Install the Operating System

• Data on your hard drive of your server will be overwritten during the installation process. Therefore, make sure that the hard drive data is backed up.
• Enter BIOS, and enable CPU VT and hyper-threading (HT).
• Enter the RAID controller and configure the RAID levels to provide data redundancy.
• Set USB drives as the first device to boot in the boot sequence.

On the ISO installation page, the Install ZStack option is selected by default, and then the operating system starts to install, as shown in USB Drive Guide Page.

Note:

• As shown in the preceding figure, ZStack allows you to install the operating system by using one of the following methods: install ZStack, install ZStack by using VNC, or install ZStack in text mode.
• We recommend that you use the Install ZStack method.
• Some servers that do not have VGA ports can only be connected through serial ports. In this case, you can install the operating system in text mode, or by using VNC.

• DATE & TIME: UTC/GMT+8. We recommend that you check the date and time of your host in advance and then configure them to the current date and time.
• LANGUAGE SUPPORT: English (United States)
• KEYBOARD: English (United States)

As shown in Installation Summary Page.

On the installation summary page, click INSTALLATION DESTINATION, and go to the disk partitioning configuration page, as shown in Default Setting - Automatically Configure Partitioning.

Note: When you install the OS, we recommend that you select only the hard disk or disks that are required by the system disk. You are not advised to select the hard disks that have special usage.

Default setting: Automatically configure partitioning. We recommend that you use the default setting to automatically configure the disk partitioning.

1. Configure the NIC.
   On the installation summary page, click NETWORK & HOST NAME, and go to the NIC configuration page, as shown in NIC Configuration.

   1. Select the NIC to be configured, for example, eth0.
   2. Check the obtained DHCP address.

   
   
   

2. If eth0 cannot obtain the DHCP address, manually configure a static IP address for eth0.
   1. On the NIC Configuration page, select Ethernet (eth0), click Configure..., and go to the eth0 configuration page, as shown in Configure a Static IP Address of eth0.
   2. Choose the IPv4 Settings tab page under eth0.
   3. From the Method drop-down list, select Manual.
   4. Click Add to add new configuration items.
   5. Configure the IP address of the NIC as needed.
   6. Click Save.

   
   
   

3. Configure eth0 to automatically connect to the network.
   1. On the NIC Configuration page, select Ethernet (eth0), click Configure..., and go to the eth0 configuration page, as shown in Configure eth0 to Automatically Connect to Network.
   2. Choose the General tab page.
   3. Verify that you selected Automatically connect to this network when it is available.
   4. Click Save.