Software Required; Configuring Megaraid Sas 8708Elp; Installation Tips; Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation - Acer Altos G540 Installation & Configuration Manual

ES1000
Onboard USB 2.0
IOAT

Software Required

The management utility for MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP can be found in the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later).
Software
MegaRAID Storage
Manager

Configuring MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP

Please refer to the Appendix D. for the MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP configuration.

Installation Tips

Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update3 cannot recognize the
1.
MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP, you need to make a driver diskette from the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600 (or later) first before the installation.
Type linux dd when the prompt boot: appears at the start.
2.
Please select the fd0 as the Driver Disk Source.
3.
Follow the instruction to load the MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP driver from the
4.
driver diskette.
At the Package Installation Defaults, select Customize software packages
5.
to be installed.
At the Package Group Selection step, select Development Tools under
6.
Development.
Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation.
7.

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 Update3 Installation (with LSI
MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation section.

MegaRAID Storage Manager Installation

You can find the MegaRAID Storage Manager in EasyBUILD 7.1 build 600.
1.
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
Install MegaRAID Storage Manager utility
2.
61
N/A OS built-in
N/A N/A
Version Directory on EasyBUILD
2.07-00 \app\g540\raid\8708ELP\Linux\
Altos G540 Installation Configuration Guide