Acer Altos R380 F2 Technical Information

1 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Version 1.0 May 2013

10 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 3. BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) 1. What’s the BMC of Altos R380 F2? ANSWER:ANSWER:AN

100 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 29. Virtualization 1. Do I still need to install the virtualization software since Altos R380

101 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) either. 11. Can I assign different VM (Virtual Machine) to different processors? ANSWER:ANSWE

11 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 6. Does Altos R380 F2 BMC support share-NIC technology with onboard Gigabit? ANSWER: ANSWER:

12 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) For connection mode: • Concurrent (Default)Concurrent (Default)Concurrent (Default)Concurrent

13 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Since the BMC will continue to operate even though the system is powered off. So, please reboot

14 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) read the SDR (sensor data repository) and print sensor values, display the contents of the SEL

15 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 4. Chassis 1. Does Altos R380 F2 chassis support redundant system fans? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:

16 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 5. CPU 1. Does Altos R380 F2 feature FSB (front side bus)? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: No, A

17 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Operating SystemsOperating SystemsOperating SystemsOperating Systems Service Service Service

18 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ANSWER: ANSWER: ANSWER: ANSWER: Please enter BIOS Setup during POST. a. Please select Advanced

19 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

2 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Revision History Ver. Date Description 1.0 May 8, 2013 First release

20 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 6. Expansion Slots 1. How many PCI slots can Altos R380 F2 support? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSW

21 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 8. IO Module 1. What is IO module? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: IO Module is a proprietary ad

22 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 9. iSCSI 1. Can Altos R380 F2 onboard Gigabit support iSCSI? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Yes

23 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) d. Please configure the settings for iSCSI boot to meet your iSCSI Target in storage system en

24 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 9. How do I specify the IQN (iSCSI Qualified Name) in Linux? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: You

25 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 10. Main-board 1. How do I identify the main-board revision of Altos R380 F2? ANSWER: ANSWER:

26 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 11. Memory 1. What memory technology does Altos R380 F2 support? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:

27 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 11. What Memory RAS feature does Altos R380 F2 support? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Memory RA

28 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) • Mirroring • Lockstep • Sparing f. Please select Sparing NOTE. The Sparing only available

29 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) channel B (channel C and channel D). Lockstep Channel mode is the only RAS mode that supports x

3 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. BENCHMARK ...

30 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 29. Which DIMM would be primary In "Mirror mode"? For example, is it data copied fro

31 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 12. More Information 1. Where can I find more information of Altos R380 F2? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSW

32 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 13. Onboard Gigabit 1. What’s the onboard Gigabit of Altos R380 F2? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWE

33 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 5. Does Altos R380 F2 onboard gigabit support VMDq (Virtual Machine Device Queues)? http://www

34 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 14. Onboard SAS/SATA Software RAID (ESRTII) 1. What RAID features can Intel Onboard SAS/SATA E

35 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 32-bit Yes Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 3 64-bit Yes Yes 32-bit Yes Yes Red H

36 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: The RAID utility can be found in Smart Setup Resource Kit DVD. 10.

37 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) b. Click on Logical tab. c. Right-click on the RAID volume that you want to change the write

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39 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 15. Onboard SAS/SATA Software RAID (RSTe) 1. What RAID features can Intel Onboard SAS/SATA RST

4 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 29. VIRTUALIZATION ...

40 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 32-bit Yes Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 3 64-bit No No 32-bit No No Red Hat E

41 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 9. Where can I find the RAID utility of Intel Onboard SAS software RAID? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:

42 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) e. If you disable it through Device Manager, you can see Disk data cache changed to Disabled.

43 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 19. How do I check the event log of Intel Onboard SAS/SATA RSTe RAID? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:AN

44 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Please follow the procedure below to split the RAID volume and m

45 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) g. Select Create Volume h. Press Y when “Are you sure you want to create the volume? (Y/N):”

46 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 21. When Altos R380 F2 is installed with Windows Small Business Server 2011 (

47 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 16. OS Support 1. Which OS can Altos R380 F2 support? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Please refe

48 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ANSWER: ANSWER: ANSWER: ANSWER: No. 12. Which OS is EFI-Aware and can support EFI boot & i

49 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 17. PCI & PCI-Express 1. Does Altos R380 F2 support PCI-Express Gen 3? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANS

5 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 1. Benchmark 1. Which benchmark does Altos R380 F2 provide? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Curre

50 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pcix_20/ ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: No.

