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Figure 6 Enabling PXE on network ports

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Summary of Contents for UniServer R4900 G5

Page 1: ...H3C Servers Operating System Installation Guide New H3C Technologies Co Ltd http www h3c com Document version 6W106 20210414 ...

Page 2: ... New H3C Technologies Co Ltd any trademarks that may be mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice All contents in this document including statements information and recommendations are believed to be accurate but they are presented without warranty of any kind express or implied H3C shall not b...

Page 3: ...ired syntax choices separated by vertical bars from which you select one x y Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vertical bars from which you select one or none x y Asterisk marked braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical bars from which you select a minimum of one x y Asterisk marked square brackets enclose optional syntax choices sep...

Page 4: ...as a Layer 2 or Layer 3 switch or a router that supports Layer 2 forwarding and other Layer 2 features Represents an access controller a unified wired WLAN module or the access controller engine on a unified wired WLAN switch Represents an access point Represents a wireless terminator unit Represents a wireless terminator Represents a mesh access point Represents omnidirectional signals Represents...

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Page 6: ...75 Installing a CAS OS 80 Installing an OS and drivers through FIST 1 Preparing for installation 1 Setting up the FIST environment 1 Preparing an OS image 1 Preparing a REPO file 1 Signing in to FIST 2 Installing the OS 2 Add servers to FIST 2 Upload an OS image 3 Upload a REPO file 5 Add a server template 6 Apply a server template for OS installation 11 Installing an OS and drivers through iFIST ...

Page 7: ...ilure 6 Bluescreen or kernel error occurred when BIOS NUMA is enabled and IMC0 and IMC1 for CPU 1 or CPU 2 are disabled 6 An error occurred on an NVMe drive and the drive went offline after a managed hot plug 7 A blue screen occurred when the network adapter 10GE 2P 520F B2 1 driver was being installed 8 Some NVMe drives might fail to be identified when multiple NVMe drives are installed after OS ...

Page 8: ... phase and customize the settings Installing an OS and drivers through iFIST Simplifies OS installation and saves time Bulk OS installation on multiple servers Installing an OS and drivers through FIST Installs OSs in bulk in a large sized network Applicable products This document is applicable to the following products H3C UniServer R4900 G5 H3C UniServer R4700 G5 H3C UniServer R4950 G5 H3C UniSe...

Page 9: ...2 H3C UniServer R6900 G3 H3C UniServer R8900 G3 ...

Page 10: ...ce driver End No Yes Prepare OS image Configure RAID Prepare OS image and REPO file Set up FIST environment OS and driver installation completed BIOS FIST iFIST Prepare OS image and REPO file Access iFIST OS and driver installation completed Optional Configure RAID in iFIST OS installation wizard Identify OS compatibility Create a server template Apply a server template ...

Page 11: ... that the target OS is compatible with the server and its components such as storage controllers and Ethernet adapters before OS installation For more information visit http www h3c com cn Service Document_Software Document_Center Server ...

Page 12: ...port Resource_Center Software_Download Servers Logging in to the server You can log in to the server locally or through a remote console Logging in to the server locally You can connect a keyboard monitor and mouse to the server and then power on the server to manage it locally Launching a remote console through HDM 1 Obtain the management IP address and user account information of HDM For a rack ...

Page 13: ...te console as needed Launching a remote console through OM only for blade servers 1 Obtain the management IP address and user account information of OM The management port of OM obtains IP addresses through DHCP By default the username and password are admin and Password _ Both the username and password are case sensitive 2 Make sure the PC meet the requirements in Table 3 Table 3 Browser and reso...

Page 14: ... Before installing an OS connect the boot media that contain the OS image to the server For local login you can use an optical disk drive bootable USB disk or PXE server as the boot media For remote console login you can use an optical disk drive bootable USB disk PXE server or virtual media virtual disk CD DVD or drive USB as the boot media To install an OS on multiple servers in bulk use a PXE s...

Page 15: ...tual media Mount the OS image through HDM For more information see Mounting an OS image through a remote console Enabling PXE PXE is enabled by default and cannot be disabled if the BIOS boot mode is Legacy This section describes how to enable PXE in UEFI boot mode For more information about BIOS boot modes see Setting the BIOS boot mode To enable PXE 1 Enter the BIOS Setup Utility 2 Click the Adv...

Page 16: ...d then select the boot option for PXE in the Boot Override area For UEFI boot mode select the port connecting to the PXE server In this example port 1 connects to the PXE server Figure 7 PXE boot options in UEFI boot mode For Legacy boot mode select the only option All ports on the network adapter share the same PXE boot option ...

Page 17: ...image in the same LAN as the server This section mounts a virtual CD DVD To mount an OS image through a remote console 1 Log in to the server from the HDM console 2 Select Media Virtual Media Wizard from the navigation bar Figure 9 Virtual Media 3 Click the CD DVD tab and then click Browse in the CD DVD Media I area In the dialog box that opens select a CD DVD file and then click Open ...

