Deploy The Operating System - Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 Setup Manual

Table 13. Upgrade scenarios
Scenarios
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
• Software RAID to Hardware RAID (second disk drive cage and backplane kit is installed)
Table 14. Upgrade scenarios
Scenarios
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
For information on the cable routing, see "Internal cable routing" on page 30.

Deploy the operating system

Several options are available to deploy an operating system on the server.
Available operating systems
• Microsoft Windows Server
• VMware ESXi
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Complete list of available operating systems:
Tool-based deployment
• Multi-server
Available tools:
– Lenovo XClarity Administrator
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.lxca.doc/compute_node_image_deployment.html
– Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/toolsctr_cli_lenovo/onecli_r_uxspi_proxy_tool.html
– Lenovo XClarity Integrator deployment pack for SCCM (for Windows operating system only)
https://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.lxci_deploypack_sccm.doc/dpsccm_c_endtoend_
deploy_scenario.html
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Before upgrade
Four 3.5 hot-swap drives
(software RAID)
Eight 3.5 hot-swap drives
(software RAID)
Eight 2.5 hot-swap drives
(software RAID)
Before upgrade
Four 3.5 hot-swap drives
(software RAID)
Four 3.5 hot-swap drives
(software RAID)
Eight 2.5 hot-swap drives
(software RAID)
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After upgrade
Four 3.5 hot-swap drives
(hardware RAID)
Eight 3.5 hot-swap drives
(hardware RAID)
Eight 3.5 hot-swap drives
(hardware RAID)
After upgrade
Eight 3.5 hot-swap drives
(hardware RAID)
Four 3.5 hot-swap drives
plus Eight 2.5 hot-swap
drives (hardware RAID)
Sixteen 2.5 hot-swap drives
(hardware RAID)
.
RAID adapter
One RAID adapter - 8i
One RAID adapter - 8i
One RAID adapter - 8i
RAID adapter
One RAID adapter - 8i
One RAID adapter - 16i or
Two RAID adapters - 8i
One RAID adapter - 16i or
Two RAID adapters - 8i