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Huawei SAP HANA Appliance Single Node Installation
Guide (RH2288H V3+BrSLES11 SP4 For B1)

About This Document

Issue 01 (2017-01-06)

Huawei Proprietary and Confidential

Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

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About This Document

Purpose

This document describes the software and hardware planning of the Huawei RH2288H V3
Broadwell SAP HANA appliance, how to install a redundant array of independent disks
(RAID) controller card, SUSE for SAP OS, Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
(PCIe) solid-state drive (SSD), and SAP HANA database, and how to verify the installation.

By reading this document, audience can learn about the SAP HANA software and hardware,
and how to install a RAID controller card, OS, PCIe SSD driver, and SAP HANA database in
sequence (which cannot be changed).

Intended Audience

This document is intended for:

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Technical support engineers

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Maintenance engineers

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Users

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Summary of Contents for FusionServer RH2288H V3

Page 1: ...Huawei SAP HANA Appliance Single Node Installation Guide RH2288H V3 Broadwell SLES11 SP4 For B1 Issue 01 Date 2017 01 06 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD ...

Page 2: ...ei and the customer All or part of the products services and features described in this document may not be within the purchase scope or the usage scope Unless otherwise specified in the contract all statements information and recommendations in this document are provided AS IS without warranties guarantees or representations of any kind either express or implied The information in this document i...

Page 3: ... how to install a RAID controller card OS PCIe SSD driver and SAP HANA database in sequence which cannot be changed Intended Audience This document is intended for Technical support engineers Maintenance engineers Users Symbol Conventions The symbols that may be found in this document are defined as follows Symbol Description Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which if not avoided will re...

Page 4: ...ologies Co Ltd iii Symbol Description injury Calls attention to important information best practices and tips NOTE is used to address information not related to personal injury equipment damage and environment deterioration Change History Changes between document issues are cumulative The latest document issue contains all the changes made in earlier issues Issue V1 0 2017 01 06 First version ...

Page 5: ...1 1 1 Hardware Configuration Planning 1 1 2 Software Planning 1 1 3 Internal Disk Planning 1 1 4 Default Parameter 2 1 5 Parameters to be Planned 2 1 6 Installation Process 3 2 Configuring the BIOS 5 2 1 Preparations 5 2 2 Configuring BIOS Parameters 7 3 Configuring RAID Parameters 13 3 1 Preparations 13 3 2 Configuring RAID Parameters 13 4 Installing the OS and Related Software 25 4 1 Preparing f...

Page 6: ...adwell hard disk planning is as follows 1 slot 0 and slot 1 2 600G SAS hard disk configuration RAID1 disable Cachecade for the installation of OS 2 The rest of the hard disk configuration RAID50 10 disks or RAID5 for 10 disks enable Cachecade for HANA database volume 3 2 400G SSD configurate RAID1 as Cachecade disk 1 2 Software Planning Table 1 1 describes the software planning Table 1 1 Software ...

Page 7: ...the OS dev sda1 ext3 50GB dev sda2 swap swap 2GB dev sda3 ext3 Remaining space dev sdb RAID5 dev sdb1 5026GB dev vg_hana 505GB dev vg_hana l v_hanadata hana data xfs 263GB Used for hana storage dev vg_hana l v_hanalog hana log xfs 81GB dev vg_hana l v_hanalog usr sap xfs 81GB dev vg_hana l v_hanashared hana shared xfs 81GB 1 4 Default Parameter Table 1 3 lists the default parameter Table 1 3 Defau...

Page 8: ...Host and domain names Hostname hw00001 Domainname china Service information Service network port IP address Assigned by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server or manually assigned 192 168 2 200 Service network port subnet mask 255 255 0 0 Service network port gateway 192 168 2 1 User name and password OS administrator account password OS administrator account and password Username roo...

Page 9: ...nce Single Node Installation Guide RH2288H V3 Broadwell SLES11 SP4 For B1 1 Installation Planning Issue 01 2017 01 06 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 4 Figure 1 1 Installation process ...

Page 10: ...server Check that IP addresses of the management network ports on the server and PC are in the same network segment Open Internet Explorer enter the iBMC IP address default 192 168 2 100 in the address box Configure an IP address of the network port on the PC with the same network segment subnet mask and gateway as those of the IP address of the iBMC s network port Step 2 On the iBMC login page en...

