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Atlas 800 AI Training Server Debian 9.9 Installation Guide (Model 9010) 03

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Mount the OS ISO image to the virtual CD/DVD drive.
Restart the server. When the following screen is displayed, press Delete or F4.
Enter the password as prompted during the startup. The default BIOS password is Admin@9000.
The front page is displayed, as shown in the following figure.
Use the arrow keys to choose Boot Manager.
On the Boot Manager screen, press F5 or F6 to set the disk where the OS is to be installed as the first boot device, and select Virtual DVD-ROM VM 1.1.0 and press Enter.
On the initial installation screen, select Graphical install and press Enter.
Select a language (for example, use the default option English) and click Continue.
Select a location and click Continue.
Configure locales and click Continue.
Select a keyboard layout and click Continue.

The system starts to scan the CD-ROM. If the CD-ROM does not exist, a message will be displayed.
Select a network interface and click Continue.
Select No and click Continue.
Select Configure network manually and click Continue.
Enter the IP address and click Continue.
Set the netmask and click Continue.
Enter the gateway and click Continue.
Enter the name server address and click Continue.

The system starts to detect the IP address.
Set the hostname and domain name and click Continue.
Set a root password and click Continue.
Set a username for the new user and click Continue.
Set a password for the new user, confirm the password, and click Continue.
Select a partitioning mode as required (for example, select Manual) and click Continue.

If the RAID controller card is installed by loading a driver, disks mounted to the controller card cannot be identified. In this case, you need to load a driver to identify the disks and then go to the Partition disks screen. For details, see How Do I Load a RAID Controller Card Driver During OS Installation?.
Select a disk and click Continue.
Select Yes and click Continue.
Select a disk for partitioning.
After the partitions are created (as shown in the following figure), click Finish partitioning and write changes to disk.
Select Yes and click Continue.
Select No and click Continue.
Select No and click Continue.
Select No and click Continue.
Select the software to be installed according to your requirements and click Continue.

The software installation starts.

The system starts to install the GRUB boot loader.
After the OS installation is complete, click Continue to restart the system.

If the RAID controller card is installed by loading a driver, you need to install the RAID controller card driver. Otherwise, the server cannot be restarted. For details, see Install a RAID Controller Card Driver Before the OS is Installed and the Server is Restarted.
After the OS is restarted, log in to the system using the created password.