Making Operating System Installation Media Image Available for Installation

  1. Using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client software (for example, Remote Desktop Connection on a Windows computer), access and log on to the Fabric Management Platform.

  2. Copy your operating system installation media image (.iso or .img) to the Fabric Management Platform.

  3. From the Fabric Management Platform, use Fabric Manager to launch a console for the desired platform. (See Launching the Platform Management Card (PMC) Virtual Console for more information.)

    If you receive a certificate warning message, click Continue. A platform management console window appears.

  4. Log on to the platform management console using the credentials your Unisys service representative created for you in step 1 of Overview of Installing a Customer-Supplied OS on a Nonpartitionable Enterprise Partition Platform.

  5. On the Attached Media tab, verify that Attach Mode is set to Auto-Attach.

  6. On the Virtual Console page, click Launch Virtual Console.

    A partition image console window appears.

  7. On the top menu of the HTML5 virtual console, then click Connect Virtual Media.

  8. Wait for the virtual media to connect.

  9. On the Virtual Media window, under Map CD/DVD, click Browse, and then navigate to the operating system installation media image you previously copied to the Fabric Management Platform.

  10. Select the image, and then click Open.

  11. Click Map Device, and then close the Virtual Media window.

  12. Go back to the web browser that displays the platform management console.

  13. In the left navigation pane, expand Overview, expand Server, and then select Power/Thermal.

    The Power Monitoring page appears in the right pane.

  14. On the Power Monitoring page, from the Power Control menu, select Reset System (warm boot), and click Apply.

Proceed to the installation procedure for your particular operating system to install and configure it.