.63 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Intel PROSet Utility 13.0.44.0 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later)
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID
Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SAS hardware RAID
configuration.
Installation Tips
NOTE. The Windows Server 2008 x64 can recognize integrated SAS hardware
RAID. Please replace the driver with the one provided by EasyBUILD. You need
an external USB floppy drive or USB Flash drive to load driver during the OS
installation.
1. Please make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD first before the
installation.