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.	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. 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.	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. 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