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Product insights Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX400 Easy Installation

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Product insights PRIMERGY BX400 Easy Installation

Abstract Easy Installation allows a simple and comfortable installation of operating systems on one or multiple PRIMERGY BX400 server blades. For this

purpose Easy Installation uses the DVD drive of the system and the well-proven ServerView Installation Manager on an USB stick. Compared with

the traditional procedure Easy Installation reduces the amount of parameters required for an installation to an absolute minimum, thus making

the implementation of the entire system much easier.

This document explains the straightforward installation of operating systems on PRIMERGY BX400 server blades by using Easy Installation.

Necessary requirements are listed and the installation on a single or on multiple server blades is described step by step.

Contact Name: Maximilian Brandtner

Department: FTS TSP DCS PMKT 1 Phone: +49 (0) 821 804-3774 E-Mail: [email protected]

Contents Easy Installation requirements 2

Installation setup 2 ServerView Installation Manager USB stick creation 2 Installation of the Operating System - Preparations 3 Page: "OS Installation" 3 Input: Installation Targets 3 Input: OS Selection 4 Input: OS Installation Options 4 Display: Installation Progress History 4 Additional Buttons and Displays 4 Installation of Operating System - START 5 Button: Start Installation 5 How the target storage device is selected by ServerView Installation Manager 5 Abort installation 5 Link collection 5


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Easy Installation requirements

Installation setup

A local or remote console with Management Blade (MMB) web user interface is activated.

The operating system installation media is inserted into the DVD drive of the system unit's front side I/O

module.

A bootable USB stick containing the ServerView Installation Manager is connected to an USB port at the

system unit's front side I/O module.

ServerView Installation Manager USB stick creation

ServerView Installation Manager is part of the ServerView Suite which is delivered with each new PRIMERGY

server. The ServerView Suite DVD 1 contains at its root folder the script "MkUSB.bat" which provides the

needed functionality. It prepares the boot block, formats the partition and copies the required data from the

DVD to the stick. For more detailed information refer to the "ServerView Installation Manager User Guide"

(see link collection at the end of this document).

For the system on which the USB stick is to be prepared at minimum Windows Vista/Windows 7 or

Windows Server 2008 as operating system platform is required.

The USB stick must be bootable, and the amount of data to be copied requires at least 8 GB free space on

the stick.

The duration of the copy process varies depending on the DVD read speed and most of all results from the

write performance of the USB stick. Increasing in speed is possible by copying the ServerView Suite DVD 1

to hard disk beforehand. Using USB 2.0 devices (stick & port) is recommended.

Please make sure to use a high performance USB stick to avoid long processing times.

Execute "MkUSB.bat", select the USB preparation method you are asked for by entering "1", and enter the

device ID (logical disk number) of the USB stick. In the "Volume" list its "Type" is "Removable", and you can

identify its device ID in the "Disk" list with the help of its storage capacity ("Size") which is displayed in

both lists.

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Installation of the Operating System - Preparations

Page: "OS Installation"

The "OS Installation" page (OS = operating system) mostly comprises the following blocks:

Installation Targets (one, several or all server blades)

Note: Any existing data on the disk(s) of the target server blade(s) are deleted during installation.

OS Selection (Windows or Linux operating system versions)

OS Installation Options (depending on the selected "OS Type")

Install Progress History (displaying the installation messages list and allowing to export the history)

Figure 1: "OS Installation" page

Input: Installation Targets

All Server Blades:

Activate this option if you want to install the selected operating system on all available server blades.

Blade bay allocation drawing (bays 1 to 8):

Here the allocation of all blade bays of the system unit is displayed as symbolic front view. Server blades are displayed in black color. Server

blades (being not strictly excluded from front side I/O module (DVD and USB) access) contain a check box each. Activate the server blades

you want to install the selected operating system to, or deactivate several server blades.

Note: To install the operating system on server blades, the MMB user permission "Configure System Settings" is required and the target

server blades must not be powered on.

Installation Progress:

During installation here the installation progress for each server blade is shown as colored and raising line chart:

- Grey line: Installation in progress.

- Green line: Successful installation.

- Red line: Installation failed.

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Input: OS Selection

The list of operating systems offered for Easy Installation can be updated by using the "Installation Base Update" page (next node in the

navigation tree).

OS Type: Select the operating system to be installed on the selected server blade(s).

