Inspur OS Bedienungsanleitung

Inspur Server

OS Installation Guide

Document Version: V2.3

Release Date: January 19, 2022

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DO NOT alter any parameters in the BIOS of this server at any time, except for the

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particular specifications and cannot be mixed with the components of other server

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provider first. The software provider and we can work together to solve your

problems. We strongly recommend you to do so when you encounter installation

or operation problems of databases, network management software or other

network products.

Please read over the

Rack Server Installation Guide

before installing the server into

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and operations as Inspur is committed to improving product features and

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Foreword

Abstract

This guide helps users to gain a good understanding of installation, application and

cautions of the Inspur server OS.

Target Audience

The guide is intended for:

•Technical support engineers

•Product maintenance engineers

It is recommended that server installation, configuration, and maintenance is

performed by experienced technicians only.

Symbol Conventions

The symbols that may be found in this document are defined as follows.

Symbol Description

A potential for serious injury, or even death if not properly

handled

A potential for minor or moderate injury if not properly

handled

A potential loss of data or damage to equipment if not

properly handled

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to ensure successful installation or configuration

Supplementary description of manual information

Revision History

Version Date Description of Changes

V1.0 2021/03/24 Initial release

V2.0 2021/04/30 Added the content related to Whitley platform

V2.1 2021/06/30 Updated the symbols and optimized the

document format

V2.2 2021/10/08



Added the VMware installation method

Added notes about the CentOS

installation method

V2.3 2022/01/19

Added notes about the RAID array

configuration of different RAID controller

cards

Table of Contents

1Installation Introduction ............................................................................. 1

1.1 How to Install an Operating System (OS) ........................................................ 1

1.2 How to Log in to the Server ............................................................................. 1

2Installation Process .................................................................................... 2

3Selecting an Installation Method ................................................................3

3.1 Identifying the Compatible OS Versions .......................................................... 3

4Installing an OS via BMC (for Purley Platform).............................................6

4.1 Preparing the Installation Image..................................................................... 6

4.2 Logging in to the BMC Web GUI ....................................................................... 6

4.3 Configuring the RAID Arrays (Legacy Mode).................................................. 10

4.3.1 Logging in to the Config Utility Screen................................................ 10

4.3.2 Creating a RAID Array (RAID 1 for example)........................................ 14

4.4 Loading the OS Image................................................................................... 18

4.5 Selecting the BIOS Boot Device...................................................................... 19

4.6 Installing the OS (Windows Server 2016)....................................................... 20

4.7 Installing the OS (VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 1) ............................................... 29

5Installing an OS via BMC (for Whitley/Cedar Island Platform).................... 50

5.1 Preparing the Installation Image................................................................... 50

5.2 Logging in to the BMC Web GUI ..................................................................... 50

5.3 Configuring the RAID Arrays (UEFI Mode)...................................................... 54

5.3.1 Logging in to the Configuration Screen .............................................. 55

5.3.2 Creating a RAID Array (RAID 5 for example)........................................ 60

5.4 Setting the BIOS Time and Boot Device ......................................................... 65

5.5 Loading the OS Image................................................................................... 67

5.6 Selecting the BIOS Boot Device...................................................................... 71

5.7 Installing the OS (RHEL 8.3) ........................................................................... 72

5.8 Installing the OS (VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3) ............................................... 84

6Installing an OS via a USB Flash Drive/CD-ROM (for Purley Platform)...... 102

6.1 Preparing the Installation Image................................................................. 102

6.2 Configuring the RAID Arrays (UEFI Mode).................................................... 102

6.2.1 Logging in to the Configuration Screen ............................................ 102

6.2.2 Creating a RAID Array (RAID 5 for example)...................................... 105

6.3 Selecting the BIOS Boot Device.................................................................... 109

6.4 Installing the OS (RHEL 7.4) ......................................................................... 110

6.5 Installing the OS (VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 1) ............................................. 122

7Installing an OS via a USB Flash Drive/CD-ROM (for Whitley/Cedar Island

Platform) ...................................................................................................... 143