Page 18: ...onfiguring RAID Installing the OS on a logical disk improves server s read write performance and provides fault tolerance through data verification which improves system stability For more information about RAID configuration see H3C Servers Storage Controllers User Guide Setting the BIOS boot mode The server supports two BIOS boot modes Legacy and UEFI By default the boot mode is UEFI Support for...

Page 19: ...configuring boot options in H3C Servers Storage Controllers User Guide To set the BIOS boot mode 1 In the BIOS Setup Utility click the Boot tab select Boot mode select and then press Enter Figure 12 Setting the BIOS boot mode 2 Select the Legacy or UEFI mode and then press Enter Figure 13 Selecting a BIOS boot mode 3 Press F4 to save the configuration and reboot the server Selecting the boot media...

Page 20: ... DVD is mounted from the remote console Figure 15 Selecting the boot media Installing the OS The OS installation wizard might vary by OS type and OS version This document introduces the installation procedures for some common Windows Server RedHat CentOS SUSE VMware and Ubuntu OSs For more information about another OS access the official website for the OS ...

Page 21: ...file have been mounted to the server You can mount a file to the server through a CD DVD USB disk or virtual media A Windows OS cannot be installed on a dual SD card To install a Windows OS 1 Enter the BIOS and select boot options For more information see Selecting the boot media 2 Set the language time and keyboard layout and then click Next as shown in Figure 16 Figure 16 Setting the language ti...

Page 22: ...elect an OS version and then click Next As a best practice select an OS with a GUI This example selects Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Server with a GUI Figure 18 Selecting an OS version 5 Select I accept the license terms and then click Next ...

Page 23: ...OS select Upgrade This example selects the Custom type Figure 20 Selecting an installation type 7 Click Load Driver and then click Browse CAUTION Load the storage controller driver when installing a Windows OS to avoid the following issues The disk cannot be detected see Figure 21 The OS cannot be accessed after installation ...

Page 24: ...13 Figure 21 Disk not detected Figure 22 Loading a driver 8 Select the path where the driver is located and then click OK ...

Page 25: ...14 Figure 23 Selecting the driver path 9 Select the driver to install and then click Next Figure 24 Driver detected 10 Select the destination drive to install the OS and then click Next ...

Page 26: ...pleted 11 Wait for the system to complete OS installation Figure 26 Installing the OS 12 Set the password and then click Finish after the system completes installation and enters the Settings page The user name is Administrator which cannot be modified ...

Page 27: ...ess Ctrl Alt Delete on the keyboard of the remote console as prompted Figure 28 OS installation completed 14 Enter the administrator password For the OS to correctly identify hardware devices install the Chipset driver after OS installation ...

Page 28: ...lation procedures are similar for Red Hat and CentOS 6 x OSs This section installs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 8 and the storage controller driver Make sure both the OS image and the storage controller driver file have been mounted to the server You can mount a file to the server through a CD DVD USB disk or virtual media ...

Page 29: ...dia 2 Select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 8 and then press e as prompted as shown in Figure 31 Figure 31 Confirming OS installation 3 Select the line that starts with kernel and then press e Figure 32 Selecting the line that starts with kernel 4 Input the linux dd command and then press Enter Then press b to start installation ...

Page 30: ...19 Figure 33 Entering the kernel page 5 On the page that opens select Yes Figure 34 Selecting a driver disk 6 Select the mirrored interface to mount the driver disk ...

Page 31: ...20 Figure 35 Selecting the mirrored interface 7 Click OK Figure 36 Confirming the next step 8 Click No to not load any other drivers and enter self test ...

Page 32: ...21 Figure 37 Canceling loading any other drivers 9 Press Tab select OK or Skip and then press Enter This example selects Skip Figure 38 Confirming media test 10 Click Next ...

Page 33: ...22 Figure 39 Preparing OS configuration 11 Select the language and then click Next Figure 40 Selecting the language 12 Select the keyboard and then click Next ...

Page 34: ...age Devices and then click Next This example selects Basic Storage Devices Figure 42 Selecting the device type 14 Enter the host name in the Hostname field and then click Next To configure the network click Configure Network on the lower left corner of the page This example does not configure the network ...

Page 35: ...24 Figure 43 Setting the host name 15 Select your time zone and then click Next Figure 44 Selecting your time zone 16 Set the root password and then click Next ...

Page 36: ...example selects Use All Space Figure 46 Selecting the type of installation 18 Back up all data on the disk and then click Write changes to disk to format the disk Figure 47 Confirming the formatting operation 19 Select a server type and additional repositories select Customize now and then click Next ...

