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Table of Contents Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25 & Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1
Test Overview..........................................................................................................1
Basic Installation Testing.........................................................................................1
Pass/Fail Test Criteria .............................................................................................3
2. MFS5000SI / MFSYS25 Base System Configurations .......................................................4
3. Supported Operating Systems & Software........................................................................5
Operating System Certifications ..............................................................................7
4. I/O Expansion Cards & Peripherals....................................................................................8
Ethernet Expansion Card.........................................................................................9
Monitors...................................................................................................................9
USB Devices..........................................................................................................10
Ethernet Switch Modules.......................................................................................12
Storage Controller Modules...................................................................................12
Monitors.................................................................................................................12
External Tape Drives .............................................................................................13
Laptops for Remote KVM/Media............................................................................13
External Storage....................................................................................................13
5. Hard Disk Drives.................................................................................................................15
6. Installation Guidelines.......................................................................................................17
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1. Introduction
This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25 and
Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI with a guide to the different operating systems, expansion
cards, and peripherals Intel plans to test on this platform.
This document will continue to be updated as new expansion cards, peripherals, and operating
systems are tested or until the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25 and Intel® Compute
Module MFS5000SI are no longer in production. Each new release of the document will present
updated information as well as continue to provide the information from previous releases.
Intel will only provide support for those expansion cards and peripherals under the specified
system configuration (System BIOS and Firmware revisions) and operating systems versions
with which they were tested.
1.1 Test Overview
Testing performed on the Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25 and Intel® Compute Module
MFS5000SI is classified under two separate categories: Basic Installation Testing, and
Expansion Card/ Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing.
1.1.1
Basic Installation Testing
Basic installation testing is performed with each supported operating system. Basic installation
testing validates that the server board can install the operating system and that the base
hardware feature set is functional. A small set of peripherals is used for installation purposes
only. No expansion cards are tested. Testing includes network connectivity and running of
proprietary and industry standard test suites.
The latest version of an operating system signifies the latest supported version
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at the time of the actual test run. Each new release of this document may have
a newly supported release of a given operating system. Previous releases of a
supported operating system may not be tested beyond the basic installation
test process.
1.1.1.1
Support Commitment for Basic Installation Testing
Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that
receive only basic installation testing:
•
Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each of the server board’s
integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available upon
request. Vendors will not be required by Intel to develop drivers for operating systems
that they do not already support. This may limit the functionality of certain server board
integrated controllers.
•
Intel will support customer issues that involve installation and/or functionality of
operating system with the server board’s integrated controllers only if a driver has been
made available.
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•
Intel will NOT provide support for issues related to use of any 3rd part expansion cards or
peripherals installed in the server system when an operating system that received basic
installation testing only is in use.
Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer
acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution
may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes, engaging the
vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer
acceptable workaround for the issue.
1.1.2
I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing
I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing is performed only on the most
current release of a supported operating system at the time of a given validation run. The I/O
Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing process consists of three areas:
Base Platform, I/O Expansion Card Compatibility, and Stress.
Base Platform: Each base platform will successfully install a given operating system,
successfully run a disk stress test, and successfully run a network stress test.
I/O Expansion Card Compatibility: I/O Expansion Card compatibility validation (CV) testing
uses test suites to gain an accurate view of how the server performs with available expansion
card under the primary supported operating systems. These tests are designed to show
hardware compatibility between the cards and the server platform and include functional testing
only. No heavy stressing of the systems or the cards is performed for CV testing.
Stress Testing: This test sequence uses configurations that include expansion cards in all
available slots, for a minimum 72-hour test run without injecting errors. Each configuration
passes an installation test, a Network/Disk Stress test, and tape backup test. Any fatal errors
that occur will require a complete test restart.
1.1.2.1
Support Commitment for I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and
Stress Testing
Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that
receive I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing:
Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that
receive I/O Expansion Card / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing:
•
•
Intel will provide support for customer issues with these operating systems involving
installation and/or functionality of the server board with or without the I/O Expansion
Card and peripherals listed in this document as having been tested under the particular
operating system.
Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer
acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution
may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes, engaging the
vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer
acceptable workaround for the issue.
•
Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each onboard video, network, and
storage controller.
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•
Intel will enable vendors to provide driver support for I/O Expansion Cards using these
operating systems.
Intel will go through some of the steps to achieve certification to ensure its customers do
not run across any problems, but the actual certification is the responsibility of the
individual customer.
For operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals not listed in this
document, there is no support commitment. Intel will consider support requests
on a case-by-case basis.
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1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria
For each operating system, I/O Expansion card, and peripheral configuration, a test passes if
specific criteria are met. Specific configurations may have had particular characteristics that
were addressed on a case-by-case basis. In general, a configuration passes testing if the
following conditions are met:
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The operating system installed without error.
-
-
-
-
Manufacturer’s installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods (BKMs) were
used for the operating system installation.
In some cases rKVM BKMs used involve workarounds and were required during the
operating system installation.
The server system behaved as expected during and after the operating system
installation.
Application software installed and executed normally.
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Hardware compatibility tests ran to completion without error.
Test software suites executed successfully
-
-
Test and data files were created in the correct directories without error.
Files copied from client to server and back compare to the original with zero errors
reported.
-
-
Clients remain connected to the server system.
Industry standard test suites run to completion with zero errors reported.
All Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI testing was performed using the Intel® Server Modular
System MFSYS25.
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2. MFS5000SI / MFSYS25 Base System
Configurations
The following table lists the base system configurations tested. Base system configurations will
change as new revisions of the Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI or the Intel® Modular
Server System MFSYS25 are released and/or new system software stacks are cut onto the
boards in the factory. Each base system configuration is assigned an identifier number that is
referenced in the tables throughout this document. New base system configurations are added
with each new release of this document.
Intel will only provide support for I/O expansion cards and peripherals under the
specified base system configuration and operating systems versions with which
they were tested.
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Base
Unified
System
Config
Identifier
#
GUI
Rev
BIOS
Rev
Switch
Rev
PBA/TA
Number
Firmware
Update
Rev
BMC FW
Rev
Type
SCM Rev
Notes
MFS500SI
MFSYS25
D70726-402
D91400-003
32
1.25.1
1
P2.0.5
8633
1.0.0.25
2.91.140.11
2
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3. Supported Operating Systems & Software
The following table provides a list of the operating systems and software applications that Intel
plans to test with the Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI. Each of the listed operating systems
was tested for compatibility with base system configuration listed in Section 2 of this document.
Operating systems are supported only with the specified base system configuration(s) with
which they were tested.
The following table also indicates whether each operating system received Basic Installation
Testing, or Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing. For information on the
support commitments for Basic Installation Testing vs. Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and
Stress Testing, please reference Section 1 of this document.
Any variations to the standard operating system installation process are documented in the
Installation Guidelines section of this document. If there are no installation guidelines noted in
the following table, then the operating system installed as expected using manufacturer’s
installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.
Operating systems supported by Intel® Server Management software may be
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different than the operating systems supported by the Compute Module
MFS5000SI. Please reference the Readme and User Guide documents that
are included as part of each Intel Server Management distributions for
operating systems that are supported by that release.
Operating System
Type of Testing
Notes
Intel’s testing was completed with Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 SP2, 32-
bit. Although not specifically tested on this
product, the MFS5000SI compute module also
supports Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2,
32-bit.
Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise
(32-bit), R2 SP2
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility & Stress
Intel’s testing was completed with Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 SP2, 64-
bit. Although not specifically tested on this
product, the MFS5000SI compute module also
supports Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2,
64-bit.
Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise
(64-bit), R2 SP2
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility & Stress
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0
(64-bit)
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility & Stress
Configuration 1 - Basic
Installation, Compatibiltiy
Only
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
(32-bit), SP1
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
(64-bit), SP1
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility & Stress
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0
(32-bit)
Configuration 1 Basic
Installation
Compatibility and Stress planned for 90 days
post launch
Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise
(32-bit)
Compatibility and Stress planned for 90 days
post launch
None
None
Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise
(64-bit)
Compatibility and Stress planned for 90 days
post launch
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Client Web Browsers (for CMM
interface)
Type of Testing
Notes
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility
Client Java Engines (for CMM
interface and remote KVM)
Type of Testing
Notes
Notes
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility
Sun Java Plugin 6.3
Client OS
Type of Testing
Microsoft Windows* XP
Professional, SP2
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility
Microsoft Vista* Business (32-bit )
Redhat WS 4.0 or 5.0 (32-bit)
Configuration 1 -
Compatibility
Novell SuSe Linux Desktop 10.1 (32- Configuration 1 -
bit) Compatibility
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3.1 Operating System Certifications
Listed below are the operating systems that Intel plans to certify with the Intel® Compute
Module MFS5000SI. However, the customer is responsible for their own certification from the
individual operating system vendors. In many cases, the customer may leverage their operating
system certifications from Intel’s testing. See the “Comments” section next to each operating
system in the table below for additional information. Intel’s certifications, pre-certification, and
operating system testing may help reduce some of the risk in achieving customer certifications
with the operating system vendors.
