Software Problems; Os Installation Problems; Pxe Boot Failure - Inspur NF3180A6 User Manual

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7.2

Software Problems

7.2.1

OS Installation Problems

Symptoms:
Unable to load the RAID driver or create partitions larger than 2 TB during OS
installation, C disk usage is too high after OS installation, and so on.
Solutions:
1.
If it fails to load the driver during OS installation, check the RAID driver version.
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driver. Some RAID drivers need to be loaded several times.
If it fails to create partitions larger than 2 T during OS installation, select
Advanced > CSM Configuration > Boot option filter > UEFI only (For
detailed reference document, see Section 4.5
Configuration
the OS. The server will restart automatically. Use the CMD command line
to change the drive format to GPT, and then partitions larger than 2 TB
can be created.
If the C disk usage is too high after installing the Windows OS, turn down
the virtual memory or allocate the virtual memory to other partitions.
If the instructions above do not resolve the problem, call Inspur Customer
Service Hotline (1-844-860-0011/1-760-769-1847) or email to
serversupport@inspur.com.
7.2.2

PXE Boot Failure

Symptoms:
Unable to install OS via PXE.
Solutions:
1.
Check if the PXE server can be used to install OS for another server.
2.
Check whether there is a network link via the network port LED to confirm if
there is a fault in the external network.
3.
Check whether the NIC can be identified under the BMC Web interface, BIOS or
Shell.
4.
Check if PXE Function is enabled and if the boot sequence is set to first in BIOS.
5.
Check if the target drive for the OS or RAID array can be identified and if there
is enough space.
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) in BIOS, save and exit BIOS interface. Choose UEFI to boot
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to download the correct RAID
Firmware Update and

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