Preparing Hardware and Software

Prepare a Linux physical server as the host and a local Windows jumper server (physical server or VM) used to log in to the host.

The following must be installed on the host:

You can download virt-manager from its official website or select it from the installation package when you install an OS on the host.

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

**Table 1** Software
Package	Description	How to Obtain
Host ISO image	CentOS 7.x	Obtain it from the official website.
OS ISO file	ISO file used to create a BMS image. The OSs supported by BMS images are described in Table 2 and Table 3.	Obtain it from the official website.
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
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.	https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/zh/software/250607156-ESW2000158115
Cloudbase-Init	This is a plug-in used to inject a password into Windows.	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
x86 V5 server drivers	LAN On Motherboard (LOM), RAID, and motherboard drivers of x86 V5 servers.	Visit https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/servers/fusionserver-idriver-pid-21588909/software. Click the latest version. Download the driver package based on the image OS.

The memory of the BMS must be at least 150 MB larger than that of the created image. Ensure that the created image meets this requirement.

Table 2 lists the required tools.

**Table 2** Tools
Package	Description	How to Obtain
Cross-platform remote access tool	Used to access the host, such as Xshell	Obtain it from the official website.
File transfer tool	Used to transfer files to the VM, such as Xftp	Obtain it from the official website.
VNC	Used to log in to the VM, such as VNC Viewer NOTE: If the VNC Viewer version is 5.3.2, choose Options > Expert > ColorLevel on the login page and set ColorLevel to rgb222. Otherwise, you may fail to log in to the VM.	Obtain it from the official website.