Page 37: ... without GUI Identity Management Server Virtualization Host Base virtualization platform Desktop Basic desktop including commonly used desktop software Software Development Workstation Includes base virtualization platform desktop platform and development tools Minimal Core Figure 48 Server type options 20 Select Base and then click Optional packages Figure 49 Server installation options ...

Page 38: ...lose and then click Next For the OS to start correctly make sure the boot package is not selected if the BIOS boot mode is UEFI Figure 50 Base System Figure 51 Installing the OS 22 Click Reboot to reboot the server ...

Page 39: ... similar for Red Hat 7 x Red Hat 8 x CentOS 7 x and CentOS 8 x OSs This section installs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 2 and the storage controller driver Make sure both the OS image and the storage controller driver file have been mounted to the server You can mount a file to the server through a CD DVD USB disk or virtual media To install a Red Hat CentOS 7 x OS ...

Page 40: ... dd at the end of the line that starts with linuxefi and then press F10 or Ctrl X to start installation Figure 55 Parameter configuration 4 Perform the following steps to configure the parameters a Display the location of the driver In this example sr1 has a driver mounted so you select 13 b Enter 1 to select the rpm file c Enter c to continue installation If not all drivers are listed on the page...

Page 41: ...30 Figure 56 Parameter configuration 5 Select the system language and then click Continue ...

Page 42: ...ions in Figure 58 as required If an icon has a mark it indicates that the configuration is incorrect and you must reconfigure the option The following describes only the steps for specifying a destination disk The default settings are used for other options ...

Page 43: ... partitioning Then you must select Standard Partition from the New mount points will use the following partitioning scheme list for successful OS installation If you select manual partitioning in UEFI boot mode you must create the boot efi partition and the files in the partition must be in efipartition or fat format If you do not do so an error will occur during OS installation Figure 59 Selectin...

Page 44: ...owing dialog box appears Figure 60 Confirming the formatting operation 9 Click Delete all When the status in the Action column changes to Delete click Reclaim space to delete all partitions Figure 61 Deleting the current partitions 10 Click Begin Installation ...

Page 45: ...one If the password is too simple the system gives a prompt To accept the simple password click Done twice Figure 64 Setting the root password 13 Click USER CREATION create a new user account set the password and then click Done If the password is too simple the system gives a prompt To accept the simple password click Done twice ...

Page 46: ...35 Figure 65 Creating a user account 14 Wait for the system to complete installation Figure 66 Installing the OS 15 Click Reboot to reboot the server after the installation is complete ...

Page 47: ... the server Figure 68 Logging in to the OS Installing an SUSE OS The installation procedures are similar for SUSE OSs This example installs SLES 11 SP4 You do not need to install the storage controller driver for an SUSE OS ...

Page 48: ...t media 2 As shown in Figure 69 click Installation and then press E Figure 69 Confirming OS installation 3 Input dud 1 at the end of the line that starts with linuxefi and then press F10 to start installation Figure 70 Editing the kernel 4 Open the soft keyboard and press Ctrl Alt F2 to enter the CLI console ...

Page 49: ...er the modinfo aacraid command to identify whether the driver has been installed successfully Press Ctrl Alt F7 to continue OS installation 6 Set the language and keyboard layout of the OS select I Agree to the License Terms and then click Next ...

Page 50: ...39 Figure 72 Setting the language and keyboard layout 7 Select Check ISO File as required and then click Next Figure 73 Media Check 8 Click Next ...

Page 51: ...40 Figure 74 System Probing 9 Select an installation mode and then click Next This example selects New Installation Figure 75 Selecting an installation mode 10 Select your time zone and then click Next ...

Page 52: ...Select the server base scenario and then click Next As a best practice select Physical Machine for new installation Figure 77 Selecting the server base scenario 12 To use the default settings click Install The system will start OS installation ...

Page 53: ...an manually partition the disk as needed This example selects Custom Partitioning Figure 79 Preparing hard disk b From the left navigation tree select Hard Disks sda The following partitions must be added swap Switching partition to implement virtual memory As a best practice set its size to one or twice of the physical memory boot efi System boot file partition It must be in the efi partition or ...

Page 54: ...43 Figure 80 Partitioning the disk c Click Add On the page that opens set the partition size and then click Next Figure 81 Adding a partition d Select a file system and mount point and then click Finish ...

Page 55: ...44 Figure 82 Setting the partition e To install software click Software On the page that opens select software and set system tasks and then click OK Figure 83 Selecting software 14 Click Install ...

Page 56: ...45 Figure 84 Installing the OS 15 After the installation is complete click Next The system will automatically reboot Figure 85 Performing installation ...

Page 57: ...en the following page appears Figure 87 Setting the root password 17 Click Next as prompted until the OS configuration is complete The suse 12xxxx and UEFI OS and suse linux xxx boot options will appear on the BIOS Setup Utility for an SUSE 12 OS and SUSE 11 OS respectively ...

