Installing on a SuperMicro

Install the Java applet and change the security level. See Step A: Install Java applet.

Make sure that there are no physical USB drives plugged into the system.

Make sure that you are at a workstation that has direct access to the network that the IPMI interface is on.

Copy the ISO file for RHEL 9 to your laptop.

Open the IPMI remote console viewer. On the main menu, choose Virtual Media or Media, then choose Virtual Storage/Virtual Media Wizard.

Choose CD/ISO media and browse to the ISO that you want to use. Choose Connect/Plug in.

Reboot the system. The image should start to boot.

If the image does not start to boot, click the F11 key while the splash screen is displaying. Then when the Please select boot device prompt appear, choose UEFI: Virtual CDROM. Move this item to the top of the list by pressing the + key repeatedly.

The installer starts. At the prompt, enter the hostname of the appliance and press Enter. The installation starts and takes 20 to 30 minutes.

When the installation completes, press the Enter key to reboot.

Plug out the ISO before it reboots, otherwise you return to the kickstart menu.

Installation of the RHEL 9 operating system will remove all network configurations. You must manually configure at least one interface before you can install the Elemental Live software. For information, go to the AWS Elemental Support Center, and read the Knowledge article What to do if kickstart removes on-disk network configuration or open a case.

Sometimes, a kickstart or upgrade generates incorrect mappings for Ethernet ports. For information about how to fix this issue, go to the AWS Elemental Support Center, and read the Knowledge article How to restore default ethernet port order on an Elemental appliance or open a case.

You can now install any third-party packages. To obtain these packages, see Working with RPM repository.