Installation guide

Installing XenServer
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8. If you have multiple local hard disks, you are asked to choose the Primary Disk for the installation. Select
the desired disk and choose OK to proceed. After selecting the primary one, you are also prompted
to choose if you want any of the other drives to be formatted for use by XenServer for VM storage.
Select and choose OK to proceed.
If the computer has a single hard disk, these two screens do not appear.
9. The next screen asks you to specify the source of the installation packages. If you are installing off the
CD, you will most likely want to select Local media. If you are installing via PXE you will most likely
want to select HTTP or FTP or NFS, as appropriate.
If you select HTTP or FTP or NFS, you are next prompted to set up Networking so that the installation
script can connect to the product repository.
If the computer has multiple network interfaces, you are prompted to select one of them to be used to
access the XenServer product repository. Select and choose OK to proceed.
If the computer has a single network interface, that interface is used to access the XenServer product
repository and no prompt is displayed.
You can select Automatic configuration (DHCP) to configure the NIC using DHCP, or Static configura-
tion, which prompts you to configure the NIC's properties manually. Following that, you are prompted
to provide the URL or NFS server and path where the installation media are, as appropriate.
Note
To be part of a resource pool, XenServer Hosts need to have static IP addresses.
If you select Local media, this networking setup appears later in the installation process.
The next screen asks if you want to install the Linux Pack from a second CD. If you are planning to
install VMs that will run Linux operating systems, choose Yes. If you are planning to install only Windows
VMs, you can choose No.
Important
In a pooled setup, the Linux Pack must be installed either on all of the pool XenServer Hosts,
or on none of them, so that they are matched.
10. The next screen asks if you want to verify the integrity of the installation media. If you select Verify
installation source, the MD5 checksum of the packages is calculated and checked against the known
value. This may take some time. If you select Skip verification, this check is bypassed. Make your
selection and choose OK to proceed.
11. You are next prompted to set a root password. (This will be the password that the XenCenter application
will use to connect to the XenServer Host.) Type the desired password and type it again to verify it.
12. You are prompted to select the general geographical area for the Time Zone. Choose from the displayed
list of geographical areas, then choose OK to proceed.
13. You are prompted to select the specific locale for the Time Zone. (Note that this list is long, but if you
type the first letter of the desired locale, the selection will jump to the first entry that begins with this
letter.) Choose from the displayed list of locales, then choose OK to proceed.
14. You are prompted to choose a method of setting the System Time. You can select Using NTP or Manual
time entry. Make your selection and choose OK to proceed.