Page 11: ... Console shared mode in the right pane as shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 Opening the KVM console Step 5 Open the keyboard video and mouse KVM console as shown in Figure 2 3 The following KVM operations are performed on the KVM console The KVM console requires JRE 1 6 0 U25 or later You can download the Java running environment at http www java com If the server is not powered on click Power On as ...

Page 12: ...pyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 7 Figure 2 3 KVM console End 2 2 Configuring BIOS Parameters Step 1 When the screen shown in Figure 2 4 is displayed during the server startup press Delete to open the BIOS setup screen Figure 2 4 Startup screen Step 2 When a screen shown in Figure 2 5 is displayed enter the BIOS password sensitive to uppercase and lowercase in the dialog box ...

Page 13: ...ght Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 8 The BIOS default password is Huawei12 If you have not configured any BIOS password the BIOS screen is displayed as shown in Figure 2 6 Figure 2 5 Entering the BIOS password Figure 2 6 BIOS screen Step 3 Select IntelRCSetup on the menu select Advanced Power Management Configuration using the downward arrow and press Enter as shown in Figure 2 7 NOTE ...

Page 14: ...rietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 9 Figure 2 7 Selecting Advanced Power Management Configuration Step 4 Turning off Power Policy Select Select Custom and press Enter as shown in Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 Selecting Custom Step 5 In the displayed list box select Disable and press Enter to turn off P State as shown in Figure 2 9 ...

Page 15: ...ate Step 6 Turning off C States Press Esc to exit the CPU P State Control screen select CPU C State Control using the downward arrow and press Enter as shown in Figure 2 10 Figure 2 10 Selecting CPU C State Control Setting Package C State limit Select Package C State limit and press Enter Select C0 C1 state and press Enter Turning off CPU C3 State Select CPU C3 report and press Enter Select Disabl...

Page 16: ... and press Enter Select Disable and press Enter to turn off CPU C6 State Step 7 Turning off T States Press Esc to exit the CPU C State Control screen select CPU T State Control using the downward arrow and press Enter as shown in Figure 2 11 Figure 2 11 Selecting CPUT State Control Step 8 Press F10 select Yes and press Enter to save the BIOS settings and restart the server as shown in Figure 2 12 ...

Page 17: ...e Node Installation Guide RH2288H V3 Broadwell SLES11 SP4 For B1 2 Configuring the BIOS Issue 01 2017 01 06 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 12 The BIOS parameter configuration is complete End ...

Page 18: ...rd disk planning is as follows 1 slot 0 and slot 1 2 600G SAS hard disk configuration RAID1 enable Cachecade for the installation of OS 2 The rest of the hard disk configuration RAID50 10 disks or RAID5 for 10 disks enable Cachecade for HANA database volume 3 4 400G SSD or 2 400G SSD RH2288H V3 Base RAM 1T configurate RAID1 as Cachecade disk 3 2 Configuring RAID Parameters Step 1 During the server...

Page 19: ...his RAID controller card has been configured has been used in maintenance and OS reinstallation scenarios before We need to Del the old RAID configured as shown in Figure 3 3 You can delete VD one off like this F2 F2 Delete VD as shown in Figure 3 4 Caution All hard disk data and RAID information will be lost after you Del the RAID Configured Back up data before this operation Figure 3 3 Clear RAI...

Page 20: ...form RAID configuration according to the requirements specific parameter as shown in Figure 3 6 Figure 3 6 Selecting a configuration parameter RAID Configuration Parameter Item Description RAID Level RAID level representing the configuration such as RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 50 PD per Span This Configuration items in the user selects RAID 50 or RAID 60 level after it config the number of the hard disks p...

Page 21: ...iguration or can be configured VD storage space Advanced Advanced Parameters RAID configuration page you can configure the Strip Size Read Policy Write Policy I O Policy Disk cache Policy Initialize and Configure HotSpare parameters as follows Figure 3 7 Figure 3 7 Advanced Parameter Items Example of the RH2288H V3 Broadwell SAP HANA Sizing6T RAID configuration process the RAID configuration as sh...

Page 22: ...ize item will prompt the need for initialization page and prompts to initialize will delete all data here select OK as shown in Figure 3 9 Figure 3 9 Initialization page Step 5 After configuring the Advanced page select OK item to complete VD0 configuration It will return to the main administration page and will be prompted to Initialization complete on VD 0 here only need to select OK If you comp...

