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This chapter details the ISO image installation procedure for a bare metal environment.
A bare metal implementation is a computer system in which the software for a virtual machine is installed directly on hardware rather than as a virtual machine on top of a hypervisor system, such as VMware ESXi, within the host operating system. The term bare metal refers to a hard disk, the usual medium on which a computer's operating system is installed.
Note | These hardware configurations are for example purposes only; you can deploy the server implementation that best suits your requirements. |
The following sections describe how to install the Cisco Modeling Labs ISO image on a Cisco UCS B-Series Server.
The default HTTPS web link for the Cisco UCS Manager interface is https://UCSManager_IP, where UCSManager_IP represents the IP address assigned to Cisco UCS Manager.
Note | This procedure requires you to have downloaded the Cisco Modeling Labs ISO image file and to ensure it is accessible from the computer that you are using to log in to the Cisco UCS Manager interface. |
To map the Cisco Modeling Labs ISO image, complete the following steps:
The following sections describe how to install the Cisco Modeling Labs ISO image on a Cisco UCS C-Series Server.
The default HTTPS web link for CIMC is https://ip-address.
Note | This procedure requires you to have downloaded the Cisco Modeling Labs ISO image file and to ensure it is accessible from the computer that you are using to log in to the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) interface. |
To map the Cisco Modeling Labs ISO image, complete the following steps:
Step 1 | Under the
General tab,
click
KVM Console to
launch the KVM Console and connect to the KVM server.
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Step 2 | If a security dialog box is displayed, perform the following tasks: | ||
Step 3 | At the Cisco KVM Virtual Console confirmation box, perform the following tasks: | ||
Step 4 | In the KVM Console, click the Virtual Media tab. (In the KVM Console, the ISO image is mapped to the server so that at boot time, the server boots from the ISO image.) | ||
Step 5 | Click
Add Image.
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Step 6 | From the dialog
box that is displayed, navigate to the location of the Cisco Modeling Labs ISO
image, click the corresponding image and click
Open.
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Step 7 | The path to the
ISO image is visible in the
Client View.
Check the
Mapped check
box to allow the image file to be accessed by the server. Uncheck the check box
to disconnect the server from the drive or image file.
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Step 8 | Click the
KVM tab. The No
Signal window is displayed.
The No Signal window indicates that the server is not powered on. | ||
Step 9 | Press
<F8> to access the CIMC Config menu.
Set the following parameters: Under NIC mode, enable Dedicated. Under IPV4 (Basic), provide values for your network for CIMC IP, Subnetmask, and Gateway. Under NIC Redundancy, enable None. | ||
Step 10 | When
completed, select
<ESC> to exit the utility and return to the Cisco setup
menu.
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Step 11 | Press
<F6> to access the Boot Menu. Click the applicable boot
device.
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Step 12 | Reboot the
server using the CTRL-ALT-DEL macro as shown.
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Step 13 | On the
Power
cycle the server? confirmation dialog box, click
OK.
The server boots from the virtual machine and the VIRL Installer window appears. | ||
Step 14 | There are four
options available:
Select the Install option using the [tab] key. The installation process starts and installs the Ubuntu (12.04.3 LTS) operating system and Cisco Modeling Labs. |
To install the Cisco Modeling Labs ISO image, complete the following steps:
Step 1 | In the
Welcome window, select the applicable language and
click
Continue.
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Step 2 | In the
Preparing
to Install Window screen, ensure that you have adequate resources to
install the ISO image and clickContinue.
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Step 3 | In the
Installation type window, click the
Erase disk and install
System radio button, and click
Continue.
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Step 4 | In the
Erase
disk and install System window, select the applicable drive from the
Select drive list, and click
Install Now.
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Step 5 | In the
Where are
you? window, enter the applicable time zone, and click
Continue.
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Step 6 | In the
Keyboard
layout window, select the applicable keyboard layout to use by
clicking the corresponding option from the Choose your keyboard layout list,
and click
Continue.
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Step 7 | In the
Who are
you? window, enter values for the fields exactly as described here:
Click Continue to start the installation.
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Step 8 | In the
Installation Complete window, click
Restart Now
to restart the server.
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