You can use a hardware profile to deploy an operating system on one or more resources in the Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite cluster.
Upload the operating system media to Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite and set the media attributes, see Create operating system media.
- In the Orchestration page, from the left-side menu, select Hardware Profile. The Orchestration: Hardware Profile page is displayed. You can view the list of hardware profiles on this page.
- Do one of the following:
- Select the check box next to the hardware profile that you want to edit, and then from the Actions drop-down list, select Edit.
- From the Actions drop-down list, select Create to create a hardware profile.
The Edit Hardware Profile window displays.Note: For a new hardware profile, enter a hardware profile name. Configure the other attributes (such as the BIOS) before deploying the operating system.
- From the Operating System field, click Add.
- From the OS Name drop-down list, select the operating system media. The system displays the operating system-specific details:
- To edit the operating system attributes, click View configuration meta data. A window opens that is populated with configuration metadata for the selected operating system. Configuration metadata includes DHCP settings, and other user-configurable attributes that you can add or edit with the web UI.
- In the configuration metadata window, enter the root password for the resource where the operating system is being deployed.
- Continue to edit other attributes such as IP addresses, DHCP or static networking, and such. When you are done editing, click Ok. For tables that list the configurable attribute settings for each operating system, see Operating system settingsNote: If static IP address assignment is used, you can only use the hardware profile to target one resource.
CAUTION: Do not check Overwrite Installation when performing an ESXi operating system upgrade. If you check this option, it removes the current operating system installation and installs a new operating system. This can result in data loss.CAUTION: If the target resource is deployed in a non-DHCP environment, do not enable DHCP when installing the operating system. The operating system installation will fail. - Optional: Check to upgrade from one version of ESXi to another version. Only use this checkbox for ESXi upgrades. The default setting is cleared. CAUTION: The new version of ESXi is installed and wipes out any current installation if the required operating system is not the same as the installed operating system. This also occurs if Automation Suite did not previously install an operating system on this resource.Note: As a prerequisite for the iDRAC Dual Virtual Media Mount, ensure that the iDRAC firmware version is 6.00.02.00 or higher. The iDRAC Dual Virtual Media Mount enables you to install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system on multiple resources at a time for a site. Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite 2.0 supports this feature for Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system. Support for other operating systems will be available in future releases.
If the disk check is taking a long time to complete during Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS installation, skip the disk check when Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS is booting from iDRAC console:
- Press E to edit the grub file.
- Delete the string
rd.live.check
and press Ctr+x to proceed with the OS installation.
or
Press Escape in the iDRAC console when onboarding a server.
- Select the target installation location by specifying either the drive priority or the Fully Qualified Device Descriptor (FQDD).
- Drive Priority is selected by default. Specify the drive priority by adjusting the order of drive types. Click the corresponding up and down arrows to arrange the drives in order of priority.
- SDCARD—Secure Digital Memory Card
- NVMe—Non-Volatile Memory Express
- RAID—Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks Note: Specify the RAID volume name in the RAID field.
- HBA—Host Bus Adapter
- BOSS—Boot Optimized Server Storage
- SRAID
- Specify a drive by name by selecting the Drive Name [FQDD] radio button and entering the FQDD for the drive.
- Drive Priority is selected by default. Specify the drive priority by adjusting the order of drive types. Click the corresponding up and down arrows to arrange the drives in order of priority.
- Click Save.