2012 R2 Onboard SATA RAID Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2012 R2 on Altos C100 F3 with Intel Onboard SATA RAID. BIOS Required Altos C100 F3 BIOS D09 (or later) can support Windows Server 2012. Drivers Required Device Version Driver Source Intel Onboard SATA RAID Package 3.8.0.111 Smart Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Chipset Package 9.4.0.1027 Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Onboard VGA Package 15.33.4.64.3308 Smart Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Onboard Gigabit Ethernet Package 18.5 Smart Setup Resource Kit v2.0 USB 3.0 N/A OS Built-in Intel ME Package 9.5.15.1730 Smart Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Software Required Software Version Software Source Intel Onboard SATA RAID Utility Package 3.8.0.111 Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Configuring Intel Onboard SATA RAID Please refer to Appendix A. for Intel Onboard SATA RAID configuration. Installation Tips NOTE. Please to Altos C100 F3 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to select OS installation in EFI mode or Legacy mode if the OS media supports EFI. NOTE. Windows Server 2012 R2 cannot detect Intel Onboard SATA RAID. Please load the RAID driver during OS installation. NOTE. You need an external USB floppy drive or USB Flash drive to load RAID driver during the OS installation. NOTE. Please copy Intel Onboard SATA RAID driver from Smart Setup Resource Kit DVD to a floppy diskette or USB flash drive.
Installation Tips NOTE. When you install OS with MegaRAID, please load BIOS default settings. NOTE. Please refer to Altos C100 F3 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to select OS installation in EFI mode or Legacy mode if the OS media supports EFI. NOTE. The Windows Server 2012 can detect MegaRAID 9240-4i. Please load the RAID driver during OS installation. NOTE. You need an external USB floppy drive or USB Flash drive to load RAID driver during the OS installation. NOTE. Please copy MegaRAID 9240-4i driver from Smart Setup DVD to a floppy diskette or USB flash drive. Please boot the system from the Windows Server 2012 R2 DVD. Follow the instructions to do the installation. Please enter the product key to active Windows and follow the instructions. When you see the “Where do you want to install Windows?” on the screen, please insert the floppy diskette or USB flash which includes MegaRAID 9240-4i driver and click on Load Driver. Click on Browse and select directory of the floppy or USB flash that contains the driver. Click on OK. You will see the supported devices listed. Select “LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i (C:\...\megasa2.inf)” and click on Next. After loading the RAID driver, you could click “Drive options” to partition the drive or click “Next” to use default disk partition setting directly. Please follow the instructions to finish the installation. Chipset Driver Package Installation Please insert the Smart Setup DVD into the optical drive Select Resource Kit. Select and click on Drivers. Find the Chipset Driver by expanding the directory in the following Altos C100 F3 -> Chipset -> Intel Chipset. Select Windows Server 2012 R264-bit then click on Browse. Double-click on Setup.exe and follow the instructions to complete the driver installation. After the installation is completed, reboot the system.
5 UPDATE 9 MegaRAID 9240-4i Below information describes how to manually install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 9 on Altos C100 F3 with MegaRAID 9240-4i. BIOS Required Altos C100 F3 BIOS D09 (or later) is required to support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 9. Drivers Required (64 bit) Device Version Driver Source MegaRAID 9240-4i Package 6.601.06.00 Smart Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Onboard VGA N/A OS Onboard Gigabit Ethernet Package 18.5 Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Drivers Required (32 bit) Device Version Driver Source MegaRAID 9240-4i Package 6.601.06.00 Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Onboard VGA N/A OS Onboard Gigabit Ethernet Package 18.5 Smart Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Software Required Software Version Software Source MegaRAID Storage Manager 13.08.04.01 Smart Setup Resource Kit v2.0 Configuring MegaRAID 9240-4i Please refer to Appendix B for MegaRAID 9240-4i configuration Installation Tips Please boot the system from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 9. At Welcome Menu, Please type below command and press Enter. linux dd Follow the instruction to install. Select Software Development. Follow the normal procedure to finish the installation.