Dedicated Servers – iRMC Manual

  Dedicated Servers

This guide applies to Fujitsu RX100 dedicated servers.

In this article, you will learn how to:

Connect KVM

The KVM application requires Java runtime.

Follow these steps to get the iRMC KVM Access application:

  1. Enter your server’s ip adress and port into the browser.
  2. On the login screen, enter the username and password from the service creation notification email.
  3. In the Console Redirection >> Video Redirection page, click the Start Video redirection button.
Starting the iRMC KVM interface
Starting the iRMC KVM interface

If the keyboard isn’t behaving correctly, go to Extras >> Virtual Keyboard… to open a graphic keyboard.

If your mouse doesn’t work correctly, go to Preferences >> Preferences… to set absolute (Windows) or relative (Linux) mouse positioning.

Boot from ISO

Once you open the KVM interface, boot from an ISO file by following these steps:

  1. Select Remote Storage >> Remote Storage… 
  2. Choose the install medium:
    • Select a device from the list on your computer (CD/DVD, USB, …) and click Connect. This will connect the device to the server.
    • Click the Add… button and select the ISO file stored on the connected computer. After selecting the file, click the Connect button.
  3. Use the Ctrl-Alt-Del button to reboot the server. 
  4. Press F12 to open the boot menu and select the disk.
Boot disk selection in iRMC KVM
Boot disk selection in iRMC KVM

For faster installation, we recommend connecting media of the netinstall type.

The CD/DVD is connected to the server until the KVM window is closed. Disconnect it by clicking the Disconnect button.

RAID Setup

The server has 2 physical hard disks.

The following instructions apply to servers with a hardware RAID controller. For servers without this controller, set up the RAID software.

Set up RAID with the HW controller during the startup sequence. Follow these steps:

  1. When you see the Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Corp Configuration Utility prompt, press Ctrl+C.
  2. Choose the controller and press Enter.
  3. Select RAID Properties.
  4. Add or set up the disks.
Setting up disks as part of RAID or Hot Spare
Setting up disks as part of RAID or Hot Spare

Choose the IM option when creating a RAID array. We do not recommend the Integrated Stripping option; it does offer a larger total capacity, but if one disk fails, you will lose all data.

You can also set one of the disks as a Hot Spare, which will automatically start synchronizing with a working disk when another disk fails. In the case of IM, you can keep existing data on one drive and synchronize the other with it.

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