Operating System
Certification Listing
Comments
Intel® Modular Server
System MFSYS25/
MFS5000SI
Microsoft Windows*
2003 Enterprise Server
(32 & 64-bit )
Certification available at launch. OEM must request
certification by Microsoft for their specific product.
SID# 1270300
Intel® Modular Server
System MFSYS25/
MFS5000SI
Certification available at launch.
Red Hat checks Intel’s results, certifies (if appropriate),
and posts the certificate on their web site.
Red Hat* Enterprise
Linux Adavanced
Server 5.0 (32 & 64-bit)
SID# 385741
Customer can leverage the Intel certification, if customer
product meets the operating system vendor standard.
TBD
TBD
Certification targeted for 90 days post launch.
Microsoft Windows*
2008 Enterprise (32-bit)
OEM must request certification by Microsoft for their
specific product.
Certification targeted for 90 days post launch.
Microsoft Windows*
2008 Enterprise (64-bit)
OEM must request certification by Microsoft for their
specific product.
Intel® Compute Module
MFS5000SI
YES Certification Bulletins can be located on Novell’s
website.
SuSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10 (32 & 64-bit),
SP1
YES Certification
Bulletin 95560
Virtualization
Software
Certification Listing
Comments
This recipe is planned to be available by the end of Q1’08
only through the ESAA program. Please visit
http://www.esaa-members.com to sign up
VMware ESX Server 3
TBD
This recipe is planned to be available by the end of Q1’08
only through the ESAA program. Please visit
http://www.esaa-members.com to sign up
Xen for Redhat Linux
AS 5.0
TBD
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4. I/O Expansion Cards & Peripherals
I/O Expansion card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing will only be performed with
the latest version of an operating system at the time the validation testing occurred. The
following table shows the operating system and base system configurations used to validate
each device. The expansion cards and peripherals are divided into categories based on their
functionality. All integrated on-board devices are tested by default and are therefore not
included in the following tables.
Note that not all expansion cards or peripherals were tested under all operating systems. The
following notation is used in the tested adapters and peripherals table below to indicate the
support level that Intel provides for a particular adapter under a particular operating system:
This expansion card or peripheral has been tested and is supported under the specific
Number (i.e. 1)
configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of this
document.
This expansion card or peripheral has been tested, but is NOT supported under the
Number in brackets (i.e. [1]) specific configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2
of this document.
This expansion card or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system
and is not supported under this operating system.
NT
This expansion card or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system
ND
due to limitations in IHV driver availability, and is not suported under this operating
system.
This expansion card/peripheral is supported, but not tested. This expansion
card/peripheral model has not been tested with this server board, but Intel will support
it based on successful testing of a similar expansion card/peripheral from the same
family. Intel has high confidence that this expansion card/peripheral will function
correctly with the server board. This expansion card/peripheral uses the same
firmware and drivers, and has a nearly identical system interface to another
expansion card/peripheral of the same family that has been successfully tested with
this server board. In addition, Intel has secured IHV commitment to support the
similar expansion card/peripheral equally. Customers should always test expansion
card/peripheral as part of the final system configuration prior to deployment. All
installation guidelines for the tested expansion card/peripheral also apply to the
similar device.
SD (Similar Device)
Any variations to the standard adapter installation process or to expected adapter functionality
are documented in the Installation Guidelines section of this document. If there are installation
guidelines affecting a particular expansion card/peripheral and operating system combination,
these are referenced in the following table. If there are no installation guidelines noted in the
following table, then the expansion card/peripheral installed and functioned as expected using
manufacturer’s installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.
