Huawei AR1200 Series - Operating Systems Supported by SAE Cards; Installing the Operating System Using a USB Storage Device

5.1 Operating Systems Supported by SAE Cards
This section describes the operating systems supported by SAE cards.
SAE cards support the following operating systems:
l Windows Server 2008 R1 32bit
l Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit
l Windows Xp 32bit
l Windows 7 32bit
l Windows Vista Enterprise SP1
l Red Hat Enterprise 6.1
l SUSE Enterprise 11 SP1
l Fedora core 15
l Ubuntu 12.04
l VMware ESXi 5.0
NOTE
You can use operating systems of the offered version or later version.
5.2 Installing the Operating System Using a USB Storage
Device
This section describes how to set the boot priority in the BIOS system and install the operating
system using a USB storage device.
Context
A USB storage device can be a flash drive, a disk drive, or a mobile hard disk that supports USB
ports and stores the operating system installation program.
Procedure
Step 1 Connect a USB mouse, keyboard, and storage device to a USB port on the SAE board, and
connect a monitor to the VGA interface through a VGA cable.
NOTE
The SAE board provides two USB2.0 ports. You can use a USB hub to obtain more USB ports.
Step 2 Power on the SAE board. Press DEL or F2 to enter the BIOS menu when the message "Press
<DEL> or <F2> to enter setup" is displayed.
Step 3 Press the arrow keys to choose the Boot menu, as shown in Figure 5-1.
Huawei AR1200&2200&3200 Series Enterprise Routers
SAE Card Usage Guide 5 Installing the Operating System on the SAE Board
Issue 02 (2012-08-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential
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