CHAPTER 4 Installation of Operating System and bundled software 4.4 Procedures to install RHEL in SAN storage device

For details, see“5.8 Setup for lifespan monitoring according to RAS support service”.

-When monitoring the longevity of UPS battery: see “5.8.1 Monitoring life-span of UPS battery”

9.Watchdog Timer allows reboot OS in case that OS freezes. Rebooting OS is executed when the set time passes, For details, see “8.4 Automatic Partition Restart Conditions” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Administration Manual (C122-E175EN).

4.3.5After Installation, Connection between SAN and internal HDD/SSD

For SAN and the internal HDD/SDD connection after the completion of installation, see PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155) .

1.Change and confirm the settings of the detailed information of the FC card.

For details, see PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155).

2.OneCommand Manager is started. The following driver parameters are set. For the details of the set value, see San storage device manual.

-Topology

-Queue Depth

-Queue Target

-Link Speed

3.Check the registry information.

For details on the checking method, see PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Creation Manual (C122-E155).

For details on setting value, see Manual of SAN storage device. -TimeOutValue

4.4Procedures to install RHEL in SAN storage device

This section describes the procedure to install RHEL in SAN storage device.

Start the installation after confirming the MMB configuration and successful to log in to the MMB. . For details on SAN storage, FC card, Converged Network Adapter and NIC for iSCSI Boot setting, see PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155).

4.4.1Presetting

Set the following if necessary.

1.Set the LUN of the SAN storage device.

2.[PCI ROM Priority] of BIOS is set.

-For the UEFI Install

-Set [Device Manager]-[PCI Subsystem Configuration]-[PCI ROM Priority] of BIOS menu to ”EFI Compatible ROM”.

-For the UEFI Install:

-Set [Device Manager]-[PCI Subsystem Configuration]-[PCI ROM Priority] of BIOS menu to ”Legacy ROM”.

-Set [Device Manager]-[PCI Subsystem Configuration]-[OpROM Scan Configuration] of BIOS menu to “Enable” only for booting Device.

3.Set the BIOS to recognize LUN of the FC card, Converged Network Adapter and NIC for iSCSI Boot.

For setting the FC card, Converged Network Adapter and NIC for iSCSI Boot, see “Chapter 2 Setting of fiber channel card (FC card)” of PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155).

4.Check the setting of the partition by MMB after removing the internal HDD/SSD of PRIMEQUEST.

-SB/IOU configuration is set

See “3.4.1 Setting the partition configuration”

-Console redirection is set

See “3.4.6 Settings of Console Redirection”

-Video redirection: Enable

-Virtual media: Enable

-Various modes are set

See “3.4.5 Various mode settings”

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