Updated on 2023-10-30 GMT+08:00

Software

Prepare the software listed in Table 1. Determine the drivers to be installed based on Mapping Between BMS Specifications and Drivers.

Table 1 Software

No.

Package

Description

How to Obtain

Provider

1

ISO file

ISO file used to create an image.

NOTE:

Currently, only Windows Standard editions are supported.

You are advised to obtain the ISO file from the OS official websites.

OS official websites

2

SDI driver

With the SDI driver, EVS disks can be attached to BMSs. The EVS disks can be used as system disks from which the BMSs are booted. This facilitates quick BMS provisioning.

NOTE:

This software package is only required by images with SDI cards installed (SDI 2.2 and SDI 3.0 excluded).

Linux:

Visit https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/intelligent-accelerator-components/sd100-pid-22040214/software/253495955?idAbsPath=fixnode01%7C23710424%7C251364409%7C21782478%7C22040214, download SD100-2.0.2.SPC15-DRIVER.zip, and decompress it. Obtain the driver package based on the OS type. For example, the driver package for CentOS 7.6 is kmod-scsi_ep_front-centos_7.6_1.0.18-3.10.0_957.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm.

Windows (Windows 2016 as an example):

Visit https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/intelligent-accelerator-components/sd100-pid-22040214/software/250607152?idAbsPath=fixnode01%7C23710424%7C251364409%7C21782478%7C22040214, download SD100-2.0.2.SPC11-DRIVER-V010.zip, and decompress it. For example, the driver package for Windows Server 2016 is sdidriver_win-2016-installpack.zip.

Huawei

3

bms-network-config

It is used to automatically configure BMS networks.

Software: https://bms-image-package.obs.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/bms-network-config-23.8.0.zip

SHA256 checksum: https://bms-image-package.obs.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/bms-network-config-23.8.0.zip.sha256

Huawei

4

Cloud-Init

Cloud-Init needs to be installed online. Ensure that the server on which Cloud-Init is to be installed can connect to the Internet.

Obtain the package from the official website.

Cloud-Init

5

Cloudbase-Init

Cloudbase-Init is used to initialize Windows instances (for example, initialize the instance login password). You are advised to download the version specified by HUAWEI CLOUD.

Software: https://bms-image-package.obs.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/windows/cloudbase_init/CloudbaseInitSetup_x64.msi

SHA256 checksum: https://bms-image-package.obs.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/CloudbaseInitSetup_x64.msi.sha256

Cloudbase-Init

6

Hi1822 driver

This driver needs to be installed for centralized BMSs with Hi1822 NICs.

Visit https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/management-software/fusionserver-idriver-pid-21588909/software/. Click the recommended or latest version. Download FusionServer iDriver-xxx-Driver-xxx.zip based on the image OS type to obtain the Hi1822 driver packages.

Example:

Click FusionServer iDriver 3.0.34, select CentOS, and download FusionServer iDriver-CentOS7.6-Driver-V116.zip. Decompress the package to obtain onboard_driver_CentOS7.6.iso and then decompress the .iso package to obtain the NIC-Hi1822-CentOS7.6-hinic-3.9.0.8-1-x86_64.rpm and NIC-Hi1822-CentOS7.6-hinicadm-3.9.0.8-1-x86_64.rpm driver packages.

Huawei

This driver needs to be installed for distributed BMSs with SDI 2.2 offload cards.

  1. Visit https://support.huawei.com, search for Hi1822_BM_X86_xxx.tar.gz (xxx indicates the package version), download the package of the latest version, and decompress it.
  2. In the decompressed folder, obtain the driver package based on the image OS type.

Huawei

This driver needs to be installed for distributed BMSs with SDI 3.0 offload cards.

  1. Visit https://support.huawei.com, search for uNIC_GuestOS_Driver_BM_xxx.tar.gz (xxx indicates the package version), download the package of the latest version, and decompress it.
  2. In the decompressed folder, obtain the driver package based on the image OS type.

Huawei

7

IB driver

100G InfiniBand driver.

Visit https://network.nvidia.com/products/infiniband-drivers/linux/mlnx_ofed/, Scroll down and click Download.

Mellanox

8

FusionServer server driver

LAN On Motherboard (LOM), RAID, and disk drivers of FusionServer servers.

Visit https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/servers/fusionserver-idriver-pid-21588909/software. Click the recommended version. Download the driver package based on the image OS.

Huawei

9

TaiShan server driver

NIC and RAID drivers of TaiShan servers.

Visit https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/management-software/taishanserver-idriver-pid-251215329/software. Click the recommended version. Download the driver package based on the image OS.

Huawei

10

UltraPath

Multipath software required by HBA cards to mount FC storage.

Visit https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/cloud-storage/ultrapath-pid-8576127/software to obtain the software and documents of the required version.

Huawei

Install only necessary software because too much software may result in a large image file.

The image file must be at least 150 MB smaller than the memory of the BMS to be created from the image.