Setting Up Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server; Before Starting Setup With Os Standard Installer; Preparation For Hardware - NEC Express5800 Series Installation Manual

Chapter 1 Installing Operating System
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Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server

This section describes how to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server.
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Before starting setup with OS standard installer

2.1.1 Preparation for hardware

The following steps are required to prepare for re-installing an OS (setup with OS standard installer):
1. If the POWER LED on CPU/IO module is on, shutdown the OS.
2. Unplug the power cord from outlet while the POWER LED is blinking.
3. Perform the preparation process for the server as shown below.
– Install CPU/IO modules 0 and 1.
– Install hard disk drives in slot 0 of CPU/IO modules 0 and 1, respectively.
– Disconnect all LAN cables.
– Disconnect the cable for tape device from the connector on SAS board.
– Disconnect the cable for device from the connector on Fibre Channel board.
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Install only one hard disk drive in the slot specified here.
Important
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If the hard disk drive is not a new one, physically format it. See Chapter 3 (3. SAS
Configuration Utility) in Maintenance Guide for physical formatting.
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