51 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 18. Power Supply 1. What power supply does Altos R380 F2 support? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:

52 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 19. Rack-mount 1. Is Altos R380 F2 rack-mountable? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Yes, Altos R

53 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 20. SAS Back-plane 1. Does Altos R380 F2 support SAS backplane? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Y

54 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 4. Can I install both SAS and SATA HDD on Altos R380 F2 with onboard SAS/SATA software RAID? A

55 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) RAID controller without SGPIO support. With HDD Access LED driven by PIN 11 (P11) of SAS/SATA H

56 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 21. SAS RAID (MegaRAID 9260-16i/9280-16i4e) 1. What RAID features can MegaRAID support? ANSWER

57 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 1GB-way The software rounds the drive capacity down to the next 1GB boundary. The software roun

58 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 5. How do I know the version of BIOS and firmware of MegaRAID? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Y

59 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) PCU SLOT ID LUN VENDOR PRODUCT REVSION CAPACITY --------

6 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 2. BIOS 1. What features can Altos R380 F2 BIOS support? ANSWER: ANSWER: ANSWER: ANSWER: Pleas

60 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) i. Select 2 drives with CtrlCtrlCtrlCtrl key held and click on AAAAdd to Array dd to Array dd

61 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) r. Now you can reboot the system and install the Operating System. Select ExitExitExitExit, cl

62 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 19. How do I enable/disable disk write cache of MegaRAID? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: You ca

63 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) • RAID BIOS Utility a. Please press CTRL-H to start the RAID BIOS utility during POST b. In

64 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 21. How do I save the event log of MegaRAID? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Please follow the p

65 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 22. The MegaRAID is configured with 2 x HDD as RAID 1 without hot spare. But, when I removed

66 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) c. Click “OK” at pop up Windows, the drive will become “Offline” d. Right click the HDD mar

67 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) c. Click Back to select another drive volume d. Click Add to SPAN and click Next e. Click

68 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) f. Click Yes to save the configuration g. Now, two RAID volumes are created, you can select

69 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 22. SAS RAID (Integrated RAID Module RMS25CB040/RMS25CB080) 1. What RAID features can the inte

7 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 9. Can Altos R380 F2 support BIOS Recovery when BIOS is corrupted unexpectedly during BIOS upda

70 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 1GB-way The software rounds the drive capacity down to the next 1GB boundary. The software roun

71 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 5. How do I know the version of BIOS and firmware of the integrated RAID Module RMS25CB040/RM

72 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 8. Is there any step-by-step procedure to create RAID with the integrated RAID Module RMS25CB0

73 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 13. How do I create RAID 50 with the integrated RAID Module RMS25CB040/RMS25CB080? ANSWER:ANSW

74 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) c. Please press CTRL-G to start the RAID BIOS utility during POST d. In the Home page, click

75 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) h. In the pop-up Set Virtual Drive Properties dialog-box, enable/disable disk cache from Disk

76 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) g. Then, enable/disable disk cache from Disk Cache option h. Click Go after you complete

77 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 20. How do I save the event log of the integrated RAID Module RMS25CB040/RMS25CB080? ANSWER:A

78 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Please insert a new HDD which was not configured as RAID. Or, ple

79 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 22. When I create 2 x 2 TB HDD as RAID 0, only 2TB of disk partition can be installed with Wi

8 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Please select Internal EFI Shell and press Enter. 15. What are the requirements to support OS

80 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) k. Click Add to SPAN and click Next l. Click Accept and click Next m. Click Yes to save t

81 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) n. Now, two RAID volumes are created, you can select Exit to exit.

82 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 23. Smart Console 1. What’s Smart Console? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: With Smart Console + R

83 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) FeaturesFeaturesFeaturesFeatures Smart ConsoleSmart ConsoleSmart ConsoleSmart Console Sm

84 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 6. Do I need special license to enable Smart Console? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: No. 7. Doe

85 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) • FailFailFailFailoveroveroverover:::: All of onboard LAN port 1, onboard LAN port 2 and optio

86 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) d. Please specify IP address, IP Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway under Baseboard LAN configu

87 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 21. How many logs can be stored in Smart Console Event Log function? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANS

88 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 23. Can Smart Console monitor server health status such as fan speed, voltage or temperature?

89 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 24. Smart Server Manager 1. What’s Smart Server Manager? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: The Smar

9 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Please enter BIOS Setup during POST a. Please select Boot Options.

90 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 32-bit Yes No SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 64-bit Yes No 32-bit Yes No SuSE Linux En

91 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ANSWER: ANSWER: ANSWER: ANSWER: Please refer to Smart Server Manager User Guide. 13. Does Smar

92 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 25. System ID (Service ID) LED 1. What’s the purpose of System ID (Service ID) LED? ANSWER:

93 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) • Smart Server Manager: a. Please access Smart Server Manager with web browser. b. Please

94 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 26. System Status LED 1. How do I interpret the System Status LED? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANS

95 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) When System Status LED turns amber or blinks, please check the SEL (System Event Log) with Smar

96 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 27. Troubleshooting 1. I installed 32-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on a 3 TB RAID volume. Wh

97 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 4. How do I know the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed in EFI mode or Legacy mode? ANSW

98 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) b. Please select Server BMC LAN Configuration c. You would see below information: User Config

99 Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 28. Video 1. What’s the video controller of Altos R380 F2? ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER:ANSWER: Matrox