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... Manager 6-31 6.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID 6-31 6.3.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 6-33 Chapter 7: Driver installation 7.1 RAID driver installation 7-2 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 7-2 7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 7-5 7.2 Intel® chipset device installation 7-17 7.3 LAN driver installation 7-19 7.4 VGA driver installation 7-22 7.5 Management applications and utilities installation 7-24 7.5.1 Running the support DVD 7-24...
... Manager 6-31 6.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID 6-31 6.3.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 6-33 Chapter 7: Driver installation 7.1 RAID driver installation 7-2 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 7-2 7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 7-5 7.2 Intel® chipset device installation 7-17 7.3 LAN driver installation 7-19 7.4 VGA driver installation 7-22 7.5 Management applications and utilities installation 7-24 7.5.1 Running the support DVD 7-24...
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... panel and rear panel specifications. 2. Chapter 6: RAID configuration This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. 7 Chapter 7: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for disposal of the jumpers and internal connectors. 5.
... panel and rear panel specifications. 2. Chapter 6: RAID configuration This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. 7 Chapter 7: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for disposal of the jumpers and internal connectors. 5.
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... available for the expansion card. See Chapter 5 for information on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Install the software drivers for ISA or PCI devices. ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 2-17 Turn on BIOS setup. 2. Assign an IRQ to the following tables. 3. 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card, configure...
... available for the expansion card. See Chapter 5 for information on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Install the software drivers for ISA or PCI devices. ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 2-17 Turn on BIOS setup. 2. Assign an IRQ to the following tables. 3. 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card, configure...
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... IDE devices installed in this item to configure the item. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 5-11 5.3.4 Storage Configuration The items in the system. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to...
... IDE devices installed in this item to configure the item. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 5-11 5.3.4 Storage Configuration The items in the system. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to...
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Driver installation Chapter 7 This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components.
Driver installation Chapter 7 This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components.
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... AHCI) Windows 64 bit(also support AHCI) Back Exit 7-2 Chapter 7: Driver installation Create Driver Diskette Menu PCH INTEL RAID Driver PCH LSI RAID Driver Marvell 88SE6145 SATA RAID Driver Marvell 88SE6145 SATA Non-RAID Driver Write DMI FreeDOS command prompt 5. If you have to boot from the ...select the type of the SATA optical disk drive has to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation. 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk The system does not include a floppy drive. 7.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your changes, and then exit the BIOS...
... AHCI) Windows 64 bit(also support AHCI) Back Exit 7-2 Chapter 7: Driver installation Create Driver Diskette Menu PCH INTEL RAID Driver PCH LSI RAID Driver Marvell 88SE6145 SATA RAID Driver Marvell 88SE6145 SATA Non-RAID Driver Write DMI FreeDOS command prompt 5. If you have to boot from the ...select the type of the SATA optical disk drive has to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation. 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk The system does not include a floppy drive. 7.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your changes, and then exit the BIOS...
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Press . 8. Follow screen instructions to the floppy disk drive. 7. Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density floppy disk to create the driver disk. ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-3 PCH LSI RAID Driver PCH LSI RAID Driver Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit...
Press . 8. Follow screen instructions to the floppy disk drive. 7. Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density floppy disk to create the driver disk. ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-3 PCH LSI RAID Driver PCH LSI RAID Driver Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit...
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... you want to decompress the file into the floppy disk from the following path in the support DVD: For LSI MegaRAID Driver \Drivers\PCH LSI RAID\Driver\makedisk\Linux 3. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then select the type of =/dev/fd0 to create. 4. Insert a floppy ...to avoid computer virus infection. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. To create a RAID driver disk in Windows® environment 1. Start Windows®. 2. To create a RAID driver disk in Red Hat® Enterprise Linux server environment 1. Place the motherboard support DVD into the ...
... you want to decompress the file into the floppy disk from the following path in the support DVD: For LSI MegaRAID Driver \Drivers\PCH LSI RAID\Driver\makedisk\Linux 3. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then select the type of =/dev/fd0 to create. 4. Insert a floppy ...to avoid computer virus infection. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. To create a RAID driver disk in Windows® environment 1. Start Windows®. 2. To create a RAID driver disk in Red Hat® Enterprise Linux server environment 1. Place the motherboard support DVD into the ...
