User manual ACER ASPIRE M3-581PT

[. . . ] 2 BOARD LAYOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 System Block Diagram 4 DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Memory population 5 Memory population with sparing 5 Memory population with mirroring 6 Memory population with RAID 7 OS INSTALLATION TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) 8 Drivers Required 8 Software Required 9 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 9 Installation Tips 9 VGA Driver Installation 9 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 9 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 10 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 10 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with onboard LSI SCSI)10 Drivers Required 11 Software Required 11 Installation Tips 11 VGA Driver Installation 11 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 11 CIM Browser Installation 12 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 12 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 12 Drivers Required 12 Software Required 12 Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID 13 Installation Tips 13 SAS Backplane Driver Installation 13 VGA Driver Installation 14 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 14 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 14 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 14 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SAS) 15 Drivers Required 15 Software Required 15 Installation Tips 15 SAS Backplane Driver Installation 16 VGA Driver Installation 16 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 16 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) 16 Drivers Required 16 Software Required 17 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 17 Installation Tips 17 VGA Driver Installation 17 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 17 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 18 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 19 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with onboard LSI SCSI) 19 Drivers Required 19 Software Required 19 Installation Tips 19 VGA Driver Installation 20 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 20 CIM Browser Installation 20 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 20 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 21 Drivers Required 21 Software Required 21 Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID 21 Installation Tips 21 SAS Backplane Driver Installation 22 SCSI Driver Installation 23 VGA Driver Installation 23 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 23 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Utility Installation 23 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 24 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SAS) 24 Drivers Required 24 Software Required 24 Installation Tips 24 SAS Backplane Driver Installation 25 SCSI Driver Installation 25 VGA Driver Installation 25 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 25 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 25 Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Drivers Required 25 Software Required 26 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 26 Installation Tips 26 Chipset Driver Installation 26 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 27 VGA Driver Installation 27 SCSI Backplane Driver Installation 28 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 28 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 28 Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 29 Drivers Required 29 Software Required 29 Installation Tips 29 Chipset Driver Installation 30 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 30 VGA Driver Installation 30 SCSI Backplane Driver Installation 30 CIM Browser Installation 30 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 30 Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SAS hardware RAID) Drivers Required 31 Software Required 31 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 31 Installation Tips 31 Chipset Driver Installation 32 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 32 VGA Driver Installation 32 SAS Backplane Driver Installation 32 SCSI Driver Installation 33 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Utility Installation 33 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 33 Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SAS) 33 Drivers Required 34 Software Required 34 Installation Tips 34 Chipset Driver Installation 34 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 35 VGA Driver Installation 35 SAS Backplane Driver Installation 35 SCSI Driver Installation 35 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 35 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 Update 3 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) 35 Drivers Required 35 25 30 Software Required 36 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 36 Installation Tips 36 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 36 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 36 Drivers Required 37 Software Required 37 Installation Tips 37 CIM Browser Installation 37 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 Update 3 (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 38 Drivers Required 38 Software Required 38 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 38 Installation Tips 38 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 39 CIM Browser Installation 39 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 Update 3 (with Integrated SAS) 39 Drivers Required 39 Installation Tips 40 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) 40 Drivers Required 40 Software Required 41 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 41 Installation Tips 41 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 41 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 EM64T Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 41 Drivers Required 42 Software Required 42 Installation Tips 42 CIM Browser Installation 42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 43 Drivers Required 43 Software Required 43 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 43 Installation Tips 43 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 44 CIM Browser Installation 44 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SAS) 44 Drivers Required 44 Installation Tips 45 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 45 Drivers Required 45 Software Required 46 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 46 Installation Tips 46 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 46 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with