Altos G540 Installation Configuration Guide
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Installation Tips
1.
Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update3 cannot recognize the
MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP, you need to make a driver diskette from the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later) first before the installation.
2.
Type linux dd when the prompt boot: appears at the start.
3.
Please select the fd0 as the Driver Disk Source.
4.
Follow the instruction to load the MegaRAID driver from the driver
diskette.
5.
At the Package Installation Defaults, select Customize software packages
to be installed.
6.
At the Package Group Selection step, select Development Tools under
Development.
7.
Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation.
Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation
The NIC driver installation is the same as LSI MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP installed.
Please refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update3 Installation
(with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section.
MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation
1.
You can find the MegaRAID Storage Manager in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600.
Please refer to Directory of EasyBUILD in Software Required section for
the MegaRAID Storage Manager and copy the utility from the EasyBUILD
7.1 build 600 to HDD first.
# mount /media/cdrecorder
# cp –R /media/cdrecorder/app/g540/raid/8708ELP/Linux/. /tmp
2.
Install MegaRAID Storage Manager utility
# cd /tmp/
# ./install.sh
3.
Type y to accept the license agreement and select 3 for StandAlone
installation.
4.
To start Intel RAID Web Console, select applications -> System Tools ->
MegaRAID Storage Manager Startup UI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation (with LSI
MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP)
Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.0 Update 3 on Altos G540 with MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP.