59 Altos G540 Installation Configuration Guide
4.0 Update 3 on Altos G540 with LSI 1068 SAS IM.
Drivers Required
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 Installation, the following device
drivers are required.
Device
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
LSI 1068 SAS
3.02.77
\Disk\G540\onboard\SAS\RHEL4U3\
Onboard Intel
5000P Chipset
N/A OS
built-in
Onboard Intel
82563EB Gigabit
Ethernet
7.0.38-NAPI \DiskG540\NIC\Intel\pro1000.lx
Onboard ATI
ES1000
N/A OS
built-in
Onboard USB 2.0
N/A
OS built-in
IOAT N/A
N/A
Software Required
The management utility for LSI 1068 SAS can be found in the EasyBUILD 7.1
build 200 (or later).
Software
Version
Directory on EasyBUILD
MyStorage 3.00.05
\APP\G540\SAS\LSI1068\MyStorage\Linu
x\
Configuring LSI 1068 SAS
Please refer to the Appendix B. for the LSI 1068 SAS IM configuration.
Installation Tips
Although Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 can detect the LSI 1068 SAS
automatically, we still need to update the driver during the installation. If you
don’t update the driver, the LSI MyStroage management software will not
recognize the LSI 1068 SAS.
1.
Please make the driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 7.1 build 200 (or later)
first before the installation.
2.
Type linux dd updates 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 LSI 1068 SAS driver from the driver
diskette.
5.
At Update Disk Source, please select fd0 and follow the instruction to
update it.
6.
At the Package Installation Defaults, select Customize software packages
to be installed.