Page 58: ...0 U3 and the storage controller driver Make sure the OS image integrated with a storage controller driver has been mounted to the server Customizing an OS image integrated with a storage controller driver For versions earlier than VMware ESXi 6 5 1 Download ESXi Customizer and storage controller driver You can download ESXi Customizer from the Internet and a storage controller driver from the H3C ...

Page 59: ...0 go to step b Figure 90 Viewing PowerShell version b Download the Windows6 1 KB2506143 x64 msu file at https www microsoft com en us download details aspx id 34595 install the file and then restart the system c Execute the Set ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned command to set the execution policy to RemoteSigned 2 Install VMwarePowerCLI a Download VMware PowerCLI 6 5 0 and ESXi Customizer PS from the I...

Page 60: ...he storage controller driver package b Put the storage controller driver original VMWare ESXi OS image and ESXi Customizer PS in the same directory Figure 93 Preparing the driver OS image and ESXi Customizer PS c Run VMware PowerCLI and execute the cd command to enter the directory where the driver resides Figure 94 Entering the directory where the driver resides d Execute the Add esxsoftwareDepot...

Page 61: ...ute the Get EsxImageProfile command to obtain the name of the target configuration file An OS image contains multiple configuration files for different installation scenarios In this example the OS image contains four configuration files This section uses the third configuration file Figure 98 Viewing OS image information h Execute the Add EsxSoftwarePackage ImageProfile configuration_file_name So...

Page 62: ...er Figure 100 Exporting the OS image integrated with the driver j Verify that the OS image has been exported to the specified path with the specified name Figure 101 Obtaining the OS image integrated with the driver Installing the OS 1 Enter the BIOS and select boot options For more information see Selecting the boot media 2 Wait for the system to load the file Figure 102 Loading ESXi installer ...

Page 63: ...52 Figure 103 Loading the OS module 3 Press Enter as prompted to continue installation Figure 104 VMware ESXi installation 4 Press F11 ...

Page 64: ...ails press F1 Figure 106 Selecting the disk to install the OS 6 Confirm disk selection and then press Enter To change to another disk press Esc and then select another one Figure 107 Confirming disk selection 7 Select a keyboard layout as prompted and press Enter when the following dialog box appears ...

Page 65: ...igure 109 Setting the root password 9 Press F11 to start installation Figure 110 Confirming VMware ESXi OS installation 10 Press Enter to reboot the server If the OS image is obtained from a CD DVD or bootable USB disk remove the CD DVD or USB disk and then press Enter to reboot the server ...

Page 66: ...5 Figure 111 OS installation completed Figure 112 OS reboot completed 11 Press F2 enter the root password and then press Enter The OS installation is complete when the page as shown in Figure 114 appears ...

Page 67: ...tion procedures are similar for different VMware Citrix OS versions This example installs Citrix XenServer 7 1 but does not install the storage controller driver To install a Citrix OS 1 Enter the BIOS and select boot options For more information see Selecting the boot media 2 Select Install and then press Enter ...

Page 68: ...57 Figure 115 Grub 3 Select the keymap to use and then click OK This example selects qwerty us Figure 116 Selecting the keymap 4 Confirm installation and then click OK ...

Page 69: ...onfirming installation 5 Read the End User License Agreement select Accept EULA and then press Enter Figure 118 End User License Agreement 6 Select a disk to install the OS if you have multiple disks and then click OK ...

Page 70: ...ocal media as the installation source and then click OK Figure 120 Selecting an installation source 8 Select Skip verification and then click OK If you encounter any issues during installation verify the installation source as a best practice ...

Page 71: ...ce 9 Set and confirm the root password and then click OK XenCenter will use this password to connect to the XenServer host Figure 122 Setting the root password 10 Select a network interface for connecting to the management server and then click OK ...

Page 72: ...rough DHCP Static configuration Manually specify an IP address If you select this option you must also specify an IP address mask and gateway address Figure 124 Specifying an IP address 12 Configure DNS by using either of the following methods and then click OK Automatically set via DHCP Manually specify If you select this option you must specify an IP address for a minimum of one DNS server ...

Page 73: ...e city and then click OK Figure 126 Setting the time zone 14 Select a method for setting the system time and then click OK Using NTP You must specify a minimum of one NTP server and specify the IP address of the NTP server Manual time entry You must manually enter the system time after installation ...

Page 74: ...63 Figure 127 Selecting the method for setting the system time Figure 128 Configuring the NTP server 15 Select Install XenServer and then press Enter to start installation ...

Page 75: ...64 Figure 129 Starting installation 16 Wait for the system to complete installation Figure 130 OS installation in progress 17 Click OK after installation is completed to restart the server ...