Page 23: ...e VD1 in the main administration page press the F2 key to enter the selection menu as show Figure 3 11 select Creat Virtual Drive item Figure 3 11 Create virtual Drive Step 7 When you select Create virtual Drive item enter VD1 the RAID configuration parameters page this example there are 18 disks configured as RAID50 PD per Span parameter should be set to 9 select the 18 disks select Advanced for ...

Page 24: ...e 3 12 VD1 Configuration page Step 8 Configure the VD1 Advanced RAID Parameter Item and select the OK to complete the configuration as show in Figure 3 13 Strip Size 128KB Read Policy Normal Write Policy Write Back With BBU Disk cache Policy unchanged Initialize X Figure 3 13 VD1 Advanced Configuration Step 9 When you complete the all VD1 RAID Configuration Item select OK and complete the VD1 conf...

Page 25: ...ential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 20 Figure 3 14 VD1 Configuration Step 10 When you complete the all VD1 RAID Configuration Item select OK and complete the VD1 configure as show in Figure 3 15 Figure 3 15 VD1 Configuration Step 11 When you complete all VD configurations you will view the VD0 and VD1 information in the main administration page as show in Figure 3 16 ...

Page 26: ...uawei Technologies Co Ltd 21 Figure 3 16 configuration result Step 12 Set the Boot device Press Ctrl N to Ctrl Mgmt Page Set VD0 as the Boot device as shown in Figure 3 17 Then select Apply press Enter Figure 3 17 Set boot device Step 13 Create CacheCade in the main administration page press the F2 key to enter the selection menu as show Figure 3 18 select Create CacheCade Virtual Drive item ...

Page 27: ...te CacheCade virtual Drive Step 14 When you select Create CacheCade virtual Drive item enter the RAID configuration parameters page this example there are 4 SSD disks configured as RAID1 Write Policy parameter should be set to Write Back select the 4 disks select OK as show in Figure 3 19 Figure 3 19 Cachecade Configuration page Step 15 When you complete the all CacheCade Configuration Item select...

Page 28: ...Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 23 Figure 3 20 CacheCade Configuration Step 16 When you complete all VD configurations you will view the VD0 VD1 and cachecade information in the main administration page as show inFigure 3 21 Figure 3 21 configuration result Step 17 Choose Warm Reset from the drop down list as shown in Figure 3 22 Restarting the system ...

Page 29: ...gle Node Installation Guide RH2288H V3 Broadwell SLES11 SP4 For B1 3 Configuring RAID Parameters Issue 01 2017 01 06 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 24 Figure 3 22 Restarting the system End ...

Page 30: ...e of the virtual console Open the KVM console by following the steps in 2 1 Click and then Image File select the path to SLES11_SP4_B1 x86_64 0 0 10 preload iso and mount the file to the KVM page of iBMC IP address 192 168 2 100 Open the DVD ROM drive on the remote KVM page as shown in Figure 4 1 Insert the DVD into the physical DVD ROM drive on the server only when the server is started Figure 4 ...

Page 31: ...01 06 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 26 Restart the system Open the BIOS setup screen by 2 2 Step 1 and 2 2 Step 2 as shown in Figure 4 2 Figure 4 2 BIOS screen Step 3 Select BOOT using the rightward arrow on the keyboard select Lagacy using the downward arrow as shown in Figure 4 3 Figure 4 3 Selecting Lagacy ...

Page 32: ...ty screen that is displayed select word CDROM or DVD ROM press Enter and then press Esc as shown in Figure 4 4 After the BIOS is upgraded the BIOS version may be changed but entry word CDROM or DVD ROM stays unchanged Figure 4 4 Selecting HUAWEI DVD ROM VM 1 1 0 225 Step 5 press F10 On the displayed screen shown in Figure 4 5 In the dialog box that is displayed select Yes and press Enter And then ...

Page 33: ...tion page select Install SLES11 SP4 B1 and press Enter as shown in Figure 4 6 Figure 4 6 Installation page Step 2 If the machine has more than one disk choose the smaller one with approximately 600 GB for installing the operating system confirm your choice by pressing SPACE and then choose OK as shown in Figure 4 7 Note that the drive names sizes and numbers may differ on your machine from the exa...

