Pre-Installation Checklist#
Prerequisites#
- Bootable USB drive with VergeOS ISO using these instructions: Bootable Media
- Encryption Key USB installed and ready (if enabling at-rest encryption)
- Nodes powered up with ISO booted to VergeOS Install screen
Hardware#
- Hardware burn-in complete
- All Drives setup for JBOD, NO RAID
- BIOS set to proper boot settings (Legacy / Dual / UEFI) UEFI required if all drives are NVMe
- BIOS hardware assisted virtualization enabled
- BIOS hyperthreading enabled
- BIOS all processor cores enabled
- BIOS clocks set correctly
- Redundant Power supplies setup and connected (recommended)
- IPMI ports patched and configured
- IPMI setup / configured / tested
- Latest IPMI firmware (recommended)
- Test IPMI remote console capability (in case of incorrect licensing)
Network#
- All switches online and tested
- All cables patched
- All VLANs configured (core - required, external - optional)
- Each Core switch should be on a dedicated VLAN (ex 101 for core 1, 102 for core 2)
- All switch ports configured (core and external)
- External Bond ports setup correctly if bonding external (do not bond Core)
- 2 NICs per node minimum and separate switches
- Correct Supported SFP modules (if applicable)
- Correct IPs validated and available
- Correct Gateway IP tested/pingable