Hardware
Settings
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Target Boot Device
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Specifies the target boot device
( for example: Local Hard Drive or SD card).
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RAID
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You can configure RAID using this
feature. Two options are there to configure RAID Level:
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Advanced RAID Configuration
Basic RAID Level:
Select
Basic RAID Level option, and then select
RAID level from the
Basic RAID Level drop-down
menu.
ASM supports external and internal RAID controllers
via the Advanced RAID Configuration feature.
Advanced RAID Configuration: If you select Advanced
RAID Configuration, You will get two buttons
Add Internal
Virtual Disks
,
Add External Virtual Disk. There are four settings under
Add Internal Virtual Disks,
Add External Virtual Disk:
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Virtual Disk: Lists the ID
number of the virtual disk..
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RAID Level: Select RAID level
from RAID Level Drop-down menu.
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# of Disks: Select number
of disk according to the selected RAID level. You may specify "Minimum"
or "Exactly" to determine whether ASM should create the virtual disk
with the exact number of drives or use as many drives as available.
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NOTE: If the number of selected
disk is not correct for the chosen RAID level, template validation
won't allow you to procede further.
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Disk Type: Select disk type
from the drop-down menu.You can chose
Any Available,
Require HDD, or
Require SDD. to specify the type of drives to be selected for the virtual disk.
Note that a virtual disk cannot be created with a mix of SSD and
HDD.
There is feature,
Enable Global Hotspares. This option is available for both
Add Internal Virtual
Disk
and
Add External Virtual Disk. By using this feature you can specify number of hotspares you want
to set for disk.
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NOTE:
ASM supports MD1400 and manages MD1400DAS through second RAID
Controller. ASM provides the ability to configure a second RAID controller
to support the MD 1400 external storage array. In order to support
this you must have a second PERC device in your system. It is recommended
to use the PERC H830 storage controller with the MD 1400.
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System Profile
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Select the system power and performance
profile for the server.
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User Accessible USB
Ports
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Enables or disables the user accessible
USB ports.
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Number of Core Processors
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Specifies the number of enabled
cores per processor.
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Processor Virtualization
Technology
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If this is enabled, the additional
hardware capabilities provided by virtualization technology are enabled.
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Logical Processors
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Each processor core supports up
to two logical processors. If enabled, the BIOS reports all logical
processors. If disabled, the BIOS reports only one logical processor
per core.
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Memory Node Interleaving
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If the system is configured with
matching memory, enables memory node interleaving. If disabled the
system supports non-uniform memory architecture memory configurations.
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Execute Disable
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Enables or disable execute disable
memory protection
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Server Pool
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Specifies the pool from which servers
are selected for the deployment.
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OS Settings
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Auto-generate Host Name
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Auto generate host
name
option is displayed on
Server Component window for generating host name. If you already auto generated
host name on Server Component window, Auto generate host name option
will not be display.
- If you select the
Auto-generate Host
Name
check box, a
Host Name Template field is displayed.
- On
Host Name Template field,
type unique host name for deployment.
You must use variable while generating host name.
For Example: It can be service tag or Service tag+
Vendor+ Unique number. If you deselect
Auto-generate Host
Name
check box,
Host Name Template field will be disappeared.
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NOTE:
Auto- generate
Host name
feature is applicable for both the server, server(O/S
Installation only) . In case of multiple instances of deployment,
you have to select
Auto- generate Host name option.
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NOTE: When you have static assigned IP and if you have DNS configured in
template, DNS use the IP to lookup the hostname and use it as hostname
for the deployment.
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OS Image
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Specifies the target repository
where the OS image install files are located. The default repositories
are ESXi. The additional repositories are shown if the user created
them on the ASM appliance.
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NOTE: You can select Red
Hat Linux , Cent OS, Windows, Hyper-V, EXSi from
OS Image Drop-down menu. It is upgraded with Linux 7, Cent OS 7 from this
release.
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NOTE: If you select an operating system from the
OS Image drop down menu, the field NTP Server will be displayed.. This is
an optional component for all operating systems except HyperV, but
we highly recommend you to enter an NTP server IP in the field to
ensure proper time synchronization with your environment and ASM appliance.
In some cases when time is not properly synchronized, service deployment
failure can occur.
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NOTE: If you want to add
more than one NTP server in the OS section of a server component,
make sure to separate the IP addresses using comma (,).
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Administrator password
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Enter the administrator password
that set on the installed OS.
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Confirm administrator
password
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Enter to confirm the administrator
password.
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Install EqualLogic MEM
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If the value is
True, install EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module.
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Product Key
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Specifies the product key to install
the OS image on the server.
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Timezone
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Specifies the time zone of the server.
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NTP Server
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Specifies the IP address of the
NTP server for time synchronization.
If you want to add more
than one NTP server in the OS section of a server component, make
sure to separate the IP addresses using comma (,).
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Language
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Specifies the language to be displayed
in the installed operating system. That is, Windows operating system.
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Keyboard
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Specifies the key board language
to be used during Windows installation.
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Domain Name
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Specifies the domain name to which
you want to add the host. For example, aidev
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FQ Domain Name
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Specifies the Fully Qualified Domain
Name (FQDN) to which you want to add the host. For example, aidev.com
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Domain Admin Username
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Specifies the username to access
the domain.
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Domain Admin Password
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Specifies the admin password to
add the host to the domain.
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Domain Admin Password
Confirm
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Enables you to reconfirm the admin
password to add the host to the domain.
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Custom Installation
OS Script
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Refers to ASM maintained kickstart
scripts or
unattend.xml customer specific scripts
to be used as a part of unattend OS install.
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