Storage Controller Considerations
Step 4
Launch a Virtual KVM console window and click the Virtual Media tab.
a) Click Add Image and browse to select your remote RHEL installation ISO file.
b) Click Add Image again and browse to select your
c) Check the check boxes in the Mapped column for the media that you just added, then wait for mapping to complete.
Step 5
Power-cycle the target server.
Step 6
Press F6 when you see the F6 prompt during bootup. The Boot Menu window opens.
Step 7
On the Boot Manager window, select the physical disk or virtual disk and press Enter.
The SLES installation begins when the image is booted.
Step 8
When the first SLES screen appears, choose Installation.
Step 9
Enter the following command in the Boot Options field:
• For SLES 12.x, enter:
brokenmodules=ahci
Step 10
Press F6 for the driver and choose Yes.
Step 11
Do one of the following actions:
• If you prepared the
press Enter.
• If you mapped the
appears under the F6 Driver heading.
Yes
Step 12
Press Enter to choose Installation.
Step 13
Press OK.
The following message is displayed:
Step 14
At the menu, choose the driver update medium and press the Back button.
Step 15
Follow the SLES installation wizard to complete the installation.
Step 16
Reboot the target server.
For More RAID Utility Information
The Broadcom utilities have help documentation for more information about using the utilities.
• For basic information about RAID and for using the utilities for the RAID controller cards that are
• For hardware SAS MegaRAID
• For embedded software MegaRAID and the utility that is accessed via the server BIOS (refer to Chapter
file on a physical thumb drive, insert the thumb drive to the target server and then
dud.img
file as a virtual disk, choose the location of the virtual disk.
dud.img
LSI Soft RAID Driver Updates added.
supported in Cisco servers, see the
Version 2.8
4)—Broadcom Embedded MegaRAID Software User Guide, March
file.
dud.img
Cisco UCS Servers RAID
configuration—Broadcom 12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide,
Cisco APIC M3/L3 Server Installation and Service Guide
For More RAID Utility Information
Guide.
2018.
113