55 Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide
Installation Tips
NOTE. There is no built-in driver Integrated SAS in the SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 9 Service Pack 3. You need an external USB floppy drive for applying
driver during the OS installation.
1.
Since SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 cannot recognize the
integrated SAS, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD
7.1 build 300 first before the installation.
2.
Boot the system form SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack3
bootable CD.
3.
When you see the boot menu on the screen, select Installation, press F6
then press Enter to continue.
4.
Follow the instruction to load the integrated SAS driver from the driver
diskette.
5.
Follow the instructions to change the installation and service pack CDs
during the installation. And follow the normal installation procedure to
complete the installation.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 (with
Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID)
Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 on Altos R910 with integrated SCSI hardware
RAID.
Drivers Required
For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation, the
following device drivers are required.
Device
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
Onboard ATI
Radeon 7000 VGA
N/A Built-in
Onboard Intel
E8501 Chipset
N/A Built-in
Integrated SCSI
hardware RAID
2.20.4.6 Built-in
Onboard Broadcom
BCM5704 Gigabit
Ethernet
3.37 Built-in
Onboard USB 2.0
N/A
Built-in
Hot-swap
backplane
N/A Built-in
Software Required
The management utility for integrated SCSI hardware RAID can be found in the