Page 76: ...65 Figure 131 Installation completed 18 Select XenServer and then press Enter Figure 132 GNU GRUB You have entered the Citrix XenServer GUI when the following page appears ...

Page 77: ...ge by following the procedures in the Readme packed with the RAID controller driver package obtained from the Ubuntu website If the system displays that the driver name is in use when you remove the driver shipped with the kernel by executing the modpobe r driver_name or rmmod driver_name command it indicates that the hard drive connected to the storage controller has the system disk where the con...

Page 78: ...67 Figure 134 Installing Ubuntu server 3 Select a language and then press Enter Figure 135 Selecting a language 4 Select your location and then press Enter ...

Page 79: ...g a location 5 Select whether to detect keyboard layout This example skips keyboard layout detection Figure 137 Selecting whether to detect keyboard layout 6 Select the country of origin for the keyboard and then press Enter ...

Page 80: ...g the country of origin for the keyboard 7 Select the keyboard layout and then press Enter Figure 139 Selecting the keyboard layout 8 Select a connected network interface as the primary network interface and then press Enter ...

Page 81: ...ct a network configuration method and then press Enter This example selects not to configure the network at this time Figure 142 Selecting a network configuration method 11 Enter the host name and set the user and password in turn by following the configuration wizard as shown in the following figures Figure 143 Entering the host name ...

Page 82: ...ering the username for your account Figure 146 Setting the password 12 Configure whether to encrypt your home directory This example selects to not encrypt the home directory Figure 147 Setting home directory encryption 13 Select the time zone and then press Enter ...

Page 83: ...at format if you select manual partitioning In Legacy mode if you select Guided use entire disk the system creates only the and swap partitions You must click no to return to the partition and then set the bootable flag to on or create the boot partition and then set the bootable flag of the partition to on Figure 149 Selecting a partitioning method 15 Check the partitions and then select Yes The ...

Page 84: ...update the system Figure 152 Selecting a method for applying updates 18 Choose software to install This example selects OpenSSH server and Virtual Machine host If you select Manual package selection you must manually select the package to install a Press or to select target software b Press Space to confirm your selection c Press Tab to move your cursor to Continue and then press Enter ...

Page 85: ...tware to install 19 Press Enter when the following page appears to complete installation Figure 154 Finishing the installation 20 Enter the username and password to log in to Ubuntu Figure 155 Entering the username and password ...

Page 86: ...features It comes with drivers and does not require manual driver installation To install an Oracle Linux 8 2 OS 1 Enter the BIOS and select boot options For more information see Selecting the boot media 2 As shown in Figure 157 select Install Oracle Linux 8 2 0 and then press Enter The deployment screen appears as shown in Figure 158 Figure 157 Confirming OS installation ...

Page 87: ...reen 3 Select the language and then click Continue Figure 159 Selecting the language 4 On the INSTALLATION SUMMARY page that opens configure the system information including the installation destination network name and host name ...

Page 88: ... that opens select the destination devices select a storage configuration select whether to encrypt the data and then click Done Figure 161 Configuring the installation destination b In the SYSTEM area of the INSTALLATION SUMMARY page click Network Host Name On the page that opens select a network port specify a host name and then click Done ...

Page 89: ...gin Installation The OS installation process might take a long time Figure 163 Installation progress 6 After the installation finishes click Root Password on the CONFIGURATION page to set the root password and click Done As a best practice specify a strong password Figure 164 Setting the root password ...

Page 90: ...then click Done Figure 165 Creating a user 8 On the CONFIGURATION page click Finish Configuration and then click Reboot to reboot the server Figure 166 Rebooting the server 9 On the login page that opens enter the password to sign in to the OS Figure 167 Entering the password ...

Page 91: ...successful login you are placed on the welcome page as shown in Figure 168 Figure 168 OS welcome screen Installing a CAS OS For more information about how to install a CAS OS see the installation guide for H3C CAS ...

Page 92: ...installation Setting up the FIST environment For information about how to set up the FIST environment see the FIST installation guide Figure 169 Network diagram Preparing an OS image Before installing an OS obtain the OS image in iso format from the official website of the OS and save the OS image to the FIST client To install a VMware ESXi OS through FIST obtain the customized OS image from the H...

Page 93: ...number or http localhost port_number http localhost port_number is available only on the FIST server 2 On the sign in page enter the username and password and then click Log In The default username and password are admin and Password _ respectively Figure 170 Signing in to FIST Installing the OS Add servers to FIST Restrictions and guidelines This section describes the procedure for adding one ser...

Page 94: ...HDM management IP address HDM username and password and then click OK IMPORTANT Make sure the HDM account specified by the username has the administrator role and the VMedia privilege For more information about user privileges see HDM online help Figure 172 Adding a server Upload an OS image Restrictions and guidelines Make sure the name of the OS image including the suffix does not exceed 60 char...

