Overview

Preparing for the image creation

Before creating an image, you need to prepare:

• Obtain a Linux physical server or VM used for creating the image.
• Related packages, such as OS ISO file, SDI card driver software package, and bms-network-config network configuration software package.
• Related tools, such as file transfer tool and VNC tool.

Creating a VM

Use virt-manager to create a VM.

Installing an OS on the VM

Install an appropriate OS for the VM.

Configuring the VM environment

Configure the network environment for the VM so that it can connect to the Internet and installation packages can be uploaded to it.

Configuring the VM

For Linux OS, you need to configure:

• Install and configure cloud-init
• Modify the hardware device driver that boot the OS
• Install the bms-network-config software package
• Install the SDI card driver
• Install the IB NIC driver, the V5 server driver and the RAID card driver
• (Optional) Install the UltraPath
• Perform security configurations
• Configure remote login to a BMS
• Configure the root partition to automatically expand disk capacity

For Windows OS, you need to configure:

• Install the chipset driver
• (Optional) Install the V5 server driver
• (Optional) Install the 3408 RAID card driver
• Install cloudbase-init
• Install the bms-network-config software package
• Install the SDI card driver
• Set time zone calibration
• Set virtual memory
• (Optional) Enable automatic windows update
• Configure the SID

Stopping the VM and obtaining the image

Stop the VM and obtain the image file. If the created image file is too large, it can be compressed.

Converting the image format

Currently, only ZVHD2 images are supported. After obtaining an image file, you need to convert its format to ZVHD2.