Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide
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Onboard LSI 1030
SCSI Controller
3.02.77
The driver is bundled in integrated
SAS driver
Onboard Broadcom
BCM5704 Gigabit
Ethernet
3.43-rh Built-in
Onboard USB 2.0
N/A
Built-in
SAS Hot-swap
backplane
N/A Built-in
Installation Tips
NOTE. There is no built-in driver for Integrated SAS in the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4.0 Update3. You need an external USB floppy drive for applying driver
during the OS installation.
1.
Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update3 cannot recognize the
integrated SAS, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD
7.1 build 300 first before the installation.
2.
Type linux dd update when the prompt boot: appears at the start.
3.
Please select the sda as the Driver Disk Source.
4.
Follow the instruction to load the integrated SAS driver from the driver
diskette.
5.
At Update Disk Source, please select sda and follow the instruction to
update it.
6.
After loading the driver for integrated SAS , please follow the normal
procedure to finish the installation.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated
SCSI Hardware RAID)
Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.0 EM64T Update 3 on Altos R910 with integrated SCSI hardware RAID.
Drivers Required
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 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
3.43-rh Built-in
