Backing Up Necessary Files; Setting Up Disk; Setting Up Efi For Cb 2500/500; Setting Up Efi For Cb 2000 - Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 series, Compute Blade 500 series Installation Manual

Backing up necessary files

The data in the HDD or SSD is deleted when you re-install the OS. Back up
data that you need in advance.

Setting up disk

Configure disks, such as RAID, referring to manuals for internal disk arrays or
external disk arrays to install the OS as necessary.

Setting up EFI for CB 2500/500

Set the boot device configuration as the EFI initial setting. See Hitachi
Compute Blade 500 Series EFI User's Guide,or Hitachi Compute Blade 2500
Series UEFI Setup Guide that you need.

Setting up EFI for CB 2000

On the EFI starting screen, press the [F2] key or [Delete] key to enter the
EFI Setup menu. Click [Save & Exit] tab, find [Boot Override] to select the
CD/DVD drive, and press the [Enter] key.
Do not select a device that starts from UEFI.

Other preparations

Start the server blade.
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