User Guide

Altos R720 Installation Configuration Guide 6
Below is Altos R720 OS certification matrix:
Operating System Status Note
Windows 2000 Advanced Server,
Service Pack 4
Tested
Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise
Edition
Tested
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition SP1
Tested
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T
Update 2
Tested
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update
2
Tested
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T
SP3
Certified
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 Certified
NetWare 6.5 Support Pack5 Tested
The drivers required for the OS installation can be found on the EasyBUILD 7.1
build 100 (or later). We suggest that you use the drivers contained in the
EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later), as these drivers are tested and qualified by
Acer.
There are two ways you can get the drivers. You can either make diskettes
from EasyBUILD 7.1 build 100 (or later), or put it in the optical drive and search
the driver directly.
NOTE. In this section, we assume the OS is installed on the HDD connected to
the onboard SAS or integrated SAS RAID.
NOTE. The internal USB floppy drive is an option. If you do not have this option
and you need to apply the driver during the OS installation, you need an
external USB floppy drive.
Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition Installation (with
integrated SAS RAID)
Below information describes how to manually install Windows Server 2003 x64
Enterprise Edition on Altos R720.
Drivers Required
For Windows 2003 x64 Installation, the following device drivers are required.
Device Version Directory on EasyBUILD
Integrated SAS
RAID
1.17.0.64 \Disk\R720\RAID\Integrated_SAS\WS2K
3X64
Onboard Intel
5000P Chipset
7.3.0.1011 \Disk\R720\onboard\Chipset\
Onboard Intel 9.3.39 \Disk\R720\NIC\Intel\pro1000.net\ws03
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