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Linux OS Installation GuideRHEL 6 update 4

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Table of Contents

Using This Guide 9

Who This Guide Is For ................................................................................................................. 9

What This Guide Covers ............................................................................................................... 9

Safety Signs Conventions ............................................................................................................ 10

Typographical Conventions ........................................................................................................ 11

Mouse Operation Conventions .................................................................................................. 11

Using Tejas Product Documentation ........................................................................................ 12

Placing Rhel6.4 DVD in DVD ROM and Setting Option Boot from DVD 13

Procedure .................................................................................................................................. 13

Index 53



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List of FiguresFigure 1: RHEL Welcome Screen ...................................................................................................... 14 Figure 2: Media Test Screen ............................................................................................................... 15 Figure 3: Home Screen ........................................................................................................................ 16 Figure 4: Language Screen .................................................................................................................. 17 Figure 5: Keyboard Layout Screen .................................................................................................... 18 Figure 6: Storage Configuration Screen ............................................................................................ 19 Figure 7: Data Configuration Screen ................................................................................................. 20 Figure 8: Hostname Screen ................................................................................................................. 21 Figure 9: Network Configuration Screen .......................................................................................... 22 Figure 10: Editing System ethx Screen .............................................................................................. 23 Figure 11: Time Zone Screen ............................................................................................................. 24 Figure 12: Root Password Screen ...................................................................................................... 25 Figure 13: Weak Password Screen ..................................................................................................... 26 Figure 14: Installation Layout Screen ................................................................................................ 27 Figure 15: Partition Screen .................................................................................................................. 28 Figure 16: Create Partition Type Screen ........................................................................................... 29 Figure 17: Add Partition Screen ......................................................................................................... 30 Figure 18: List of Partitions Screen ................................................................................................... 31 Figure 19: Format Warnings Screen .................................................................................................. 32 Figure 20: Selecting Device Screen .................................................................................................... 33 Figure 21: Boot Loader Screen ........................................................................................................... 34 Figure 22: Package List Screen ........................................................................................................... 35 Figure 23: Dependency Check Screen ............................................................................................... 36 Figure 24: Starting Installation Process Screen ................................................................................ 36 Figure 25: Grub (Boot Loader) Screen ............................................................................................. 37 Figure 26: Booting Progress Bar Screen ........................................................................................... 38 Figure 27: First Boot Welcome Screen ............................................................................................. 38 Figure 28: License Agreement Screen ............................................................................................... 39 Figure 29: Create Normal Local User Screen................................................................................... 40 Figure 30: Date and Time Screen....................................................................................................... 40 Figure 31: Kernel Dump Screen ........................................................................................................ 41 Figure 32: Grub (Boot Loader) Screen ............................................................................................. 42 Figure 33: Booting Progress Bar Screen ........................................................................................... 43 Figure 34: Login Screen ....................................................................................................................... 43 Figure 35: Login Screen ....................................................................................................................... 44 Figure 36: Root Login Warning Screen............................................................................................. 44 Figure 37: Configuration Screen ........................................................................................................ 45 Figure 38: Firewall Configuration Screen ......................................................................................... 45 Figure 39: Firewall Configuration Screen ......................................................................................... 46 Figure 40: Warning Screen .................................................................................................................. 47 Figure 41: RHN Register Screen ........................................................................................................ 47 Figure 42: Registration Screen ............................................................................................................ 48 Figure 43: System Registration Screen 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Figure 44: Red Hat Account Screen .................................................................................................. 50 Figure 45: SE Linux Configuration Screen ....................................................................................... 51 Figure 46: SE Linux Screen ................................................................................................................ 51



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List of Tables Table 1: Safety Sign Convention ..................................................................................................... 10 Table 2: Typographical Conventions ............................................................................................. 11 Table 3: Mouse Operation ............................................................................................................... 11



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This section describes who should read this guide, how it is organized, and what conventions areused in the document.

Who This Guide Is For

This document is intended for Technician or Field engineers who install and commissionhardware or software at customer premices.

What This Guide Covers

This document provides information to install the product and to initially configure the productto the point of verifying proper operation of the product in the network. The informationprovided in this document includes hardware/software installation, provision specific protocols,user accounts, services, interfaces, and related items to support the design of the network, and/orthe network application in which the product is installed. This document does not coverinstallation of racks, electrical wiring, raceways, and other supporting equipments.

Chapter 1

Using This Guide

IN THIS CHAPTER

Who This Guide Is For ................................................................................... . 9

What This Guide Covers ................................................................................. . 9

Safety Signs Conventions .............................................................................. . 10

Typographical Conventions .......................................................................... . 11

Mouse Operation Conventions .................................................................... . 11

Using Tejas Product Documentation .......................................................... . 12



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Linux OS Installation Guide RHEL 6 update 4 Document ID: 400-DOC000070-E

Safety Signs Conventions

To prevent personal injury, equipment damage, and service interruptions, you must follow allprecautionary messages given in the document in addition to all the local safety standards

required by your company. The following symbols inserted in the document at various placesrepresent important situations.

Table 1: Safety Sign Convention

Symbols Meaning Represents

Caution Situations that could result in equipment damage or loss ofdata.

Danger Situation that could cause bodily injury. Failure to observe thisprecaution may result in personal injury, death, or equipmentdamage.

Hot Surface Situation that could result in bodily burns.

Optical Safety Staring directly into the optical connector output beam maycause irreparable damage to your eyes and even leading to lossof eye sight.

Electric Shock Risk Failure to observe this precaution may result in personal injury,death, or equipment damage.

Static Discharge Warning

Handle the equipment wearing a grounding wrist strap todischarge the static buildup. Failure to observe this precautionmay result in equipment damage.

Rotating Part Keep fingers, screwdrivers, and other objects away from theopenings in the fan tray assembly. The fans might still beturning when you remove the fan assembly from the chassis.



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Chapter 1 Using This Guide

Typographical Conventions

Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the terms and typographicalconventions used in the document. The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special

information.

Table 2: Typographical Conventions

Formatting Convention Type of Information

rocedures

Step-by-step procedures. You can follow these instructions tocomplete a specific task.

Special Bold Items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons,or items in a list.

Emphasis Use to emphasize the importance of a point or for variable

expressions such as parameters.CAPITALS Names of keys on the keyboard, for example, SHIFT, CTRL, or

ALT.

KEY+KEY Key combinations for which the user must press and hold downone key and then press another, for example, CTRL+P, or ALT+F4.

NOTE: Means reader take note . Notes contain helpful suggestions orreferences to materials not contained in this manual.

Mouse Operation Conventions

Table 3: Mouse Operation

Convention Description

Click Refers to pressing and releasing a mouse button to select a screen object.

Double-click Refers to pressing and releasing a mouse button twice in succession while the cursoris positioned over an object on-screen.

Drag Refers to the function of the mouse by which an element on the screen of a monitor

is moved with the cursor, while holding down the mouse button and moving themouse.

Right-click Refers to pressing the right button on a two-button mouse.

Wheel button Refers to the third (middle) button on the mouse.



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Using Tejas Product Documentation

The following Tejas product documentation set helps you to use the range of Tejas products:

The Hardware Description Guide explains hardware configuration, functions, capabilities,limitations, and physical characteristics of the product.

The Installation and Commissioning Guide provides information on installing the product and toinitially configuring it to the point of verifying its proper operation in the network.

The User Interface Guide introduces and orients service providers to the content, function, andorganization of the user interface that support the network elements.

The L2 Services User Interface Guide provides information about provisioning L2 switchingfeatures supported by the switching cards.

All documents for the shelf are referred to as Tejas technical publications. Each document has aunique thirteen-digit identification number called Tejas Part Number (TPN). This number is usedto identify each document, and assist in cross-referencing from one document TPN to another.

NOTE: iPASONETn is NMS and iPASONETe is the EMS for iPasolink250 andiPasolink650.



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The Server Hardware and Software requirements to install Linux OS is mentioned in the "NMSand EMS Installation and Commissioning Guides". Please refer the corresponding Installationand Commissioning Guides for the details.

NOTE: The RHEL6.4 is installed using VMWare Player for documentation purpose. In actual

scenario, the RHEL6.4 is installed in Baremetal.

Procedure

Boot Server with CDROM as the first booting device.

Insert the first Linux CD into CD-ROM and restart the server. The server willboot by default if it is the first time installation on server, since there is nooperating system on hard disk

If you are upgrading Linux from any other version to RHEL6U4, insert the first

Linux CD into CD-ROM and restart the server. During initialization to enter intoboot menu press “F2” or “F12” or “Del” displayed at bottom line of screen whileserver entering into boot menu. From Boot menu select first boot device as CD-ROM

Chapter 2

Placing Rhel6.4 DVD in DVD ROM andSetting Option Boot from DVD



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1. Place RHEL6.4 DVD in DVD ROM and set option boot from DVD, Click Enter or waitfor 2 minutes to start automatically.

Figure 1: RHEL Welcome Screen



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Chapter 2 Placing Rhel6.4 DVD in DVD ROM and Setting Option Boot from DVD

2. Select and Click Install or upgrade an existing system. The Media test screen is displayed.

Figure 2: Media Test Screen



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3. Click Skip and press Enter.

Figure 3: Home Screen



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4. Click Next.

5. Choose the language.

Figure 4: Language Screen



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6. Click Next.

7. Choose the keyboard layout.

Figure 5: Keyboard Layout Screen



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8. Click Next.

