Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 - NEC Express5800 Series Installation Manual

Chapter 1 Installing Operating System

2.2.2 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

In this server, all the internal hard disk drives must be configured as RAID1 by software. RAID1 is composed of
pairs of hard disk drives installed in the same slot number of CPU/IO modules 0 and 1.
Follow the steps below to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5.
1. Make sure that PRIMARY LED on CPU/IO module 0 is lit according to Chapter 1 (2.1.1 Preparation
for hardware).
2. Be sure to disable OS Boot Monitoring feature according to Chapter 1 (2.1.2 Disabling OS Boot
Monitoring Feature).
3. Power on the server.
4. Insert Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Install Media into the optical disk drive of the server.
5. Reset (i.e. press <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete>) or power off/on to restart the server.
6. Boot menu as shown below appears. Select "Install or upgrade an existing system" and press the
<Enter> key.
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Important OS Boot Monitoring feature is enabled by the shipping default. Setup process will
fail if this feature is enabled.
If no access is made within the certain time of period, installer starts automatically and
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proceed to the screen to confirm the install media.
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