Table Of Contents - Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 series, Compute Blade 500 series Installation Manual

Preface ................................................................................................ v
Intended Audience ................................................................................................. vi
Product Version ..................................................................................................... vi
Release Notes ........................................................................................................ vi
Document Organization .......................................................................................... vi
Referenced Documents .......................................................................................... vi
Document Conventions .......................................................................................... vii
Convention for storage capacity values .................................................................. viii
Getting Help .......................................................................................................... ix
Comments ............................................................................................................. ix
1 Installation Overview ......................................................................... 1-1
Overview ............................................................................................................ 1-2
About target OS and driver ............................................................................ 1-2
Installation general flow ................................................................................. 1-2
Before installation ................................................................................................ 1-3
Preparing installation media ........................................................................... 1-3
Preparing virtual drive for CB 2500/500 .......................................................... 1-3
Preparing virtual drive for CB 2000 ................................................................. 1-5
Backing up necessary files ............................................................................. 1-6
Setting up disk .............................................................................................. 1-6
Setting up EFI for CB 2500/500 ...................................................................... 1-6
Setting up EFI for CB 2000 ............................................................................. 1-6
Other preparations ........................................................................................ 1-6
Other preparations for Logical partitioning enabled .......................................... 1-7
2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ................................................................. 2-1
Supported Kernel ................................................................................................. 2-2
OS Installation ..................................................................................................... 2-2
Precautions for OS installation on LPAR manager ............................................. 2-2
Before installation ......................................................................................... 2-3
Installation steps ........................................................................................... 2-3
Restrictions ................................................................................................... 2-9
Setting up after installation ................................................................................. 2-15
Setup procedure .......................................................................................... 2-15
Hitachi Compute Blade Series OS Installation Guide for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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