Procedures To Install Rhel In San Storage Device; Presetting; Preparation For Installation - Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Installation Manual

CHAPTER 4 Installation of Operating System and bundled software

4.5 Procedures to install RHEL in SAN storage device

4.5 Procedures to install RHEL in SAN storage device
This section describes the procedure to install RHEL in SAN storage device.
Start the installation after confirming the MMB configuration and successful to log in to the MMB.

4.5.1 Presetting

Set the following if necessary.
1. Set the LUN of the SAN storage device.
2. [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 Legacy 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.
3. Set the BIOS to recognize LUN of the FC card,
For setting the FC card,
card (FC card)" of PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual .
4. Check the setting of the partition by MMB after removing the internal HDD/SSD of PRIMEQUEST.
- SB/IOU configuration is set
See "3.4.1 Setting the partition
- Console redirection is set
See "3.4.6 Settings of Console
- Video redirection: Enable
- Virtual media: Enable
- Various modes are set
See "3.4.5 Various mode
5. Connect only the LUN which installs the SAN storage device to the partition of PRIMEQUEST.
For the setting of SAN storage device, see the manual attached with the SAN storage device.
6. Allocate the I/O space in the FC card for boot path and in the SAS RAID controller card.
For details on allocation of the I/O space, see
Configuration" of PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Tool Reference (CA92344-0539).

4.5.2 Preparation for installation

No RHEL distribution DVD is available for RHEL installation. Users who have purchased a RHEL subscription
will need to create a RHEL distribution DVD.
Customer Portal :
https://access.redhat.com/home
Create an image of the RHEL distribution DVD.
Creation of RHEL installation DVD image
The image file of distribution DVD is downloaded by log in to the customer portal (https://access.redhat.com/) of Red Hat
Company in other systems.
Note
The image file of distribution DVD is different for the minor release and each architecture (for Intel64). Download the
targeted DVD image file.
Remark
The subscription registration to the customer portal of the Red Hat Company is required to download the file.
Preparation for boot
The FC cable is made single path (connect only one FC cable).
Converged Network Adapter and NIC for iSCSI
Converged Network Adapter and NIC for iSCSI
configuration"
Redirection"
settings"
"3.4.5 Various mode
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Boot, see "Chapter 2 Setting of fiber channel
settings" and "3.4.4.2 I/O Space Assignment
Boot.
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