Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV)

Sangfor HCI and aSV provide a unified infrastructure combining compute, storage, networking, and built-in security to simplify deployment, operations, and services.
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USB Flash Disk Installation

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Precautions

  1. UltraISO should be the latest version.
  1. The writing format of the USB drive should be USB-HDD or USB-HDD+.  Click Verify to check whether the image file is written correctly.
  2. USB drive capacity should be greater than the size of the ISO file.
  3. The server configuration and switch configuration shall meet the configuration requirements of the server and switch in Chapter 2.2 Preparation Before Installation.

Steps

  1. First, insert the USB flash disk into the personal PC, then open the software UltraISO, select File > Open, and load the ISO file of Sangfor HCI software from the local disk.

  1. Select Bootable > Write Disk Image and choose the USB drive into which you want to write the image file. Then, click the Write button and keep others' settings unchanged.

You can remove the USB drive after the image file is written to the USB drive.

  1. The target of writing is USB flash disk or optical disc. Be sure to check Verify. The write method (usually USB-HDD+) is determined according to the USB startup type supported by the server.

  1. Insert the USB flash disk into the third-party server and boot from the USB flash disk in BIOS.
  2. Enable Virtualization Technology in BIOS, as shown below (Note: BIOS settings vary from computer to computer).