Installing Operating System on KVM Hypervisor

After creating a KVM instance, you must install the SBC Operating System (OS).

To install the SBC OS:

In the SBC Installer Boot Menu screen press Enter to begin the installation.

Installation Window

The OS installation begins.

Note

The figures shown in this procedure are intended as examples of the user interface and might not match the presented images exactly.
After installation completes press Enter.
You will be prompted to enter the log on details:

Login Information

.
Enter linuxadmin as the login and sonus as the password.

Root Login
Enter the following command to login as root user and assign the IP. The system will prompt you for the linuxadmin user password.
```
sudo su
```
Once logged in, you are prompted to enter the IP information.
Enter management IP address.
Enter network mask address.
Enter gateway IP address.
You are prompted to set IPv6 address.
Perform one of the following steps:
- Enter y to set IPv6
  1. Enter IPv6 management IP address.
  2. Enter the prefix length for IPv6.
  3. Enter IPv6 gateway address.
    
    IPv6 Details
- Enter n if you do not want to set IPv6.
  
  Network Configuration

Verify Logical Interfaces Mapping using MAC Address

To verify the logical interfaces (management interface, HA interface and packet interfaces) with the MAC address:

Enter the command to get the MAC address mapped with the interface:
```
ifconfig -a
```
Or
Enter the command to get MAC address of a specific interface. For example, management interface, execute the following command:
```
ifconfig mgt0
```
Note

The figures shown in this procedure are intended as examples of the user interface and might not match the presented images exactly.

MGT MAC Address
Note the MAC address for each interface. For example, in the above screen, the MAC address for mgt0 is 52:54:00:d7:f3:69.