Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86_64, x86) Installation Instructions and Important Information
- Installation instructions and important information
- Overview
- Latest available operating system
- System configuration requirements
- Reviewing preconfiguration options
- Installing and reinstalling Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 using the Dell EMC Systems Management Tools and Documentation media
- Installing using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation media
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with Dell EMC Unified Server Configurator
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on systems with a Dell EMC Utility Partition
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 in the Conventional (BIOS) Mode
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 in the UEFI mode
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on devices that support multipathing
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on iSCSI storage
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 using the software iSCSI initiator
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 using the hardware iSCSI initiator
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux on FCoE-Enabled storage
- Add-on device drivers
- Updating your system packages using the Red Hat Network
- Important information
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 does not recognize the QLogic QL45212-DE 25 GbE device
- Unable to boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 and later from FCoE using Intel X520 based NIC
- NVMe devices are not identified during Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 installation and later
- Ethtool reports 10 GbE port speed instead of 25 GbE when using Mellanox mlx5_core driver
- Resolved issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
- Resolved issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
- Kernel panic occurs when OMSA services are started on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
- Unable to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 with an existing brtfs partition
- Underscore is missing for the interface name of Vindicator 2 Emulex card on network page
- Unable to boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5, after successful installation in UEFI mode
- DDR DMA testing fails in ethtool on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Hypervisor
- Using IPv6 with Mozilla Firefox displays certification error
- Data unavailability occurs on Dell EMC EqualLogic arrays due to Linux multipathing
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 displays the error message
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 fails to boot from iSCSI LUNs
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
- Booting with kernel parameters results in DMAR errors
- Xserver crashe, while booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 after installation
- Invalid naming conventions for the ports of Vindicator 2 Emulex card when NPAR-EP is enabled
- NVMe Devices Are Not Identified During Operating System Installation
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 fails when the DSDT in the BIOS has IPMI Opregion enabled
- Lifecycle Controller (USC based installation) deployment fails when installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
- ethtool does not report 40 GB for Mellanox ConnectX-3 40 GB adapter
- Blurred display when changing resolution in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
- Resolved issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
- Teamed NICs have no network connectivity
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 installation on 10 GB iSCSI LUN from an EQL array hangs while creating a file system
- Ethtool reports 10GbE port speed instead of 40GbE when using Mellanox MLX4_EN driver
- Packet loss occurs when bonding device is configured in balanced-alb mode
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
- Resolved issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
- Resolved issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 kickstart installation may fail
- Network connections display the last used status as never in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 displays a dbus netlink poll error after installation
- Network manager error in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 operating system log
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 stops responding when iDRAC6 is reset
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
- Resolved issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 displays a bluez network manager error after installation
- Error message on starting IPMI drivers while installing OMSA
- Assigning iSCSI LUN target to Intel 10G network controller stops the operating system from booting
- Systems with Intel multiport i350 rNDC and PCI add-in adapters report incorrect or duplicate Mac address
- tg3 driver fails post Red Hat Network update
- Kernel panic occurs when GPGPU C2075 is installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 installation fails
- Driver installation fails during Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 installation
- dmesg error log displays a generic hardware error
- Resolved issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
- Graphical boot splash screen in the UEFI mode is in low resolution
- PERC H700 DIMM failure messages with the debug kernel
- Network devices enumerated in an incorrect order
- OpenManage installation does not respond on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation fails with virtual media
- Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Finding more information
- Getting help
Contents
1 Installation instructions and important information.........................................................................................6
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................6
Latest available operating system.................................................................................................................................... 6
System conguration requirements................................................................................................................................. 6
Operating system architecture................................................................................................................................... 6
Memory......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Bootable disk size......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Reviewing preconguration options.................................................................................................................................7
Operating system packages preinstalled by Dell EMC.............................................................................................7
Languages..................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Storage partitions.........................................................................................................................................................7
Installing and reinstalling Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.................................................................................................... 8
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 using the Dell EMC Systems Management Tools and
Documentation media..................................................................................................................................................8
Installing using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation media......................................................................... 9
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with Dell EMC Unied Server Congurator..............................................9
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on systems with a Dell EMC Utility Partition...........................................10
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 in the Conventional (BIOS) Mode............................................................ 10
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 in the UEFI mode.........................................................................................11
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on devices that support multipathing....................................................... 11
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on iSCSI storage.......................................................................................... 11
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 using the software iSCSI initiator..............................................................12
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 using the hardware iSCSI initiator.............................................................12
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux on FCoE-Enabled storage............................................................................. 12
Add-on device drivers...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Updating your system packages using the Red Hat Network.................................................................................... 13
Important information...................................................................................................................................................... 13
biosdevname utility.....................................................................................................................................................13
Networking on Red Hat Enterprise Linux................................................................................................................ 13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports FCoE functionality in Broadcom 57810....................................................... 14
Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10............................................................................................................ 14
IPMI device node is not created automatically........................................................................................................14
Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9..............................................................................................................14
IPMI device node is not created automatically........................................................................................................14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 does not recognize the QLogic QL41162 10 GbE and QL45212-DE 25
GbE devices.................................................................................................................................................................14
Log in to iSCSI LUN fails on the QLogic QL41162 10 GbE, QL41112 10 GbE and QL41262 25 GbE devices... 15
Known issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8..............................................................................................................15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 does not recognize the QLogic QL45212-DE 25 GbE device............................ 15
Unable to boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 and later from FCoE using Intel X520 based NIC..................... 15
NVMe devices are not identied during Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 installation and later ...........................15
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