The following pre-requisites are required:

  • A Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server.

  • An ISO image with the LoadMaster software.

Note: The ISO image can be downloaded from www.kemptechnologies.com/baremetal-trial.

  • For a standalone LoadMaster one IP-address on an untagged LAN is required. Three IP-addresses are required for a HA pair.

  • The local disk on the Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server should be empty as it is re-partitioned during the installation of the LoadMaster software.

  • The boot order on the B-Series Blade Server should be configured as follows:

  1. Local Disk
  2. CD_ROM

The boot order can be checked and configured within the Boot Order Details section on the General tab of the Cisco Unified Computing Systems (UCS) Manager.