Page 34: ... the selected disk as shown in Figure 4 8 Caution All data is lost and you cannot abort your installation after the confirmation Figure 4 8 format the selected disk Step 4 The operating system is copied to the selected disk as shown in Figure 4 9 Figure 4 9 Copy ISO Step 5 Agree to the displayed EULA for SLES as follows 1 Scroll to the end of the agreement or press Q as shown in Figure 4 10 2 To a...

Page 35: ...ated Software Issue 01 2017 01 06 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 30 Figure 4 10 Comfirm the licenses screen Figure 4 11 Accept the SLES EULA Step 6 Select the keyboard layout according to your needs as shown in Figure 4 12 You can set the time zone based on the actual condition NOTE ...

Page 36: ...and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 31 Figure 4 12 Keyboard Configuration Step 7 Enter the hostname and the domain name of the server and choose Next as shown in Figure 4 13 Note You must deselect the Change Hostname via DHCP checkbox Figure 4 13 Server Base Scenario Step 8 Click the Network Interfaces link or choose the Change button as shown in Figure 4 14 ...

Page 37: ...logies Co Ltd 32 Figure 4 14 Network Configuration Step 9 On the Overview tab select the device eth0 and then choose Edit as shown in Figure 4 15 Figure 4 15 Network Setting Step 10 In the Network Card Setup page on the Address tab select the Statically assigned IP address radio button and enter your IP address subnet mask and hostname Then choose Next to return to the Network Settings page as sho...

Page 38: ...i Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 33 Figure 4 16 Settings page Step 11 On the Hostname DNS tab enter the hostname domain name and DNS servers as shown in Figure 4 17 Figure 4 17 Hostname DNS tab Step 12 On the Routing tab enter the default gateway and choose OK turn to Network Configuration II as shown in Figure 4 18 Figure 4 19 ...

Page 39: ...ling the OS and Related Software Issue 01 2017 01 06 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 34 Figure 4 18 Routing Figure 4 19 Network Configuration II Step 13 Specify and confirm the password for the system administrator user root and choose Next as shown in Figure 4 20 ...

Page 40: ...prietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 35 Figure 4 20 Enter password for root Step 14 Choose to register with the Novell Customer Center for updates later and choose Next as shown in Figure 4 21 Figure 4 21 New Partition Size Step 15 Select Only create SAP Hana B1 file system do not install SAP products now and click OK as shown in Figure 4 22 ...

Page 41: ...nd Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 36 Figure 4 22 YaST2 Step 16 If you decide to create only SAP file systems and install SAP products manually later the wizard automatically creates the SAP related partitions and then displays the results as shown in Figure 4 23 Figure 4 23 New Partition Size Step 17 Complete the system configuration as shown in Figure 4 24 ...

Page 42: ...onfidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 37 Figure 4 24 Complete the system configuration Step 18 The page shown in Figure 4 25 is displayed indicating that OS installation is complete Figure 4 25 Installation complete Step 19 Enter the user name root and password entered during OS installation and press Enter The OS desktop is displayed after login as shown in Figure 4 26 ...

Page 43: ...ware Issue 01 2017 01 06 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 38 Figure 4 26 OS desktop End 4 3 Network Configuration Step 1 Open yast2 in Terminal as shown in Figure 4 27 Configure a network for the server run the yast2 command and press Enter as shown in Figure 4 28 Figure 4 27 Open in Terminal ...

Page 44: ...ntial Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 39 Figure 4 28 Running the yast2 command Step 2 Run the ifconfig eth0 command and press Enter If the information similar to that in Figure 4 29 is displayed the network is configured successfully Figure 4 29 Network configuration complete Step 3 Run the rcSuSEfirewall2 stop command to disable the firewall and press Enter as shown in Figure 4 30 ...

Page 45: ...firewall Step 4 Connect a network cable to the first network port on the RH5885H RH8100 V3 Broadwell Use PuTTY to log in to the server You can download PuTTY at 1 5 Enter a user name and password user root and its password of the OS for login as shown in Figure 4 31 and Figure 4 32 The language displayed in Figure 4 32 is related to the OS language of the host where the tool is located Figure 4 31...

Page 46: ...r B1 4 Installing the OS and Related Software Issue 01 2017 01 06 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 41 Figure 4 32 Connecting to the server Enter the user name and password and press Enter as shown in Figure 4 33 Figure 4 33 Logging in to the server End ...

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