Users Guide
Installing or reinstalling Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7.x
Important information before installing
Select the boot mode to be used for the system during installation. There are two boot modes available on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers.
• BIOS
• UEFI
NOTE: The boot congurations of UEFI and BIOS are dierent. Hence, the installed system must boot using the same rmware
that was used during installation. You cannot install the operating system on a system that uses BIOS and then boot this
installation on a system that uses UEFI.
CAUTION: Back up all the data from the system before installing or upgrading the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x operating system.
To install or reinstall your operating system, use one of the following media or methods:
• Installing using the Lifecycle Controller (LC)
• Installing on the iSCSI storage
• Installing on Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) enabled storage
Topics:
• Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x with Lifecycle Controller
• Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x on systems with a Dell EMC Utility Partition
• Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x on devices that support multipathing
• Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x on iSCSI storage
• Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x on FCoE-enabled storage
• Add-on device drivers
• Updating your system packages using the Red Hat Network
• Important information
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x with Lifecycle
Controller
CAUTION
: Ensure that you back up all the data from the system before installing or upgrading the operating system.
Lifecycle Controller (LC) provides an OS Deployment wizard that assists you with the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x.
NOTE
: Lifecycle Controller (LC) may not provide the latest drivers that are required to complete the installation of the operating
system. Download the drivers from https://downloads.dell.com, or use the
Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation
media
.
NOTE: Lifecycle Controller Enabled (LCE) comes with embedded drivers that are factory that is installed. Dell EMC recommends
that you run the Platform Update wizard to ensure that you have the latest drivers before you install the operating system. For
more information, see the Dell EMC
Lifecycle Controller User's Guide
available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals.
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