Procedure To Install Vmware On The San Storage Device; Presetting; Preparation Of Installation - Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Installation Manual

CHAPTER 4 Installation of Operating System and bundled software

4.7 Procedure to install VMware on the SAN storage device

4.7 Procedure to install VMware on the SAN storage device
This section briefly describes the procedure by which VMware is installed on the SAN storage device. Start the installation
after confirming the MMB configuration and successful to log in to the MMB.

4.7.1 Presetting

Set the following if necessary.
1. Set the LUN of the SAN storage device.
2. [PCI ROM Priority] of BIOS is set.
- For the UEFI Install
- Set [Device Manager]-[PCI Subsystem Configuration]-[PCI ROM Priority] of BIOS menu to "EFI Compatible
ROM".
- For the Legacy Install:
- Set [Device Manager]-[PCI Subsystem Configuration]-[PCI ROM Priority] of BIOS menu to "Legacy ROM".
- Set [Device Manager]-[PCI Subsystem Configuration]-[OpROM Scan Configuration] of BIOS menu to "Enable"
only for booting Device.
3. Set the BIOS to recognize LUN of the FC card,
For setting the FC card, see "Chapter 2 Setting of fiber channel card (FC card)" of PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series SAN
Boot Environment Configuration Manual .
4. Check the setting of the partition by MMB after removing the internal HDD/SSD of PRIMEQUEST.
- SB/IOU configuration is set
See "3.4.1 Setting the partition
- Console redirection is set
See "3.4.6 Settings of Console
- Video redirection: Enable
- Virtual media: Enable
- Various modes are set
See "3.4.5 Various mode
5. Connect only the LUN which installs the SAN storage device to the partition of PRIMEQUEST.
For the setting of SAN storage device, see the manual attached with the SAN storage device.
6. Allocate the I/O space in the FC card for boot path and in the SAS RAID controller card.
For details on allocation of the I/O space, see
Assignment Configuration" of PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Tool Reference (CA92344-0539).
7. Set PCI Address Mode to PCI Bus Mode by MMB Web-UI.
For details on PCI Address Mode setting, see "1.3.9 [Partition#x] Menu" of PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Tool
Reference Manual (CA92344-0539).
Remark
In case of VMware5.x, be sure to set PCI Address Mode to PCI Bus Mode.
In case of using of Vt-d function in VMware6.x, be sure to set PCI Address Mode to PCI Bus Mode.

4.7.2 Preparation of installation

Additionally, see the VMware information, at the time of preparation of the installation.
For the VMware information, contact the distributor where you purchased your product, or your sales representative.
The following preparation is done just before the installation.
1. The following disk image is prepared.
Media of VMware
2. The FC cable is made a single path (wire connection of only 1 FC cable).
Converged Network Adapter and NIC for iSCSI
configuration"
Redirection"
settings"
"3.4.5 Various mode
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settings" in this document and "3.4.4.2 I/O Space
Boot.
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