CHAPTER 4 Installation of Operating System and bundled software

4.4Procedures to install RHEL in SAN storage device

5.Connect only the LUN which installs the SAN storage device to the partition of PRIMEQUEST. For the setting of SAN storage device, see the manual attached with the SAN storage device.

6.Allocate the I/O space in the FC card for boot path and in the SAS RAID controllerRAID card.

For details on allocation of the I/O space, see “5.5.1 [Configure I/O Space Assignment] menu” and “3.4.5 Various mode settings” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Tool Reference (C122-E177EN).

4.4.2Preparation for installation

No RHEL distribution DVD is available for RHEL installation. Users who have purchased a RHEL subscription will need to create a RHEL distribution DVD.

Customer Portal : https://access.redhat.com/home

Create an image of the RHEL distribution DVD.

Creation of RHEL installation DVD image

The image file of distribution DVD is downloaded by log in to the customer portal (https://access.redhat.com/) of Red Hat Company in other systems.

Note

The image file of distribution DVD is different for the minor release and each architecture (for Intel64). Download the targeted DVD image file.

Remark

The subscription registration to the customer portal of the Red Hat Company is required to download the file.

Preparation for boot

The FC cable is made single path (connect only one FC cable).

4.4.3Execution of installation

The operating system installation with SVIM is explained.

There are the following types for operating system installation with SVIM. For the detailed procedure of each mode, see ServerView Suite ServerView Installation Manager.

TABLE 4.3 Operating system installation with SVIM

Mode

Functional Overview

Purpose

Quick mode

The operating system can be installed with the recommendation

It is used when the operating system is

 

of Fujitsu only by setting minimum required limits.

to be readily installed.

Guide mode

The setup information is set following the wizard. The

It is used when the details of RAID and

 

information which is set is saved in the configuration file, and it

the operating system are set.

 

can be used during reinstallation.

 

All the screenshots are display examples. The contents displayed may differ depending on system configuration.

Operations

1.The settings are done to boot the ServerView Suite DVD from virtual media for the partition.

For details on configuration, see“1.6.2 Remote control operation (BMC)” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Administration Manual (C122-E175EN).

2.The power supply of the partition is turned ON.

Note:

It can be started by selecting "Force boot from DVD" by Boot Selector or it can be started from the virtual media by changing the boot order to DVD by UEFI.

When operating system corresponds to the UEFI mode, the installation can be done in UEFI mode by changing the boot order according to the following procedure.

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