Overview of Installing a Customer-Supplied OS on a Nonpartitionable Enterprise Partition Platform

To install a customer-supplied operating system on a nonpartitionable enterprise partition platform (NEPP) that is currently monitored and managed by the Fabric Manager,

  1. If you do not have credentials with the following parameters for the platform management card of the nonpartitionable enterprise partition platform, contact Unisys to create a new user ID and password:

    • Role: Operator

    • Login to platform management card: Enabled

    • Access Virtual Console: Enabled

    • Access Virtual Media: Enabled

  2. If necessary, download any needed drivers so that they will be available during the installation.

    For more information, see Obtaining and Installing Drivers and Firmware.

  3. Copy your operating system installation media image to the Fabric Management Platform.

    For more information, see Making Operating System Installation Media Image Available for Installation.

  4. Ensure the enterprise partition platform’s RAID controller is configured with the desired LUNs. If necessary, modify the RAID configuration of the platform.

    For more information, see Modifying RAID Configuration of the NEPP.

  5. Install and configure your operating system.

    For more information, see one of the following:

    Note: When configuring a software firewall on a partition image, ensure that you configure the firewall to allow incoming ping requests through the ClearPath Forward Management LAN (FM LAN). The Fabric Manager monitors the health status of a partition image through ping checks; if the ping requests on the FM LAN to the partition image are blocked by a firewall, the Fabric Manager user interface displays a warning state for the partition image’s health (but does not generate an event).

  6. If desired, associate your NEPP with a given secure fabric.

    For more information, refer to the ClearPath Forward Administration and Operations Guide.