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Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV) {{ breadTitle }} User Manual Virtual Machine Configuration Guidance New virtual Machine Virtual Machine Installation Operating System Linux system installation
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Linux system installation

{{ $t('productDocDetail.updateTime') }}: 2026-01-05

Description

A new RHEL 7.3 operating system needs to be installed for the virtual machine.

Precautions

It is forbidden to use the image on the external windows shared directory to install the operating system for the virtual machine.

Prerequisites

N/A

Steps

  1. Complete the configuration according to Chapter 5.1.1 Create A New Virtual Machine. Enter the console, and press enter in the installation interface to start the installation. Select the installation language (non-system language) in the first interface, and click Continue.

  1. Enter the installation overview interface to confirm whether the installation-related information is correct. If there is any inconsistency or need to be modified, click the corresponding option to modify.

  1. The default software installation is the minimum installation without a GUI interface. We can click Software Selection, select Server with GUI, or install other software as needed. After selection, click Finish.

  1. The installation destination should be selected manually. Click Installation Destination to enter the installation destination selection interface, where you can see the allocated 20G disk. Select the disk and click Finish to automatically partition. If a manual partition is required, select I will configure partitioning to enter the partition interface.

  1. After all the configurations are completed, the Start in the lower right corner will change to blue. Click it to start the installation. After entering the installation interface, the system is in the software installation process. The root password and user can be configured here. The installation cannot complete if the root password is not configured.

  1. After the system installation is complete, restart and enter the system. After completing the basic settings, you can see the desktop.

  1. For installing vmTools, refer to Chapter 5.2.1 Installing vmTools.