Page 95: ...ame of the OS image does not contain left angle brackets right angle brackets or quotation marks Procedure 1 In the navigation pane select Menu Templates Images Figure 173 Entering the Images page 2 Click Upload 3 In the dialog box that opens click Browse to select an image file to upload and then click Upload After the uploading you can view the uploaded OS image in the Images page Figure 174 Upl...

Page 96: ...as an example Figure 176 Adding a repository 3 Click Upload In the dialog box that opens click Browse to select a repository to upload and then click OK 4 Click Inventory for the target repository The system starts to inventory components NOTE In FIST 2 00 22 or a later version the system automatically inventories components after you add a repository Figure 177 Inventory components 5 To view the ...

Page 97: ...pecified in the RAID settings If two storage controllers are configured make sure the storage controllers are present on the server Make sure the member drives of RAID arrays are present and are operating correctly Procedure 1 In the navigation pane select Menu Templates Server Templates to enter the Server Templates page Figure 179 Server Templates page 2 Click Add ...

Page 98: ...click Add Storage Controller select the storage controller model and then click Configure FIST supports managing only LSI controllers in RAID mode Figure 181 Adding a storage controller 5 On the dialog box that opens enter RAID name RAID level select a physical drive and then click OK IMPORTANT To avoid OS installation failure do not install an OS through a template on a drive of 2 TB or a larger ...

Page 99: ...Download Template to obtain the answer file template for the system Modify the answer file template as needed and click the icon next to Answer File to upload the answer file IMPORTANT The Use Answer File method is available only for a RedHat or CentOS OS As a best practice to ensure template creation success download the answer file template instead of create a one yourself For information about ...

Page 100: ...ring an OS by using an answer file b If you select Manually Configure configure OS related parameters The available parameters vary by OS type This document uses a Linux OS for example Figure 185 Manually configuring an OS ...

Page 101: ... the System Drive Settings area and select a repository in the Driver Settings area If you need to install a driver select the driver file from the repository library Figure 186 Selecting the target drive and repository 10 Click OK ...

Page 102: ...plate settings are in progress on the servers Make sure the server model BIOS version HDM version and hardware configuration of the target server are the same as the settings in the server template During the template application process on a server do not power off or reboot the server The template application process might take a long time During the template application process do not use KVM t...

Page 103: ...vers Apply Server Templates Figure 188 Applying server templates 2 Select the target servers and then click Apply Server Template 3 In the dialog box that opens select the server template to apply select I have read the template application related Message and then click OK The Templates Application Status page opens and you can view the OS installation progress in the Application Status column Fi...

Page 104: ...S and then connect the boot media that contain the OS image to the server You can use an optical disk drive bootable USB disk or virtual media as the boot media Preparing a REPO file Before installing an OS obtain the compatible REPO file from the H3C official website For more information see H3C Servers REPO User Guide Signing in to iFIST Start the server and press F10 on the POST screen as instr...

Page 105: ...rtition exists on a non system disk To avoid OS installation failure do not install the OS on a drive of 2 TB or a larger capacity as a best practice Before OS installation make sure only one OS image is mounted to the server If more than one bootable media are mounted the server might fail to identify the correct boot media and OS installation might fail as a result If a USB disk is the boot medi...

Page 106: ...izard 2 On the Configure basic settings page that opens select the type of media as the boot media and then click Next Figure 192 Configuring basic settings 3 On the Configure RAID arrays page that opens click the Create RAID array tab 4 To create a RAID array a Select physical drives as needed b Click Create ...

Page 107: ... array 5 To view the logical drives on the server click the Manage logical drives tab and then click Next Before going to next step iFIST examines if the OS image is mounted successfully and is supported Otherwise a prompt message appears and the system terminates the installation process Figure 194 Viewing logical drives ...

Page 108: ...ure the OS parameters Figure 195 Configuring system settings 7 In the Target drive field select the logical drive where you want to install the operating system and then click Next 8 On the Verify configuration page verify that the OS installation settings are correct ...

Page 109: ...ck Next 10 After you click Next on the Verify configuration page iFIST starts to prepare the server for the OS installation and displays the real time progress as shown in Figure 197 After the preparation is complete iFIST reboots the server and installs the OS Figure 197 Preparing the server for OS installation ...

Page 110: ...7 The server is automatically restarted after the OS installation is complete without manual intervention ...

Page 111: ...common methods This section introduces the common methods for driver installation Installing a Windows driver This section updates the driver of the UNIC CNA 10GE 2P 560F B2 network adapter on a Windows Server 2012 R2 OS The device name might change after the driver is updated Checking network adapter version 1 Click the Windows button 2 Select Control Panel Hardware Device Manager Figure 198 Acce...

Page 112: ...2 Figure 199 Device Manager Figure 200 Displaying driver version Installing the network adapter 1 Download the driver from the H3C website 2 Double click the driver and then click Install ...

