Acer Altos R720 - Os Installation Tips

Altos R720 Installation Configuration Guide 6
Below is Altos R720 OS certification matrix:
Operating System
Service
Pack
Status Note
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Edition
n/a Certified 1, 2, 3
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64
Edition
n/a Certified 1, 2, 3
SP2
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition
SP1
Certified
SP2
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64
Edition
SP1
Certified
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
Installatio
n Tested
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Certified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 Certified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 n/a Certified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 EM64T n/a Certified
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 Certified
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T SP3 Certified
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 n/a Certified
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T n/a Certified
NetWare 6.5 SP5 Certified
NOTE1. Altos R720 BIOS P88 (or later), BMC 63 (or later) and FRUSDR 47 (or
later) are required to support Windows Server 2008.
NOTE2. This Windows Server 2008 certification also applies to Standard Edition
and Web Server 2008.
NOTE3. EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) can support Windows Server 2008.
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.
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 hardware 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.
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