Common Procedures for OS Installation

Selecting a Installation Disk

In the Installation Disk area, do the following:

Procedure

Select the radio button of the installation disk you wish to use.

Network Settings

Network Settings allows you to enter the network configuration settings for the onboard network adapters that are detected by the operating system during installation. These settings do not affect the network settings for the CMC. We recommend that you set different IP addresses for the operating system and CMC. The network interface column lists each network adapter detected by the UCS-SCU. Your operating system may have a different name for the interface after you install the operating system.


Note

Only one of the active network should be configured, and this network interface becomes ESXi management network.

In the Network Settings area, do the following:

Procedure

Step 1

Select the IPv4 Settings or IPv6 Settings tab.

These tabs display the link status of available network interfaces and the corresponding MAC address, Link Status, IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS.

Step 2

To edit the any of the network setting value, double-click the corresponding row and column.

This activates the field for editing.

Step 3

After editing the field, press Enter.

Selecting Installation Drivers

UCS-SCU displays all available drivers downloaded from the driver source. Deselect the drivers that you do not want to install. If you want to install an operating system on a RAID volume, select the driver for the appropriate RAID controller.

In the Installation Drivers area, do the following

Procedure

Select the check box for the drivers that you want to install from the table.

Note

 

Use the arrow keys to browse the list.