7.1 Preparing the Installation Image................................................................. 143

7.2 Configuring the RAID Arrays (UEFI Mode) .................................................... 143

7.2.1 Logging in to the Configuration Screen ............................................ 143

7.2.2 Creating a RAID Array (RAID 1 for example)...................................... 147

7.3 Setting the BIOS Time and Boot Device ....................................................... 155

7.4 Selecting the BIOS Boot Device.................................................................... 157

7.5 Installing the OS (Windows Server 2019)..................................................... 158

7.6 Installing the OS (SLES 15 SP2) .................................................................... 166

7.7 Installing the OS (VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3) ............................................. 180

8Installing/Updating the Drivers and Firmware........................................ 200

8.1 Preparations ............................................................................................... 200

8.2 Checking the Driver and Firmware Versions ................................................ 201

8.2.1 Checking the Driver Versions on Windows........................................ 201

8.2.2 Checking the Driver and Firmware Versions on Linux ....................... 202

8.3 Installing/Updating the Driver .................................................................... 203

8.3.1 Installing/ Updating the Driver on Windows .................................... 203

8.3.2 Installing/Updating the Driver on Linux ........................................... 207

8.4 Updating the Firmware ............................................................................... 207

9Common Operations .............................................................................. 208

9.1 Transferring Files by Mounting a Local Folder via BMC ............................... 208

9.2 Transferring Files via WinSCP ...................................................................... 211

9.3 Configuring the JRE Environment ................................................................ 212

9.4 Mounting a CD Image via BMC H5Viewer .................................................... 216

10 OS Fault Location ................................................................................... 218

10.1 Configuring the Memory Dump Tools.......................................................... 218

10.1.1 Related Concepts.............................................................................. 218

10.1.2 Configuring Kdump on RHEL ............................................................ 219

10.1.3 Configuring Kdump on SLES ............................................................. 229

10.1.4 Configuring Kdump on Ubuntu......................................................... 232

10.1.5 Configuring the Memory Dump Service on Windows ........................ 237

10.1.6 Configuring the Memory Dump Service on VMware ESXi .................. 245

10.2 Configuring the Serial Port Redirection ....................................................... 247

10.2.1 Configuring the Serial Port Output on Linux ..................................... 250

10.2.2 Configuring the Serial Port Output on Windows ............................... 253

10.2.3 Verifying the Serial Port Configuration ............................................. 254

10.3 Configuring the NMI .................................................................................... 255

10.4 Configuring the Linux Magic SysRq Key....................................................... 256

10.5 Changing the Linux System Log Levels........................................................ 257

10.6 Disabling the Screen Saver ......................................................................... 258

10.7 Deploying and Verifying the Fault Locating Tools on Linux......................... 259

10.8 Troubleshooting.......................................................................................... 259

10.8.1 An Unknown Error Reported during the RHEL 7.4 OS Installation ..... 259

10.8.2 An Error Reported during the Windows Server 2016 OS Installation. 261

10.8.3 Error “COMRESET failed” Reported during the RHEL 7.4 OS Installation

.........................................................................................................262

10.8.4 Entering the Dracut CLI during the RHEL 7 OS Installation ................ 262

11 How to Obtain Help ................................................................................ 264

11.1 Preparations before Contacting Inspur ....................................................... 264

11.2 How to Obtain Help..................................................................................... 264

Appendix Acronyms and Abbreviations ........................................................ 265

1Installation Introduction

1.1 How to Install an Operating System (OS)

An OS can be installed via BMC or a USB flash drive/CD-ROM.

1.2 How to Log in to the Server

You can log in to the server using a PC or KVM.

When remotely logging in to the BMC Web GUI of the server on a PC, you

can mount the ISO image in the physical drive of the PC or the system CD-

ROM in the physical CD-ROM drive through the virtual console. See 4.2

Logging in to the BMC Web GUI for details.

When logging in to the server through a local KVM (Keyboard, Video, and

Mouse), you can install the OS using an external CD-ROM or a USB flash

drive.

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