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 servers are booted. This enables 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: 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	Hi1822 driver installation package.	Visit https://support.huawei.com/carrierindex/en/hwe/index.html, 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
6	Hi1822 driver	Source code package for a Hi1822 driver.	Visit https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/intelligent-accelerator-components/in500-solution-pid-23507369/software. Click the latest version, download the hinic package (a source code package for a Hi1822 driver), upload the package to the OS, and decompress and compile the driver. Example: Click IN500 solution 5.1.0.SPC213, download hinic-5.5.0.13.zip, decompress the package, and compile and install the driver as instructed in Readme.txt.	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.xfusion.com/support/#/en/idriver/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
11	MLNX_OFED driver	vRoCE depends on the OFED driver (version: 5.8-3.0.7.0-LTS).	Visit https://network.nvidia.com/products/infiniband-drivers/linux/mlnx_ofed/. On the Download tab page, click the Archive Versions tab, select the version 5.8-3.0.7.0-LTS, and download the driver based on your OS.	Mellanox
11	vRoCE driver	NIC driver that supports the vRoCE protocol. (Use a vRoCE driver that matches the HPD version.) You need to download the following four driver packages as well as the HPD driver: hiroce3-.rpm kmod-hinic3-.rpm kmod-hisdk3-.rpm kmod-sssdk-.rpm (File name extension for Ubuntu: .deb)	SDI5.0 (kc2, Arm servers): Download the arm64 package. SDI5.1/5.0 (c7e/c7h/AC8, x86 servers): Download the amd64 package. https://support.huawei.com/carrier/navi?coltype=software#col=software&detailId=PBI1-265311721&path=PBI1-253383977/PBI1-23710112/PBI1-23710137/PBI1-255213015	Huawei
12	HPD NIC hotplug driver (This driver is required by all servers that have SDI 5.0 or SDI 5.1 installed.)	hotplug-daemon-*.rpm CAUTION: If the hotplug service is not installed or stopped, NIC hot plugs will fail.	SDI 5.1/5.0 (Arm servers: install hotplug-daemon-25.6.11.1-1.aarch64.rpm or hotplug-daemon-25.6.11.1.ubuntu.arm64.deb) SDI 5.1/5.0 (x86 servers: install hotplug-daemon-25.6.11.1-1.x86_64.rpm or hotplug-daemon-25.6.11.1.ubuntu.amd64.deb) https://support.huawei.com/carrier/navi?coltype=software#col=software&detailId=PBI1-265311721&path=PBI1-253383977/PBI1-23710112/PBI1-23710137/PBI1-255213015	Huawei