Integrated SAS) 47 Drivers Required 47 Installation Tips 47 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 47 Drivers Required 48 Software Required 48 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 48 Installation Tips 48 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 49 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with Integrated SAS)49 Drivers Required 49 Installation Tips 49 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) 50 Drivers Required 50 Software Required 50 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 50 Installation Tips 51 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 51 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with onboard LSI SCSI) 51 Drivers Required 51 Software Required 52 Installation Tips 52 CIM Browser Installation 52 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 52 Drivers Required 52 Software Required 53 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 53 Installation Tips 53 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 53 CIM Browser Installation 54 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated SAS) 54 Drivers Required 54 Installation Tips 55 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) 55 Drivers Required 55 Software Required 55 Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 56 Installation Tips 56 Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 56 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with onboard LSI SCSI) 56 Drivers Required 56 Software Required 57 Installation Tips 57 CIM Browser Installation 57 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 57 Drivers Required 58 Software Required 58 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 58 Installation Tips 58 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 59 CIM Browser Installation 59 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated SAS) 59 Drivers Required 59 Installation Tips 60 SCO OpenServer 6. 0. 0 Installation (with Integrated SAS hardware RAID)60 Drivers Required 60 Patch Required 61 Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 61 Installation Tips 61 Maintenance Pack 2 Installation 62 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 62 APPENDIX A: INTEGRATED SCSI HARDWARE RAID CREATION . . . . . . [. . . ] Select "Intel SAS RAID Controller Driver (Windows 2000)" as target driver 2. 3. 31 Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide 4. After loading the driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation The Chipset Driver Installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Chipset Driver Installation section. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Gigabit Ethernet Driver installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. VGA Driver Installation The VGA Driver Installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) VGA Driver Installation section. SAS Backplane Driver Installation 1. There is an ESG-SHV SCA HSBP M5 SCSI Processor Device listed under Other device in Windows Device Manager. It is the hot-swap SCSI backplane for R910. 2. Right-click on the ESG-SHV SCA HSBP M5 SCSI Processor Device and select Properties. Select Driver tab and click on Update Driver. 3. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide 32 4. Follow the instructions. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended) and click on Next. Check on the Specify a location and click on Next to specify the path for the driver. Please refer to Driver required section for the Directory on EasyBUILD 7. 1 build 300 for SAS HSBP. You would see Intel (r) SCA Hotswap Backplane listed in System devices. 5. 6. SCSI Driver Installation 1. There are two SCSI Controller listed under Other device in Windows Device Manager. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) SCSI Driver Installation section. Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility installation is the same as integrated SCSI hardware RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Installation section. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 Update 3 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 update 3 on Altos R910 with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID. Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 Update 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 VGA Onboard Intel E8501 Chipset Integrated SCSI hardware RAID Onboard Broadcom Version N/A N/A 2. 20. 4. 6 3. 43-rh Directory on EasyBUILD Built-in Built-in Built-in Built-in 35 Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet Onboard USB 2. 0 Hot-swap backplane Software Required N/A N/A Built-in Built-in The management utility for integrated SCSI hardware RAID can be found in the EasyBUID 7. 1 build 100 (or later). Software Intel RAID Web Console Version 2. 8-00 Directory on EasyBUILD \app\r910\romb\IntelRAIDWebConsole \linux\ Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID Please refer to the Appendix A. for the integrated SCSI hardware RAID configuration. Installation Tips 1. Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 Update 3 can detect the integrated SCSI hardware RAID automatically, you can just boot the system with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS installation CD and follow the instruction to do the installation. At Package Defaults page, select Customize the set of packages to be installed. And select Graphic Internet under Applications in the Package Group Selection. Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. 2. 3. Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 1. 5. Insert the EasyBUILD 7. 1 b100 and open the folder /app/r910/romb/IntelRAIDWebConsole/linux on DVD. Execute the RAID_Web_Console_Linux. bin to launch the graphic installation wizard. For using the Intel RAID Web Console Utility, please launch the web browser and link to http://localhost:3570. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 update 3 on Altos R910 with onboard LSI SCSI. Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide 36 Drivers Required For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 0 Update 3 Installation, the following device drivers are required. [. . . ] When you see the message for loading HBA drivers as follows, please select "yes" and insert the driver disk into floppy to apply the driver. After you applied the driver for integrated SAS hardware RAID, continue to follow the instruction to do the installation. At Configuring optional software page, select Deferred for Network card option to skip the network installation. 3. 5. 61 Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide Maintenance Pack 2 Installation 1. Please download the Maintenance Pack 2 form SCO website and burn the image to a CD. [. . . ]