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{
To install the CentOS, Ubuntu Server
, or CAS operating system, make sure the image
source is
CD (physical CD or HDM virtual media)
.
{
To install the VMware ESXi operating system, make sure the image file resides on a USB
flash drive partition formatted with the FAT32 or NTFS file system.
{
To install the Windows Server operating system, make sure the image file resides on a USB
flash drive partition formatted with the NTFS file system.
Configuration file validation
To ensure successful configuration file import into a server, make sure the following conditions are
met:
•
The storage controller type and mode in the file must match the storage controller type and
mode of the server.
•
For each logical drive in the file, all the member physical drives must be present on the
corresponding slots of the server and must meet the following requirements:
{
If a PMC controller is used, the drives must be in Raw, Ready, or Online state.
{
If an LSI controller is used, the drives must be in Unconfigured Good, Unconfigured Bad, or
Online state. The physical drives of an HBA-LSI-9300-8i-A1-X controller must be in Ready
state. The physical drives of an HBA-LSI-9311-8i-A1-X controller must be in Ready or
Optimal state.
Configuring RAID arrays
RAID array configuration involves the following tasks:
•
Create
RAID
arrays
—Create RAID arrays by using physical drives in Ready state on the
server.
•
Manage physical drives
—Initialize and uninitialize physical drives, and set the cache mode
for physical drives.
•
Manage logical drives
—Set the cache mode for the logical drives and delete logical drives as
needed.
Creating a RAID array
Procedure
1.
On the
Manage logical drives
tab, identify whether the logical drive on which you want to
install the operating system already exists. If the logical drive already exists, click
Next
to go to
the next step directly.
If the logical drive list does not contain such a logical drive, perform the following steps to create
one first.
2.
On the
Configure RAID
arrays
page, click the
Create
RAID
array
tab.
