Acer Altos G330 MK2- User Manual

3 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide System Power Supply • Single 350W power supply Storage Subsystem Drive Bays • Three 5.25” front accessible drive bays for optical device and TBU Hard Disks • Up to 4 HDDs by one 4 HDD hot-plug/easy-swap cage

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 4 System Block Diagram BOARD LAYOUT

5 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Memory population Channel A Channel B DIMM A1 DIMM A2 DIMM B1 DIMM B2 Memory Interleave 512 MB 1-way 1GB 1-way 2GB 1-way 512 MB 512 MB 2-way 1 GB 1 GB 2-way 2 GB 2 GB 2-way 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 2-way 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 2-way 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 ...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 6 Below is Altos G330 Mk2 OS certification matrix: Operating System Service Pack Status Note Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition N/A Certified 1, 2, 3 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition N/A Certified 1, 2, 3 Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise...

7 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition on Altos G330 Mk2 with onboard SATA RAID. BIOS Required Altos G330 Mk2 BIO...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 8 3. Select directory of the floppy or USB flash that contains the driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select “LSI Embedded MegaRAID(A:\MegaSR.INF)” and click on Next. 6. After the driver is loaded and returned to “Whe...

9 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide RAID Utility Installation 1. For installing MegaRAID Storage Manager for onboard SATA RAID, please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 into the optical drive. 2. Expand Utilities -> Altos G330 Mk2 -> Onboard SATA RAID, select MegaRAID Storage Ma...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 10 Software Required For Windows Server 2008 x64 Installation, the following manage utilities are required. Software Version EasyBUILD Version MegaRAID Storage Manager 2.63-00 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 11.2.4....

11 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide VGA Driver Installation Please refer to the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition (with Onboard SATA RAID) VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) section. TPM Driver Installation (optional) Windows Server 2008 x64 has built-in driver for TPM. Yo...

13 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide VGA Driver Installation Please refer to the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition (with Onboard SATA RAID) VGA Driver Installation (onboard VGA) section. TPM Driver Installation (optional) Windows Server 2008 x64 has built-in driver for TPM. Yo...

15 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Ethernet, we still replace the driver with the one in EasyBUILD. 2. Please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 200 (or later) into the optical drive 3. Expand Drivers -> Altos G330 Mk2 -> Network Adapter -> Broadcom BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet Cont...

17 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 4. Click on Browser and select directory of the floppy or USB flash that contains the driver. 5. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 6. Select “LSI MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP and 8204ELP (A:\MegaSR.INF)” and click on Next. 7. After the...

19 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 4. Click on Browser and select directory of the floppy or USB flash that contains the driver. 5. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 6. Select “LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP RAID Controller (A:\oemsetup.inf)” and click on Next. 7. Aft...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 20 Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Enterprise Edition SP2 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Enterprise Edition on Altos G330 Mk2 with onboard SATA RAID enabled. Drivers Requi...

21 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 2. Expand Drivers -> Altos G330 Mk2 -> Chipset -> Intel 3200 Chipset, select Windows Server 2003 x64 and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction to install the chipset driver and reboot the server after the driver is installed. Gigabit Et...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 22 Network Utility Installation 1. For installing Broadcom Advanced Control Suite for onboard Broadcom BMC5721 Gigabit Ethernet controller, Please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 into the optical drive. 2. Expand Utilities -> Altos G330 Mk2 ->...

23 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Installation Tips 1. As Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 can’t recognize the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 first before the installation. 2. Press F6 at the beginning of installation for prov...

25 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide (with onboard SATA RAID) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section. VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) The XGI Z9s driver installation is the same as onboard SATA RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Enterprise Edit...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 26 Configuring onboard SATA RAID Please refer to the Appendix A. for the onboard SATA RAID configuration. Installation Tips 1. As Windows Server 2003 R2 can’t recognize the onboard SATA RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 bu...

27 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 5. After the system rebooted, you would see XGI Z7/Z9/Z9s/Z11 v1.09.03 listed in Display adapters in Device Manager. RAID Utility Installation 1. For installing MegaRAID Storage Manager for onboard SATA RAID, please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 10...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 28 in the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage Manager 2.30-00 \app\G330Mk2\sas\8204ELP\Windows\ Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 10.5.3.0 \app\g330Mk2\nic\bacs\ws03\ Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8...

