CHAPTER 4 Installation of Operating System and bundled software
4.12 Procedure to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Service Pack 3 into the Internal HDD
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4.12 Procedure to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Service
Pack 3 into the Internal HDD
This section concisely describes the procedures for installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on the internal HDD. Confirm
the MMB configuration and successful login to the MMB before starting the installation.
4.12.1 Presetting
If necessary, the following settings are done.
1.
Remove each internal HDD that is not the installation destination.
2.
The setting of partition is checked by MMB.
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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 “
3.
[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 UEFI 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.
4.
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 “
Various mode settings” in this document
and “3.4.4.2 I/O Space
Assignment Configuration” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Tool Reference (CA92344-0539).
4.12.2 Preparing for Installation
Prepare the SLES installation DVD.
4.12.3 Installation
The operating system installation with SVIM is explained.
There are the following types for operating system installation with SVIM. For the detailed procedure of each mode, see
ServerView Suite ServerView Installation Manager.
TABLE 4.8
Operating system installation with SVIM
Mode
Functional Overview
Purpose
Quick mode
The operating system can be installed with the recommendation
of Fujitsu only by setting minimum required limits.
It is used when the operating system is
to be readily installed.
Guide mode
The setup information is set following the wizard. The
information which is set is saved in the configuration file, and it
can be used during reinstallation.
It is used when the details of RAID and
the operating system are set.