Acer Altos R720 - Drivers Required; Software Required; Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID; Installation Tips

27 Altos R720 Installation Configuration Guide
Drivers Required
For Windows Server 2003 Installation, the following device drivers are required.
Device Version EasyBUILD Version
Integrated SAS
hardware RAID
1.17.0.32 EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later)
Onboard Chipset 7.3.0.1011 EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later)
Onboard Gigabit
Ethernet
9.3.39.0 EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later)
Onboard VGA 8.24.3 EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later)
Onboard USB 2.0 N/A OS built-in
IOAT 1.2.52.0 EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later)
Hot-swap
backplane
5.0.6055.2 EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later)
Software Required
The management utility of integrated SAS hardware RAID can be found in the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later).
Software Version EasyBUILD Version
Microsoft Scalable
Networking Pack
N/A
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
details.aspx?FamilyID=c65f4a89-f4da-
463e-a496-
4b5abd660bf9&DisplayLang=en
RAID Web Console
2
1.13-00 EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later)
Intel PROSet Utility 10.4.4.2 EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later)
Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID
Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SAS hardware RAID
configuration.
Installation Tips
NOTE. There is no built-in driver Integrated SAS hardware RAID in the Windows
Server 2003. If you do not have the optional internal USB floppy drive, you
need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver during the OS installation.
1. As Windows Server 2003 can’t recognize the integrated SAS 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 disk for the
integrated SAS hardware RAID.
3. Select “Intel(R) SAS RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)” as target
driver
4. After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure