Vmware 5.X Installation Procedures On The San Storage Unit; Advance Setup; Preparing For Installation - Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series Installation Manual

PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series Installation Manual
CHAPTER 4 Installing the Operating System and Bundled Software
4.8

VMware 5.x Installation Procedures on the SAN Storage Unit

This section concisely describes the procedures for installing VMware 5.x on the SAN storage unit. Start this work
only after confirming the completion of the connection and configuration of the MMB.
For details on configuring the SAN storage unit and FC card (Fibre Channel card), see the PRIMEQUEST 1000
Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155EN).
4.8.1

Advance setup

Set up the following as needed.
1. Set the LUN of the SAN storage unit.
2. Configure the BIOS so that the LUN of the FC card is recognized.
For details on configuring the FC card, see Chapter 2 Settings on the Fiber Channel Card (FC Card) in the
PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155EN).
3. Prepare a server running ServerView Operations Manager.
4. After removing the built-in HDD of the PRIMEQUEST server, confirm the partition settings with the MMB.
- Setting the SB/IOB/GSPB configuration
(See 3.4.1 Setting a partition
- Configuring Console Redirection
(See 3.4.6 Configuring Console
- Video redirection: Enable
- Remote storage: Enable
- Console redirection: Enable
- Setting various modes
(See 3.4.5 Setting various
5. When connecting only the LUN of the SAN storage unit as the installation destination, connect it to the
PRIMEQUEST partition.
For details on the settings for the SAN storage unit, see the manual supplied with the SAN storage unit.
6. Assign I/O spaces to the FC card (card for boot path only), SAS card, SAS array controller card, Onboard
SAS controller (GSPB), SAS disk unit controller and SAS array disk unit controller.
For details on I/O space assignment, see 3.4.5 Setting various modes in this manual and 5.5.1 [Configure I/
O Space Assignment] menu in the PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series Tool Reference (C122-E110EN).
4.8.2

Preparing for Installation

To prepare for installation, also see the VMware information.
For the VMware information, contact the distributor where you purchased your product, or your sales representative.
Prepare the following.
1. Prepare the following disk image:
VMware 5.x media
configuration.)
Redirection.)
modes.)
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