29 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Network Utility Installation The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation is the same as onboard SATA RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (with onboard SATA RAID) Network Utility Installation section. Wind...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 30 3. Select “LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)” as target driver 4. After loading the RAID driver from diskette, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Installation The chipset driver in...

31 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Onboard XGI Z9s 6.14.10.900 \Disk\g330Mk2\onboard\vga\xgiz9s\ws2k\ Software Required The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 32 Setup. 4. Follow the instruction to complete the driver installation. 5. After installing the driver, you would see Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet listed in Network adapters. VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) 1. Windows 2000 cannot reco...

33 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Drivers Required For Windows 2000 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 2.17.0.32 \Disk\G330Mk2\sas\8708elp\w2k\ Onboard Intel 3200 Chipset 8.4.0.1017 \Disk\g330Mk2\on...

35 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage Manager 2.30-00 \app\G330Mk2\sas\sataraid\Windows\ Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 10.5.3.0 \app\g330Mk2\nic\bacs\x64\vista\ Configuring onboard SATA RAID Please refer to the Appendix A. for t...

37 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Controller, select BACS Utility (Windows Vista x64) and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instruction, accept the license agreement and use the default setting to complete the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation. Windows Vista x64 Enterprise Ed...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 38 instructions to do the installation. 3. When you see the “Where do you want to install Windows?” on the screen, please insert the driver diskette and click on Load Driver. 4. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. 5. Select “LSI Meg...

39 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Windows Vista x64 Enterprise Edition Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Windows Vista x64 Enterprise Edition on Altos G330 Mk2 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP installed. Drivers Required Fo...

41 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Drivers Required For Windows Vista Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD Onboard SATA RAID 9.25.1029.2007 \Disk\g330Mk2\onboard\sataraid\vista Onboard Intel 3200 Chipset 8.4.0.1017 \Disk\g330M...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 42 Chipset Driver Installation 1. After the installation completes, you would see there is a SM Bus Controller under Other devices listed in Device Manager. 2. Please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later) into the optical drive 3. Expand Driver...

43 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Platform module. You do not need to manually install the driver. RAID Utility Installation 1. For installing MegaRAID Storage Manager for onboard SATA RAID, please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 into the optical drive. 2. Expand Utilities -> ...

45 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide SATA RAID) VGA Driver Installation (onboard XGI Z9s) section. TPM Driver Installation (Optional) NOTE. This TPM driver and utility are only needed when TPM module is installed on Altos G330 Mk2. Windows Vista has the built-in driver for Infineon SLB...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 46 Manager Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 10.5.3.0 \app\g330Mk2\nic\bacs\x64\vista\ Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Please refer to the Appendix B. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP configuration. Installation Tips 1. Though Windows Vista can reco...

47 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Platform module. You do not need to manually install the driver. RAID Utility Installation The MegaRAID Storage Manager installation is the same as onboard SATA RAID enabled. Please refer to the Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Installation (with on...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 48 make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 first before the installation. 2. Press F6 at the beginning of installation for providing the driver diskette for the onboard SATA RAID. 3. Select “LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID (Windows XP/2003 ...

49 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide RAID Utility Installation 1. For installing MegaRAID Storage Manager for onboard SATA RAID, please insert the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 into the optical drive. 2. Expand Utilities -> Altos G330 Mk2 -> onboard SATA RAID, select MegaRAID Storage M...

51 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide SP2 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Network Utility Installation section. Windows XP x64 Professional Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Windows XP x64 Professional Edit...

53 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide xp\ Software Required The management utility for onboard SATA RAID and NIC can be found in the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage Manager 2.30-00 \app\G330Mk2\sas\sataraid\Windows\ Broadcom A...

55 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to manually install Windows XP Professional Edition on Altos G330 Mk2 with MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP installed. Drivers Required For Windows ...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 56 Chipset Driver Package Installation The chipset driver installation is the same as onboard SATA enabled. Please refer to the Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Installation (with onboard SATA RAID) Chipset Driver Installation section. Gigabit Ether...

57 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage Manager 2.30-00 \app\G330Mk2\sas\8708ELP\Windows\ Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 10.5.3.0 \app\g330Mk2\nic\bacs\wsxp\ Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP ...

59 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Customize now and click on Next. 6. Please click on Development in the left window, and check Development Libraries, Development Tools and Legacy Software Development in the right window. 7. After selecting the additional packages, follow the normal...

61 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 4\rhel5\ Software Required The management utility for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP can be found in the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 (or later). Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage Manager 2.30-00 \app\G330Mk2\sas\8204ELP\Linux\ Configuri...

