Acer Altos R520 - Software Required; Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID 2; Installation Tips

Altos R520 Installation Configuration Guide 10
required.
Device Version EasyBUILD Version
Integrated SAS
hardware RAID 2
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 2 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 2
Please refer to the APPENDIX D. for the integrated SAS hardware RAID 2
configuration.
Installation Tips
NOTE. The Windows Server 2008 x64 can recognize integrated SAS hardware
RAID 2. 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.
2. Click on “Load Driver” when “Where do you want to install Windows”
message displayed.
3. Select “Intel(R) RAID Controller SROMBSASMP2 (A:\oemsetup.inf)” as
target driver
4. After loading the RAID driver from diskette, you could click “Drive
options” to partition the drive.
5. Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation.
6. After the installation completes, you would see the following devices
with yellow mark in Device Manager.