Configuring The Server And Installing An Operating System; Configuring The Server And Installing An Os With Intelligent Provisioning; Server Support And Special Characters; Source Media Types And Installation Methods Supported For Each Os - Hitachi HA800 Series User Manual

Configuring the server and installing an
operating system
Follow the instructions to configure the hardware and install an OS on your server.
Configuring the server and installing an OS with Intelligent
Provisioning
Follow the onscreen prompts in the Intelligent Provisioning Express OS Install menu to complete the
following tasks:
Procedure

1. Selecting hardware settings

2. Selecting the OS
3. Reviewing your settings

Server support and special characters

You can only use special characters in passwords. Do not use special characters in any other data
fields. Special characters, punctuation, and spaces are not supported in any pathname.

Source media types and installation methods supported for each OS

Each Express OS Install screen provides a guided method for configuring the server, installing an OS,
and updating the system software.
IMPORTANT: Intelligent Provisioning only supports original, licensed vendor media. Demo or
developer versions of the OS, or media that has been modified to slipstream custom software or
service packs, are not supported and might not be correctly identified by the installation process.
For more information about source media and installation methods supported by each OS, see the
Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes.
Selecting hardware settings
Procedure
1. Select Express OS Install on the Intelligent Provisioning home screen.
The Operating System Installation screen appears.
2. Select a RAID Configuration option.

Configuring the server and installing an operating system

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