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Table 4-1 Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Supported Items
Manufacturer
Model Name
Model Number
Interface
Comments
4.1
Ethernet Expansion Card
1
1
1
1
1
1
Intel® Modular
Server
Accessory --
Dual GbE I/O
Expansion
MezzCard
Proprietary
PCI - E
Intel
AXXGBIOMEZB
4.2
Monitors
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
19" LCD
VX1935WM
VX1935WM -
VGA only
Viewsonic
Viewsonic
Viewsonic
VGA
VGA
VGA
17" LCD VAA
702
VAA 702- VGA
only
19" HD
Widescreen
VX1945wm
19" Wide
VA1912w
Multimedia
LCD Display
Monitor
17" Multimedia VP702b
Digital DVI
LCD
17" LCD
Display
Monitor
Viewsonic
Viewsonic
VGA
VGA
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Viewsonic
VA703b
VGA
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Manufacturer
Model Name
Model Number
Interface
Comments
4.3
USB Devices
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
USB
F5U021v 4 port
hub
Belkin
USB Hub
USB Hub
USB
CP
CP-UH-315 4 port
hub
Technologies
Natural
Ergonomic
USB
Keyboard
Microsoft
4000 V1.0
USB
USB
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ergoboard Pro
Keyboard
Belkin
F8E887-BLK
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Belkin
USB Mouse
F8E814-BLK-OPT USB
P/N: 931145-0403 USB
Optical USB
mouse
Logitech
Logitech
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Optical USB
Mouse
M-BJ58
USB
MiniWheel*
Mouse
Logitech
TEAC
M-UB48
USB
USB
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
USB Floppy
USB Floppy
FD-05-PUB
UF0002
USB
USB
NEC
USB Storage
Drive
80GB Silver
Portable
IOMega
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Manufacturer
Model Name
Model Number
Interface
Comments
1
1
1
1
1
1
Lexar
USB Keyfob
USB Keyfob
USB Keyfob
USB Keyfob
USB Jumpdrive
1GB
USB
USB
SD
1
SD
1
SD
1
SD
1
SD
1
SD
1
Lexar
USB Jumpdrive
2GB
SanDisk
SanDisk
IOMega
Liteon
USB Cruzer Micro USB
1GB
1
1
1
1
1
1
USB Cruzer mini
2GB
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
1
1
1
1
1
1
USB Optical
Drive
DVD R/W (Super
16xU2)
1
1
1
1
1
1
USB Optical
Drive
SHM-165P6SX
SOSW-1673SU
DRX-830UL-G
1
1
1
1
1
1
Liteon
USB Optical
Drive
1
1
1
1
1
1
Sony
USB Optical
Drive
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Table 4-2 Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25 Supported Peripherals
Manufacturer
Model Name
Model Number
Interface
Comments
4.4
Ethernet Switch Modules
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Intel® Gigabit
Ethernet Switch
Gbit
Ethernet
Intel
AXXSW1GBS
4.5
Storage Controller Modules
Intel® Storage
Controller
Module
Intel
AXXSCM3SS
SAS
4.6
Monitors
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
19" LCD
VX1935WM
VX1935WM -
VGA only
Viewsonic
Viewsonic
Viewsonic
VGA
VGA
VGA
17" LCD VAA
702
VAA 702- VGA
only
19" HD
Widescreen
VX1945wm
19" Wide
VA1912w
Viewsonic
Viewsonic
Multimedia LCD
Display Monitor
17" Multimedia
Digital DVI LCD
VGA
VGA
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
VP702b
Viewsonic
17" LCD Display VA703b
Monitor
VGA
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Manufacturer
Model Name
Model Number
Interface
Comments
4.7
External Tape Drives
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Quantum LTO-3
HH
Quantum
IBM
LTO-3 HH SAS
LTO Drive
4.8
4.9
Laptops for Remote KVM/Media
Must have
Ethernet and
CD/DVD drive
IBM Thinkpad
T42
Ethernet
External Storage
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Promise
Intel
VTrak E310s
E310s
SAS
NAS
Intel® Storage
Server
SSR212MC2
SSR212MC2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Intel® Storage
Server
Intel
GbE
SSR212PP
SSR212PP
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5. Hard Disk Drives
The hard drives listed in the following table have been tested with the Intel® Modular Server
System MFSYS25 by Intel in its validation labs and/or by individual drive vendors. The following
operating system identifiers are used in the table to specify which OS each drive was tested
under.
Identifier number
Operating System
1
2
3
4
5
6
Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise (32-bit), R2 SP2
Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise (64-bit), R2 SP2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 (64-bit)
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit), SP1
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64-bit), SP1
Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise (64-bit)
Note that not all hard drives were tested under all operating systems. The following notation is
used in the tested hard drives table below to indicate the support level that Intel provides for a
particular hard drive with a particular operating system:
This hard drive has been tested and is supported under the operating system
Number (i.e. 1)
identified by the operating system identification number.
