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Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations
Embedded SATA RAID Controllers
Installing the Red Hat Linux Driver
Note
This server supports Red Hat Linux 6.5 or later.
For the specific supported OS versions, see the
Hardware and Software Interoperability Matrix
for your
server release.
This section describes the fresh installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux device driver on systems
with the embedded MegaRAID stack.
Step 1
Create a RAID drive group using the LSI Software RAID Configuration utility before you install this
driver for the OS. Launch this utility by pressing
Ctrl-M
when
LSI SWRAID
is shown during the BIOS
POST.
Step 2
Prepare the dud.img file using one of the following methods:
•
To install from a physical disk: Use one of the procedures in
Preparing Physical Installation Disks
For Linux, page C-19
.
Then return to
Step 4
of this procedure.
•
To install from a virtual floppy disk: Download and save the Cisco UCS C-Series drivers’ ISO, as
described in
Downloading the LSI MegaSR Drivers, page C-16
.
Then continue with the next step.
Step 3
Extract the dud.img file:
a.
Burn the ISO image to a disc.
b.
Browse the contents of the drivers folders to the location of the embedded MegaRAID drivers:
/<OS>/Storage/Intel/C600/
c.
Copy the dud-<
driver version
>.img file to a temporary location on your workstation.
Step 4
Start the Linux driver installation using one of the following methods:
•
To install from local media, connect an external USB DVD drive to the server and then insert the
first RHEL installation disk into the drive.
Then continue with
Step 6
.
•
To install from remote ISO, log in to the server’s Cisco IMC interface. Then continue with the next
step.
Step 5
Launch a Virtual KVM console window and click the
Virtual Media
tab.
a.
Click
Add Image
and browse to select your remote RHEL installation ISO file.
b.
Click
Add Image
again and browse to select your dud.img file.
c.
Check the check boxes in the Mapped column for the media that you just added, then wait for
mapping to complete.
Step 6
Power cycle the server.
Step 7
Press
F6
when you see the F6 prompt during bootup. The Boot Menu window opens.
Step 8
On the Boot Manager window, select the physical disk or virtual DVD and press
Enter
.
The RHEL installation begins when the image is booted.