Page 113: ...te driver select Local search in the dialog box that opens and then select the inf file Figure 201 Running the driver 3 Click OK Figure 202 Driver installation completed 4 Display the driver version to verify that the version has been updated ...

Page 114: ...dinfo module_name command to display kernel module information The kernel module name for different server components might differ For more information about the kernel module names see the release notes for the driver In this section the kernel module name of the RAID P5408 Mf 8i 4GB storage controller is megaraid_sas To view the storage controller details execute the modinfo megaraid_sas command...

Page 115: ...id_sas command to verify that the driver has been installed successfully Installing a storage controller driver by using an rpm file for RedHat OSs This section updates the driver of the RAID P5408 Mf 8i 4GB storage controller for RedHat 7 3 Checking the storage controller version You can use the modinfo module_name command to display kernel module information The kernel module name for different ...

Page 116: ..._sas command to verify that the driver has been installed successfully Figure 208 Verifying the driver installation Installing an FC HBA driver by using a tar gz file for RedHat OSs This section updates the driver of the FC HBA QLE2692 16Gb 2P 1 X FC HBA for RedHat 7 3 Checking FC HBA version You can use the modinfo module_name command to display kernel module information The kernel module name fo...

Page 117: ...command to copy the driver file in the mnt directory to the tmp directory Figure 210 Mounting and copying the driver file 5 Execute the cd command to enter the tmp directory where the driver resides and then execute the tar zxvf filename tar gz command to decompress the tar gz file Figure 211 Decompressing the tar gz file 6 Execute the cd command to enter the directory where the decompressed file ...

Page 118: ...ng a GPU driver by using a run file for RedHat OSs This section updates the driver of the M4000 GPU for RedHat 7 3 Checking GPU information 1 Execute the lspci grep i nvidia command to view the bus number of the GPU In this example the bus number is 05 00 0 Figure 214 Displaying the bus number of the GPU 2 Execute the lspci vvs bus command to view driver information The bus argument represents the...

Page 119: ...n 3 Execute the modinfo and lsmod commands in sequence to view GPU driver information Figure 216 Displaying GPU driver information Installing the GPU driver 1 Obtain the driver from the H3C website and mount the driver to the server 2 Disable the nouveau driver a Execute the vim disable_nouveau command to create the disable_nouveau conf file ...

Page 120: ...t nouveau options nouveau modeset 0 Figure 218 Adding the command lines 3 Reboot the server for the configuration to take effect 4 Execute the lsmod grep i nouveau command to view information about the GPU driver integrated into the OS If no GPU driver information is displayed the system has disabled the nouveau GPU driver successfully ...

Page 121: ...e init 3 to switch to the CLI Figure 220 Switching to the CLI 6 Execute the NVIDIA Linux x86_64 367 44 run no opengl files command to install the driver Figure 221 Installing a GPU driver for a RedHat device 7 As shown in Figure 222 and Figure 223 select Accept and Yes respectively ...

Page 122: ...8 After the installation execute the lspci vvs 05 00 0 command to view information about the current GPU driver If the Kernel driver in use field displays nvidia the driver has been installed successfully Figure 224 Viewing the current GPU driver information ...

Page 123: ...the FC HBA QLE2692 16Gb 2P 1 X FC HBA for VMware 6 7 Prerequisites 1 Install the tool for remote access on the local client 2 Configure the IP settings for the VMware OS Make sure the OS can reach the local client Figure 226 Configuring the IP settings 3 Obtain the driver from the H3C website and then upload the VMware OS ...

Page 124: ...i software vib list command Figure 228 Displaying FC HBA version Installing the FC HBA driver 1 Execute the esxcli software vib install v filename vib command Figure 229 Installing the FC HBA driver 2 Execute the esxcli software vib list command to verify that the driver has been installed successfully ...

Page 125: ... pane select Dashboard Storage 3 Click the RAID Summary tab to view storage controller information Figure 231 Viewing firmware version Updating the firmware 1 Obtain the firmware image from the H3C website and mount the firmware image to the server 2 Log in to the server and enter the BIOS setup utility 3 Click the Advanced tab select the target storage controller and then press Enter ...

Page 126: ...ng storage controller management submenu 4 Select Update Firmware and press Enter Figure 233 Selecting Update Firmware 5 As shown in Figure 234 select the file system directory and image select Update and then press Enter ...

Page 127: ...nd target firmware version are correct and select Confirm Enabled Yes Then press Enter Figure 235 Verifying firmware versions 7 For the new firmware to take effect press Enter to reboot the server To verify that the firmware has been updated successfully see Checking the firmware version ...

Page 128: ...18 Figure 236 Rebooting the server ...

