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Nokia OpenEdge Servers

Using the BMC, configure a userid and password on each blade and ensure that the VMedia Access checkbox is checked.

The expected physical configuration as described in Radio Edge Cloud Validation Lab is that each server in the cluster has two SSD 480GB SATA 1dwpd M.2 2280 on a riser card inside the server and two SSD 960GB SATA 3dwpd 2.5 inch on the front panel. There is no RAID configuration used. The reference implementation in the Radio Edge Cloud Validation Lab uses one M.2 drive as the physical volume for LVM and both 2.5 inch SSDs as Ceph volumes.

HP Servers

Dell Servers

Provision the disk configuration of the server via iDRAC such that the desired disks will be visible to the OS in the desired order. The installation will use /dev/sda as the root disk and /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc as the Ceph volumes.

Ampere Servers

Darrin Vallis

Download and print hardware configuration guide for REC test installation

Each server requires 2 SSDs

Each server requires 3 NIC ports and 1 BMC connection

"Dumb" switch or vLAN is connected to two NIC ports

1 NIC port and BMC are connected to router via switch

REC ISO will recognize Ampere based Lenovo HR330 1U, HR350 2U or openEDGE sleds with "Hawk" motherboard

Designate 1 server as Node 1. It runs all code to complete the installation

Boot each server with a monitor attached to the VGA port. Note the BMC IP address.

Boot note 1 into Operating System. Note Linux names for all Ethernet ports on hardware guide.

Download and edit user_config.yaml

cidr is range of IPs

infra_external has network access

infra_internal is VLAN or dumb switch without network access

infra_storage are IPs on internal network used for storage

Interface_net_mapping must be set with NIC port names previously obtained for Node 1

hwmgmt is IP addresses of all BMCs. Node 1 is the master

Marvell Servers

@ Carl Yang <carlyang@marvell.com>

Nokia OpenEdge Servers

Login to the controller-1 BMC ip using a web browser (https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

Go to Settings/Media Redirection/General Settings.

Select the Remote Media Support.

Select the Mount CD/DVD.

Type the NFS server IP address.

Type the NFS share path.

Select the nfs in Share Type for CD/DVD.

Click Save.

Click OK to restart the VMedia Service.

Go to Settings/Media Redirection/Remote Images.

Select the image for the first CD/DVD device from the drop-down list.

Click the play button to map the image with the server’s CD/DVD devices. The Redirection Status changes to Started when the image redirection succeeds.

Go to Control & Maintain/Remote Control to open the Remote Console.

Reset the server.

Press F11 to boot menu and select boot from CD/DVD device.

HP Servers

Login to iLo for Controller 1 for the installation

Go to Remote Console & Media

Scroll to HTML 5 Console

• URL

 http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XX:XXXX/REC_RC1/install.iso -> Virtual Media URL →

• NFS 

< IP to connect for NFS file system>/<file path>/install.iso

Check “Boot on Next Reset” -> Insert Media

Reset System

Dell Servers

Go to Configuration/Virtual Media

Scroll down to Remote File Share and enter the url for ISO into the Image File Path field.

• URL:

http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XX:XXXX/REC_RC1/install.iso

• NFS

< IP to connect for NFS file system>/<file path>/install.iso>

 Select Connect.

Open Virtual Console, and go to Boot

Set Boot Action to Virtual CD/DVS/ISO

Then Power/Reset System

Be sure to read the note below on Dell servers

Ampere Servers

Darrin Vallis

Download install.iso from the TA Repository. Note 1/24/20: Build 273 supports Ampere Lenovo servers only. Waiting for Jenkins build to incorporate Hawk hardware detector. Use rec_install_testbuild.iso for Hawk based openEDGE sleds.

Mount install.iso as NFS share on Linux file system in same network as REC cluster

Download and unzip ampere_virtual_media_v2.zip

Edit mount_media.sh and dismount_media.sh. Set IPMI_LOCATION to IP address of Node 1 BMC, NFS_IP to IP of NFS server, ISO_LOCATION to NFS path for install.iso

Run mount_media.sh. This will connect install.iso as a CDROM on Node 1

Boot Node 1 into BIOS. Force boot from CD by selecting "Save & Exit" tab on BIOS, Boot Override → CDDROM

REC Telco Appliance will begin installation

See instructions below

Marvell Servers

@ Carl Yang <carlyang@marvell.com>