OS Version/Distribution: Select the version or distribution of the selected operating system.

OS Edition: Select the edition of the selected operating system version or operating system distribution.

Note: Operating systems which are not offered in this list but supported for specific server blades according to the released operating systems

file (see link collection at the end of this document) can be installed using ServerView Installation Manager directly: either directly

booted at these specific server blades or remotely via the central management station (CMS)

Input: OS Installation Options

Windows

- Administrator Password:

Set the password for the Windows standard operating system administrator "Administrator".

This login setting is installed with the operating system on the selected server blades(s). Use 1 - 14 characters*.

- Confirm Password:

Re-enter the password.

- Non-OEM Product-ID (for non Fujitsu-OEM/ROK operating systems installation media):

Enter the Product-ID (license key) for the Windows operating system to be installed.

Linux

- Root Password:

Set the password for the Linux standard operating system administrator "root".

This login setting is installed with the operating system on the selected server blades(s) for the user "root". Use 1 - 14 characters*.

- Confirm Password:

Re-enter the password.

- RH5 Installation Number (for operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 only):

Enter the Installation Number for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

* Please ensure to use secure passwords corresponding to the requirements of the installed operating system.

Display: Installation Progress History

Here all installation messages are listed. The list can be scrolled (and can be deleted by the "Clear Progress" button).

Note: If the message "Installation failed" is displayed, a log file is copied to the USB stick, folder "\Logfiles".

Please inspect the log file to determine the failure.

Additional Buttons and Displays

On Errors Abort Installation:

Enables/disables the abortion of an installation sequence when an installation on a server blade failed. In the default setting (disabled) the

installation on the next server blade starts despite the current installation failed.

Installation Status:

Here the messages of the current installation step are displayed, prefixed by the blade bay number of the current server blade.

Export Progress:

After an installation (sequence) has been completed, this button allows exporting the "Installation Progress History" to a browser-local file.

The folder for the file can be selected; default file name is "Install.txt".

Clear Progress:

This button deletes the "Installation Progress History" and the line charts for the graphical visualization above the "Installation Progress" bar.

Apply:

Saves the current settings for later use. These settings are active when the "OS Installation" page is entered later again.

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Published by department FTS TSP DCS PMKT 1 Maximilian Brandtner Phone:+49 (0) 821 804-3774 Fax: +49 (0) 821 804-83774 [email protected] ts.fujitsu.com 19 Nov 2010

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Installation of Operating System - START

Button: Start Installation

Click on this button starts the installation. The current settings are not saved for later use. During installation at first the target server blade is

assigned to the front I/O module (DVD and USB) and ServerView Installation Manager is booted. After the disk detection and configuration the

operating system and ServerView Agents are installed. In an installation sequence one server blade is processed after the other, starting with

the server blade in the most left bay (with the lowest bay number).

The installed blades will be named in accordance with the following name scheme:

"Blade--".

The MMB's regional settings (time zone and language) will be applied to the installed operating system.

How the target storage device is selected by ServerView Installation Manager

The RAID configuration is controlled by the onboard RAID controller and configured by the ServerView RAID Manager as part of the ServerView

Installation Manager installation session.

1. Existing RAID arrays are preferably used. The first logical disk detected at any RAID controller will be used as preferred installation target.

Usually the sequence of RAID controllers is: server blade internal controllers external (storage blade) controllers.

2. If no logical RAID disk was detected, the IDE/SCSI/SAS drive group will be scanned. If there is at least one logical disk in this device class, the

first of the list is used as new target device.

3. If there is no IDE/SCSI/SAS disk, all non configured RAID controllers are discovered. The first controller in the list with disks attached will be

configured as target installation device.

Note: In every case any existing data on the target disk(s) are deleted during the deployment process.

Abort installation

Abort Installation:

This button invokes a confirmation message "Do you really want to abort the current installation (sequence)?" and activates the "Confirm

Abort" and "Cancel" buttons.

Confirm Abort:

This button aborts the current installation (sequence). The operating system installation of server blades which have already booted to

finalize their operating system installation can no longer be aborted.

Cancel:

This button cancels the request for abortion. The current installation (sequence) will not be interrupted.

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Link collection PRIMERGY BX400 Blade Server

PRIMERGY ServerView Suite

ServerView Installation Manager User Guide

PRIMERGY released operating systems (Current systems)

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