• Make sure the hardware clock matches local time zone.
• Confirm CPU VT and Hyper-Threading (HT) are enabled.
• Confirm automatic restart after power failure is enabled.
• Confirm CPU C State is disabled.
• In RAID controller configuration:
  • Confirm two 480 GB SDD are configured in RAID1 for system disk.
  • Confirm remaining disks are in JBOD passthrough mode.
• Confirm system boot disk is set as the first boot device.

Enter the BIOS system boot interface, select the prepared USB drive and begin installing the operating system.

When you run this command, the system automatically scans all NICs. After the scanning is completed, select one NIC from management network/storage network/other network segment to start the bootstrap_ui service. It is recommended to use the management network for bootstrap service. After saving the configuration, the system successfully starts the bootstrap_ui service.

[root@localhost ~]# bootstrap init_ui  //Configure bootstrap_ui

Step 1: Choose Network Interface  //Choose interface for bootstrap IP configuration
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Please select an interface (enter the number)  //Select network interface

Step 2: Network Configuration for Selected Interface  //Network interface settings
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1) Enter IP Address (default: xxx.xx.xx.xxx)  //Set IP address (recommended: management network IP)

2) Enter Subnet Mask (default: xxx.xxx.x.x)  //Set netmask

3) Enter Gateway (leave blank if none)  //Set gateway (optional)

4) Enter VLAN ID [1-4096] (leave blank if none)  //Set VLAN ID (must match switch configuration)

Step 3: Confirmation  //Confirm settings
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Choose an option

1) Confirm configuration

2) Modify configuration

3) Exit without applying changes

• Hostname: Set the hostname and starting sequence number for the first host. Subsequent hosts will automatically generate hostnames based on this sequence.
• Root Password: Set a root password for all hosts.
• Confirm Root Password: Re-enter the root password for verification.

• Management Node: Select two hosts with identical versions as HCI platform management nodes.
• Management Node VIP: Enter the virtual IP address for management nodes.
• DNS Server: Optional. Choose whether to configure DNS server for network resolution services.
• NTP Server: Set NTP server address, supporting both internal and external NTP servers. By default, the system uses an internal NTP server, indicating the use of a node as the internal time source. If you have an NTP server address, you can set it to an external NTP server.

• Storage System: Select your distributed storage product based on actual conditions.
• Management Monitor Role: Select three hosts to serve as both monitoring and management nodes for the distributed storage system.
• Replicas: Displays the current replica count for distributed storage.
• Deployment Mode: Determined by the type of disks mounted on each host.
  • All-Flash pool: When all hosts use SSD disks.
  • Normal pool: When all hosts use HDD disks.
  • Hybrid pool: When hosts use both SSD and HDD disks.