Red Flag asianux Server 3 Installation Guide: Pre-Installation Preparation

Welcome to the Red Flag asianux Server 3 operating system!

The red Flag asianux Server 3 Installation Guide will help you successfully install the Red Flag asianux server 3 operating system on networked or non networked machines.

The first four chapters of this manual describe the installation of the Red Flag asianux Server 3 Series Base System (the first to second installation CD), and chapter fifth describes how to install the tool tray on the base system.

Red Flag Asianux Server 3 features a graphical installation with a friendly installation interface and simple installation configuration steps. The entire installation process is clear and the user can easily complete the system installation.

Asianux was developed by http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/13347.html, a red Flag Software Technology Co., Ltd., Miracle Linux Company of Japan and Haansoft of Korea. Linux Server platform is a general-purpose Linux enterprise system environment specifically developed for the Asian market. It delivers higher performance, reliability, scalability, manageability, and hardware and software compatibility for enterprise-class users.

Before you install Red Flag asianux Server 3, you must perform some preliminary preparatory work. Specifically, they are setup plans, backup data, hardware checks, making installation boot disks and drive disks, preparing hard disk partitions, and so on.

1.1 Scheduled installation

Before installing Red Flag asianux Server 3, you should make a systematic work plan. This includes the selection of server hardware devices, determining the type of service to be provided, and the expected performance level that the system now has with the future.

For enterprise-class service platforms based on mission-critical, it is recommended to configure as much memory as possible, to adopt SMP systems, and to establish some kind of redundancy mechanism, such as redundant array of disks (--raid).

1.2 Backup Data

Before installing Red Flag asianux Server 3, Yun first back up important data on the hard disk to media such as floppy disk, CD, USB disk, or tape to avoid unnecessary loss during the installation process. Typically, the contents of a backup include system partition tables, important files and data in the system, and so on.

1.3 Understanding your computer's hardware and network information

In order to ensure that the installation and configuration can be carried out smoothly, the following information should be collected before installation.

※ Basic Hardware configuration information

Hard: Quantity, capacity Size, interface type (IDE or SCSI), parameters (number of cylinders/heads/sectors), if multiple hard drives are installed, specify their master and subordinate order.
Memory: The size of the computer's memory.
Optical drive: interface type (IDE, SCSI, or other type); if it is not an IDE, non-SCSI optical drive, make it clear about its manufacturer and model, and if it is an IDE optical drive, it is connected to the first few IDE ports.
SCSI Device: Record its manufacturer and model.
Mouse: Type (serial port, resetting, USB or bus mouse), key number, serial mouse connection serial port number.

※ Display Equipment

Video card: Manufacturer, video card model (or chipset model used), memory size.
Monitor: The range of manufacturer, monitor model, horizontal and vertical refresh frequency.

※ Network configuration information

Network adapter: Manufacturer, model, interrupt number, and port address.
Modem: Manufacturer, model and connection port number.
Other: Host name, owning domain name, netmask, router (gateway) address, DNS address, etc.

Red Flag asianux Server 3 has good hardware compatibility and should be compatible with most of the hardware produced in recent years. However, because the technical specifications of the hardware change frequently, it may be difficult to guarantee a completely compatible with your hardware.