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...your system, or you do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." The Windows® Server OS Setup starts. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-5 Boot the computer using the Windows® Server installation DVD. Windows Setup Press ... Setup could not determine the type of the screen. 3. 7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver Windows® Server OS During Windows® Server OS installation To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® Server OS: 1. When prompted, press to manually specify an adapter...
...your system, or you do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." The Windows® Server OS Setup starts. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-5 Boot the computer using the Windows® Server installation DVD. Windows Setup Press ... Setup could not determine the type of the screen. 3. 7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver Windows® Server OS During Windows® Server OS installation To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® Server OS: 1. When prompted, press to manually specify an adapter...
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...to continue. When found, click Next to the floppy disk drive, then press . The Windows® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the menu. 4. Windows® automatically detects the RAID controller and displays a New Hardware Found window. Right-click the RAID ...controller item, then select Properties. 6. Click Finish after the driver installation is done. 7-6 Chapter 7: Driver installation 4. Select the option Install the software automatically (Recommended), and then click Next. 10. To an existing Windows...
...to continue. When found, click Next to the floppy disk drive, then press . The Windows® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the menu. 4. Windows® automatically detects the RAID controller and displays a New Hardware Found window. Right-click the RAID ...controller item, then select Properties. 6. Click Finish after the driver installation is done. 7-6 Chapter 7: Driver installation 4. Select the option Install the software automatically (Recommended), and then click Next. 10. To an existing Windows...
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..., and then click the Driver Details button to display the RAID controller drivers. 6. Click OK when finished. To verify the RAID controller driver installation: 1. Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers, and then the Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller item should appear. ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-7 Right-click the My...
..., and then click the Driver Details button to display the RAID controller drivers. 6. Click OK when finished. To verify the RAID controller driver installation: 1. Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers, and then the Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller item should appear. ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-7 Right-click the My...
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..., then press . Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 4.7/4.8 To install the RAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS: 1. Yes No 5. OK Cancel 7-8 Chapter 7: Driver installation Main Menu Do you have a driver disk? At the boot:, type linux dd nostorage. 3. Use the function keys listed below for more information. [F1-Main...
..., then press . Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 4.7/4.8 To install the RAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS: 1. Yes No 5. OK Cancel 7-8 Chapter 7: Driver installation Main Menu Do you have a driver disk? At the boot:, type linux dd nostorage. 3. Use the function keys listed below for more information. [F1-Main...
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Choose a Language What language would you like to load any more driver disks? trq ua ua-utf # ua-utf-ws uk unicode us OK Back ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-9 Select your desired language and press to continue. Catalan Chinese(Simplified) # Chinese(Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English OK 8. Select your keyboard type and press to continue. Keyboard Type What type of keyboard do you wish to use during the installation process? More Driver Disks? Do you have? Yes No 7. 6. Select No and press to continue.
Choose a Language What language would you like to load any more driver disks? trq ua ua-utf # ua-utf-ws uk unicode us OK Back ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-9 Select your desired language and press to continue. Catalan Chinese(Simplified) # Chinese(Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English OK 8. Select your keyboard type and press to continue. Keyboard Type What type of keyboard do you wish to use during the installation process? More Driver Disks? Do you have? Yes No 7. 6. Select No and press to continue.
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Select the media and press to manually select your driver or use a driver disk? Local CDROM Hard drive NFS image FTP HTTP OK Back 10. Would you like to select OK. Press to select OK. Select the media and press to continue. Select driver Use a driver disk Back 7-10 Chapter 7: Driver installation Press to find any devices of media contains the packages to be installed? No driver found Unable to continue. 9. Installation Method What type of the type needed for this installation type.
Select the media and press to manually select your driver or use a driver disk? Local CDROM Hard drive NFS image FTP HTTP OK Back 10. Would you like to select OK. Press to select OK. Select the media and press to continue. Select driver Use a driver disk Back 7-10 Chapter 7: Driver installation Press to find any devices of media contains the packages to be installed? No driver found Unable to continue. 9. Installation Method What type of the type needed for this installation type.
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....10.0708.2009 (megasr) Marvell SATA controllers (sata_mv) Mylex DAC960 RAID Controller (DAC960) [] Specify optional module arguments OK Back The driver version may vary with time and model. OK Skip ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-11 If it does not appear and you wish to skip the media test and start the installation. CD Found To...