63 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Libraries, Development Tools and Legacy Software Development in the right window. 7. After selecting the additional packages, follow the normal procedure to finish the installation. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation Before you install the Broadco...

65 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide develop package for different kernels. It is dependent on which kernel you using. 1. Mount the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation CD #1. # mount /dev/cdrom /media 2. According to you kernel to install kernel develop package. # cd /media/Server ...

67 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Software Version Directory on EasyBUILD MegaRAID Storage Manager 2.30-00 \app\G330Mk2\sas\8204ELP\Linux\ Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP Please refer to the Appendix C. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP configuration. Installation Tips 1. Since ...

69 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide finish the installation. Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation The Broadcom BCM5721 driver installation is the same as onboard RAID enabled. Please refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Installation (with onboard) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installa...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 70 Installation Tips 1. Since SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T SP1 cannot recognize the onboard SATA RAID, you need to make a driver diskette from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 first before the installation. 2. Boot the system form SUSE Linux Enterp...

71 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Please refer to Directory on EasyBUILD in Driver Required section and copy the driver from the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 to HDD first. # cp /media/EBV80B100/Disk/g330Mk2/onboard/vga/xgiz9s/x64 /sles10/xgi_xg27_x86_64_xorg7_1_12_03.run /tmp 2. Install ...

73 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Z9s) section. RAID Utility Installation The MegaRAID Storage Manager installation for LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP is the same as onboard SATA RAID enabled. Please refer to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T SP1 Installation (with onboard SATA RA...

75 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Onboard Broadcom BCM 5721 Gigabit Ethernet 3.77D \Disk\g330Mk2\nic\BCM\linux Onboard XGI Z9s 1.12.03 \Disk\g330Mk2\onboard\vga\xgiz9s\sles10\ Software Required The management utility for onboard SATA RAID can be found in the EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 ...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 76 EasyBUILD 8.0 build 100 to HDD first. # cp /media/EBV80B100/Disk/g330Mk2/nic/BCM/linux/tg3- 3.77d.tar.gz /tmp 3. Extract the driver source and install the driver # cd /tmp/ # tar zxvf tg3-3.77d.tar.gz # cd /tmp/tg3-3.77d # make install # insmod tg3....

77 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10SP 1 Installation (with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP) Below information describes how to manually install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 on Altos G330 Mk2 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Drivers Required For SUSE Linux...

79 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Manager Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP Please refer to the Appendix B. for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP configuration. Installation Tips 1. Since SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 cannot recognize the LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP, you need to make a...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 80 Pack 7 overlay DVD) on Altos G330 Mk2 with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP. Drivers Required For NetWare 6.5 SP7 Installation, the following device drivers are required. Device Version Directory on Resource CD LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 1.04.04 \Disk\g330Mk2...

81 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide ------------ ------------------------------- ---- IDEATA.HAM Standard IDE/ATA/ATAPI/SATA Adapter IDEATA.HAM Standard IDE/ATA/ATAPI/SATA Adapter MEGA_SAS.HAM LSI MegaRAID SAS Adapter 7. Please move cursor on MEGA_SAS.HAM LSI MegaRAID SAS Adapter and ...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 82 13. Please press INSERT key twice, insert the driver disk for the onboard Broadcom BCM5721 into floppy and press Enter. 14. After the driver is successfully loaded, you would see the onboard Broadcom BCM5721 listed as below. Then, please select Retu...

83 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Configuring the onboard SATA RAID This section briefly shows how to create RAID 1 (mirror) volume with onboard SATA RAID function. Enable onboard SATA RAID function To configure onboard SATA RAID, you have to enable the onboard SATA RAID in BIOS fir...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 84 7. The default RAID level for 2 disk drives is RAID1. Just select Accept to use the default setting and press <Enter> to return to the ARRAY SELECTION MENU. 8. Press <Enter> to end the array configuration. 9. Select YES to Save Configura...

85 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP This section briefly shows how to create RAID with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP. Starting LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Configuration Utility To start LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Configuration Utility for MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP, pre...

87 Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP This section briefly shows how to create RAID with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP. Starting LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Configuration Utility To start LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Configuration Utility for MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP, pre...

Altos G330 Mk2 Installation Configuration Guide 88 listed under Logical Drives. 2. Press Spacebar to select drives for initialization. The selected drive will be shown in yellow. 3. After selecting the drives, press F10 and select YES to start the initialization process. 4. When initialization is co...