CHAPTER 3 Work before Operating System Installation
3.1 Before Starting Setup
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Work before Operating System
CHAPTER 3
Installation
This chapter describes the work that must be done before you install the operating system on the PRIMEQUEST 2000
series and setting of actual operation and various setup works.
3.1
Before Starting Setup
This section describes the items necessary to predetermine before the setup.
3.1.1 MMB Settings
It is necessary to predetermine the following items to configure MMB.
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IP address, hostname, subnet mask, and gateway address
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IP address of the PC used as the MMB console (referred to below as the MMB console PC)
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ID for MMB User Account
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PRIMEQUEST 2000 series system name (also used as the system name for SNMP)
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Management LAN environment
For details on setting of MMB, see “
Note
The management LAN, remote maintenance LAN and any other LAN must be configured as networks with different
subnet masks.
3.1.2 Partition Settings
To construct multiple partitions, following items should be predetermined.
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Number of partitions
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Name of partition
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Configuration of partition
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Home SB
For details on setting of partition, see “
3.4 3.4Partition Configuration
If partition name and host name of the operating system installed on the partition are the same, operations management of
partition becomes easier.
Note
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For 2400E2/2800E2/2400E/2800E Model
- In case PCI Address Mode is set to PCI Segment Mode, PCI ROM Priority parameter in BIOS menu must be set
"EFI Compatible ROM" if RAID disk drives including HDD and SSD are to be mounted in Non Home SB.
- In case PCI Address Mode is set to PCI Segment Mode, Legacy OS installation to HDD/SSD on SB is possible
only in Home SB.
- In case PCI Address Mode is set to PCI Segment Mode, Legacy OS booting from HDD/SSD on SB is possible
only in Home SB.
- The above notes are the same for Extended Partition.