....10.0708.2009 (megasr) Marvell SATA controllers (sata_mv) Mylex DAC960 RAID Controller (DAC960) [] Specify optional module arguments OK Back The driver version may vary with time and model. OK Skip ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-11 If it does not appear and you wish to skip the media test and start the installation. CD Found To...
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13. Follow the onscreen instructions to continue. Intel Pro/1000 (e1000e) LSI megasr Driver ver 13.10.0708.2009 (megasr) USB Mass Storage driver for Linux (usb-storage) Done Add Device The displayed devices may vary with models and systems. 14. Select Done and press to finish installing the RedHat operating system. 7-12 Chapter 7: Driver installation Devices The following devices have been found on your system.
13. Follow the onscreen instructions to continue. Intel Pro/1000 (e1000e) LSI megasr Driver ver 13.10.0708.2009 (megasr) USB Mass Storage driver for Linux (usb-storage) Done Add Device The displayed devices may vary with models and systems. 14. Select Done and press to finish installing the RedHat operating system. 7-12 Chapter 7: Driver installation Devices The following devices have been found on your system.
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... source. To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - Use the function keys listed below for a driver disk. Select fd0 using the key when asked to build a RAID set with the hard disk drive number you have multiple devices which could ... dd noprobe=ata[n]. fd0 scd0 OK Cancel ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-13 Yes No 5. The number of ata varies with 6 hard disk drives, type command line: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2 noprobe=ata3 noprobe=ata4 noprobe=ata5 noprobe=ata6. 3. Press . - Main Menu Do you have the driver disk, then press . Select Yes using...
... source. To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - Use the function keys listed below for a driver disk. Select fd0 using the key when asked to build a RAID set with the hard disk drive number you have multiple devices which could ... dd noprobe=ata[n]. fd0 scd0 OK Cancel ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-13 Yes No 5. The number of ata varies with 6 hard disk drives, type command line: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2 noprobe=ata3 noprobe=ata4 noprobe=ata5 noprobe=ata6. 3. Press . - Main Menu Do you have the driver disk, then press . Select Yes using...
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...using a USB floppy. Yes No 8. If you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to load any more driver disks? cat /proc/partitions Write down the Major and Minor number before sdb ... switch to continue. mknod /dev/sdb b [major number] [minor number] mkdir /mnt/driver mount /dev/sdb /mnt/driver cd /mnt/driver sh replace_ahci.sh reboot 7-14 Chapter 7: Driver installation Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to the command-line interface from graphic user interface...
...using a USB floppy. Yes No 8. If you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to load any more driver disks? cat /proc/partitions Write down the Major and Minor number before sdb ... switch to continue. mknod /dev/sdb b [major number] [minor number] mkdir /mnt/driver mount /dev/sdb /mnt/driver cd /mnt/driver sh replace_ahci.sh reboot 7-14 Chapter 7: Driver installation Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to the command-line interface from graphic user interface...
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... System Memory Test Boot Options | Yes No File F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-15 Boot from the Boot Options menu. SUSE Linux OS To install the RAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS: 1. Press , then select Yes from the SUSE OS installation CD...--ACPI Disabled Installation--Local APIC Disabled Installation--Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver 3.
... System Memory Test Boot Options | Yes No File F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver ASUS RS100-E6/PI2 7-15 Boot from the Boot Options menu. SUSE Linux OS To install the RAID controller driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS: 1. Press , then select Yes from the SUSE OS installation CD...--ACPI Disabled Installation--Local APIC Disabled Installation--Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver 3.
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... controller are installed to continue. 5. 4. Select OK, then press . Please choose the Driver Update medium. When below screen appears, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium. Insert the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive. Make sure that Installation from Hard Disk Installation Installation--ACPI...--Local APIC Disabled Installation--Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver If you install SLES 10, type brokenmodules=ahci after Boot Options and press Enter to the system. 7-16 Chapter...
... controller are installed to continue. 5. 4. Select OK, then press . Please choose the Driver Update medium. When below screen appears, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium. Insert the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive. Make sure that Installation from Hard Disk Installation Installation--ACPI...--Local APIC Disabled Installation--Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver If you install SLES 10, type brokenmodules=ahci after Boot Options and press Enter to the system. 7-16 Chapter...