Table Of Contents - NEC Express5800/R320c-E4 Installation Manual

Contents
Documents Provided with This Product ................................................................................................................. 2
Notations Used in This Document ......................................................................................................................... 5
Notations used in the text.............................................................................................................................. 5
Optical disk drives ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Hard disk drives ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Removable media ......................................................................................................................................... 5
POST ........................................................................................................................................................... 6
BMC ........................................................................................................................................................... 6
Trademarks ........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Regulatory Notices ................................................................................................................................................ 8
Warnings and Additions to This Document .......................................................................................................... 10
Latest editions ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Chapter 1 Installing OS ..................................................................................................................................... 11
1. Setup Procedure ............................................................................................................................................. 12
1.1 Requirements for Setup ....................................................................................................................... 13
1.2 Preparations for Setup ......................................................................................................................... 14
1.2.1 Prepare NEC Express5800/ft series........................................................................................ 14
1.2.2 Prepare external storage device.............................................................................................. 16
1.3 Enabling internal disk........................................................................................................................... 17
1.4 Enabling FC card ................................................................................................................................. 20
1.5 Disabling OS Boot Monitoring Function ............................................................................................... 23
1.6 Setting HBA configuration by using QLogic ......................................................................................... 25
1.7 Installing VMware ESXi........................................................................................................................ 33
1.7.1 Installing VMware ESXi ........................................................................................................... 33
1.7.2 Configuring ESXi ..................................................................................................................... 36
1.7.3 Configuring the Firewall for the ESXi Host from the vSphere Client ........................................ 39
1.8 Installing ftSys Management Appliance................................................................................................ 40
1.8.1 Checking the Installation Destination Disk .............................................................................. 40
1.8.2 Installing ftSys Management Appliance................................................................................... 42
1.9 Installing ft Server Control Software..................................................................................................... 47
1.10 Installing Additional Packages ........................................................................................................... 50
1.11 Connecting and Configuring Options................................................................................................. 53
1.12 Enabling OS Boot Monitoring Function.............................................................................................. 54
1.13 Backing up System Information ......................................................................................................... 55
1.13.1 BIOS SETUP......................................................................................................................... 55
1.13.2 System information................................................................................................................ 56
1.13.3 BMC Configuration ................................................................................................................ 56
1.14 Setup Procedures upon Installing Guest OS ..................................................................................... 57
2. Procedures after Completion of Installation .................................................................................................... 58
2.1 Confirmation of the Kernel Version ...................................................................................................... 58
2.2 Confirmation of the ft Server Control Software Version........................................................................ 59
2.3 Precautions for Changing the Configuration after Setup...................................................................... 60
2.3.1 If the ESXi Host Network Configuration has been Changed ................................................... 60
2.3.2 If the IP Address of Log Server or Host Name has been Changed ......................................... 60
2.3.3 Changing the Firewall Rules on ftSys Management Appliance ............................................... 61
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