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For details, see“5.8 Setup for lifespan monitoring according to RAS support service”.
-When monitoring the longevity of UPS battery: see “5.8.1 Monitoring life-span of UPS battery”
9. Watchdog Timer allows reboot OS in case that OS freezes.
Rebooting OS is executed when the set time
passes,
For details, see “8.4 Automatic Partition Restart Conditions” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Administration
Manual (C122-E175EN).
4.3.5 After Installation, Connection between SAN and internal HDD/SSD
For SAN and the internal HDD/SDD connection after the completion of installation, see PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series
SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155) .
1. Change and confirm the settings of the detailed information of the FC card.
For details, see PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155).
2. OneCommand Manager is started. The following driver parameters are set.
For the details of the set value, see San storage device manual.
- Topology
- Queue Depth
- Queue Target
- Link Speed
3. Check the registry information.
For details on the checking method, see PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Creation Manual
(C122-E155).
For details on setting value, see Manual of SAN storage device.
-TimeOutValue
4.4 Procedures to install RHEL in SAN storage device
This section describes the procedure to install RHEL in SAN storage device.
Start the installation after confirming the MMB configuration and successful to log in to the MMB. . For details on SAN
storage, FC card, Converged Network Adapter and NIC for iSCSI Boot setting, see PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN
Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155).
4.4.1 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 UEFI 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, Converged Network Adapter and NIC for iSCSI Boot.
For setting the FC card, Converged Network Adapter and NIC for iSCSI Boot, see “Chapter 2 Setting of fiber channel
card (FC card)” of PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155).
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 configuration”
- Console redirection is set
See “3.4.6 Settings of Console Redirection”
- Video redirection: Enable
- Virtual media: Enable
- Various modes are set
See “3.4.5 Various mode settings”