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Installing OS

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Reinstalling the OS will format your disk and erase all data. Sonus highly recommends saving the configuration data to a temporary directory on the remote server before reinstalling the OS in the event you need to restore the original configuration data after the re-installation.

The following procedure describes how to reinstall the ConnexIP OS:

1. Launch the host remote console through the BMC. Refer to Launching the Remote Console from the BMC.

2. Select Media in the JViewer and click Virtual Media Wizard.

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   0 Figure 1 Virtual Media Wizard

   
   

3. The Virtual Media screen appears. Select ISO Image from CD/DVD Media1 section of the screen.

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   0 Figure 1 Virtual Media Screen

   
   

4. Click Browse. From the Open dialog, browse to and select the connexip-os_<version>_amd64.iso file and click Open.

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   0 Figure 1 Open Dialog Screen

   
   

5. Click Connect CD/DVD. A message Device redirected in Read Only Mode appears on the screen. Click OK to continue. This mounts the ISO image from your local desktop or laptop.

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   0 Figure 1 Mounting Virtual CD/DVD
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6. Click Close to exit the window.
7. Minimize the JViewer window.

8. On the SBC BMC GUI, navigate to Remote Control > Server Power Control. The Power Control and Status window is displayed.
   Observe that the "Host is currently on" message in the window.

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   0 Figure 1 Server Power Control Window
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9. Select Power Off Server-Orderly Shutdown option and click Perform Action.

10. Reboot the system from JViewer by executing the following command:
    # reboot

11. This action brings the SBC host down.

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    0 Figure 1 Server Power Control - Off Option
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12. Once the SBC host is down, from the same location, select Power On Server and click Perform Action. This action powers on and reboots the SBC host. 

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    0 Figure 1 Server Power Control - On
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    Once the BMC is up and running, access the JViewer window.

    
    

13. Press <DEL> or <F2> immediately, when the splash screen appears After few minutes, the splash screen appears. Press <Del> or <Esc> key immediately to enter into BIOS configuration screen.

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    0 Figure 1 BIOS Splash Screen

    The BIOS setup utility screen displaysis displayed.

14. Use right arrow key to navigate to the Save & Exit menu.

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    0 Figure 1 BIOS Setup Utility

    
    

15. Select AMI Virtual CDROM0 1.00 from Save & Exit menu to boot from the virtual CD drive. This instructs the server to boot from the redirected ConnexIP OS ISO image.

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    0 Figure 1 Booting from Virtual CD Drive
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16. Select Install and press <Enter> to start the installation.

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    0 Figure 1 Sonus ConnexIP Installer Boot Menu
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    Select American English and press <Enter>.

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    0 Figure 1 Keymap Menu
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17. The automated installation process starts. This process takes approximately 30 to 40 minutes.

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    0 Figure 1 Partitions Formatting Screen

    
    

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    0 Figure 1 Installing the Base System

    
    

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    0 Figure 1 Selecting and Installing Software

    
    

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    0 Figure 1 Copying SBC Package

    
    

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    0 Figure 1 Running Post Install

    
    Once the installation completesis complete, the disk partition upgrade is in progressstarts. At this stage, DO NOT power off the system.

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    0 Figure 1 Disk Partitioning

    
    After Once the system rebootreboots, the ConnexIP login screen appears on the screen.

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    0 Figure 1 ConnexIP Login Screen

    This concludes the ConnexIP OS Installation/Re-installation process.

18. Close the JViewer window.

Continue to install the desired SBC Application build. Refer to Installing SBC Application to know more.

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