Owner's Manual

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* When using the Custom install script feature, commands which do not
return cause the system to stop responding during booting of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux or while registering components on Windows
installations.
* On SAS 5iR/6iR controller cards, disks that appear in "Foreign" state
will not be available for OS installation in non-RAID mode.
If you wish to use any disk that is in "Foreign"
state for OS installation, clear the physical disks using
"Erase All Physical Disks" feature under System Tools section.
If all disks are in "Foreign" state, Systems Build And Updates
Utility may fail to install OS on the controller in non-RAID mode.
* On a system with SAS 5iR/6iR controller cards connected to more
than 2 disks, Systems Build And Update Utility supports only
"Advanced RAID Configuration." In Advanced mode, it is mandatory
that you select disk with lowest drive ID for RAID configuration.
* When you use Systems Build and Update Utility with a
keyboard-video-monitor (KVM) switch, the GUI may not display due
to incompatibility with the Server Interface PODs (SIPs) used.
To view the GUI, connect your monitor directly to your system
or change the SIP.
* The "View Hardware" option in Systems Build and Update Utility
lists the L2 cache size as 4 MB for 5300-series processors
running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 operating system;
however, the "BIOS SETUP" option lists the L2 cache size as 8 MB.
This is because Linux "reads" a 5300-series processor in terms of
per-logical-CPU-thread. Hence, each logical thread (each set)
would still have access to only 4 MB cache, and so it is reported
as such by the "View Hardware" option.
The "BIOS SETUP" option "reads" the 5300-series processor as
a two-set package, each with a 4 MB L2 cache. In each set, the
two cores share the 4 MB cache. Hence, this option reports a
total L2 cache size of 8 MB.
Therefore, the different L2 cache sizes listed are due to
different cache size reporting mechanisms, and not an error
by the operating system.
* To ensure the successful installation of an Operating System using
Server OS Installation, disable the DRAC Virtual Flash.
* When you are using the Server Operating System Installation module
in Systems Build and Update Utility to install an operating system,
the installation may fail if an external storage device is
connected to your system. Ensure that you disconnect the external
storage device before you begin installing the operating system.
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