Server Installation

Start RAID configuration by pressing Ctrl + H during start up.

Run Configuration Wizard from the left menu

Pick New Configuration and press the Next button

Create two drivegroups, each with two discs

Insert disks from slot 0 and 1 into first drivegroup

Create second drivegroup by pressing the Accept DG button

Insert disks from slots 2 and 3 into the second drivegroup

Confirm the second drivegroup by pressing the Accept DG button again.

Create a span with both drivegroups that you have created in the previous step.

Pick RAID 10

Set Write Policy to Write Through

Set size to 3.636 TB

Confirm the configuration

You may skip this step if you already have a bootable installer media.

Download Debian Jessie (stable) netinst ISO for AMD64 architecture (download)

If you are running Windows, use Rufus (download) to create a bootable USB drive with downloaded ISO file

Boot from a USB drive (or different installer media) created in the previous step

Boot menu can be shown using the F11 key during startup

Pick the default Install option (textual, no graphics)

Pick the English language and english locale

Select the expected destination country (eg. Germany for Buchshause, etc.). This info is needed for setting the correct time zone.

Pick the American English keymap

Plug the ethernet cable into one ethernet socket (eg. the middle one - eth0)

Pick corresponding ethernet interface for installation (eg. eth0)

Enter correct server name (eg. C014H010)

Enter domain - just to suit your needs, will be changed later on-site to suit customer network policies (eg. Inflex.local)

Create root account with default password

Create txpom account with default password

Pick guided partitioning, confirm removal of existing partitions (if-any)

Confirm the usage of entire disk - Guided - Use entire disk

Pick the correct drive for operating system installation - SSD drive

Finish partitioning and write changes

Pick download mirror (eg. ignum.cz)

Use no proxy

Do not participate in package survey

Pick web server, SSH server and Standard System Utilities

Install GRUB loader to the root of the SSD drive

Remove the installer media, reboot the server and let the new operating system to start up.

Complete the OS First Start Configuration