Create and upload operating system installation media for servers.
Bare Metal Orchestrator supports these operating systems and versions: Table 71. Validated operating systems and hypervisors for servers openSUSE | Leap 15.3 (openSUSE-Leap-15.3-3-DVD-x86_64-Build38.1-Media.iso) |
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® | 8.4 (rhel-8.4-x86_64-dvd.iso) 8.6 (rhel-8.6-x86_64-dvd.iso) |
Ubuntu | 20.04 LTS (ubuntu-20.04.6-live-server-amd64.iso) |
VMware ESXi (hypervisor) | 7.0 u1, 7.0 u2, and 7.0 u3 |
Wind River® Cloud Platform host operating system | 21.05-b58 (wind-river-cloud-platform-host-installer-21.05-b58.iso) |
CAUTION: Before deploying an operating system on servers using Bare Metal Orchestrator, ensure that the ISO filename contains at least four hyphens and that the ISO filename does not contain restricted characters ( / < > | : &) for Linux-based filenames. For example, change rhel-8.4-x86_64-dvd.iso to rhel-8.4-x86-64-dvd.iso.
- From the left-side menu, select .
- Select the OS tab.
- From the Actions drop-down list, select Create.
The Create Media window opens.
- Complete these fields as required.
Table 72. OS media Name | Descriptive name for the OS. |
Type | The type of OS media. Select either Switch or Server from the drop-down list. |
Vendor | The vendor name. |
OS Name | The OS category. For example, ESXi. |
OS Version | The OS version. |
External IP | If the worker node for the site has an IP address that is not directly accessible from the BMC, enter the external IP address of the Bare Metal Orchestrator VM here. |
Media File | Click Choose File to upload the OS media. Note: OS images are stored on the web server. |
- Click Save to create the operating system media and return to the Deployment: Repository page.
A status message confirms creation of the operating system media.
- Optional: To verify that the operating system media uploaded, check the OS tab to see if it is now listed in the repository.