This hard drive has been tested, but is NOT supported under the operating system
Number in brackets (i.e. [1])
identified by the operating system identification number.
The hard disk drive is supported, but not tested. This hard drive model/capacity has
not been tested with this server board, but Intel will support it based on successful
testing of a larger capacity hard drive from the same hard drive family. Intel has high
confidence that this hard drive will function correctly with the server board. This drive
uses the exact same firmware and drivers as a larger capacity hard drive that has
been successfully tested with this server board. The only difference between this
drive and the one that was used in testing is the storage capacity. Intel provides the
SD (Similar Drive)
same level of support for all hard drives listed in this document, regardless of whether
the drive was tested or not. Customers should always test hard drives as part of the
final system configuration prior to deployment. Given the fact that a larger capacity
hard drive from the same drive family has successfully completed testing on this
server board, this particular hard drive capacity point will not be tested.
The hard disk drive was tested according to Intel-approved guidelines and test
procedures by the Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) that manufactured the drive.
IHVT (IHV Tested)
Intel provides the same level of support for all hard drives listed in this document,
regardless of whether the drive was tested in an Intel lab or not. IHV test reports
remain the property of the IHV (Intel cannot provide copies of these reports).
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Operating
Systems
Drive size
Manufacturer
Product Family
Model Number
Interface
RPM
Notes
(GB)
2.5” SAS Hard Drives
Seagate
Seagate
Seagate
Seagate
Fujitsu
Savvio 2.5”
ST9146802SS
ST973402SS
ST936751SS
ST973451SS
MBB2147RC
SAS
SAS
SAS
SAS
SAS
10,000
10,000
15,000
15,000
10,000
146GB
73GB
36GB
73GB
146GB
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
SD
Savvio 2.5”
Savvio 2.5”
Savvio 2.5”
AL-10SE
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
SD
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6. Installation Guidelines
6.1 Slipstreamed install required for Windows 2003
Enterprise Edition (32 & 64 bit)
Issue:
Both the CD-ROM and Floppy can not be simultaneously redirected on the
MFSYS25 system.
Implication:
The MFS500SI compute module will only support the use/installation (local or
remote) of the Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 SP2 slipstreamed version.
Additionally, for remote install there is also a requirement to slipstream the LSI
SAS driver into the installation media as both CD-ROM and Floppy can’t be
simultaneously redirected.
Guideline:
To create a merged Windows 2003 CD perform the following:
1. Download and install the freeware program nLite from
(http://www.nliteos.com/index.html)
2. Launch nLite
3. Select language desired and hit next
4. On the next screen browse to the location of the Windows 2003 CD
5. nLite will prompt for a location to copy the CD to for modification (C:\temp),
it’ll then copy the install CD to that folder
6. When the copy completes, hit next
7. Hit next on the presets screen
8. On the next screen, select “Integrate -> Drivers” and “Create -> Bootable
ISO”, hit Next.
9. Download and extract the 1.25.5 driver for the appropriate version of the OS
(32-bit or 64-bit) and extract to a known location
10. Hit the Insert tab in the bottom left (single driver), browse to the location with
the driver and select the “lsi_sas.inf”
11. Select “Textmode driver”, click on the description in the box, and hit OK
12. Hit Next to begin the process
13. When the process completes, hit next to bring up the Bootable ISO screen
14. Select the appropriate options for your system and hit “burn” to create the
CD
15. When finished, the CD is ready for remote installation with no requirement
for a driver floppy
Status:
Intel has no plans to add support for concurrent Remote Floppy and Remote
CD/DVD.
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6.2 Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (32 & 64 bit) Remote
Installation Method
Issue:
Recommended Method for performing Remote Windows 2003 Installation via CD-
ROM drive.
Guideline: Note: Prepare a Slipstreamed CD per section 6.1.
1. Plug your slipstreamed CD of your Windows operating system CD-ROM into
the CD on your remote system.
2. Log in to the Modular Server and select the Storage Tab at the top.
3. If you have not already done so create a storage Pool and select it.
4. Select the Create Virtual Drive option under Actions.
5. Enter a Name for the Virtual Disk.
6. Select a Raid Level appropriate for your application. The Raid levels that are
available will be dependant on the number of drives used to create the
storage pool.
7. Enter the size in GB for the virtual disk.
8. Select the Server that the virtual disk will be assigned
9. Select the Drive # for the virtual disk. For loading an operating system on a
boot drive set the value to 0(boot device).