9. Select the Basic Storage Devices radio button.

Figure 6: Storage Configuration Screen



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10. Click Next.

NOTE: This is the new harddisk and new installation. Do not take any data backup.

Figure 7: Data Configuration Screen



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11. Click Yes, discard any data.

12. Enter the Hostname.

Figure 8: Hostname Screen



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15. Click Edit. The Editing System ethx page is displayed.

16. Go to IPv4 Settings.

17. Under Method, select Manual.

18. Click Add.

19. Enter the IP Address, Netmask, Gateway and DNS Server details.

20. Select the checkbox Connect Automatically.

21. Click Apply.

22. Click Close.

Figure 10: Editing System ethx Screen



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23. Click Next.

24. Select the nearest city in your time zone from the drop-down menu.

Figure 11: Time Zone Screen



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25. Click Next.

26. Enter the Root Password and re-enter the password in the confirm field.

Figure 12: Root Password Screen



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27. Click Next. If you have entered a weak password, the following window is displayed.

28. Click Use Anyway.

Figure 13: Weak Password Screen



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29. Click Next.

30. Select Create Custom Layout radio button.

Figure 14: Installation Layout Screen



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31. Click Next.

32. Select the required Hard Drive.

Figure 15: Partition Screen



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33. Click Create.

34. Select the Standard Partition radio button.

Figure 16: Create Partition Type Screen



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35. Click Create.

36. Select the required values.

37. Click OK .

Figure 17: Add Partition Screen



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NOTE: You can create multiple partitions as /, /boot, /var, /opt and swap partition.

Figure 18: List of Partitions Screen



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38. Click Next.

Figure 19: Format Warnings Screen



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39. Click Format.

Figure 20: Selecting Device Screen



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40. Click Write changes to disk .

Figure 21: Boot Loader Screen



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41. Click Next.

42. Select Desktop radio button.

43. Click Next.

Figure 22: Package List Screen



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Figure 23: Dependency Check Screen

Figure 24: Starting Installation Process Screen



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44. Click Reboot to reboot the PC after installation. The Grub screen is displayed.

Figure 25: Grub (Boot Loader) Screen



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45. Select the OS displayed from Grub screen and press Enter.

Figure 26: Booting Progress Bar Screen

Figure 27: First Boot Welcome Screen



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46. Click Forward.

47. Select the radio button for the field "Yes, I agree to the License Agreement".

48. Click Forward. The Setup software upgrade page is displayed.

Figure 28: License Agreement Screen



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49. Click Forward.

50. Enter the Username, full Name, Password and Confirm the password. If the chosenpassword is weak, then a dialog box is displayed.

51. Click Yes. The Date and Time page is displayed.

Figure 29: Create Normal Local User Screen

Figure 30: Date and Time Screen



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52. Select the Date and Time.

53. Click Forward.

54. Click Finish.

Figure 31: Kernel Dump Screen



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55. Click Reboot to reboot the PC after installation. The Grub screen is displayed.

Figure 32: Grub (Boot Loader) Screen



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56. Select the OS displayed from Grub screen and press Enter.

Figure 33: Booting Progress Bar Screen

Figure 34: Login Screen



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57. Select and click Other.

58. Enter the Username as root and the password of root.

59. Click Log In.

Figure 35: Login Screen

Figure 36: Root Login Warning Screen



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60. Click Close.

61. Open the terminal and execute the command setup.

Figure 37: Configuration Screen

Figure 38: Firewall Configuration Screen



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62. Select and Click Firewall Configuration.

63. Click Run Tool.

64. By Default, the firewall is enabled.

65. Use spacebar key to disable/unselect firewall.

Figure 39: Firewall Configuration Screen



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66. Click OK .

67. Click Yes.

Figure 40: Warning Screen

Figure 41: RHN Register Screen



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68. Select and Click RHN Register.

69. Click Run Tool.

Figure 42: Registration Screen



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70. Click Forward.

71. Select Red Hat Network (RHN) Classic radio button.

Figure 43: System Registration Screen



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72. Click Forward.

73. Enter the Login and the Password and follow the process to register with Red Hat.

Figure 44: Red Hat Account Screen



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74. Click Forward.

75. Open the terminal and edit "vi /etc/selinux/config". By default, SE Linux will beinforce mode. Make it disabled.

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Save the file and reboot the system to take firewall configuration.

Figure 45: SE Linux Configuration Screen

Figure 46: SE Linux Screen



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List of Figures • v List of Tables • vii

M

Mouse Operation Conventions • 11

P

Placing Rhel6.4 DVD in DVD ROM andSetting Option Boot from DVD • 13

S

Safety Signs Conventions • 10

T

Typographical Conventions • 11

U

Using Tejas Product Documentation • 12

Using This Guide • 9

W

What This Guide Covers • 9 Who This Guide Is For • 9

Index

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