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CHAPTER 4 Installation of Operating System and bundled software
4.6 Procedure to install VMware 5.x on the SAN storage device
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4.6.1 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, see “Chapter 2 Setting of fiber channel card (FC card)” of PRIMEQUEST 1000/2000 Series
SAN Boot Environment Configuration Manual (C122-E155).
4. Prepare the server that operates ServerView Operations Manager (SVOM).
5. 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”
6. 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.
7. Allocate the I/O space in the FC card for boot path and in the SAS RAID controllerRAID card.
For details on allocation of the I/O space, see “3.4.5 Various mode settings” and “5.5.1 [Configure I/O Space
Assignment] menu” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Tool Reference (C122-E177EN).
8. Set PCI Address Mode to PCI Bus Mode by MMB Web-UI.
For details on PCI Address Mode setting, see “1.3.8 [Partition#x] Menu” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Tool
Reference Manual (C122-E177EN).
4.6.2 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 5.x
2. The FC cable is made a single path (wire connection of only 1 FC cable).
4.6.3 Installation of VMware 5.x
The operating system installation with SVIM is explained.
There are the following types for operating system installation with SVIM. For the detailed procedure of each mode, see
ServerView Suite ServerView Installation Manager.
TABLE 4.5 Operating system installation with SVIM
Mode
Functional Overview
Purpose
Quick mode
You can simply use the minimum settings necessary for
operating system installation. This mode uses Fujitsu's
recommended settings.
For easy installation.