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10. Confirm all your settings then Hit Apply. Hit OK when the confirmation dialog
is displayed.
11. With the mouse, select the Chassis Front Tab.
12. Click on Server 1 on the Chassis picture with the Mouse.
13. Click on the Remote KVM & CD option under Server 1 Actions.
14. Select the video display color resolution.
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15. Choose the Device Menu Option and then click on the CDROM check box.
16. Choose the Redirect CDROM drive to select the CDROM on your system as
the device to load the operating system from.
17. Choose the drive letter of the CDROM to redirect the CD.
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18. Return to the Modular Server screen and select the Chassis Front TAB. Do
not close out the KVM screen.
19. Select Server 1 and then hit the Power On option under “Server 1” Actions.
20. Select OK when requested to power on Server 1.
21. Return to the KVM screen and observer the bootup screen.
22. Continue with Windows setup following the directions for the operating
installation.
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6.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (32 & 64 bit) Remote
Installation Method
Issue:
Recommended Method for performing Remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0
Installation with DVD media via FTP
Guideline: Configure the MFSYS25 system as follows:
1. Ensure P2.0.5 or later SW stack is loaded
2. Management Module, Ethernet Switch (Ext 1 port and the compute
module’s ports in default vlan 1 setup) and client (desktop/laptop) in
the same network
3. Client requires DVD unit installed direct or via USB port
4. Disable client’s Firewall
5. Download and install Filezilla-Server application on the client. Application can
6. When Filezilla Server is installed onto the client there will be a dialog popup
7. Click OK with the default listing
8. The Filezilla session should indicate “Logged on”
9. From Filezilla Server session, Click Edit
10. Select Users - The Users dialog pops up
11. Click “Add”. A popup will appear - enter anonymous in the first field (user
account). Accept default of <none> for second field then click OK.
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12. From Filezilla server session click “Shared Folders”, then click “Add”, navigate
down and select the client’s DVD’s unit drive-letter, in the example case below
it was E, then click OK.
13. To verify your FTP setup is correct:
Open client’s CMD prompt window and type:
C:> ftp localhost
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User: anonymous
Password: (just hit enter key)
ftp> dir
14. You should see the whole directory tree of the RHEL-5 DVD media you are
trying to install from
15. The Filezilla FTP server is now setup and ready to use
16. Log in CMM-GUI
17. Create a Storage Pool and Virtual Drive
18. Assign to a compute module as LUN 0
19. Via GUI select the compute module’s Remote KVM session and select CD-
ROM Redirection and map to the DVD-drive-letter (x) on client
20. Power on the compute module via GUI
21. When presented with Red Hat Boot Option table, hit F2 then type following at
the boot prompt:
linux text askmethod
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hit F2 then type same command there.
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22. When asked for Installation Method - Select FTP then click OK
23. When asked for Networking Device - Select (hi-lite) eth0 as your main
interface then click OK (Use TAB key to move around)
24. When presented dialog Configure TCP/IP - Select IPv4 and deselect IPv6 and
OK
25. On the RedHat’s FTP Setup page, enter as:
FTP site name: x.x.x.x (your client IP)
RH Enterprise Linux Server Directory: /
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6.4 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32 & 64 bit)
Remote Installation Method
Issue:
Recommended Method for performing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Installation via SMB
Guideline: Configure the MFSYS25 system as follows:
1. Ensure P2.0.5 or later SW stack is loaded
2. Management Module, Ethernet Switch (1 port and with compute module
ports in default vlan 1 setup) and client (desktop/laptop) in same network
3. Client requires DVD unit installed direct or via USB port
4. Disable client’s Firewall
5. Share the client’s DVD-unit with “all read/write permissions”
6. Log into CMM and via GUI create a Storage Pool and Virtual Drive and
assign it to the compute module as LUN 0.
7. Via GUI select the compute module’s Remote KVM session and select CD-
ROM Redirection and map to the DVD-drive-letter (E) on client
8. Select Video color resolution = High
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9. Power on the compute module via the GUI
10. When server boots to the option table, use down-arrow key to select
second option from the given list “Installation” then type (Boot Options line):
install=smb://x.x.x.x/drive-letter
where:
x.x.x.x
: your client’s IP
drive-letter : the client’s DVD unit drive letter assigned by OS (in
example it is E)
11. The installation process will result in a reboot in about 25 minutes
12. The whole SLES installation will finish in about 45 minutes
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