Cisco UCS C240 M5 Service Manual

For RHEL 6.x (32- and 64-bit), enter:
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linux dd blacklist=isci blacklist=ahci nodmraid noprobe=<atadrive number>
The noprobe values depend on the number of drives. For example, to install RHEL 6.5 on a RAID 5
configuration with three drives, enter:
Linux dd blacklist=isci blacklist=ahci nodmraid noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2
Note
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For RHEL 7.x (32- and 64-bit), enter:
linux dd modprobe.blacklist=ahci nodmraid
Step 9
Press Enter.
The prompt asks whether you have a driver disk.
Step 10
Use the arrow key to choose Yes, and then press Enter.
Step 11
Choose fd0 to indicate that you have a disk with the driver on it.
Step 12
Do one of the following actions:
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If you prepared the dud.img (or .iso) file on a physical thumb drive, insert the thumb drive to the target server and
then press Enter.
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If you mapped the dud.img (or .iso) file as a virtual disk, choose the location of the virtual disk.
The installer locates and loads the driver for your device. The following message appears:
Loading megasr driver...
Step 13
Follow the RHEL installation procedure to complete the installation.
Step 14
Reboot the target server.
Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Driver
For the specific supported OS versions, see the Hardware and Software Compatibility Matrix for your server
release.
This topic describes the fresh installation of the SLES driver on systems that have the embedded MegaRAID
stack.
If you use an embedded RAID controller with Linux, both the pSATA and the sSATA controller must be
set to LSI SW RAID mode.
Note
Before You Begin
Before you install this driver on an embedded controller, you must configure a RAID drive group on the
embedded controller that controls the drives where you will install the OS (pSATA and/or sSATA).
To access the configuration utility, open the BIOS Setup Utility, go to the Advanced tab, and then choose
the utility instance for the embedded controller:
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For pSATA, select LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (SATA)
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Storage Controller Considerations
Installing LSI MegaSR Drivers For Windows and Linux

Cisco UCS C240 M5 Specifications

General

Form Factor	2U Rack
Storage Controllers	Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID Controller
Management	Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC)
Processor	Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Memory	Up to 3TB DDR4
Drive Bays	Up to 12 x 3.5-inch drives