Rhel Installation Procedures On The Built-In Hdd; 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
4.3

RHEL Installation Procedures on the Built-in HDD

This section concisely describes the procedures for installing RHEL on the built-in HDD. Confirm the MMB
configuration and successful login to the MMB before starting the installation.
4.3.1

Advance setup

Set up the following as needed.
1. Remove each built-in HDD that is not the installation destination.
2. Confirm the partition settings of the PRIMEQUEST server with the MMB. For details, see
a Partition.
- 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
3. Assign I/O spaces to the 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
O Space Assignment] menu in the PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series Tool Reference (C122-E110EN).
4.3.2

Preparing 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.
Create an image of the RHEL distribution DVD.
Creating an image of the RHEL distribution DVD
Log in to Red Hat's customer portal (https://access.redhat.com/), download the image file of the distribution DVD
to another system.
Note
The image file of the distribution DVD varies with minor releases and the architecture (for x86/for Intel64).
Download the DVD image file appropriate to your needs.
Remarks
To download the file, you will need to register a subscription to Red Hat from Red Hat's customer portal.
Preparing for boot
1. Disconnect all the FC cables.
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3.4.5 Setting various modes
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