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4 Installation Process for Red Hat Linux

4.1 Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1/3.0 Installation

This section is intended to detail the OS installation steps and may reference steps that have been described and completed in previous sections. The steps below assume that the QLogic configuration steps in Section 3.2 have been completed. These steps have been confirmed for Red Hat AS 2.1 Update

4 and Red Hat AS 3.0 Update 3 and above.. Please see Section 4.4 for known issues related to this and other releases of Red Hat.

1.Recommended: From the secondary QLogic Fibre Channel switch module, DISABLE the port of the secondary HBA. (This HBA can be re-enabled after the initial OS load). This process is detailed in 2.4. Note, we have been able to successfully load Red Hat Version 2.1 without this step, but we see “shadow” drives during installation. Please see Section 4.3 for more information relating to dual path installations with Version 3.0.

2.The bootnet.img diskette provided in the Red Hat AS2.1 Update 4 does not contain the network drivers for the network chips on either blades (HS20: tg3; HS40:e1000). A custom bootnet image file is required for using this kickstart process. A single image can be built that works for both HS20 and HS40 blades.

3.One of the differences between installing 2.1 and 3.0 on the blades is that in Version 3.0, the network drivers do not fit on single floppy image with the installation kernel. What we’ve done to support Kickstart from a floppy is create separate boot diskettes for the HS20 and HS40.

4.Using the Management Module, boot the blade server from the kickstart floppy using the following steps.

a.First, it is recommended that the media tray is not owned by the target blade. (See Figure 25)

Figure 25 Change Media Tray Owner

b.Load the kickstart floppy image to the RSA card. This can be done either from a physical floppy disk by selecting “Removable Drive (A:)” or by selecting “Select File…” and specifying a diskette image file. Select one from the left list box, then click on the “>>”. (Figure 26) After clicking the “>>”, you’ll see the dialog shown in Figure 27)

Figure 26 Remote Media via the Remote Console

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Contents IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Part 3 Blades IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 Table of Contents Table of Tables Table of FiguresLinux nofb Introduction Overview BladeCenter SubsystemsContributors BladeCenter Chassis Rear ViewNetwork Configuration Preparatory StepsRemote Control Hints and Tips BladeCenter Management ModuleDisable key repeats Remote Control Window Embedded Fibre Channel Switches SAN ConfigurationDisabling ports on the QLogic switch Storage Connection DiagramUsing SANSurfer GUI Port Properties Configuring the Blades for Remote Boot Check the Boot OrderDisabling IDE devices Device Startup OrderHS20 Boot Sequence Configuring the Qlogic HBA Acquiring HBA WWPNs World Wide Port NamesConfiguring the path to the boot LUN Configuring the QLogic HBAEnable Selectable Boot Illustration Testing the path to the boot LUN Save your changesEthernet Port Numbering Verify Disk MediaBrowse MAC Address Table Top Switch Browse MAC Address Table Bottom Switch LearnedMAC Address Port Learned MAC Address PortChange Media Tray Owner Loading the Remote Diskette Linux nofb Multipath Red Hat Installation Kickstart InformationBoot Failure for RH Red Hat Linux AS Broadcom driver installation Fdisk OutputIssues related to Red Hat AS 2.1/3.0 and blades RPM Install of Broadcom Device DriversRev IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Changing the Boot Loader Configuration Other Linux Distributions and BladesRdac Installation and Configuration Serial Over LAN SOL for BladesOverview Summary of Linux changes for SOL 72345respawn/sbin/agetty -h ttyS1 19200 vt102Alt-sysrq Alt-sysrq from Linux clientNetdump Alt-sysrq from PuTTYIBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation List of limitationsRemote Update of the Firmware on an HS20 or HS40 Bios and IsmpBMC Update for the HS20 8843 and LS20 IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Flash the QLogic HBA Bios QLogic HBA FlashRed Hat Boot Diskette Modification Process # mount -o loop drvnet.img mnt/drvIBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 # cd # umount mnt/initrd Modify or Create the Post-install Driver Diskette Image Driverdisk --source=nfshost/path/to/26k4970.imgIBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Management Module Bios Information Appendix A. Firmware VersionsHS20 Model 8832 Firmware Information HS40 Bios HS40 Bios and Ismp InformationLS20 Bios and BMC Information QLogic Firmware InformationBladeCenter Information BladeCenter ComponentsIndex