Page 129: ...d by the inconsistency between the partition label in GRUB and the actual USB disk or drive name To resolve the issue 1 Execute the ls dev command in GRUB to identify the partition label of the bootable USB disk or drive for example sda4 2 Reboot the server 3 As shown in Figure 238 change the drive letter path to dev sda4 Figure 238 Changing the drive letter path 4 Press Ctrl X to continue the ins...

Page 130: ... the following page appears Figure 240 Installing SUSE11SP4 b Press Ctrl Alt F2 and then execute the following commands chroot mnt mount dev cdrom mnt cd mnt rpm Uvh mkinitrd 2 4 2 105 1 x86_64 rpm 2 Press Ctrl Alt F7 to continue installation 3 If the issue persists contact H3C Support No boot options can be found Symptom No boot options can be found when the following conditions are met The BIOS ...

Page 131: ...the issue 1 Install the OS on the first logical disk 2 If the issue persists contact H3C Support An error occurred during SLES12 OS installation Symptom If the total memory size is larger than 40G the system prompts installation error caused by insufficient kdump space after automatic partition is selected Solution SUSE assigns only 40G space to the root partition but the dumped images will be sav...

Page 132: ...tegrated with the mLOM adapter driver to install the OS Install a PCIe card that the VMware provided drive can identify for example network adapter GE 4P 360T B2 1 CNA 10GE 2P 560F B2 1 or network adapter 10GE 2P 520F B2 1 2 If the issue persists contact H3C Support HBA H460 M1 storage controller drive can be installed successfully only after two installation operations Symptom The HBA H460 M1 sto...

Page 133: ...nd the webpage is stuck after installation Symptom SUSE12SP2 OS installation takes a long time and the webpage is stuck after installation if you use HBA 1000 M2 1 to set up RAID Solution To resolve the issue 1 Upgrade HBA 1000 M2 1 to FW 3 02 or higher 2 Add kernel boot parameter linux dd when starting to install the OS 3 Update the aacraid driver for SUSE12SP2 before you install the OS 4 If the ...

Page 134: ...cut conf d aacraid conf and then save the configuration Figure 242 Adding spaces 3 Install the smartpqi driver 4 Reboot the server and verify that the smartpqi driver has been installed successfully 5 If the issue persists contact H3C Support Bluescreen or kernel error occurred when BIOS NUMA is enabled and IMC0 and IMC1 for CPU 1 or CPU 2 are disabled Symptom A blue screen or a kernel error occur...

Page 135: ... Linux Kernel 4 3 because a code for negotiating the payload has been added to this version 2 To continue using an OS earlier than Linux Kernel 4 3 use the following methods Method 1 a Use the setpci command to set the value of max_payload_size in the NVMe register to be the same as that of the bridge device b Display the value of payload on the PCIe bridge device You must set the value of maxpayl...

Page 136: ... PCIe device at system start and ignores the payload initialized by the BIOS This might influence bandwidth usage Figure 245 Adding a parameter to the GRUB configuration file 3 If the issue persists contact H3C Support A blue screen occurred when the network adapter 10GE 2P 520F B2 1 driver was being installed Symptom A blue screen occurred when a network adapter 10GE 2P 520F B2 1 driver is instal...

Page 137: ...6 on an NVMe SSD drive The system cannot be restored after the server is powered down unexpectedly Symptom The system cannot be restored after the server is powered down unexpectedly and the file system is damaged Solution CAUTION Forcibly powering down the server might damage your applications or data Be cautious to perform this operation based on your operating system To resolve the issue 1 Rest...

Page 138: ... issue persists contact H3C Support Bluescreen occurred during the installation of the IB MCX354A FCBT 56 40Gb 2P network adapter driver on Windows Server 2012 R2 Symptom Bluescreen occurred during the installation of the IB MCX354A FCBT 56 40Gb 2P network adapter driver on Windows Server 2012 R2 on a R6900 as shown in the following figure Figure 246 Bluescreen during network adapter driver instal...

Page 139: ... Support Method 2 c Access BIOS Setup Advanced Socket Configuration Processor Configuration set Hyper Threading All to Disabled install the network adapter driver provided by Mellanox and then enable hyper threading Figure 248 Setting hyper threading b If the issue persists contact H3C Support ...

Page 140: ...e peer interface to 100 Mbps because the shared network interface supports autonegotiation 2 If the issue persists contact H3C Support CAS E0306 OS installation failure CAS E0306 OS installation is not supported because this version does not contain the Smartpqi driver required by PMC SmartIOC 2100 SmartROC 3154 Blue screen or other errors occurred when the chipset driver is updated on an R5300 se...

Page 141: ...rdware Device Management I iFIST Integrated Fast Intelligent Scalable Toolkit K KVM Keyboard Video Mouse P PXE Preboot Execute Environment R RAID Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks S SAN Storage Area Network U UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface ...

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