CHAPTER 4 Installation of Operating System and bundled software
4.8 Procedure to install VMware into internal HDD/SSD
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4.7.4 Setting of Software Watchdog.
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
(CA92344-0537).
4.7.5 VMware Installation completion.
Reboot the partition of the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series when the setting is completed.
4.7.6 Installation of Bundled Software
For details on bundled software, see [
D.2 Installing VMware Bundled Software
4.8
Procedure to install VMware into internal HDD/SSD
This section describes the procedure of installing internal HDD/SSD for VMware.
Start the installation after confirming the MMB configuration and successful to log in to the MMB.
4.8.1 Presetting
Set the following if necessary.
1.
Check the partition settings in the MMB after removing internal HDD/SSD of PRIMEQUEST
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Setting of configuration of SB/IOU
See “
Setting the partition configuration
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Setting of Console Redirection
See “
Settings of Console Redirection”
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Video redirection: Enable
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Virtual media: Enable
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Setting of various modes
See “
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 Legacy 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.
The I/O space is allocated in the SAS card and in the SAS RAID controller card.
For details on allocation of I/O space, see “
” in this document and [Configure I/O Space
Assignment] menu” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Tool Reference (CA92344-0539).
4.
Set PCI Address Mode to PCI Bus Mode through MMB Web-UI.
For details on PCI Address Mode setting, see “1.3.9 [Partition#x] Menu” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Tool
Reference Manual (CA92344-0539).
Remark
In case of VMware5.x, be sure to set PCI Address Mode to PCI Bus Mode.
In case of using of Vt-d function in VMware6.x, be sure to set PCI Address Mode to PCI Bus Mode.