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Overview ······································································································· 1
OS installation methods ····································································································································· 1
Applicable products ············································································································································ 1
Installation workflow ······················································································· 1
Verifying OS compatibility ·············································································· 1
Installing an OS through the BIOS ································································· 1
Preparing for installation ···································································································································· 1
Preparing an OS image ······························································································································ 1
Obtaining a storage controller driver ·········································································································· 1
Logging in to the server ······························································································································ 1
Connecting the OS image ·························································································································· 3
Configuring RAID ······································································································································· 7
Setting the BIOS boot mode ······················································································································ 7
Selecting the boot media ···························································································································· 8
Installing the OS ················································································································································· 9
Installing a Windows OS ·························································································································· 10
Installing a Red Hat/CentOS 6.x OS ········································································································ 17
Installing a Red Hat 7.x, Red Hat 8.x, CentOS 7.x, or CentOS 8.x OS ··················································· 28
Installing an SUSE OS ····························································································································· 36
Installing a VMware ESXi OS ··················································································································· 47
Installing a Citrix OS ································································································································· 56
Installing a Ubuntu OS ····························································································································· 66
Installing an Oracle Linux 8.2 OS ············································································································· 75
Installing a CAS OS ································································································································· 80
Installing an OS and drivers through FIST ····················································· 1
Preparing for installation ···································································································································· 1
Setting up the FIST environment ··············································································································· 1
Preparing an OS image ······························································································································ 1
Preparing a REPO file ································································································································ 1
Signing in to FIST ······································································································································· 2
Installing the OS ················································································································································· 2
Add servers to FIST ··································································································································· 2
Upload an OS image ·································································································································· 3
Upload a REPO file ···································································································································· 5
Add a server template ································································································································ 6
Apply a server template for OS installation ······························································································ 11
Installing an OS and drivers through iFIST ···················································· 1
Preparing for installation ···································································································································· 1
Supported operating systems ···················································································································· 1
Preparing an OS image ······························································································································ 1
Preparing a REPO file ································································································································ 1
Signing in to iFIST ······································································································································ 1
Mounting an OS image and REPO file······································································································· 1
Installing the OS ················································································································································· 2
Restrictions and guidelines ························································································································ 2
Procedure ··················································································································································· 3
Installing drivers on H3C servers ··································································· 1
Installing a Windows driver ································································································································ 1
Installing a Linux driver ······································································································································ 4
Installing a storage controller driver by using a .deb file (for Ubuntu OSs) ················································ 4
Installing a storage controller driver by using an .rpm file (for RedHat OSs) ············································· 5
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